Photo: Sean Wallace / The Bona Venture BY: WILL NUNN; CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, SPORTS EDITOR As the saying goes, it’s hard to beat a team three times. After being swept in two regular season meetings, the St. Bonaventure University men’s basketball team defeated George Mason University 63-57 in the second round of the Atlantic 10 Championship Thursday.…
Photo courtesy of gobonnies.com BY: SEAN WALLACE; SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR Former St. Bonaventure University president Sister Margaret Carney shared her thoughts on men’s basketball head coach Mark Schmidt’s retirement during halftime of the Bonnies’ first-round Atlantic 10 Tournament matchup with La Salle University. “There comes a time for all of us where you realize I’ve done…
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 of gobonnies.com BY: SEAN WALLACE; SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR After St. Bonaventure University’s regular-season finale with Davidson College on Saturday at the Reilly Center, head coach Mark Schmidt announced he will retire following the conclusion of the season after 19 years with the program. “I could not have asked for a better…
Photo courtesy of gobonnies.com BY: WILL NUNN; CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, SPORTS EDITOR Saturday was a bittersweet day of farewells in the Reilly Center. The St. Bonaventure University men’s basketball team fell to Davidson University 68-63 on a day in which they honored six players in a pregame Senior Day ceremony. Additionally, reports indicated that Head Coach Mark…
Photo courtesy of gobonnies.com BY: SEAN WALLACE; SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR The Loyola University Chicago women’s basketball team used a 7-0 run in the final 2:54 to defeat St. Bonaventure University in the second round of the A-10 Tournament on Thursday at the Henrico Sports & Events Center. The Bonnies (16-15, 7-11 A-10) closed the first…
Photo courtesy of gobonnies.com BY: WILL NUNN; CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, SPORTS EDITOR On a Wednesday night where five senior players were honored pregame at the Charles E. Smith Center, George Washington needed to wait until after an overtime session to celebrate a 91-82 win over the St. Bonaventure University men’s basketball team. It was a junior who…
Photo courtesy of gobonnies.com BY: SEAN WALLACE; SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR The No. 9 St. Bonaventure University women’s basketball team faces No. 8 Loyola University Chicago in the second round of the Atlantic 10 Tournament on Thursday at 11 a.m. Teams that finished between the fifth and 10th seeds automatically advance to the second round of the A-10 tournament. Bonaventure reaches the tournament’s second…
Photo courtesy of gobonnies.com BY: SEAN WALLACE; SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR The St. Bonaventure University women’s basketball team (16-14, 7-11 A-10) will skip round one of the Atlantic 10 Tournament after a 77-69 win over Fordham University (10-19, 2-16 A-10) on Saturday at the Reilly Center. It marks the program’s first winning season since 2015-16, when the Bonnies finished 24-8 and reached the…
Photo courtesy of gobonnies.com BY: WILL NUNN; CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, SPORTS EDITOR For the St. Bonaventure University men’s basketball team, Saturday’s game at George Mason University was a chance to pick up momentum going into the final week of the season. Instead, George Mason used a hot start and continued pressure to lead wire-to-wire and pick up…
Photo courtesy of gobonnies.com BY: SEAN WALLACE; SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR The St. Bonaventure University women’s basketball team hosts Fordham University for Senior Day in its regular-season finale on Saturday at 1 p.m. with a chance to clinch the 10th seed in the Atlantic 10 Tournament. Bonaventure (15-14, 6-11 A-10) clinches the 10th seed with a win.…
Photo courtesy of gobonnies.com BY: WILL NUNN; CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, SPORTS EDITOR Despite the game being postponed by a day due to the snow storm that ravaged the Northeast, the Reilly Center crowd made its presence known in the St. Bonaventure University men’s basketball team’s 94-76 win over Rhode Island University Thursday. The Bonaventure faithful does not…
Photo courtesy of gobonnies.com BY: SEAN WALLACE; SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR Tied for ninth place in the Atlantic 10 standings with George Washington University entering Wednesday, the St. Bonaventure University women’s basketball team fell 61-47 to the Revolutionaries at the Charles E. Smith Center. Bonaventure now sits one game ahead of Saint Louis University, which owns the…
Photo courtesy of gobonnies.com BY: SEAN WALLACE; SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR Tied for 10th in the Atlantic 10 standings, the St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team (15-13, 6-10 A-10) travels to face George Washington (14-15, 6-10 A-10) on Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the Charles E. Smith Center. Teams that finish between the No. 5 and No.…
Photo courtesy of gobonnies.com BY: WILL NUNN; CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, SPORTS EDITOR Despite its highest scoring output of the season, the St. Bonaventure University men’s basketball team dropped its third consecutive game Saturday against the University of Richmond, 99-94. Leading all scorers was junior guard Darryl Simmons II, who played all 40 minutes for the Bonnies (14-13,…
Photo courtesy of gobonnies.com BY: SEAN WALLACE; SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR Tied for 10th place in the Atlantic 10 standings, the St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team fell 58-55 to Loyola University Chicago, which sits sixth in the conference, Saturday afternoon at the Reilly Center. Teams that finish between the No. 5 and No. 10 seeds automatically advance to the second round of the…
Photo courtesy of gobonnies.com BY: WILL NUNN; CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, SPORTS EDITOR Inconsistency, instability and heartbreak have been the motifs of the season for St. Bonaventure men’s basketball. The losses continue to pile up, and the common theme is clear–inadequate late-game execution. After a 71-65 loss to Saint Joseph’s on Feb. 18, the Bonnies dropped to 3-10…