Junior co-captain Kelsey O’Keefe became the 19th player in Bryant women’s basketball history to reach 1,000 career points with her first basket of the game.

O’Keefe went on to score a game-high 15 points to lead the Bulldogs to a 53-50 win over Northeast Conference opponent St. Francis last night at the Chace Athletic Center in Smithfield in Bryant’s first-ever Division I home opener.

Shannon Wood added another 11 points for the Bulldogs squad, which led, 30-25, at halftime.

Kendra Williams led St. Francis with 14 points, while teammates Kristin Leitheuser and Kara Ayers each scored 12 points.

 BRYANT (53): Bennett 1-3 2-2 4, Wood 4-6 0-0 11, Schermerhorn 1-4 0-1 2, Johnson 2-7 0-1 5, O’Keefe 7-17 0-0 15, Pierlioni 0-2 0-0 0, Mraz 0-2 0-0 0, Reynolds 2-5 0-0 4, Hudspeth 2-5 0-0 5, Campbell 3-7 1-1 7; totals 22-58 3-5 53. ST. FRANCIS (50): Babica 3-8 0-1 6, Miah 0-3 0-0 0, Leitheuser 5-8 1-2 12, Williams 6-1 2-2 14, Ayers 4-15 2-2 12, Petrucci 0-0 0-0 0, Tejada 2-10 0-0 6, Herald 0-2 0-0 0; totals 20-57 5-7 50.

 Halftime –– B 30-25. 3-pointers –– B 6 (Wood 3, Johnson, O’Keefe, Hudspeth); SF 5 (Ayers 2, Tejada 2, Leitheuser). Rebs — B 38 (Bennett 8, O’Keefe 8, team 8). Assists –– B 17 (Wood 7); SF 6 (Miah 2). Records –– B 2-4; SF 0-5.

MEN

ALBANY 57, BRYANT 47: Freshman guard Anthony Raffa notched a game-high 17 points, pulled down 6 rebounds, and dished out 5 assists to lead The University of Albany over Bryant University last night. The Great Danes earned their fifth straight win in a contest at the SEFCU Center in Albany, N.Y. Brian Connelly added 13 points, all in the first half, for Albany, which led, 28-22, at halftime. Barry Latham led Bryant with 16 points.

 ALBANY, N.Y. (57):

Harris 0-6 0-0 0, Connelly 5-11 3-5 13, Gifford 0-0 0-0 0, Raffa 5-10 5-5 17, Ambrose 4-5 4-6 13, Allen 0-5 0-0 0, Hastings 1-7 0-0 2, McRae 0-5 3-6 3, Johnson 0-1 1-2 1, Barraza 2-5 0-0 6, Covington 1-1 0-1 2; totals 18-56 16-25 57.

BRYANT (47): Lyell 1-4 2-2 4, Gresham 3-11 0-1 6, Wright 2-3 3-4 7, Birrell 3-7 0-0 9, Latham 6-13 4-6 16, Lambert 0-3 0-0 0, Thomas 0-0 0-0 0, Pontes 1-4 0-0 2, McLean 0-2 0-0 0, Parzych 0-0 2-2 2, Leclerc 0-2 1-2 1; totals 16-49 12-17 47.

 Halftime—Albany, N.Y. 28-22. 3-pointers — B 3 (Birrell 3); A 5 (Barraza 2, Raffa 2, Ambrose) Rebs –– B 32 (Wright 9), A 46 (McRae 8). Assists ––B 10 (Latham 4); A 12 (Raffa 5). Records –– B 1-4; A 5-2.