ST. BONAVENTURE BONNIES
HEAD COACH: Mark Schmidt
ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH: Sean neal -- ASSISTANT COACHES: chris lowe -- dana valentine -- Mike Schmidt
LOYOLA RAMBLERS
HEAD COACH: DREW VALENTINE
ASSISTANT COACHES: SEAN DWYER -- WILL BAILEY -- JUSTIN
NO. PLAYER FIELD GOALS 3-PT. FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS FOULS POINTS 0 Barry Evans F, So., 6-8/215, Baltimore, MD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 1 Kyrell Luc G, Jr., 5-11/165, Dorcester, MA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 2 Assa Essamvous F, So., 6-6/210, Libreville, Gabon 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 3 Mika Adams-Woods G, Gr., 6-3/180, Syracuse, NY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 4 Moses Flowers G, R-Sr., 6-3/185, Dorcester, MA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 5 Daryl Banks III G, R-Sr., 6-3/175, Somerset, NJ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 7 Charles Pride G, Gr., 6-4/200, Syracuse, NY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 10 Miles Rose G, Fr., 6-4/190, Rochester, NY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 11 Duane Thompson F, Fr., 6-8/205, Boston, MA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 15 Jack DeRose G, Fr., 6-0/172, Olean, NY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 20 Noel Brown C, R-Jr., 6-11/265, Leesburg, VA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 21 Melian Martinez F/C, R-Fr., 6-10/225, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 23 Anthony Belardinelli G, Sr., 6-3/185, Upper Saddle, NJ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 30 Broek Ostrom G, So., 6-2/185, Holley, NY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 32 Chad Venning F, R-Jr., 6-10/255, Brooklyn, NY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 NO. PLAYER FIELD GOALS 3-PT. FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS FOULS POINTS 0 Des Watson G, Jr., 6-5/210, Columbus, OH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 1 Jayden Dawson G, So., 6-4/195, Omaha, NE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 2 Jalen Quinn G, So, 6-3/195, Tuscola, IL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 4 Braden Norris G, Gr., 6-0/180, Hilliard, OH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 5 Trey Lewis G, R-Fr., 6-6/200, Ferndale, MI 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 10 Tom Welch F, Gr., 6-8/220, Naperville, IL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 12 Greg Dolan G, Gr., 6-4/190, Williamsville, NY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 13 Sheldon Edwards G, Sr., 6-4/190, W. Palm Beach, FL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 14 Caleb Reese G, So., 5-11/160, Warren, MI 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 22 Sam Yurasek G, Fr., 6-3, Napa, CA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 23 Philip Alston F, Sr., 6-6/235, Columbus, OH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 24 Miles Rubin C, Fr., 6-10/205, Chicago, IL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 30 Patrick Mwamba F, Gr., 6-7/210, Kinshasa, Congo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 31 Will Smythe G, R-So., 6-4/170, Rochester Hills, MI 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 32 Dame Adelekun F, Gr., 6-8/230, Gastonia, NC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 33 Ben Schwieger G/F, R-So., 6-7/205, Aurora, IL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 34 Matthew Mortenson F, Fr., 6-4/215, Plano, TX 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5
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2023-24 St. Bonaventure bonnies TEAM STATISTICS 2023-24 loyola ramblers TEAM STATISTICS
GAME NOTES
• St. Bonaventure returns home after a key win at UMass over the weekend, now looking to cool off first-place Loyola Chicago as the Ramblers make their first visit to the Reilly Center.
• Chad Venning is a strong candidate for Atlantic 10 All-Conference honors. Venning has scored in double figures in all but one A-10 game (six points at Duquesne Jan. 23) and 16 of the last 17 contests overall. He currently ranks 15th in A-10 scoring (14.3 ppg), fifth in blocks (1.9 bpg) and 10th in field goal percentage (.538).
• The Bonnies have been something of a split personality this year: In their eight A-10 wins, SBU averages 83.3 ppg while shooting nearly 52% overall and over 43% from the perimeter. In seven A-10 losses, the team posts just 62.4 ppg while shooting 38% overall and 30% from distance.
• February has been winning time during the Mark Schmidt Era at St. Bonaventure. The Bonnies are 49-21 during the month of February since 2016.
• St. Bonaventure head coach Mark Schmidt enters Tuesday with 299 wins with the Bonnies. He became the school’s all-time men’s basketball wins leader in 2019 when he passed the 202 wins set by Larry Weise from 1961-73. When Schmidt gets win No. 300 with the Bonnies, he will join an elite coaching group as only five coaches have ever scored 300 wins while with an Atlantic 10 school: John Chaney (516), Phil Martelli (444), Chris Mooney (346), Gale Catlett (333) and Jim Baron (315), who scored his wins both with St. Bonaventure and Rhode Island.
