Women’s Basketball Suffers 72-69 Loss to Bryant

The Central Connecticut women's basketball team fell 72-69 to former NEC member Bryant Friday evening in Smithfield, RI. 

GAME INFORMATION

FINAL SCORE: Bryant 72, CCSU 69

RECORDS: CCSU 0-4; Bryant 3-1

LOCATION: Chace Athletic Center | Smithfield, RI

KEY MOMENTS 

• Amaya Williams scored Central's first points of the game with a triple to give the Blue Devils a 3-2 lead. 

• Alonna Sellers sank two free throws with 2:34 left to go in the first quarter, but Bryant quickly answered with two free throws of their own from Mia Mancini to extend the Bryant lead to 18-9. 

• The Bulldogs started the second quarter off hot with a three-pointer from Silvia Gonzalez that extended the Bryant lead to sixteen. 

• The Blue Devils traded baskets for the next six minutes until Mariona Fortuny converted a layup at the 4:14 mark to give Bryant a 39-21 lead, their largest of the game. 

• Two free throws from Lanpher cut it to a 13-point game with 1:32 left to play in the second quarter. Sophomore forward Alonna Sellers hit a jump shot with 0:46 left to play and two free throws to close the half trailing 41-30. 

• Belle Lanpher started the second half with a bucket and Samora Watson drained a triple to start what would be a 29-7 Blue Devil run. 

• Meghan Kenefick and Alonna Sellers made two buckets in the paint followed by a shifty euro step and lay-in from Lanpher to bring Central within two at the 6:13 mark in the third quarter. 

• Alonna Sellers tied the game at 46 on a nice backdown and post move to tie the game followed by a bank three ball from Amaya Williams to give Blue Devils their first lead since the 9:09 mark in the first quarter. 

• An offensive rebound and reverse layup from Meghan Kenefick at the 3:13 mark in the third gave Central a 50-46 lead, their largest of the game. 

• Mancini drained a triple with 1:24 left to go and a last-second bucket from Kamari Reynolds gave Bryant a 51-50 lead to close out the 3rd quarter.  

• Bryant Senior Mariona Ortuny drove to the rim for a bucket and the foul to convert a three-point play which gave the Bulldogs a 60-52 lead with 6:30 left to play. 

• Belle Lanpher drew her third charge to give the Blue Devils the ball with 1:04 left on the clock. Another Bryant foul put Sellers on the line. She knocked down two clutch free throws to bring the score to 68-66 with 53 seconds left to play. 

• Alonna Sellers and Mia Mancini traded free throws and an Amaya Williams layup brought Central within one with 11.7 seconds left. 

• A costly CCSU turnover gave the ball back to the Bulldogs with 5.8 seconds left to play. Sellers fouled Alejandra Ferreiros and she made one out of two free throws to give Bryant a 72-69 lead with 4.5 seconds left.

• Belle Lanpher took the ball up the court but was unable to convert on a shot in front of the CCSU bench. 

NUMBERS TO KNOW

4 - The Blue Devils offense had three players score in double figures.

NOTES

• Belle Lanpher led the Blue Devils with 20 points. She was 6-9 from the field and shot 50.0% from three-point range. 

• Alonna Sellers was right behind Lanpher with a career-high 19 points and was a rebound away from a double-double.

• Samora Watson scored 12 points despite being in foul trouble early and Amaya Williams scored 11 points to be the fourth Central player to finish with double digits. 

• CCSU shot 76.7% from the free throw line and drew 24 turnovers to extend their margin to +18 vs opponents. 

• Bryant led by as much as 18 points at the 4:14 mark in the second quarter. 

• The Blue Devils shot 53.3% from the field and 50.0% from three in the third quarter outscoring the Bulldogs 20-10 in the third quarter.

UP NEXT...

The Blue Devils will face off against Umass Lowell in their home opener on Tuesday night, November 21st at 7:00 PM.