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By JOHN LIKANJE What appeared to be a rolled ankle turned out to be the worst case scenario. An MRI revealed a torn ACL for former Bishop Kearney star Thomas Bryant, spelling the end of his season. Bryant suffered the injury less than two minutes into Saturday's contest against the Miami Heat. The 6-foot-10 center jumped for a rebound and when he landed, his left foot rolled … [Read more...] about Thomas Bryant out for rest of season with torn ACL

By JOHN LIKANJE What started off as a promising road trip for Thomas Bryant and the Wizards was erased with Wednesday's and Friday's games. After scoring only 10 points in Philadelphia, the former Bishop Kearney star was limited to a season-low seven points in the 116-107 loss in Boston. Bryant netted all of his points in the first half. After starting his night with a free … [Read more...] about Thomas Bryant held to season-low seven points in Wizards’ defeat in Boston

By JOHN LIKANJE Thomas Bryant came into Wednesday's contest in the midst of a three-game stretch which included finishing just shy of his career-high and first double-double of the season. However, the former Bishop Kearney star had a quiet night against the Philadelphia 76ers: 11 points on 4-of-6 shooting, six rebounds and one assist in 33 minutes in the 141-136 … [Read more...] about Thomas Bryant, Wizards unable to contain Embiid, Sixers’ offense

By JOHN LIKANJE Sunday night was a tale of two halves for Thomas Bryant. In the first half, the former Bishop Kearney star picked up three fouls in 13 minutes, including one in which he held both of his arms up while Kevin Durant barreled into him and accidentally elbowed him on the chin. In the second half, Bryant dunked on Brooklyn Nets small forward Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot … [Read more...] about Thomas Bryant’s game-winner and first double-double of the season leads Wizards to second straight win

By JOHN LIKANJE The Detroit Pistons (0-4) and Washington Wizards (0-5) entered the New Year as the NBA's remaining winless teams. At the end of the inaugural day of the calendar year, that ceased to be the case and both squads can thank the lone Rochester natives on their roster. Thomas Bryant and Isaiah Stewart were integral in their teams' first win of the season. Here is a … [Read more...] about Rochester basketball at the NBA level: Bryant, Stewart put teams in the win column