5 Takeaways From Bryant's 62-60 Win Over Dartmouth
Joe Calabro, GoLocalProv Sports Team
5 Takeaways From Bryant's 62-60 Win Over Dartmouth
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With the game tied at 57 with 2{16 to play, the Bulldogs went to Dan Garvin who knocked down a jump shot to give Bryant a 59-57 lead with 1:44 to play.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTThe Bulldogs forced a turnover on Dartmouth's next possession and after a time out, Shane McLaughlin buried a jumper to increase Bryant's lead to 61-57 with 45 seconds to play in the game.
Dartmouth would get it to one point, 61-60, after a Evan Boudreaux field goal and had a chance to win the game, after a McLaughlin free throw, on a three-pointer at the buzzer but came up short.
Bryant held on for the 62-60 win.
The Leaders
Bryant was led by Shane McLaughlin who poured in a career high 26 points on 10 of 14 shooting from the field.
Nisre Zouzoua was the only other Bryant player in double figures as he added 13 points.
Next up
Bryant returns home on Saturday to begin NEC play when they host Central Connecticut at the Chase Athletic Center. Tip off is set for 4 p.m.
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5 Takeaways From Bryant's 62-60 Win Over Dartmouth
Points off Turnovers
One area that Bryant struggled in is turnovers. The Bulldogs committed 13 turnovers which resulted in 19 Dartmouth points.
Meanwhile, Bryant forced 8 turnovers and got 8 points out of it.
Streak Over
The Bryant Bulldogs won a game and snapped a 9 game losing streak.
The Bulldogs will look to take this game and build on it as they begin conference play on Saturday.
Nisre Zouzoua
Nisre Zouzoua was the only other player in double figures for Bryant, netting 13 points on 4 of 9 shooting from the field, including 3 of 5 from beyond the arc.
Zouzoua has reached double figures in four of Bryant's last five games.
Zouzoua also grabbed three rebounds in the game.
2nd Chance Points
The Bulldogs grabbed 13 offensive rebounds and that helped lead to 17 second chance points.
Bryant won the offensive rebounding battle 13-10 and the second chance points battle 17-9.
Shane McLaughlin
The Bulldogs were led by Shane McLaughliln who poured in a career high 26 points on 10 of 14 shooting from the field, including 4 of 4 from three-point land.
McLaughlin has reached double figures in 6 games this season for Bryant.
McLaughlin also pulled down 6 rebounds and dished out 5 assists in the game in 39 minutes of action.
