Providence Reporter

Earl Timberlake and Antwan Walker each posted a double-double but the Bryant University men's basketball team was unable to contain the University of Vermont, falling 74-64, on Thursday night at Patrick Gymnasium.

Thursday's tilt on ESPNU featured the top two teams in the America East preseason poll. The loss drops the Bulldogs to 10-5 overall and 1-1 in league play.

Timberlake collected his fifth double-double of the season with 17 points (5-of-7 FG, 8-9 FT) and 13 rebounds, while Walker posted his fourth with 13 and 12. Sherif Gross-Bullock finished with 13 points, while Charles Pride posted 11 points and eight rebounds. The Bulldogs finished just 4-of-20 from beyond the arc and turned the ball over 22 times on the evening.

Game InformationVermont 74, Bryant 64Records: Bryant 10-5, 1-1 AE | Vermont 8-8, 1-1 AELocation: Patrick Gymnasium (Burlington, Vt.)Attendance:

Key Moments

• Back-to-back threes for Vermont answered a Bryant run and gave the Catamounts a 15-point lead halfway through the second half.

How it Happened

• Vermont jumped out of the gates with the first seven points and led 9-2 at the first media timeout.
• The Bulldogs were able to battle back, making it 13-11 on a Chauncey Hawkins IV basket in transition.
• UVM, however, rattled off seven quick points to build a 20-13 lead. Following two technical free throws, the Catmounts would lead 24-13 at the 10 minute mark of the first half.
• The Catamounts would push their 15, 33-18, with 3:25 left before baskets from Miles Latimer and Gross-Bullock made it an 11-point deficit at the break.
• Bryant was able to pull within eight on a pair of occasions early in the second half but a trio of threes from UVM's Aaron Deloney kept the Catamounts ahead.
• Threes from Deloney and TJ Hurley gave the Catamounts a 50-35 lead with 11:58 to play.
• Bryant was finally able to cut the deficit to nine on a putback slam from Walker with 4:14 to go. A double technical was called, however, on Gross-Bullock after the play. UVM would make two of the four technical free throws to push the lead back to 11.
• Bryant made a late push, pulling within six on a Brelsford three with 50.9 seconds remaining to make it 68-62.
• The Catamounts closed the game out from the free throw line to win the first of two meetings between the teams this season.

Stats

• Bryant finished the game 22-of-48 (45.8 percent) from the field, 4-of-21 (19.0 percent) from three and 16-of-23 (69.6 percent) from the line.
• Bryant held a decided 44-23 edge on the glass.
• The Bulldogs turned the ball over 22 times, while UVM coughed it up just five times.
• Gross-Bullock finished the game with 13 points, four rebounds and three assists.
• Timberlake posted 17 points and 13 rebounds for his fifth double-double.
• Walker posted 13 points on 6-of-11 shooting. He added 12 rebounds for his fourth double-double of the year.
• Pride posted 11 points and eight boards.

Game Notes

• Bryant and Vermont were meeting for the third time in program history and the first time as America East foes.  
• Vermont now leads the series, 2-1.
• Bryant's four three-point field goals are a season low.
• Pride now has 1,318 points and 670 rebounds in his career.
• Pride has now scored in double-figures in 65 times in his career.
• Gross-Bullock has now scored in double figures in 14 of 15 games this season. It marks his 37th-career double-digit effort.
• Timberlake scored in double-figures for the 13th time this season.
• Timberlake finished with his fifth-career double-double (all this season).
• Timberlake's 13 rebounds matched his career high.
• Walker finished with his fourth double-double of the year and the ninth of his career. His 12 rebounds matched a season high.

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