TEAM ROSTERS
ST. BONAVENTURE BONNIES
00 Frank Mitchell F, Sr., 6-8/270, Toronto, ONT
1 Ilia Ermakov G, Fr., 6-6, Kursk, RUS
Amar'e Marshall G, R-Sr., 6-4/210, Montclair, NJ
3 Daniel Egbuniwe F, Sr., 6-7/210, Memphis, TN
4 John Ikpotokin F, Fr., 6-7, Dublin, IRE
5 Dasonte Bowen G, R-Jr., 6-2/190, Boston, MA
7 Brayden Jackson G, So., 6-8/200, Milton, ONT
8 Darryl Simmons II G, Jr., 5-11/175, Detroit, MI
15 Jack DeRose G, Jr., 6-0/175, Olean, NY
20 Achille Lonati G, Fr., 6-5, Pavia, ITA
21 Xander Wedlow PF/C, So., 6-10/245, Detroit, MI
24 Cayden Charles G, Sr., 6-3/185, Kennesaw, GA
30 Broek Ostrom G, Sr., 6-2/180, Holley, NY
32 Joe Grahovac F, So., 6-10/215, Santa Ana, CA
33 Andrew Osasuyi C, Fr., 6-9, Magenta, ITA
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0 DeSean Goode F, So., 6-8/230, Fairmont, WV
1 Josh Hill F, So., 6-11/200, Laurel, MD
2 Ryan Prather Jr. G/F, R-Jr., 6-5/205, Clarksburg, MD
3 Ta'Zir Smith G, R-So., 6-3/182, Woodbridge, VA
4 Kaleb Brown G, Sr., 6-7/245, Huntsville, AL
5 Cam Wilds G, Jr, 6-6/215, Virginia Beach, VA
6 Eddie Cooke III F, Fr., 6-5/202, Atlanta, GA
9 Cyril Arvanitis G/F, Sr., 6-3/185, Elberon, NJ
12 Darius Livingston G, Fr., 6-2/165, Orlando, FL
13 Samuel Obenjo F, Fr., 6-10/187, Stockholm, SWE
14 Vasilije Serafimoski G, R-Jr., 6-6/195, Gostivar, MKD
16 Nikolaos Chitikoudis F, Jr., 6-9/215, East Thessalonki, GRC
20 Albert Vargas G, Sr., 5-10/160, New York, NY
21 Jeremiah Littlejohn G, Jr., 6-5/160, Gaithersburg, MD
35 Ubong Okon C, Sr., 7-1/230, Akwa Ibom, NGA
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TEAM STATISTICS
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TEAM STATISTICS
GAME NOTES
BUDDY BUCKETS
Junior guard Buddy Simmons II has led the St. Bonaventure offensive attack so far this season. Simmons II has averaged 19.3 points per game so far, the second most in the Atlantic 10 as of Monday (Nov. 17).
He has been extremely efficient, shooting 48.3 percent from the field (28-for-58) despite nearly half of his field goal attempts coming from long-range. Simmons II is shooting 38.5 percent (10-for-26) from beyond the arc, and his 10 made three-pointers is twice as many as the next highest Bonnie (Amar’e Marshall, 5).
Simmons II is also filling it up at the free throw line, shooting 91.7 percent (11-for-12) from the charity stripe. He has not missed a free throw since St. Bonaventure’s season-opener against Bradley (Nov. 3).
GRAND MARSHALL
Redshirt senior Amar’e Marshall provided an important spark off the bench as the Bonnies defeated Youngstown State on Saturday (Nov. 15). Marshall scored 17 points while shooting 6-for-7 from the field.
The UAlbany transfer made both of his three-point attempts on the afternoon, improving his season three-point percentage to .500 (5-for-10), tied for fourth most among Atlantic 10 players with at least 10 attempts from long range.
While Marshall’s impact as a scorer is evident, he has also contributed as a playmaker this season. His 12 assists rank second on St. Bonaventure behind starting point guard Dasonte Bowen. Marshall led all players with five assists despite coming off the bench in St. Bonaventure’s win over Siena last Wednesday (Nov. 12).
With just four turnovers on the season, Marshall has posted an assist to turnover of 3.00 (12-4), which ranks second in the Atlantic 10 behind only La Salle’s Ashton Walker.
QUITE FRANKLY
Forward Frank Mitchell has been a menace on the glass this year, grabbing a team- and conference-best 9.3 rebounds per game this season. Mitchell has recorded 10-or-more rebounds twice this season, posting a double-double in both games. He remains the only Atlantic 10 player with multiple double-doubles as of Monday (Nov. 17).
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Mitchell has posted a staggering 17.2 offensive rebound percentage, a rate that leads the A-10 by two percentage points.
The Toronto native has also been effective as a scorer in the paint, recording 15.3 points per game. Mitchell and Simmons II are tied for the A-10 lead in made field goals with 28 alongside SLU’s Amari McCottry.
In large part due to Mitchell’s efforts, the Bonnies are dominating opposing teams on the glass and in the paint. The Bonnies have outrebounded opponents a combined 149-109 on the season and are winning the rebounding battle by 10.0 boards, on average. Meanwhile, SBU has a combined 160-116 advantage in points in the paint and has tallied at least 44 points down low in each of its last three games.
COUNT ON CAYDEN
Cayden Charles’ 18 points led the Bonnies to a win over Youngstown State on Saturday (Nov. 15). The senior shot 4-for-7 from the field while adding three rebounds and three steals.
Charles went 8-for-10 at the free throw line, including a pair of free throws in the final seconds to seal the win. His eight made free throws is the most by any St. Bonaventure player this season.
The Kennesaw, Ga., native is shooting a team-best 22-for-31 from the free-throw line this year. He has 19 more attempts than the next highest Bonnie (Buddy Simmons II, 12) and has made twice as many as the next closest St. Bonaventure player (Simmons II, 11).
