An empty Rathskeller during a mens basketball game Morgan Kilger/The Bona Venture BY: ELIZABETH KAMROWSKI, NEWS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR Students at St. Bonaventure University expressed concern as the Rathskeller stopped accepting meal swipes during men’s basketball games, which left limited late-night dining options. Amanda Ippolito, a sophomore educational studies major, claims that meal swipes should continue…
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…
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…
Seniors Michael Seitz, Joseph Gombatto, Thomas Reilly, Eric Bernhardt, Jimmy McKeown, Jace Frazier and Jack Gombatto tour Times Square prior to the team’s NIT matchup at Madison Square Garden Tucker Reilly/ The Bona Venture BY: TUCKER REILLY, ADVISORY EDITOR St. Bonaventure University’s basketball program is no stranger to the national stage. In addition to games in the…
BY WILL POLADIAN, SPORTS EDITOR The Reilly Center dawned Christmas spirit as the Bonnies took down Cleveland State, 61-42, on Wednesday, snapping the Vikings six game winning streak. St. Bonaventure (6-3) grabbed control early, going on a 14-6 run. The Bonnies went cold from there going 1-for-11 as Cleveland State (6-4) kept things close. The…
By Mike Hogan Sports Editor Welcome to East St. Louis, Illinois, one of America’s crime-plagued cities, commonly found at the top of “Most Dangerous Cities in America” lists. It is also the city that St. Bonaventure men’s basketball star Courtney Stockard calls home. On the border of Illinois and Missouri in the shadows of the…
By: Nick Konotopskyj Sports Editor The St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team dropped its second straight conference game on Tuesday night in the Reilly Center to the Dayton Flyers. The Bonnies lost by a score of 85-79 in a game that was anything but status quo. Dayton went into the locker room with a 45-18 lead…
By Tyler Diedrich Editor-in-chief The women’s basketball team’s magical ride came to a crashing halt Sunday in Raleigh, N.C., as the No. 5 seed Bonnies fell to top-seeded Notre Dame, 79-35, in an NCAA Tournament Raleigh Regional semifinal. Sophomore guard CeCe Dixon led the Bonnies with 13 points. Sophomore forward Doris Ortega added 11. The…
