St. Bonaventure (11-11 SU, 13-9 ATS) travels down South to Richmond (11-11 SU, 9-13 ATS) to take on the Spiders on Wednesday night at 7pmET.
These teams met on Jan. 14, with St. Bonaventure winning at home 71-36 as a 1-point favorite. Daryl Blanks III and Moses Flowers led the Bonnies with 20 points apiece.
In the A-10, Richmond sits at 4-5, tied with six teams for seventh place, while St. Bonaventure is alone in sixth place at 5-4.
St. Bonaventure has been maddingly inconsistent at times this season. They opened conference play with two home wins over UMass (83-64) and George Mason (73-69). That was followed by two road defeats to Saint Louis and URI, followed by two more home win against Richmond (71-63) and Duquesne (65-56). You get the point. After two more home wins, they lost at Loyola-Chicago on Jan. 21 and to Fordham 79-68, for just their second home loss of the season on Jan. 25. The Bonnies were 0-7 heading into a tough road game against VCU and they upset the Rams, 61-58 as an 11-point dog.
It was a good night for the Bonnies ?? pic.twitter.com/poC1npYqT4
— Bonnies Men's Basketball (@BonniesMBB) January 29, 2023
Yann Farrell and Moses Flowers scored 15 points apiece to lead St. Bonaventure, who trailed at the half 23-18. Flowers scored 15 points in the second half, assisting the Bonnies to get the victory. Defensively, the Bonnies held the Rams to just 2-of-16 from the three-point line, while making 8-of-17 (47%) from long range themselves.
Statistically, the Bonnies are shooting just 42.2% from the field to rank 12th out of 15 teams in the A-10. They hold teams to 42.7% from the field, which ranks 7th in the A-10. The Bonnies rank fifth in the A-10 in three-point shooting (34.8%) and second in three-point defense (28.4%). They also rank 10th in rebounding margin at -0.5.
Banks leads the Bonnies with 16.0 points per game on 37% shooting and 36.8% from long range. Guard Kyrell Luc, a Holy Cross transfer, adds 12.3 points per game and 4.5 assists on 34.8% shooting (31.2% 3pt).
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