Starks 23 Points Not Enough, Bulldogs Fall 67-60 To Yale

Thursday, December 04, 2014

GoLocalProv Sports Team

 

View Larger +

The Bryant Bulldogs men's basketball team (1-4) lost 67-60 to the (7-2) Yale Bulldogs on Wednesday night at the Chace Athletic Center. Bryant has now lost three straight games and fall to three games below the .500 mark. 

See five takeaways slideshow below

Bryant led 25-24 with just under five minutes remaining in the first half, however, it did not last long as Yale closed the half on a 9-2 run to take a 33-28 lead into the locker room. Bryant's Joe O'Shea scored the first basket of the second but again Yale countered with another run, scoring the next nine points. They would lead 54-37 with 11 minutes to play and did not look back. 

GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST

The Bryant Bulldogs were led by senior Dyami Starks who netted 23 points in the game, knocking down five of his six shots from beyond the arc. Redshirt junior, Zach Chionuma added a career high eleven points for Bryant in the loss. 

Yale was led Justin Sears and Javier Duren who had 15 points each in the victory. 

Bryant's next game is on Saturday, December 6 as they make the short trip into Providence to take on the Brown Bears. Tip off is set for 7 p.m.

For a further look at Bryant's loss to Yale, see the five takeaways slideshow below. 

 

Related Slideshow: Five Takeaways From Bryant’s 67-60 Loss to Yale

The Bryant Bulldogs men's basketball team (1-4) lost 67-60 to the (7-2) Yale Bulldogs on Wednesday night at the Chace Athletic Center. Bryant has now lost three straight games and fall to three games below the .500 mark. 

Below are five takeaways from the game. 

View Larger +
Prev Next

Zach Chionuma

Redshirt junior Zach Chionuma had a pretty solid game for Bryant off the bench. 

In 24 minutes played, Chionuma had 11 points and two rebounds. His 11 points is good enough for Bryant's second leading scorer in the game. 

The Bulldogs have needed help off their bench all season and they will be hoping Chionuma can do this on a consistent basis. 

View Larger +
Prev Next

Dyami Starks

Once again, Dyami Starks led the way for Bryant with 23 points in the game on eight of 12 shooting. Starks, a senior, knocked down five of his six three-point shots in the game.

Starks also added two assists, two steals and rebound to his stat line on the night. 

Dyami Starks has scored at least 20 points in each of the last two games and has scored in double figures in every game this season for Bryant. 

View Larger +
Prev Next

Curtis Oakley

Curtis Oakley got another start for Bryant in this game and was okay playing next to Dyami Starks. 

Oakley had six points, three rebounds, one asisst and one steal in the game, playing 26 minutes. 

He did not have any turnovers but did not get to the free throw line either. 

View Larger +
Prev Next

Points in the Paint

Yale is a bigger team then Bryant and so it is not surprising  that Yale was able to dominate the points in the paint category. 

They outscored Bryant 34-22 in the paint in this game and outrebounded the Bulldogs 38-28 including 12-8 on the offensive glass. 

Dan Garvin and Joe O'Shea each pulled down seven rebounds for Bryant, nobody else on the team had more then three. 

View Larger +
Prev Next

Free Throws

Bryant has to do a better job of getting to the free throw line and that comes from getting to the basket, not shooting jump shots. In this game The Bulldogs only shot six free throws the entire night and made four of them. 

Starks only shot two free throws in the game.

Meanwhile, Yale shot 26 free throws in the contest and made 16 of them. The Bulldogs lost this game by seven points and the free throw line is just one of the things that made a big difference. 

 

Related Articles

 

Enjoy this post? Share it with others.

 
 

Sign Up for the Daily Eblast

I want to follow on Twitter

I want to Like on Facebook