Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers at Bryant Bulldogs
· Northeast Conference Tournament - Final
Mount St. Mary's stuns Bryant 73-68 to clinch NCAA bid
It's Mount St. Mary's (12-10) sixth trip to the NCAA Tournament. Bryant (15-6), which entered Tuesday's game undefeated at home this season, has yet to make an appearance in the big dance.
The Mount was NEC's No. 4 seed and Bryant was second seeded.
Chong Qui scored nine straight points, but despite that, Bryant cut into the Mountaineers lead and drew to within 54-53 on Charles Pride's layup with 7:20 left. Mount St. Mary's proceeded to go on an 11-2 run for a 10-point advantage with 3:27 left. Pride later buried consecutive 3-pointers, and his layup with 18 seconds left reduced Bryant's deficit to 70-68. But Nana Opoku, a 45% foul shooter on the season, calmly sank a pair and sealed the Bulldog's fate.
Opoku scored 18 points and Mezie Offurum 16 for the Mountaineers.
Pride scored a career-high 33 points and finished a point away from scoring half of Bryant's 68 points. He made 8-of-12 3s but the rest of the team went 0 for 13 from beyond the arc. Peter Kiss scored 12 for Bryant.
The game marked Mount St. Mary’s eighth appearance in the NEC championship game since joining the league in 1989-90. Mount St. Mary’s won the championship game in 1995, 1999, 2008, 2014 and 2017.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 73 - 68 |
| 2nd 0:04 | Malik Jefferson Defensive Rebound. | 73 - 68 |
| 2nd 0:04 | Charles Pride missed Three Point Jumper. | 73 - 68 |
| 2nd 0:09 | Malik Jefferson made Free Throw. | 73 - 68 |
| 2nd 0:09 | Mount St. Mary's Deadball Team Rebound. | 72 - 68 |
Statistics
 MSM |
 BRY |
|
|---|---|---|
| 23-57 | FG | 25-65 |
| 40 | Field Goal % | 38 |
| 5-17 | 3PT | 8-25 |
| 29 | Three Point % | 32 |
| 22-31 | FT | 10-11 |
| 71 | Free Throw % | 91 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 11 | Offensive Rebounds | 6 |
| 35 | Defensive Rebounds | 28 |
| 8 | Assists | 7 |
| 1 | Steals | 5 |
| 10 | Blocks | 5 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 7 | Total Turnovers | 6 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 7 | Points Off Turnovers | 9 |
| 0 | Fast Break Points | 0 |
| 0 | Points in Paint | 0 |
| 11 | Fouls | 20 |
| 11 | Largest Lead | 4 |
Game Information
Location: Smithfield, RI
Capacity:
2025-26 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merrimack | 17-3 | - | 23-11 |
| Saint Peter's | 14-6 | 3 | 17-12 |
| Siena | 13-7 | 4 | 23-12 |
| Marist | 12-8 | 5 | 19-12 |
| Quinnipiac | 12-8 | 5 | 19-13 |
| Fairfield | 11-9 | 6 | 21-13 |
| Mount St. Mary's | 11-9 | 6 | 15-17 |
| Iona | 10-10 | 7 | 18-14 |
| Sacred Heart | 9-11 | 8 | 14-19 |
| Manhattan | 8-12 | 9 | 12-20 |
| Canisius | 5-15 | 12 | 10-21 |
| Niagara | 5-15 | 12 | 8-22 |
| Rider | 3-17 | 14 | 4-25 |
2025-26 America East Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| UMBC | 14-2 | - | 24-9 |
| Vermont | 12-4 | 2 | 22-12 |
| NJIT | 10-6 | 4 | 16-17 |
| UMass Lowell | 9-7 | 5 | 15-18 |
| UAlbany | 7-9 | 7 | 11-21 |
| Maine | 6-10 | 8 | 8-24 |
| New Hampshire | 5-11 | 9 | 9-21 |
| Bryant | 5-11 | 9 | 9-22 |
| Binghamton | 4-12 | 10 | 8-23 |