Box Score St. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. – The Bryant men's basketball team fell to St. Bonaventure, 85-70, on Sunday afternoon at the Reilly Center.

With the loss, the Bulldogs fall to 3-3 on the year. Bryant has now split the first four games on its season-long stretch of seven-straight away from the Chace. The Black and Gold will now head to Chattanooga, Tenn., for a pair of games on Tuesday and Wednesday in the Coke Classic.

Earl Timberlake led four in double figures with a season-high 17 points. He added seven rebounds and three assists. Barry Evans and Connor Withers each finished with 14 points and six boards, while Rafael Pinzon chipped in 13 points. Kvonn Cramer added eight points and seven boards off the bench.

Game Information
St. Bonaventure 85, Bryant 70
Records: Bryant 3-3 | St. Bonaventure 6-0
Location: Reilly Center (St. Bonaventure, N.Y.)
Attendance: xxx

Key Moments

• St. Bonaventure opened the second half on a 18-7 run to open up a double-digit advantage.

How it Happened

• Bryant jumped out to a 7-2 lead as Evans finished in transition and Pinzon swished a wing three.
• SBU answered behind Melvin Council Jr. who scored 14 points in the first 12 minutes. He hit back-to-back threes to give the Bonnies a 23-13 lead.
• Evans would keep Bryant close with consecutive threes but the Bonnies led 37-23 at the under-8 media.
• The Bonnies would push their lead to 20, 45-25, with 5:07 left.
• Bryant, however, answered with a 15-1 run to close the half.
• Withers hit a pair of threes to ignite the rally and Farris put an exclamation point on it with a breakaway slam. Farris' slam was setup by a great block on the other end by Timberlake.
• SBU led, 46-40, at the break.
• The Bonnies opened the second half on a 12-2 run to take a 58-42 lead and force a Bryant timeout with 17:40 to play.
• SBU's run would hit 18-7 to make it 64-47 with 14:56 left.
• Bryant would get the game back into single digits with less than five minutes left and had two chances to make it a six-point game but both three-point field goals were long.
• The Bonnies would salt the game away as Jones would hit a huge three to make it a 14-point game with 2:30 to play.

Stats

• Bryant finished the game 26-of-63 (41.3 percent) from the field, 7-of-19 (36.8 percent) from three and 11-of-14 (78.6 percent) from the line.
• Bryant held a 34-29 advantage on the glass. The Bulldogs had 14 offensive rebounds.
• The Bulldogs, however, turned the ball over 13 times and had just seven assists.
• Timberlake led Bryant with 17 points on 6-of-14 shooting. He collected seven rebounds and three assists.
• Evans posted 14 points and six boards in his return to St. Bonaventure.
• Withers hit a season-high four threes to finish with 14. He added six boards, two steals and two blocks.
• Pinzon posted 13 points on 5-of-14 shooting. He battled foul trouble and only played 23 minutes.
• Cramer led Bryant's bench with eight points and seven boards in 21 minutes.

Game Notes

• Bryant and St. Bonaventure were meeting for the first time in program history.
• Bryant has dropped each of its last two road contests.
• Pinzon recorded his 35^th career double-digit scoring effort.
• Timberlake notched his 59th career double-digit scoring effort.
• Timberlake now has 905 career points as a Bulldog. He is just the 11^th player in DI program history to record 900+ career points.
• Timberlake's 17 points were a season high.
• Withers hit a season-high four from three-point range.
• Evans has now finished in double figures in five of the six games this year.
• Cramer has exactly seven rebounds in each of his last three games.

Up Next
Bryant heads to Chattanooga, Tenn., to take part in the Coke Classic hosted by the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. The Bulldogs will face Tennessee State on Tuesday and UT-Chattanooga on Wednesday.