By CHUCKIE MAGGIO The St. Bonaventure men's basketball team is refuting the notion that its schedule plateaus for the next week, that its reward for splitting a challenging road trip against two of the Atlantic 10's best squads is a comfortable three-game stretch with three of the worst. By any metric (the Atlantic 10 preseason poll, the NCAA’s first NET rankings, their … [Read more...] about St. Bonaventure looking past the records, taking “scary” St. Joseph’s squad seriously
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Top 25 Wrap: West Virginia’s second-half surge outlasts Cunningham’s Cowboys
By GRIFFIN DELLA PENNA NO. 14 WEST VIRGINIA (9-3) 87OKLAHOMA ST. (7-3) 84 Head Coach Bob Huggins won his 300th career game with West Virginia after overcoming a 19-point deficit midway through the second half. Trailing 68-49 with 11:15 left, the Mountaineers went on a 15-1 run in 3:29 to make it a five-point game. Miles McBride caught fire in the second half, giving the … [Read more...] about Top 25 Wrap: West Virginia’s second-half surge outlasts Cunningham’s Cowboys
Top 25 Wrap: Grimes keys second-half Houston run; Michigan stays undefeated
NO. 5 HOUSTON (8-1) 74SMU (6-1) 60Quentin Grimes paced a 10-0 run to start the second half, and Houston bounced back from its only loss of the season. Trailing 33-32 coming out of the break, Grimes drilled a 3-pointer on the first possession of the second half to give the Cougars a lead they did not surrender. Teammate Justin Gorham followed with a triple of his own before … [Read more...] about Top 25 Wrap: Grimes keys second-half Houston run; Michigan stays undefeated
Point Starred: Lofton hits game-winner for Bonnies at Richmond
By CHUCKIE MAGGIO Kyle Lofton was pleading with the officials at the Robins Center moments earlier, protesting a no-call that turned into a traveling infraction and threatened to turn St. Bonaventure's lengthy lead into an 0-2 league start. Then came redemption in the form of a missed Richmond free throw and a spent shot clock, leaving the junior point guard the ball, for the … [Read more...] about Point Starred: Lofton hits game-winner for Bonnies at Richmond
Canisius battles to gritty 63-60 victory, sweeps Saint Peter’s
By GRIFFIN DELLA PENNA BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The Canisius College Golden Griffins defeated the Saint Peter's Peacock’s 63-60 Saturday afternoon at the Koessler Athletic Center in a hard-fought MAAC matchup. Today’s win for the Griffs was their second over St. Peters in 24 hours, after a 70-58 victory on Friday, bring their overall record to 3-3. As the game came down to the … [Read more...] about Canisius battles to gritty 63-60 victory, sweeps Saint Peter’s