Bulldogs fall in Sunday meeting with Hartford, 59-47

POSTGAME QUOTES

SMITHFIELD, R.I. –  Bryant University women's basketball jumped out to a 12-0 lead in the first quarter, but ultimately ended up falling to the University of Hartford Hawks, 59-47, at the Chace Athletic Center in Smithfield Sunday afternoon.

GAME INFORMATION

Hartford 59, Bryant 47

Records: Hartford 6-4, Bryant 1-9
Location: Chace Athletic Center (Smithfield, R.I.)
Attendance: 398

COACH BURKE'S COMMENTS

"I felt today, once again, defensively we were pretty good. We held Hartford to under its season average in points. Unfortunately, we're really falling short offensively with our ability to hit open shots, and that trickled down to shooting foul shots, where we struggled as well. It's going to be very hard to win games when you're only scoring 47 points and shoot 25 percent from the foul line. We worked for two days against the press, and I thought we handled that pretty well. The big, glaring thing is we're having trouble scoring."

KEY MOMENTS

• Hartford's Sierra DaCosta hit a 3-pointer to open the second half and tie the game for the Hawks. The bucket closed a 16-point Bryant lead and helped propel the Hawks second-half offense that scored 38 points.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Sophomore Masey Zegarowski (Hamilton, Mass.) opened the game with a 3-pointer to start a 12-0 Bryant lead to open the game.
• Bryant scored a team-best 18 points in the first quarter.
• Hartford answered back by outscoring the Bulldogs, 14-6, in the second.
• The Hawks scored 27 points in the third quarter.
• Bryant closed the gap in the fourth, outscoring Hartford 12-11. Senior Kathleen Everson (Farmingville, N.Y.) scored five of her seven points and had a block in the final frame.

STATS

• Senior Sydney Holloway (Morgantown, W. Va.) had her fourth double-double of the season and second in three games. The sophomore scored 15 points and had 10 rebounds in the game.
• Redshirt junior Naomi Ashley (Hamilton, Ont.) also reached double-digit rebounds, pulling down 10 boards off the glass. Ashley finished with eight points, two points shy of a double-double.
• Ashley was also the game's leader with five assists, tying a season-high (Maine, Nov. 14).

GAME NOTES

• Bryant held Lindsey Abed to just six points. Abed was averaging 12.8 points entering Sunday's game and was the Hawks' leading scorer.
• Bryant out-rebounded the Hawks, 47-42.
• The Bulldogs tied their season low with 14 turnovers. They also had 14 when the team hosted New Hampshire on Nov. 21.

UP NEXT

The Black and Gold are off for 11 days before they head to Harrisonburg, Virginia, to take on the Dukes of James Madison University on Dec. 21, the team's final non-conference game of the regular season.