Bryant Beats Wagner 81-73, Improve to 4-1 in NEC
Friday, January 16, 2015
The Bryant University men's basketball team (7-7, 4-1 NEC) defeated (4-12, 2-3 NEC) Wagner 81-73 on Thursday night at the Chace Athletic Center. The Bulldogs have now won three straight games, their longest winning streak of the game.
See the five takeaways slideshow below.
The Bulldogs led 36-30 at the half but in the second Wagner's Marcus Burton drilled back-to-back three pointers to tie the game up. From that point on, the Bulldogs used a 10-4 run to go up 46-40 in the game. With 12 minutes to play in the game, Bryant's Hunter Ware completed a four point play and sparked the Bulldogs to a 14-4 run to go up 60-44.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTWagner would get as close as eight but only at the very end of the game as the Bulldogs come away with the win.
Dyami Starks led the Bulldogs with a season high 26 points while teammate Joe O'Shea followed up with 19 points of his own.
Marcus Burton led Wagner with a game high 31 points in the loss.
Bryant returns to action on Saturday, January 17 when they visit Central Connecticut. Tip-off is set for 3:30 p.m.
For a further look at the Bulldogs win, see the five takeaways slideshow below.
Related Slideshow: Five Takeaways from Bryant’s 81-73 Win Over Wagner
The Bryant University men's basketball team (7-7, 4-1 NEC) defeated (4-12, 2-3 NEC) Wagner 81-73 on Thursday night at the Chace Athletic Center.
Here are five takeaways from the game.
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