Posted: Jan 26, 2020

Wagner visits Smithfield for Monday clash

SMITHFIELD, R.I. – The Bryant University women's basketball team hosts Wagner on Monday, Jan. 28 at 7 p.m. The Bulldogs are currently on its longest winning streak of the season and look to continue by trying to hurdle over the .500 mark in conference play.

The first 200 Bryant students who arrive to the game on Monday will receive a free Chick-fil-a sandwich courtesy of Attleboro Chick-fil-a.

THE MATCHUP
Bryant looks to extend on a three-game winning streak when it welcomes Wagner to the Chace Athletic Center on Monday, Jan. 27. Monday marks the 20th time in history that the two teams will meet and Bryant leads the all-time series record, 17-2. Last season, the Bulldogs swept Wagner including a fourth-quarter thriller thanks to Naomi Ashley '19 with the game-winning steal and basket on Senior Night.

SCOUTING THE SEAHAWKS
The Seahawks are 6-12 overall and 2-5 in conference play after falling to Central Connecticut on Saturday, 66-63. Wagner's lone NEC wins came to St. Francis Brooklyn and LIU in overtime. The Staten Island-based squad is the NEC leader in assists per game averaging 14.4 a night and second in total assists with 244.

Sophomore Emiliji Krista Grava, who was an All-Rookie Team selection a year ago, leads Wagner on the offensive end averaging 15.3 points per game ranking second in the NEC with a 46.9 field goal percentage. Against CCSU, Krista Grava dropped 35 points off 12-of-17 shooting from the field and a perfect 10-for-10 clip from the stripe.

LAST TIME OUT: MOUNT ST. MARY'S
Bryant became the first NEC team to take down the Mountaineers in Knott Arena on Saturday, 72-67, thanks to a 15-0 run in the second quarter. Four Bulldogs tallied double-figures including Masey Zegarowski (Hamilton, Mass.) (15), Nicole Gallagher (Foxboro, Mass.) (12), Brooke Bjelko (Plattsburgh, N.Y.) (11), and Trinity Bravo (Bridgeport, Conn.) (10). The Black and Gold are now on its first winning streak of the season with back-to-back NEC victories.

ON THE RISE
Senior Sydney Holloway (Morgantown, W.Va.) became Bryant's leading scorer in its Division I era surpassing Breanna Rucker '16. Rucker's previously held record was set at 1,395 points, but Holloway's seven-point performance against UMass Lowell put her over the edge at 1,401 career points on Dec. 2. Holloway is currently 25 rebounds away from 1,000 where she is en route to becoming the third player in Bryant's D1 history to achieve 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds.

BEGINNERS LUCK
Gallagher posted six consecutive double-figure scoring performances in her NEC debut. Gallagher leads the Black and Gold averaging 11.7 points a night against conference foes. The rookie also leads the team by a wide margin in made three-pointers with 14 through the first five conference games.

ZEGA-WHO?
Zegarowski has continued to flourish in her senior season. The senior guard led the Bulldogs at Army with a season-high 17 points off 7-of-17 shooting while also dishing out five assists. So far this season, Zegarowski has posted seven double-figure scoring performances and led the Black and Gold in scoring in six different contests. Zegarowski led the Bulldogs in back-to-back conference victories over LIU and Mount St. Mary's.

BRAVO!
Bravo has stuffed the stat sheet since the beginning of conference play. Bravo has posted double-figure scoring in four of the first six NEC games including a career-high 16 points at Merrimack. The Bridgeport native posted back-to-back six assists games against both Mount St. Mary's and LIU. The sophomore leads the team with 28 steals on the year and 167during conference play. She is also the team leader in assists against NEC opponents with 18.

I WANT KANDY
Junior guard Kandis Taylor (Sunrise, Fla.) has seen the court more this season than in previous years averaging 17.0 minutes a game compared to the 10.2 that she averaged just one year ago. The 5-7 guard played a season-high 24 minutes against LIU and netted back-to-back career-highs of nine points against LIU and at Mount St. Mary's. Taylor also dished out a career-best six assists at Mount St. Mary's.