BRYANT WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
January 6, 2007
Women's Hoops Upsets #24 Saint Rose
83-76
SMITHFIELD, R.I. - The Bryant
University Women's Basketball team remained hot Saturday afternoon
defeating 24th ranked Saint Rose 83-76 at the Chace
Center for its third straight victory and fourth in five games.
After posting a career-high 26 points Wednesday at Merrimack,
freshman Kelsey O'Keefe (Warren, Mass.) continued
her dominance in the paint scoring 23 in just 20 minutes. She added
12 rebounds for her second career double-double.
O'Keefe scored ten points in the game's first four minutes to
give Bryant the early 13-10 lead, but sat out the remaining 16
minutes due to foul trouble.
With Lauren Rubenoff (New Hartford, CT) also in
foul trouble, Head Coach Mary Burke turned to freshmen
Jamie Campbell (Springfield, Mass.) and
Adrianne Mayshar (West Boylston, Mass.) who
grabbed a combined eight rebounds in the first half.
Bryant took a 43-35 lead to the locker room but the Golden
Knights (11-4, 7-3 NE-10) came storming back, tying the game at 50
after Dana Brown converted a lay-up forcing the Bulldogs to call
for time.
The Bulldogs countered immediately, going on a 13-4 run over the
next six minutes, capped off by a runner by Lynne-Ann
Kokoski (Hatfield, Mass.). Kokoski played the entire
second half and 34 minutes overall, scoring eight points and
tallying her career high in assists with seven.
The key play in the game came from Erin Murphy (Albany,
NY) who drained two consecutive shots in the key, drawing
fouls on both shots and converting each into a three-point play.
Murphy's second three-point play, with 3:52 to go, gave Bryant the
74-68 lead and forced Saint Rose's star guard Mary Lewis out of the
game, after she committed her fifth foul.
Campbell put the game away grabbing an offensive rebound and
going strong to the glass for the easy basket to give the Bulldogs
the 80-71 lead with 2:09 to play.
Campbell finished with career highs in points (eight), rebounds
(ten), and minutes played (15).
Joanna Skiba (Providence, RI) tallied a
double-double, scoring 13 while dishing 11 assists.
Skiba and O'Keefe were a dynamic duo for most of the second
half.
With the win, Bryant is now 9-5, 5-4 NE-10. They will head to
Worcester, Mass. and take on the Assumption Greyhounds, who they
beat earlier this season at the Chace Center, Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.
