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WBB 12.4
62
Winner Bryant BRY 2-2,0-0 NEC
46
Iona Iona 0-2,0-0 MAAC
Winner
Bryant BRY
2-2,0-0 NEC
62
Final
46
Iona Iona
0-2,0-0 MAAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Bryant BRY 8 24 17 13 62
Iona Iona 11 12 10 13 46

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Jack Clark

Iona WBB Downed in Home Opener by Bryant

NEW ROCHELLE, NY – The Iona College women's basketball team lost its 2020-21 home opener to Bryant, 62-46, on Friday evening. Juana Camilion paved the way offensively again for Iona, scoring 13 points and dishing out four assists.

GAME SUMMARY

Both offenses started slow on Friday night, combining for just seven points total at the midway point of the first quarter. Following the first media break of the night, Dublin scored the first bucket of her collegiate career to give Iona a 5-4 lead. The lead changed hands twice more in the opening frame, but Iona would take an 11-8 advantage into the second quarter.
 
Bryant used a 15-0 run across the first four minutes of the second frame, taking a 23-11 lead and forcing head coach Billi Chambers to use her first timeout of the game. Dublin connected on the backend of two free throws to end Iona's scoreless drought, but not before another Bulldog run made it a 16-point game.
 
Iona's defensive pressure picked up as the first half wound down, forcing turnovers and converting them into points. The Maroon & Gold trimmed their deficit to single digits once more after a Shyan Mwai free throw, heading into halftime trailing 32-23.
 
The Gaels began the second half with two straight baskets, making it a 32-27 game and eventually forcing a Bryant timeout. Out of the break, the Bulldogs pieced together eight straight points and opened up a 13-point lead with 4:30 to play in the period. That lead would only grow larger, as a Fatou Jallow buzzer-beater trey made it 49-33 in favor of the visitors at the end of three.
 
Iona drew as close as 12 points of the lead, but never closer, as they fell 62-46 in the 2020-21 home opener.

STATISTICAL LEADERS

  • Bryant's Brook Bjelko registered her third double-double of the season, scoring a game-high 29 points and pulling down a game-best 16 rebounds.
  • Kandis Taylor dished out six assists. Camilion's four dimes were the most of any Gael.
  • Camilion and Kandis Taylor both grabbed five steals. Brooke Bjelko swatted three shots, a game-high.

NOTABLE NUGGETS

  • Camilion's scoring output led the team for the second straight game to start the season. Her four makes from the charity stripe were a season-high.
  • Dublin reached double-digit points for the first time in her collegiate career. She finished with a nice stat line: 11 points, five rebounds, one block and one steal.
  • Bryant doubled up on Iona in the second quarter, outscoring the Gaels 24-12. The frame began with a 15-0 run for the Bulldogs, turning a three-point deficit into a 12-point lead.
  • Iona's bench scored 18 points, half of which came from Mwai.
  • The Bulldogs scored 34 points inside the painted area, compared to 18 for the Maroon & Gold. Bryant also won the battle on the boards, 45-33.

UP NEXT

Iona begins conference play next Friday, December 11 at Monmouth. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. at OceanFirst Bank Center.

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