Takeaways: Bonnies blown out at VCU
Virginia Commonwealth jumped out to a 29-8 lead and led wire-to-wire, eventually defeating Bonaventure 91-63.
Bonnies manage Minutemen despite Mitchell’s 28
The Bonnies led for 37 minutes and 23 seconds, building a 19-point lead midway through the second half and allowing every player to see the court in a 74-61 victory in front of 4,276 observers at the Blue Cross Arena. The win was their seventh straight in Rochester and fourth straight to start Atlantic 10 play, tying the best A-10 start in program history.
Maggio: Bonnies continue to value relationship with Rochester
Each year, the SBU admissions and athletic departments partner to offer the area’s prospective students free admission to the only Division I basketball game in the city.
College catch-up: What you’ve missed in the Atlantic 10
The Dayton Flyers are the clear favorite to win the A-10 and sophomore forward Obi Toppin is scaling the NBA mock drafts. The 14-win Flyers haven’t lost a game in regulation; their two losses were an overtime defeat to Kansas in the Maui Invitational and a Colorado buzzer-beater at Chicago’s United Center…
Osunniyi continues to rapidly rack up rebounds, blocks
Since returning from injury, Osunniyi has protected the rim as well as anyone in college hoops. He has corralled 118 rebounds in 12 games this season, the fourth most per game in the Atlantic 10. He has also blocked 39 shots, putting him just behind George Mason’s AJ Wilson for the league’s per-game lead.
English returns, Bonnies improve to 3-0 in conference play
The sophomore was cleared to play on Friday for Saturday’s conference home opener against Fordham and showed no signs of the head injury he had for the last week, scoring 16 points and recording six assists in SBU’s 64-44 victory in front of 3,848 observers at the Reilly Center.
Big second half propels Saint Louis past Richmond
Saint Louis shot 66.7 percent in the second half and used a 21-2 second-half run to pull away from Richmond and post an impressive 74-58 victory on Saturday night…
Takeaways: Bonnies hold Mason to 18 second half points, grab win No. 10
SBU overcame a 19-4 deficit after the opening six minutes; a negative assist-to-turnover ratio, with 16 turnovers and 13 assists; and a sub-40 field goal percentage (39.1, to be exact) to win its second consecutive road game to start its Atlantic 10 slate. The Bonnies improved to 10-5, 2-0 in the A-10, after their ninth victory in the last 10 games…
Saint Louis tops George Washington, 63-58
Jordan Goodwin led all players with 20 points (7-of-10 FG), his third outing of 20 or more this season. Goodwin added eight rebounds…
Bonnies and GOACC team up for Buy One-Get-One Weekend
St. Bonaventure Athletics and the Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce have teamed up for a buy one, get one ticket weekend at the Reilly Center featuring the Bonnies men’s and women’s basketball teams…