Courtesy of GoBonnies.com
ALLEGHENY, N.Y. – Saturday afternoon at the Reilly Center, the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team left no doubt who would take ownership of the Br. Ed Coughlin, OFM Franciscan Cup as the Bonnies hit on all cylinders in a dominant win over Siena, 89-56.
With the victory, the Bonnies avenged last year’s loss in Albany and reclaimed the Cup against their Franciscan sister school.
Mika Adams-Woods continued his recent torrid stretch, posting a game-high 23 points on 9-for-9 shooting. He’s now made 19 of 20 field goal attempts in the last two games including 10 straight from 3-point land dating back to last weekend’s win at Buffalo.
Chad Venning was dominant down low as well, finishing with 20 points.
Moses Flowers delivered 12 points off the bench and Daryl Banks III contributed 11 points and four assists.
St. Bonaventure has notched five straight victories and improved to 7-2 on the season.
The Bonnies picked up where they left off Wednesday night when the offense shot just under 67 percent in a 34-point win over rival Niagara.
After back-and-forth opening minutes, the Bonnies embarked on a 15-3 run for their first double-digit advantage of the day with 8:30 left before intermission.
As the lead expanded, the Bonnies nearly couldn’t miss.
They made 10-of-11 field goal tries over one stretch, powered by their point guard who legitimately could not miss.
Adams-Woods went a perfect 7-for-7 from the floor in the opening 20 minutes and would finish the day 4-for-4 from deep.
Bona’s lead surged to 46-25 at halftime as the hosts shot nearly 59 percent before the break.
The hosts continued to pull away, employing a 20-4 run over the final 3:35 of the first half and initial nearly four minutes of the second period for a 58-29 advantage.
Siena (2-8) never got closer as the Bonnies’ lead grew to 39 with six minutes left before letting off the gas.
St. Bonaventure owned the paint with 40 points to Siena’s 18 while also holding a 34-32 edge on the glass.
Bona’s defense limited the Saints to 38 percent shooting from the floor while connecting on a nearly 60 percent clip for nearly the entire game before settling for a 55 percent success rate (32-58).
No Siena players reached double-figure scoring with Michael Evbagharu and Mason Courtney both tallying nine points apiece to lead the visitors.
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