PHOTO COURTESY OF GOBONNIES BY JONNY WALKER, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ST. BONAVENTURE, NY — The St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team returns home Saturday to challenge Siena in the annual Br. Ed Coughlin Franciscan Cup game. The Bonnies (6-2, 0-0 A-10) enter Saturday on a four-game win streak and have won their last three games by an average…
PHOTO COURTESY OF GOBONNIES BY JONNY WALKER, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF AMHERST, NY — The St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team plays its first true road game of the season Saturday at Alumni Arena, challenging University at Buffalo for the second-straight year. The Bonnies (4-2, 0-0 A-10), coming off their biggest win via margin of victory this season with…
PHOTO COURTESY OF GOBONNIES BY ALLIE ELKINS, SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR The St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team fell to Little Three rival Canisius 63-56 Thursday Night in the Reilly Center. Despite a 20-point performance by junior guard Isabellah Middleton, the Bonnies (2-5, 0-0 A-10) couldn’t catch up offensively with the Golden Griffins (3-3, 0-0 A-10). Bonaventure…
PHOTO COURTESY OF GOBONNIES BY ALLIE ELKINS, SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR The St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team hosts Little Three rival Canisius in the Reilly Center Thursday after ending its three-game losing streak with a road victory over Loyola Maryland on Saturday. The Bonnies (2-4, 0-0 A-10) were blown out, 85-47, by the Golden Griffins (2-3, 0-0…
BY WILL POLADIAN, MANAGING EDITOR On Thanksgiving Eve, the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team defeated 65-61 to Bucknell Wednesday night in the Reilly Center. The game started out slow with both teams shooting a combined shooting 1-15 from the field at the under-16 media timeout. The Bonnies saw their first point of the night with…
Photo courtesy of GoBonnies BY JONNY WALKER, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF In the first opportunity to prove itself against a Quadrant 1 opponent this season, the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team trailed for all but 54 seconds, losing 77-60 against Auburn in Friday’s Legends Classic Championship game. Outside of forward Chad Venning’s 14 points on 7-8 shooting, the…
BY WILL POLADIAN, MANAGING EDITOR The Legends Classic Championship game pitted two of the most successful coaches in college basketball for their respective programs in Bruce Pearl and Mark Schmidt. What many people might not know is that they have a history together. Growing up in the Boston, Massachusetts area, Schmidt and Pearl became close…
Photo courtesy of GoBonnies BY JONNY WALKER, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF The St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team entered the 2023-24 season as the nation’s most-experienced team, according to KenPom. But that experience didn’t truly show until Thursday night — three games into the season — as the Bonnies gutted out a 66-64 win over Power Five-opponent Oklahoma State…
BY WILL POLADIAN, MANAGING EDITOR With 1:06 left and a packed house full of St. Bonaventure faithful, graduate guard Mika Adams-Woods stepped up to the free throw line after being fouled by Oklahoma State senior center Mike Marsh. Within the quiet Barclays Center, Adams-Woods drained the first shot. After taking a deep breath and practicing…
BY JONNY WALKER, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF The St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team hosts Little Three rival Canisius in the Reilly Center Saturday, rounding out a two-game home stretch to begin the 2023-24 season. The Bonnies (1-0, 0-0 A-10) dropped an overtime thriller, 84-80, to the Golden Griffins (0-1, 0-0 MAAC) early last season in Buffalo. However, Bonaventure…
BY JONNY WALKER, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF The St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team will open its 2023-2024 regular season on its home court Monday night, hosting Longwood in the Reilly Center. The Bonnies (0-0, 0-0 A-10) debuted a retooled starting lineup in their exhibition against Division III Alfred University Wednesday night — a matchup they won 80-41. For…
Photo @BonniesMBB/Twitter BY WILL POLADIAN, SPORTS EDITOR The Davidson faithful traveled in droves to the Barclays Center as the Wildcats took down St. Bonaventure, 65-54, Wednesday afternoon in the second round of the Atlantic 10 Tournament. “It was being keyed in on our defensive principles, following the scouting report, locking in on the film that…
BY WILL POLADIAN, SPORTS EDITOR The St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team snapped it’s three game winning streak to La Salle in the Reilly Center, 76-70, on Wednesday night, dropping to fifth in the Atlantic 10 standings. “We didn’t play our best tonight,” Bonaventure head coach Mark Schmidt said. “But give La Salle credit. I thought…
Photo: GoBonnies BY WILL POLADIAN, SPORTS EDITOR In a sea of white, the Reilly Center brought the white noise to capture a victory over Dayton, 68-59, on Saturday night. The Flyers started out hot with a 5-0 run to start the game. Guard Kyrell Luc then answered with back-to-back 3-pointers to give the Bonnies the…
BY NATE SOLOMON, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Saint Joseph’s shot 56% from the field and made nine of its 18 3-pointers as the Hawks defended home court against the St. Bonaventure women Thursday, winning 92-61. Saint Joseph’s set an early tone, outscoring the Bonnies 27-13 in the first quarter and 28-16 in the second quarter to take a…
BY JONNY WALKER, SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR Bowling Green senior guard Morgan Sharps grabbed a defensive rebound off an errant St. Bonaventure 3-point attempt. She immediately pushed the ball up the court on a fastbreak. Senior forward Allison Day received the ball near the low post, spun to her right and layed in an easy bucket…
BY WILL POLADIAN, SPORTS EDITOR The Reilly Center brought the noise as St. Bonaventure head coach Mark Schmidt led the new look Bonnies to victory over Alfred University, 76-48, on Wednesday night. The Bonnies started out the game with a freshman forward Yann Farrell 3-pointer from the top of the key. Continuing to push, redshirt…
St. Bonaventure has a new Captain Beer. After four years in the student section of basketball games, Dominic Grecco will be passing on the mantle to junior finance major Jace Frazier. Grecco, a senior management major, began wearing a beer mug hat to Bonaventure basketball games in the fall of 2018, during his freshman year…
BY KURT MARTONE, NEWS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR After no student attendance during home basketball games last season, St. Bonaventure University is taking a new approach to ticketing. The university is transitioning to paperless tickets for all fans attending Bonnies basketball games this season. This transition includes a new way for students to get tickets. Rather than…
By Mike Hogan, editor-in-chief ST. BONAVENTURE, NY – The music blasting through Amadi Ikpeze’s speaker bounced off the white-painted walls of the Reilly Center as he shot baskets alone on Tuesday morning around 10:30 a.m. He turned the music off and walked to an empty section of blue bleachers facing Bob Lanier Court. Ikpeze, the…