South County Times

Mariona Planes Fortuny recorded her nineteenth 10+ point performance and ninth in America East play during the Bryant University Women's basketball team's 56-36 home loss against UAlbany.

Game InformationUAlbany 56, Bryant 36Records: Bryant 7-18 (1-11) | UAlbany 16-10 (10-2)Location Chace Athletic Center (Smithfield, R.I.)

Key Moment

• The Black and gold were outscored 13-4 in the second quarter.

How it Happened

• Both teams picked it up on the defensive end as the Bulldogs earned a slight 6-5 edge at the first-quarter media timeout. Fortuny tallied four, and Kemari Reynolds finished a nice layup.
• The Great Danes outscored Bryant 6-4 to produce an 11-10 lead at the end of one. Fortuny went 2-2 at the line, and Nicole Gallagher beat the buzzer with a full-court sprint and layup.
• The Black and Gold began the second with a Gallagher layup, and UAlbany responded with a 7-0 run to go up 18-12 with five minutes remaining.
• The Great Danes scored six points without a Bryant basket until Reynolds got a layup to fall with one-second remaining (24-14)
• The Black and Gold tallied a slight 7-6 edge at the media timeout making the score 30-21 in favor of the Great Danes.
• Bryant outdueled UAlbany 4-2 to end the third (32-25), making the deficit seven.
• The Great Danes outscored the Bulldogs 24-11 in the fourth to earn a 56-36 victory.

Stats

• Bryant shot 25.5% from the field, 7.1% from deep, and 81.8% from the free-throw line.
• Fortuny tallied 19 points and eight boards.

Notes

• Fortuny now has 19 10+ scoring efforts and nine in conference play.
• This is the third consecutive game the Bulldogs haven't reached 50 points, and the second time this year the team hasn't scored 40 points.

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