By CHUCKIE MAGGIO After offering some resistance, albeit to no avail, against Georgia State on Monday, the St. Bonaventure men's basketball team's hopes for a similar battle with Boise State on Tuesday were short lived. The Bonnies, playing with just seven scholarship players after Dominick Welch was sidelined due to a foot injury, were on the business end of an 18-0 run … [Read more...] about Takeaways: Bonnies blitzed by Boise State
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Takeaways: Bonnies can’t overcome turnovers, fall to Georgia State
By CHUCKIE MAGGIO Georgia State men's basketball coach Ron Hunter participated in an entertaining pre-taped interview that aired at halftime of his team's game against St. Bonaventure in the opening round of the Cayman Islands Classic. "If we win, we go to the beach," Hunter quipped. "If we lose, we watch a lot of tape." Hunter's Panthers would be spending some quality … [Read more...] about Takeaways: Bonnies can’t overcome turnovers, fall to Georgia State
St. Bonaventure alum Adams recalled to Atlanta Hawks
By CHUCKIE MAGGIO With the NBA G-League's Erie Bayhawks off until Friday, former St. Bonaventure star Jaylen Adams received a call up to the Atlanta Hawks before Monday's game against the Los Angeles Clippers. Adams and fellow two-way contract player Alex Poythress did not dress for Monday's game. Hawks coach Lloyd Pierce told reporters the move was made to get the … [Read more...] about St. Bonaventure alum Adams recalled to Atlanta Hawks
We could learn a lot about the Bonnies in the Caymans
By CHUCKIE MAGGIO Do you want the good news or the bad news first? A 2013 study by the University of California-Riverside found that more than 75 percent of people want to hear bad news before they hear good news. Getting the bad news out of the way and ending on a high note is a natural human preference. The St. Bonaventure Bonnies don't get to pick, of course. But if … [Read more...] about We could learn a lot about the Bonnies in the Caymans
Inexperience plagues Bonnies in loss at Niagara
By CHUCKIE MAGGIO LEWISTON, N.Y. -- At the final media timeout of St. Bonaventure's Big 4 rivalry game at Niagara on Monday, the longest tenured Bonnie on the court had logged just 139 collegiate minutes. Tshiefu Ngalakulondi played well, achieving his first double-double with 14 points and a career-high 13 rebounds. The four players he was accompanied by combined for 72 … [Read more...] about Inexperience plagues Bonnies in loss at Niagara