Sherif Gross-Bullock’s runner with 0.8 seconds left bounced off the rim 3 times earlier than falling house because the Bryant College males’s basketball crew knocked off Syracuse, 73-72, on Saturday evening on the JMA Wi-fi Dome.
The victory strikes the Bulldogs to 5-1 on the season and is this system’s second over a faculty from a Energy 5 convention.
After Syracuse hit a pair of free throws on the different finish with 8.1 seocnds to go, Bryant elected to not name a timeout and Gross-Bullock did the remaining. The Washington, D.C., native sprinted down the court docket and raced to the basket, pulling up and letting a floater go from 5 ft. The ball caromed excessive up off the again rim earlier than bouncing twice extra on the iron and falling by way of with 0.8 seconds left.
Gross-Bullock completed with 15 factors, whereas Antwan Walker had 18 factors, 11 rebounds, two assists and two blocks on an evening by which he performed a majority of minutes with 4 fouls. Earl Timberlake added 13 factors and Charles Pleasure rating 13 as properly in his return to his hometown. Miles Latimer chipped in 9 factors and 4 rebounds.
Recreation Data
Bryant 73, Syracuse 72
Data: Bryant 5-1 | Syracuse 3-3
Location: JMA Wi-fi Dome (Syracuse, N.Y.)
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Key Moments
Gross-Bullock raced into the lane and hit a floater with 0.8 seconds left to provide the Black and Gold a 73-72 victory.
The way it Occurred
Bryant acquired off to begin due to buckets from Timberlake and Walker. The second basket prompted a Syracuse timeout with 17:49 to play.
The Bulldogs’ run would make it 6-0 earlier than the Orange hit back-to-back threes to tie the sport.
A Doug Edert three and a Kvonn Cramer layup capped a 7-0 Bryant run to provide the Black and Gold a 13-6 lead with 13:30 left.
Pleasure drilled his first basket within the Dome with a nook triple to make it 16-11.
Bryant prolonged its result in 13, 35-22, due to Latimer. He was fouled taking pictures a 3 and made all three free throws earlier than drilling a 3 from the highest.
In between, tempers flared following an offensive foul on Syracuse. A Syracuse participant slapped a Bryant participant and the Bryant participant slapped him again. Following the scuffle, three Bryant gamers and one Syracuse participant had been ejected.
Bryant closed the half with an exclamation level as Gross-Bullock hit a buzzer-beating three from midcourt, giving the Bulldogs a 40-29 lead on the break.
Pleasure had a giant putback bucket to cease a Syracuse run and provides Bryant a 44-37 lead with 16:49 to play.
Latimer and Gross-Bullock adopted with back-to-back threes to provide the Bulldogs a 50-37 lead with 14:53 left.
The Orange had been capable of widdle Bryant’s lead down, pulling inside two with 5:17 left.
A 3 on Syracuse’s subsequent possession made Bryant’s lead one, 60-59. Jesse Edwards adopted with a layup to provide the Orange their first lead, 61-60 with 3:20 to go.
Timberlake answered on the opposite finish with an and-one, posting a unbelievable end within the lane.
Chris Bell gave Syracuse a 66-65 lead with 1:30 left however Walker canned two free throws to get Bryant the lead again.
The Orange then hit 3-of-4 free throws, two approaching a technical, to take a 69-67 lead with 50 seconds left.
Timberlake then canned two free throws to tie it and Gross-Bullock turned a steal right into a two-handed flush and a 71-69 Bryant lead with 25 seconds left.
After Syracuse hit 1-of-2, Gross-Bullock was fouled. He missed each and the Orange hit two free throws on the opposite finish with 8 seconds left.
Gross-Bullock then acquired the inbounds and raced into the lane, letting go a floater. The preliminary shot caromed excessive up above the rim earlier than ultimately falling by way of the twine with 0.8 seconds left.
Stats
Bryant completed 24-of-60 (40.0 %) from the sphere, 7-of-28 (25.0 %) from three and 18-of-23 (78.3 %) from the road.
The Orange outrebounded Bryant, 43-36.
The Bulldogs turned the ball over simply 11 occasions.
Bryant held a 34-24 lead within the paint.
Walker led Bryant with 18 factors and 11 rebounds. He was 6-of-13 from the sphere and 6-of-6 from the road.
Gross-Bullock posted 15 factors, 5 rebounds and two assists.
Timberlake had 13 factors and three assists.
Pleasure posted 13 factors, six rebounds and three assists.
Latimer got here off the bench to put up 9 factors and 4 boards.
Recreation Notes
Bryant is now 1-1 all-time towards Syracuse.
The victory is Bryant’s first towards a crew from a Energy 5 convention because it defeated Boston Faculty in 2012.
Bryant’s males’s lacrosse crew additionally defeated the Orange within the Dome, beating Syracuse within the 2014 NCAA First Spherical.
Pleasure completed in double-figures for the 59th time in his 89-game profession.
Pleasure now has 1,204 factors and 615 rebounds in his profession. He additionally now has 196 profession assists.
Walker scored in double-figures for the fourth consecutive recreation and for the fifth time this season.
Walker posted his second-straight double-double and the seventh double-double of his profession.
Walker is now averaging 15.5 ppg and eight.5 rpg over his final 4.
Gross-Bullock hit buzzer-beating photographs at each the tip of the primary and second half.
Gross-Bullock has scored in double digits in all six video games.
Up Subsequent
The Bulldogs return house on Monday evening, internet hosting Framingham St. on the Chace Athetic Heart. Tip is about for 7:02 p.m.
