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Women’s basketball: #Bonnies with 19 assists in 74-59 win over Fairfield

By Joseph Phelan, @JPhelan13

Less than 48 hours after ending Wisconsin-Green Bay’s regular season win streak, the Bonnies opened and finished strong against Fairfield in a 74-59 win.

The Bonnies used a steady, balanced offensive attack — with 19 assists and five players with two or more buckets.

Chelsea Bowker hit all five the Bonnies’ triples. The redshirt senior knows her role in the offense. She stretches the floor with her jump shot, uses her court vision to find open teammates and sets picks.

As the lone healthy player from the 2012 Atlantic 10 regular season championship team, Bowker has had to adjust to playing with new players.

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Men’s basketball: Game summary against Canisius

By Jeff Fasoldt, @Jeff_Fasoldt

The St. Bonaventure Bonnies took on the Canisius Golden Griffins in a 162-year-old rivalry Saturday night. The Bonnies were the dominant team throughout. Matt Wright had a career-high 27 points while Charlon Kloof added 15 points, and Youssou Ndoye posted a solid 13.

This was clearly a game of momentum, which the Bonnies held throughout. The crowd of 4,568 clearly got into the heads of the Golden Griffin players. Billy Baron, coaches’ son and the star player for the Griffins, had 23 points while shooting 8-19 from the field.

Whenever Baron went to the free throw line the crowd chanted, “Daddy’s boy, daddy’s boy.”

Coach Jim Baron’s only comment — “it was cute.”

The Bonnies pressure got to the Griffins, from beginning to end. Nine steals for the Bonnies, and 22 points off turnovers helped them get the win. While the Bonnies dominated in nearly every category, they really stepped up on the boards, fast-break points and points in the paint.

The Bonnies outrebounded the Griffins 44-25, with Ndoye pulling in 10 and Marquise Simmons and Andell Cumberbatch with seven apiece. As far as points in the paint go, the Bonnies won that battle 56-30.

And the Bonnies used their athleticism to their advantage as they scored on several fast-break dunks.

“We knew we were the more athletic team and we wanted to take advantage of that,” said Bonnies coach Mark Schmidt.

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