Photo: Frank DeBari / The Bona Venture By: WILL NUNN; CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, SPORTS EDITOR Thursday will mark the third meeting this season between the St. Bonaventure University men’s basketball team and the George Mason University Patriots. This time, the season will be on the line in the second round of the Atlantic 10 Championship. The No.…
Photo: Sean Wallace / The Bona Venture BY: WILL NUNN; CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, SPORTS EDITOR Using its highest scoring output of the season, the St. Bonaventure University men’s basketball team defeated La Salle University 99-80 in the first round of the Atlantic 10 Championship Wednesday, extending Head Coach Mark Schmidt’s career by another day. The Bonnies (16-16,…
Photo courtesy of gobonnies.com BY: SEAN WALLACE; SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR No. 13 St. Bonaventure University (15-16, 4-14 A-10) faces No. 12 La Salle University (9-22, 5-13 A-10) in the first round of the Atlantic 10 men’s basketball tournament on Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. Bonaventure Head Coach Mark Schmidt announced on Saturday…
Photo courtesy of gobonnies.com BY: WILL NUNN; CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, SPORTS EDITOR Being the captain of any team is a lot of weight on one’s shoulders. Being the captain of a struggling team in March is something only a few can successfully handle. Dasonte Bowen is pulling double duty. The captain of the St. Bonaventure University men’s…
Photo Courtesy: GoBonnies on X BY: CARSON HAYEK, SPORTS EDITOR With 12:34 remaining in the second half, the Bonnies’ season looked to be coming to a close. Down by 13, St. Bonaventure was projected with a 6.4% chance to win, according to ESPN’s win model. For every Bonnies run, Duquesne had one of their own. …
“They just have to play,” said Mark Schmidt, the head coach of St. Bonaventure’s men’s basketball team four days ahead of his team’s first Atlantic 10 Tournament game. “We play in big arenas, so that’s not going to be a factor at all. They’re no longer freshmen. They have played 30 plus games.…
By Jonathan Sawyer Sports Assignment Editor RICHMOND – The St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team’s run in the A10 Tournament was cut short Friday afternoon, as they were defeated by the fifth seed Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Rams, 59-50. The Bonnies got off to a fast start scoring the first six points of the game, taking…
By Jonathan Sawyer Sports Assignment Editor The St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team earned themselves a double bye in the Atlantic 10 Tournament in Richmond by finishing the regular season play being one of the top four teams in the conference. The Bonnies will take on the Virginia Commonwealth University Rams Friday afternoon at 2 p.m.…