Bulldogs set to face UNH Saturday night

SMITHFIELD, R.I. – The Bryant University men's basketball team travels to Durham, N.H., on Saturday to face New Hampshire. Tip is set for 7:00 p.m.

Saturday's game will be a matchup of last year's America East Quarterfinal.

The Particulars
Opponent: New Hampshire
Location: Lundholm Gymnasium (Durham, N.H.)
Date and Time: Saturday, Jan. 13 - 7:00 PM EST 
Live Stats: Sidearm
Watch: ESPN+
Game Notes: Bryant | New Hampshire
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THE SERIES
Bryant and New Hampshire renew a budding America East rivalry on Saturday night. The Bulldogs own an 8-5 lead in the all-time series but the Wildcats were able to snap a four-game skid with a 67-60 victory in last year's America East Quarterfinals. Bryant won both regular season meetings last season but is just 3-4 all-time in Durham.         

YEAR TWO OF AMERICA EAST
Bryant began its second season in the America East last Saturday with an 81-67 win over UMBC. The Bulldogs followed it up with a 77-69 win over Binghamton on Thursday and are 2-0 in league play for just the fourth time in 16 seasons at the DI level.    

NATIONAL RANKINGS
Bryant enters Sunday ranked second nationally with 6.6 blocks per game and 17th nationally in field goal percentage defense (38.3 percent). Bryant also ranks 26th nationally in three-point field goals per game (9.6).   

GOOD GRIEF, REEF
Sherif Gross-Bullock became just the third player in DI program history to record 40 points in a game when he scored a career-high 41 last Saturday at UMBC. The total is tied for the most in a single game this season in NCAA DI. SGB finished 16-of-24 from the field, joining Charles Pride (44) and Alex Francis (43) as the only three players to reach 40+. SGB has now scored 41 and 39 in his two career games at UMBC. 

FIVE MORE THINGS TO KNOW

1. SGB has now scored 20+ points in four-straight games entering Saturday. He is averaging 29.0 ppg and shooting 50 percent (17-of-34) from beyond the arc.  
2. Timberlake enters Saturday with one of the league's best overall stat lines, averaging 13.2 ppg, 8.8 rpg, 4.5 apg, 1.5 bpg and 1.3 spg. He's one of just three players nationally averaging 12.5 ppg, 8.5 rpg and 4.5 apg, and is the only player to average at least 8.0 rpg, 4.0 apg, 1.0 spg and 1.0 bpg. In fact, Timberlake is just the fourth player in the last 10 years to post that type of average.    
3. Daniel Rivera has posted back-to-back double-doubles to start America East play. He is averaging 13.0 ppg, 11.0 rpg and 4.0 bpg in two AE contests.   
4. Rafael Pinzon is third on the team with 12.5 ppg. He is shooting 37 percent from three and 78 percent from the line.
5. Bryant has three players averaging over 1.0 bpg on the season. Daniel Rivera (1st), Earl Timberlake (6th) and Connor Withers (7th) all rank in the top 10 in the America East.                                

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