5 Takeaways From Bryant's 77-55 Loss to Army
Joe Calabro, GoLocalProv Sports Team
5 Takeaways From Bryant's 77-55 Loss to Army
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The Bulldogs led 8-7 with 13:47 left in the first half before before Army went on a 19-1 run to go up 26-9 with 8:42 left to play in the half.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTBryant would trail 38-29 at the half.
In the second, the Bulldogs would get within five, 38-33, with 18 minutes left in the game. However that is as close as the Bulldogs would get the rest of the game.
Army knocked down 14 three-pointers, totaling 42 points to help them to get the win.
Leading the Way
Nisre Zouzoua led the Bryant for the second straight game, notching 17 points on 5 of 13 shooting from the field.
Dan Garvin and Marcel Pettway each recorded double-doubles with 13 points and 10 rebounds.
Next Up
Bryant returns to action on Saturday, December 12 when they make the short trip into Providence to battle the #15 Friars at the Dunkin' Donuts Center.
Tip off is set for 12 noon.
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5 Takeaways From Bryant's 77-55 Loss to Army
Marcel Pettway
Rhode Island's Marcel Pettway recorded his second career double-double with 13 points and ten rebounds.
Pettway's 13 points came on 6 of 9 shooting from the field.
Pettway has averaged seven points and six rebounds so far this season.
Dan Garvin
Dan Garvin recorded his second straight double-double of the season with 13 points and 10 rebounds.
Garvin's 13 points came on 4 of 15 shooting from the field and 5 of 7 from the free throw line.
In his senior season, Garvin has averaged 10 points and 9 rebounds per game.
Nisre Zouzoua
Nisre Zouzoua reached double figures and led Bryant in scoring for a second straight game. Zouzoua netted 17 points on 5 of 13 shooting from the field and 6 of 7 from he free throw line.
Zouzoua also hit the only three-pointer for Bryant in the game.
Bench Points
Bosko Kostur was the only player to score off of the Bryant bench and both of his points came off free throws.
Bryant was outscored 13-2 in bench points.
14-1
It's been pretty well documented that the Bulldogs are not a three-point shooting team this season, shooting less than 30% from beyond the arc.
Against Army, Bryant was 1 of 8, 12.5% from beyond the arc. The problem was that Army knocked down 14 three-pointers out of the 38 that they attempted.
That's 42 points just off of threes.
