The Archway

Issue date: 12/4/09 Section: Sports

The Bulldogs dropped tough games to Brown and St. Bonaventure. (Courtesy of Bryant Athletics)

The women's basketball team faced a tough stretch of road the week of Thanksgiving, as they battled intrastate rival Brown, and undefeated St. Bonaventure. Unfortunately, the chips did not fall quite where they wanted and the Bulldogs dropped both games.

As always, the Bulldogs battled Brown right to the final buzzer of regulation time, which resulted in a tie, sending the game into overtime. The Bulldogs, who had been trailing by as much as twelve in the game, managed to tie the score with only 49 seconds remaining in the second half.

The Bulldogs held onto a one point lead with a little over six minutes left in the first half when Brown picked up momentum and scored 14 unanswered points. The Bulldogs headed into the locker room with an 11 point deficit to overcome in the second half. They did just that as they slowly inched their way back into the game beginning with a monumental lay-up from senior, Kelsey O'Keefe. The two points moved her into fourth place for all-time scoring at Bryant with 1,400 points in her career.

With just 49 seconds in regulation time, the Bulldogs called a timeout which proved successful as the next play was finished off with a three pointer from Courtney Schermerhorn, tying the game for the fifth time.

In overtime, the Bulldogs' momentum seemed to be cursed by poor free throw performance (16.7%), whereas the Brown Bears edged out the Bulldogs shooting 62.5% from the charity stripe. The Bears outscored the Bulldogs 16-9 in the extra period resulting in a 79-72 Bulldog loss.

Sophomore, Lekia Cowen led the Bulldogs with a career high 15 points coupled with eight rebounds, five assists and two steals.

The Bulldogs returned to action in New York Sunday afternoon to face undefeated St. Bonaventure. Siamone Bennett led the Bulldogs with 12 points and six rebounds in the contest.

Turnovers proved to be the Bulldogs' Achilles Heel in the game as they tallied 24 on the day. They trailed 28-17 heading into the break and were not able to work their way back into the game in the second half as they collected the loss with a score of 66-43 and a record of 1-4. St. Bonaventure remained undefeated (6-0) with the victory.

Cowen was the only other Bulldog in double digits with 10 points and O'Keefe added seven points and six rebounds.

The Bulldogs continue their road trip and return to action Tuesday night at Colgate.

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