SMITHFIELD, RI– The St. Francis College Brooklyn women's basketball team (6-17, 2-10) fell to the Bulldogs of Bryant University (7-15, 5-6) by a score of 67-62 from the Chace Athletic Center on Monday evening.
Trading a pair of shots that were both unsuccessful, the first basket would come off a left-handed lay-up from junior forward
Ally Lassen three minutes into the contest. Four straight points off the finger-tips of freshman guard
Nevena Dimitrijevic. A 7-0 run would commence from Mary Burke's Bulldogs to give Bryant a four-point lead into the second stanza, and wouldn't look back.
Ensuring that a comeback could be obtained were a trio of Terriers in Jordan, junior forward
Abby Anderson, and the aforementioned Dimitrijevic. The Serbian native would tie the game at 25 off a three-pointer made from distance on the wing, before Bryant's Gallagher would do the same on the other end to force a timeout. Tying the game at 31, would be Anderson who made a lay-up before preseason All-NEC selection, Sydney Holloway tallied her 10
th point in the low post to give her squad a three-point lead heading into the locker room.
Earning double-digit points in the third stanza, Dimitrijevic would tally 10 points in as many minutes, when she would string off six consecutive points in the frame, and narrow the opposition's team lead down to just seven. The Serbian native would record 25 points, and match her career high.
The final frame would show Dimitrijevic register the teams' three only field-goals by adding six more points, and adding to her new career-high with 31 on the night. Anderson would tally three-points off three conversions from the free-throw line. The Terriers converted 22-of-56 from the field, and added 13-of-20 from the charity stripe.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
St. Francis Brooklyn – 59 | Bryant - 78
- Freshman Nevena Dimitrijevic tallied a career-high 31 points on the evening. The Serbian native converted 14-of-26 from the field, grabbed three rebounds, assisted on five baskets, and stole three in 35 minutes on the hardwood.
- Freshman forward Jenna Jordan recorded 11 points, stole one, grabbed three rebounds, and tallied a team-high five-of-six shots from the charity stripe in 20 minutes on the floor.
- Junior forward Abby Anderson logged seven points to the score sheet, stole one, assisted on one basket, grabbed six rebounds, and converted three of a possible four from the free-throw line in 27 minutes of action.
UP NEXT:
The Terriers continue their road-trip on Saturday afternoon, February 15 when we visit the Sharks of Long Island University for a 2 p.m. opening tip inside the Steinberg Wellness Center.