Charles has been a star for the Bonnies in the early stages of the 2025-26 season, reaching double figures in all four games while averaging 6.0 rebounds.
THE NERD CORNER
Through four games, St. Bonaventure ranks 111th in the country with a +4.65 net rating via Ken Pomeroy (kenpom.com). The Bonnies rank 91st with an offensive rating of 111.2, fourth highest among Atlantic 10 teams.
As of Monday (Nov. 17), St. Bonaventure and Davidson are the only two Atlantic 10 teams with multiple wins over teams in the KenPom top 200. The Bonnies and Wildcats each have three, while no other team in the conference has more than one.
ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Aaliyah Parker averaged 15.0 points and 7.0 rebounds per game, helping the Bonnies to a pair of wins last week over Binghamton and Canisius.
Parker chipped in eight points and two rebounds to help the Bonnies erase an early 14-point deficit to defeat the Bearcats, 68-65, on the road Tuesday evening.
She followed that up with a 22-point, 12-rebound double-double, her first as a Bonnie, against Little Three rival Canisius. Parker finished the game 8-for-17 from the field and was 6-for-7 from the free throw line.
In her first season with the Brown and White, Parker is averaging 11.0 points and 5.3 rebounds per game.
Peets finished his St. Bonaventure cross country career in fitting fashion: by setting yet another program record at Friday's NCAA Northeast Regional Championship.
Peets ran the 10K layout at Hopkinton State Fairgrounds in a mark of 30:42.7 to become the first Bonnies runner to break the 31-minute mark in a 10K event. With his effort on a sunny and chilly afternoon in New Hampshire, he broke his existing school record by 25 seconds as he placed 61st in the field of over 250 athletes representing 41 schools across the region - also the top finish by a Bonnies men's runner at a regional championship.
The Akron, Ohio native put together the finest single-season in Bonnies men’s cross country history, winning three meets while finishing second in another. He broke his own school records in all but one meet this season and became the first Bonaventure men’s cross country student-athlete to achieve Atlantic 10 All-Conference status with his finish at the A-10 Championship meet earlier this spring.
He graduates with the school records in every cross country category: 5K (14:28), 8K (23:56) and 10K while also owning track records for outdoor 3K (8:53) and 5K (14:25) as well as indoor 3K (8:23) and also sharing the indoor 4000-meter distance medley relay benchmark (10:18).
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The GoBonnies.com Athletes of the Week presented by CPL for the week ending Nov. 16 are women’s basketball graduate Aaliyah Parker and men’s cross country redshirt senior Clay Peets.
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FROM THE HEART
Family Ties Help Lead Bonnies Golf Into New Era
By Carson Hayek, Athletic Communications Student Assistant
A new face, but a familiar name, took the reins of St. Bonaventure golf this past summer.
This past June, St. Bonaventure Athletics hired Patrick Damore as the program's first Director of Golf. In addition to coaching the men’s team, he will also oversee the development of the women’s Division I program, which will start play in the 2026-27 season. Patrick Damore also happens to be the father of Bonnies sophomore golfer Braddock Damore.
The father-son turned coach-player relationship became a full-circle moment between the two.
“This definitely wasn’t expected,” Braddock Damore said. “It’s funny, because in a way he’s been my coach my entire golf career, and now he’s come to the next level that [him and I] always worked toward in the early years.”
Growing up, Braddock Damore initially didn’t love the game of golf. It wasn’t until ninth grade that Braddock played his first competitive golf tournament. Since then, the Bona sophomore has developed at an extraordinary rate.
“Braddock progressed really fast,” Patrick Damore said. “I mean, stupid fast; probably faster than anybody I’ve ever seen in my life. Two and a half years later, after his first competition, he was getting Division I looks and scholarships.”
During his high school career at Warren (Pa.) High, he earned District 10 champion honors and graduated with the lowest scoring average in his high school's history (71.3).
Much of Braddock’s early success came thanks to his dad’s hands-off approach.
“My dad never really pushed for me to play golf,” Braddock said. “He saw how some other parents made their kids feel when they were extremely hard on them, and some of those kids quit. He’s helped whenever I asked, and he knows my mannerisms, so he knows when to be there and not to be there for me on the course. When I’m in the zone, he lets me do my thing, but he also knows when to step in and talk.”
Following last season, former Bonnies head coach Ryan Swanson stepped away after nine years at the helm. With Bonnies golfers working with the PGA professional in previous winters, Patrick Damore’s name came to the surface as a potential successor.
Prior to taking the Bonaventure coaching job, Patrick served as the PGA Director of Instruction at Cable Hollow Golf Club and previously was head pro at Conewango Valley Country Club for nine years and also worked as the PGA Director of Instruction at Lakewood (N.Y.) Golf Center.
In three of their last five fall tournaments, St. Bonaventure placed in the upper half of teams, including a fourth-place finish at the Blue Hen Invitational in Delaware and a third-place bid in the Matthews Auto Intercollegiate outside Binghamton in early October. The team also showed well in a deep field at the Bucknell Invitational in the fall’s penultimate event, finishing seventh out of 18 squads.
During the fall, the Bonnies have been led by seniors Michael Bucko and Gabe Williams with a scoring average of 74.2 and 74.5, respectively. Meanwhile, Braddock has an average of 75.0 strokes per contest. After posting an average of 77.4 in the fall’s first three tournaments, Braddock finished the last three tournaments averaging 72.5 strokes per outing.
The Bonnies look to carry over the end-of-season success into the spring season.
“After seeing what we can do, finishing third in a tournament, we are looking to finish right up in the top three again, if not trying and winning the next meet,” Braddock Damore said. “This is a huge moment for us going forward.”
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