• Both Chad Venning and Mika Adams-Woods achieved individual career milestones in Saturday’s game. Venning became Bona’s fifth active 1,000-point scorer, reaching the career milestone on a traditional three-point play early in the second half. Adams-Woods, meanwhile, surpassed 400 career assists and is one of four Atlantic 10 players in that club. Two of the league’s top assist men will square off in Tuesday’s game as Loyola’s Braden Norris owns 652 helpers.
TRENDS & NOTABLES
• Moses Flowers has posted back-to-back games of double-figure scoring, registering 14 points at La Salle last Wednesday before a 15-point game at UMass Saturday. It is the first time that he’s scored in double figures in consecutive games as a member of the starting lineup this year and the first time at all since doing so in the first two conference games of the year at VCU and at Richmond.
• The Bonnies moved to 3-8 when trailing at halftime as they scored their third win of the year when down at intermission with their victory at UMass on Saturday. Bona trailed at half in both of their wins over the Minutemen this year.
• SBU is third among all A-10 teams in turnover margin for the year (+1.96).
• Bona outrebounded UMass, the top rebounding team in the league, by a +4 margin on Saturday. UMass is +5 on the boards overall for the year.
• Assa Essamvous had the best 3-point shooting performance of the season by any Atlantic 10 player, percentage-wise, when he went 7-for-7 beyond the arc at Fordham Feb. 14. It also set the school record for most 3-pointers in a game without a miss. Essamvous and teammate Mika Adams-Woods are the only two A-10 players to have a perfect performance on 3-point attempts this year when making five or more treys in a single game. Adams-Woods went 5-for-5 in a December win at Niagara.
• According to sports-reference.com, only three other Division I players this year have gone 7-for-7 or better from three-point land without missing an attempt: Jestin Porter of Middle Tennessee (8-8 on Feb. 17 in double OT vs. UTEP), Owen Lobsinger of Western Michigan (Jan. 20 vs. Bowling Green, 7-7) and Blake Hinson of Pitt (Jan. 20 at Duke, 7-7). Since 2010, it has only happened 50 times in a D-I game.
• Chad Venning has 95 blocks the past two seasons with the Bonnies, already moving into the program’s top-10 list. He currently stands eighth in school history with Jerome Spellman, ‘96, next up on the list with 97 blocks.
• Venning played in his 100th career game last Wednesday.
• Daryl Banks III has 118 3-pointers as a Bonnie the past two years – that total ranks 16th in program history. Banks has made 78 of those 3-pointers in games played at the Reilly Center. He’s tied with Eric Mosley, ‘13. Next up: Kyle Lofton, ‘22 (122).
• Banks had his 80th career game of double-figure scoring Feb. 17 vs. Davidson. Among current Bonnies, only Pride has more (91).
NOVEMBER
1 vs. Alfred (Exhibition) W, 80-41
6 vs. Longwood ............... W, 73-69
11 vs. Canisius L, 70-67
16 vs. Oklahoma State # ....... W, 66-64
17 Auburn # L, 77-60
22 vs. Bucknell .................. W, 67-61
25 vs. Miami (OH) W, 90-60
decEMBER
2 at Buffalo W, 80-65
6 at Niagara........................ W, 94-60
9 vs. Siena W, 89-56
16 vs. Florida Atlantic % ...........L, 64-54
22 vs. Binghamton W, 90-64
30 vs. Akron W, 62-61
january
3 at VCU W, 89-78
6 at Richmond ........................L, 65-54
13 vs. Fordham L, 80-74
17 vs. Rhode Island W, 99-64
20 at George Mason.................L, 69-60
23 at Duquesne L, 54-50
26 vs. Saint Joseph’s W, 91-72
30 vs. VCU........................... W, 67-62
february
2 at Dayton L, 76-71
7 vs. Massachusetts W, 79-73
10 vs. Duquesne L, 75-69
14 at Fordham ...................... W, 85-67
17 vs. Davidson ................. W, 81-80
21 at LaSalle .............................L, 72-59
24 at Massachusetts ............. W, 75-67
27 vs. Loyola Chicago .......... 7:00 pm
march
6 at George Washington 7:00 pm
9 vs. Saint Louis 12:30 pm
12 Atlantic 10 Tournament TBD
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men’s basketball GAME SCHEDULE
All game start times are listed
Time and are subject to change. Home games in bold # = Legends Classic % = Basketball Hall of Fame Classic
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GAME NOTES
SERIES HISTORY
• This will be the sixth meeting alltime between St. Bonaventure and Loyola Chicago in the sport of men’s basketball and the second as Atlantic 10 opponents. Last year, the teams met in Chicago for the first meeting between the programs since 1952.
