OVERALL: 20-11
ATLANTIC 10: 10-6
Contact: Dallas Miller | Email: dmiller@sbu.edu | Mobile: (585) 217-1007 | Office: (716) 375-2575
Game Information
NOVEMBER [2-2] 11 18 21 27
Cornell W 79-58 @ rv/rv Cleveland State L 67-64 @ Siena W 64-58 @ Virginia Tech L 73-64
Matchup: .......................... Bonnies (20-11) Date: ................................Mar. 16-18, 2012 Site:..................................... Nashville, Tenn. Location: ........................Bridgestone Arena NCAA Tourn.: SBU 6-7 in NCAAs (6th app.) Note: ......... 1st SBU NCAA app. since 2000 Last Postseason: ........................CBI, 2011 Result: .......................................UCF, 69-64
DECEMBER [5-3] 1 3 7 10 18 20 23 30
Arkansas State @ Buffalo (TWCS) @ 24/22 Illinois (ESPN2)
Canisius Loyola (Md.) NC State^ Saint Francis (Pa.) Niagara (TWCS)
L 58-52 W 66-60 L 48-43
W 81-62 W 76-66 L 67-65 W 82-58 W 72-70
JANUARY [5-2] 4 7 11 14 21 25 28
George Washington* W 66-56 @ Duquesne* L 66-52 rv/rv Dayton* (FSN Ohio) W 81-73 @ Xavier* (ESPNU) L 77-64 Fordham* (CBSSR) W 95-51 @ Rhode Island* (CBSSR) W 72-66(OT) Richmond* W 62-47
Media Information
All-America candidate Andrew Nicholson
AndrewNicholson44.com In Brief Atlantic 10 Champion and No. 14 seed St. Bonaventure (20-11) enters the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2000 and sixth in program history with a meeting against No. 3 seed Florida State (24-9) on Friday in Nashville.
FEBRUARY [5-3]
A-10 Player of the Year
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Andrew Nicholson, from the Toronto suburb of Mississauga, embarked on an unprecedented run down the stretch of the Atlantic 10 schedule, averaging 25.3 points and 11.5 rebounds over the final eight conference games to earn Conference Player of the Year. He became the first player ever in the Atlantic 10 to earn four straight Player of the Week awards, putting the finishing touches on a regular season that included his 2,000th career point, seven doubledoubles, the first 20-20 game since Bob Lanier in 1967, his 200th career block and the Bonnies’ best win percentage since 1999-00. He saved his best performance for A-10 Championship final though, finishing with 26 points, 14 rebounds and eight blocks en route to being named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Performer.
@ Saint Louis* L 86-62 @ UMass* L 76-67 Duquesne* (CBSSR) W 68-49 rv/rv Temple* (CBSSN) L 76-70 Rhode Island* W 81-61 @ Fordham* W 89-63 @ Charlotte* W 72-56 Saint Joseph’s* W 98-93(2OT)
MARCH [3-1] 3 9 10 11 16 18
@ La Salle*
L 71-61
#5 Saint Joeseph’s# (CBSSR) W 71-68
#8 UMass# (CBSSN) #3 Xavier# (CBS) Florida State$ (CBS) Cincinnati/Texas
W 84-80 W 67-56 2:45 p.m. TBD
^ Blue Cross Arena (Rochester, N.Y.) * A-10 Conference Game # A-10 Championships (Atlantic City, N.J.) $ NCAA Championships (Nashville, Tenn.)
Tops in the A-10 Sunday’s win over Xavier in Atlantic City marked the first time in program history Bonaventure CONTINUED ...
Twitter: .............. @Go_Bonnies / #Bonnies Radio: .............WPIG 95.7/WHDL 1450 AM .........Gary Nease (PxP), Don Scholla (color) Television: ..................................CBS Sports ......... Ian Eagle (PxP), Jim Spanarkel (color) .............................. Lewis Johnson (reporter) Internet Radio: .................. Stretch Internet Live Stats: ................................... NCAA.com
Atlantic 10 Standings |--- A-10--- | |--- OVR.---| TEAM W-L PCT. W-L PCT. Temple (NCAA) 13-3 .812 24-7 .774 Saint Louis (NCAA) 12-4 .750 25-7 .781 St. Bona (NCAA) 10-6 .625 20-11 .645 Xavier (NCAA) 10-6 .625 21-12 .636 UMass (NIT) 9-7 .562 23-11 .676 La Salle (NIT) 9-7 .562 21-12 .636 Dayton (NIT) 9-7 .562 20-13 .606 Saint Joseph’s (NIT) 9-7 .562 20-13 .606 Duquesne 7-9 .438 16-15 .516 Richmond 7-9 .438 16-16 .500 Charlotte 5-11 .312 13-17 .433 George Wash 5-11 .312 10-21 .323 Rhode Island 4-12 .250 7-24 .226 Fordham 3-13 .188 10-19 .345 (standings as of Mar. 14)
Bonnies Probable Starters
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WHAT’S INSIDE Notes ........................................ 1-4 Player Pages ..........................5-18 Head Coach Mark Schmidt ...... 19 2011-12 Boxscores ............ 20-25 2011-12 Statistics .................26+ Media clips..............................36+ Speedchart ..................back cover
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Name Pos. Charlon Kloof G Jordan Gathers G Demitrius Conger F Da’Quan Cook F Andrew Nicholson F
PPG 6.5 1.7 12.1 7.6 18.4
RPG A/G 2.1 2.6 1.0 1.2 6.1 2.3 4.6 0.9 8.5 1.9^ ^blocks
Notes career-high 19pts vs. SJU in A10 tourn. 9pts in A10 semi W vs. UMass A10 All-Tourn Team; 22pts, 10rebs, 8ast vs. UMass 14 points, 7 rebounds in 2OT W over SJU A10 Tourn. MOP, 2nd in career pts
PPG 6.7 2.6 6.6 7.0 5.8 2.0 0.9
RPG 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 1.8 1.0 0.8
Notes career-high 18 points (4-7 3s) vs. TU career-high 9rebs in A10s vs SJU top FT shooter, 57-65 this season
Key Reserves # 2 21 23 24 32 33 45
Name Pos. Eric Mosley G Youssou Ndoye C Chris Johnson F Matthew Wright G Michael Davenport G Marquise Simmons F Jake Houseknecht C
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A/G 1.7 0.6^ 0.8 2.8 1.8 -0.5^
8 assists, 0 turnovers in W over URI; 3 3s vs. CHA
season-ending shoulder injury vs. Canisius season-ending achilles tear vs. Cornell on pace for career high minutes this season