CORAOPOLIS, Pa. (AP) - Dynami Sparks set a career high with 29 points as Bryant matched its Northeast Conference win total from a year ago with an 84-77 win over Robert Morris Thursday night in each team's conference opener.
The Bulldogs went 1-17 in the NEC last year and 2-28 overall but are now 8-4 overall after winning their first conference game. The win was Bryant's first over Robert Morris
Sparks drained a career-high seven 3-pointers in 12 attempts, and Frankie Dobbs had a career-best 26 points on 5-of-8 3-point shooting as Bryant hit 13 of 25 from deep. Alex Francis added 18 points and nine rebounds for Bryant.
Velton Jones led Robert Morris (8-6) with 24 points and six assists. Coron Williams, who entered shooting 64 percent (16 of 25) from 3-point range in his last four games, made just 1 of 3 from deep for his only three points of the game.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Bryant University (8-4) « | 33 | 51 | 84 |
| Robert Morris (8-6) | 32 | 45 | 77 |
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| Bryant University Bulldogs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Francis, F | 39 | 5-11 | 8-12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| V. Kondratyev, F | 11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| F. Dobbs, G | 39 | 5-12 | 11-14 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 26 |
| D. Starks, G | 37 | 9-17 | 4-4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 29 |
| C. Maynard, G | 34 | 0-5 | 4-4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. O'Shea | 29 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| S. McLaughlin | 11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 21-50 | 29-36 | 39 | 15 | 15 | 84 | |
| 42% | 80.6% | ||||||
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| L. Jones, F | 25 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| M. McFadden, C | 24 | 4-8 | 3-4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| V. Jones, G | 29 | 8-17 | 5-5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 24 |
| K. Anderson, G | 27 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| C. Williams, G | 27 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Myers-Pate | 23 | 1-6 | 3-5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| R. Johnson | 21 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| D. Appolon | 11 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| V. Morgan | 8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| S. Hawkins | 5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 28-64 | 11-14 | 34 | 13 | 27 | 77 | |
| 43.8% | 78.6% | ||||||
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