• The Bonnies and Ramblers actually met in four straight seasons between 1949-52 with the last meeting coming Saturday, Feb. 2, 1952 at the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium in a “home” game of sorts for the Bonnies. St. Bonaventure dominated, 79-48, to avenge a 58-50 overtime loss in Chicago the previous February. Both the 1951 and ‘52 Bona squads qualified for the NIT.
• Loyola is making its first-ever trip to the Reilly Center and the Ramblers won the first A-10 matchup between the programs last January on their home floor.
STATS COMPARISON
Bonnies Ramblers
Record 17-10 20-7
Streak W-1 W-7
Points
74.1
Scoring Defense 67.6 67.2
Scoring Margin +6.3 +6.9
Field Goal Percentage .463 .464
FG Pct. Defense .442 .396
3-Pt.
8.3
3-Pt. FG Percentage .371 .359
Free Throw Percentage .766 .698 Rebound
ABOUT LOYOLA
• The Ramblers are the hottest team in the Atlantic 10, having won seven straight games. Included in the winning streak are home victories over Saint Louis, Davidson, Saint Joseph’s and George Mason and road triumphs at Mason, George Washington and Rhode Island. On Saturday, the Ramblers blew out George Mason, 80-59. Loyola’s only two A-10 losses are against Richmond (58-56) and at VCU (74-67). Loyola has not lost in over a month with their last setback coming Jan. 23 at VCU.
• Loyola has achieved much of their success through their defensive prowess. The Ramblers are one of the nation’s top defensive teams, holding opponents to just 59 points per game. That total leads the A-10 and ranks 19th among all Division I teams.
• The Ramblers also lead the A-10 in assists per game (24), a total that is also best in the country, bench points per game (39), field goal percentage (55.6%), scoring margin (+21), steals (12/game), threepoint percentage (47.6%) and three-point percentage defense (22.7% opponent shooting average).
• Graduate guard Braden Norris leads the A-10 in assists per game with eight helpers per contest. Philip Alston and Des Watson pace the squad at 12.9 ppg.
• The second year in the A-10 has brought a great turnaround for the Ramblers: they finished 10-21 overall and 4-14 in the Atlantic 10 a season ago.
Per Game 73.9
FG/Game 7.7
Margin +1.9
Assists Per Game 13.0 17.0 Turnovers Per Game 10.9 12.8 Turnover Margin +2.0 -0.8
+3.4
ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
This week’s CPL GoBonnies.com Student-Athletes of the Week are baseball redshirt junior Chance Moore and women’s swimming freshman Anna Bojana Forjan.
chance moore
Moore guided the Bonnies to one of the top wins for the program in recent memory with an outstanding pitching performance at Louisville on Friday.
After allowing three runs in the first inning, Moore locked in. As the Bonnies rallied he set down the Cardinals in the sixth and seventh innings in order to force extra innings in what was set for a seven-inning contest. Adam Rankie delivered the game-winning double in the eighth as the Bonnies won, 4-3.
Moore erased a one-out single in the last of the eighth by picking off Louisville's pinch runner from first, then coaxed a ground out on the right side to end it and seal the win.
Bona's redshirt junior starting right-hander, making his first start in a Bonaventure uniform, worked a complete game while scattering eight hits for three runs without a walk and striking out four. Moore threw 88 pitches, tossing 62 for strikes. It was Bona’s first win over a Power 5 opponent since 2019.
Bojana Forjan had an exceptional performance at the 2024 Atlantic 10 Swim and Dive Championships.
Bojana Forjan was a part of four different school records at the meet.
On Thursday night, she swam the first leg of the 800-freestyle relay that put up a new program top mark. She finished her leg in 1:50.28 and the team finished in 7:23.70, almost two seconds better than the previous record set in 2014 (Kirmse, Dietrich, Bull, and Haberman).
Bojana Forjan set two individual records over the next three days in the 100-backstroke and 200-backstroke. Both event records were previously set by Devon McFadden in 2018.
She finished in 54.52 in the 100-backstroke and 1:57.27 in the 200-backstroke.
On the final day, she was on the 400-freestyle relay team that rose to the top of the Bona’s record books. Their time of 3:20.83 bested the previous top time of 3:22.85 by Wardner, Godlewski, Kutsko and McFadden set in 2018.
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