Drexel is set to host Bryant, who rides into Philly after a four game win streak after an 0-2 start.

Who: Bryant (4-2) at Drexel (2-3) 

When: Wednesday, Nov. 20, 7 p.m. ET 

Where: Daskalakis Athletic Center; Philadelphia, Pa.

Watch: LIVE on FloHoops

Bryant Bulldogs At A Glance

After opening the season 0-2 with a pair of two-point losses to Brown and Rutgers, Bryant’s rolled off four straight. The Bulldogs kicked off the streak with a reversal of their earlier fortunes, winning a one-possession thriller over Cornell.

Since then, Bryant has rolled through Saint Peter’s, Div. III North Vermont University-Lyndon and Niagara all by double-digits.

Bryant was picked to finish in the middle of the Northeast Conference, sixth-place, in coach Jared Grasso’s second season. Grasso came over from Iona, where he was an assistant for a Gaels program that dominated the MAAC for the better part of the past decade.

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Preseason 1^st Team All-NEC honoree Adam Grant has lived up to his preseason billing. He’s got the green light behind the 3-point arc, taking 9.8 attempts per game and making 39 percent of them en route to a team-high 19.8 points per.

Benson Lin, Mikail Simmons and Charles Pride are all also shooting between 3.7 and 5.3 3-pointers through Bryant’s first six and making better than 34 percent.

Bryant has been collectively excellent on the glass thus far, perhaps best demonstrated in Monday’s win over Niagara. The Bulldogs were nearly plus-20 on the boards, and Patrick Harding has been leading the pace with an average of more than 12 rebounds per game.

Offense

Bryant’s played at a quick pace with a free-wheeling approach to shot distribution. The influence Grasso brought over from Iona is becoming evident in the way Bryant pushes the pace and tries to generate fast-break points as much as possible.

The Bulldogs rank 39^th nationally in adjusted tempo, per KenPom.com advanced metrics, and rank top 100 in 3-point shooting. If there’s any vulnerability they’ve shown through six games, it’s ball control. Bryant commits a turnover on 22.4 percent of its possession.

Defense

Getting out in transition on offense starts to generate stops on defense. Bryant’s been outstanding at both creating turnovers – the Bulldogs rank 75^th nationally in defensive possessions resulting in a steal at 11.4 percent – and are 63^rd in opponent field-goal shooting.

Lin, Pride, Grant, Timmy Kiggins, Ikenna Ndugba and Hall Elisias have all been key contributors to the Bulldogs’ 9.4 steals per game. Elisias is also blocking 1.5 shots per game.

Drexel Dragons At A Glance

Drexel’s faced quality competition in its first two weeks, tipping the campaign off against crosstown rival Temple. The Dragons took an Owls team widely projected to contend for an NCAA Tournament berth down to the wire, then did the same against Rutgers out of the Big Ten.

Rutgers is one of two common opponents between the Dragons and Bryant; both teams lost to the Scarlet Knights but beat Niagara.

Drexel lost its last time out against perennial Southland Conference contender, Stephen F. Austin.

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Camren Wynter earned Preseason 2^nd Team All-Colonial Athletic Association recognition and early into the 2019-20 season  he’s averaging a healthy 9.6 points, 5.1 assists and 3.6 rebounds per game. Preseason 3^rd Team selection James Butler has been outstanding, posting a double-double of 14.2 points and 12.2 rebounds.

Matey Juric and Mate Okros have joined Wynter as the leading outside shooting options. The bench mob of Zach Walton and T.J. Bickerstaff are playing significant minutes and contributing 10.4 and 7.2 points.

Offense

Drexel has played with a relatively high tempo and shot well. The Dragons rank No. 135 in effective field-goal percentage, No. 148 in 3-point shooting, and No. 146 inside the arc.

Scoring’s been nicely distributed among a corps of six players, and ball movement is plentiful. The Dragons net 60.5 percent of their made field goals off assists, which is just outside the country’s top 50.

The weakness of Drexel’s offense in the early going has been protecting the ball. More than a quarter of the team’s possessions have resulted in turnovers; only nine teams in Div. I have been worse in that facet.

With Bryant coming in aggressively forcing turnovers, that’s a trend the Dragons must reverse.

Defense

Butler’s stellar start includes keying the defense with his work on the glass. With a defensive rebounding percentage of 29.1, he’s 48^th-most active in the nation – and that fuels Drexel’s top 50 offensive rebound percentage on the defensive side of the floor.

The Dragons have defended teams well from the floor, but would have better percentages without the turnover issues on often. Opponents average more than 20 points per game in transition against Drexel.