By Jonathan Sawyer
Sports Assignment Editor
The St. Bonaventure men’s basketball pulled out a nail biter 65-62 against the Saint Louis Billikens this afternoon, with a game winning three-point shot by sophomore guard Jaylen Adams. Adams lead the team in scoring with 19 points, six rebounds and four assists.
The first half was dominated mostly by the Billikens. The Bonnies took their first lead with 1:23 remaining to go in the first half. The Bonnies were 2 for 13 from beyond the arc and just 11 for 29 from the field. Going into the half, senior guard Marcus Posley was the leading scorer with six points and three assists.
Coming out of the half, the Bonnies struggles continued, losing the lead and failing to move the ball anywhere around the court. The Bonnies trailed by as much as eight in the second half. But the Bonnies surged together a comeback and regained the lead with 26 seconds left in the game to make it 62-60. The Billikens drove the length of the court and tied it up with just 16 seconds left. After a timeout from the Bonnies, senior guard Marcus Posley took the ball down the court, pursued to drive the lane and kicked it out to Adams where he knocked down the buzzer beater.
The play was drawn up for Posley, but Adams finished it.
“We drew up a play for Marcus to go score and really for him to just make a play, and he kicked it out to me and I was able to hit it,” Adams said.
Head Coach Mark Schmidt said even though his offense was on and off today, defense is what won them the game.
“We didn’t play a great game today, and everybody is talking about how good our offense is and I have been saying this for a long time now, your defense has to be your staple,” Schmidt said. “If you don’t defend in this league you wont win. Our offense was really good at times today, but we won this game because we defended and we rebounded.”
The Bonnies extend their winning streak to three games and are 15-6 overall and 7-3 in conference play on the season. They look to head to Fordham University to take on the Rams on Wednesday night. Tip off is at 7 p.m.
