By CHUCKIE MAGGIO If the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team wants a blueprint for rebounding from a substandard start to Atlantic 10 play, the Bonnies need look no further than their last opponent. Rhode Island had 12 days to lick its wounds from losing at Davidson’s Belk Arena on Dec. 18, and while the Rams […]
Contenders like Bonaventure, Rhody, Saint Louis, Richmond, Dayton and Duquesne each have generals at the point. Even more impressively, all six followed guards who were among their team’s leading scorers.
Dayton has won just one A-10 Tournament game in the last four years. The Flyers were the No. 1 seed in 2016, but fell in the semis. They were the No. 1 seed again in 2017, but lost to No. 9 seed Davidson. A Thursday eight-nine game loss to VCU followed in 2018 before a quarterfinal loss to No. 6 Saint Louis in their only game last season.
St. Bonaventure can regain the third spot in the Atlantic 10 standings with a win over Richmond on Saturday night.
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…
Richmond leading scorer Jacob Gilyard (24 points) missed the front end of a 1-and-1 with 15 seconds to play, but SLU could not capitalize on the ensuing possession. Gilyard was fouled again, and this time he made both ends of a 1-and-1 to put the Spiders ahead 84-81…
Freshman Jared Bynum broke a tie with two free throws with 1.6 seconds remaining, and Charlie Brown, Jr., had 31 points and a career-high 14 rebounds, to lead Saint Joseph’s (9-10; 2-5 A-10) to a 74-70 come-from-behind win over Richmond (7-12; 1-5) in Atlantic 10 play at Hagan Arena…
It was like watching a game of around the world as Mobley lit Capital One Arena up for nine points in the first two minutes of the second half…
Jaylen Adams and Matt Mobley each scored 24 points and five Bonnies in all reached double figures as St. Bonaventure topped Richmond, 97-88, on Saturday for its sixth consecutive win…
Rhode Island senior Jared Terrell was chosen as the Atlantic 10 Men’s Basketball Player of the Week, while Richmond freshman Grant Golden was selected the league’s Rookie of the Week…