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GAME DAY CENTRAL

Date: Nov. 29, 2009
Tip-off: 1 p.m.
Site: St. Bonaventure, N.Y.
Arena: Reilly Center
WEB VIDEO: www.GoBonnies.com
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LAST MEETING: Jan. 2, 2009
St. Bonaventure 67, Bryant 58
SERIES: Even at 1-1
UP NEXT: at Quinnipiac
Wednesday, Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. at TD Bank Sports Center

AT A GLANCE
St. Bonaventure is on a five-game winning streak for the third time in program history and the first time since the 2007-08 season.  The Bonnies have held all of their opponents to under 50 points anf 45 percent shooting. The Brown and White started their season off with four games in six days and survived going 4-0 through the stretch.

SERIES HISTORY
This is the third meeting between the Bulldogs and Bonnies.  Last season, St. Bonaventure beat Bryant for the first time on its home floor at the Chace Athletic Center 67-58.  Bryant also won in 1985 when the teams competed at the Lady Griffs Invitational with the Bulldogs winning 76-58.

Scouting the Bulldogs
The Bulldogs are coming off a 79-72 overtime loss to Brown on Tuesday.  The Bulldogs currently lead the Northeast Conference in total rebounding, averaging 46.5 per game through their four on the season.  The 2009-10 season is Bryant's second competing at the Division I level and the second of a mandatory four-year transition.  Lekia Cowen currently leads Bryant in scoring, averaging 11.5 points per game while Siamone Bennett leads in rebounds with eight per game.

Bonnies In NOVEMBER
St. Bonaventure is 26-7 under head coach Jim Crowley in November. With six games in the first month of the season, the Bonnies look to beat the program record of five wins in November.

In Our DEFENSE
The Bonnies have held all of their opponents opponents to under 50 points and under 45 percent shooting. Only four players have scored double-digits against the Brown and White, while Akron did not have any players score more than six points. Akron only scored 37 points marking the second time in as many seasons that an opponent was held under 40. Last season, the Bonnies shut down Yale, allowing only 35 points to be scored.

STARTING off STRONG
St. Bonaventure is 5-0 on the young season for just the third time in program history. It survived its four games in six days, to start 4-0 for the third consecutive season and the fifth time in program history.

HELPING OUT where she can
Senior Andrea Doneth is just 34 assists away from breaking into the top 10 on the all-time assists list. She currently has 229, leading the team with ten so far this season. Beth Gromlowicz currently holds the 10th spot with 263 from 1989-92.
 
Seeing DOUBLE

Senior Dana Mitchell has 95 double-figure scoring games through her career to sit tied for second on the all-time list. She could surpass the top spot with three more games of double-figures, beating out Hilary Waltman who has 98. The record has stood for almost 10 years.

Double your Pleasure, Double your Fun
St. Bonaventure has had at least two players score in double figures in each game. Dana Mitchell has scored at least 15 points in each of the five match ups, while Megan Van Tatenhove and Jessica Jenkins have hit doubles in three games. Other starters Andrea Doneth and Armelia Horton posting in one game.

G-FORCE
Dana Mitchell scored her 1,500th career point in a 65-47 win at Canisius on November 17. Mitchell became the fifth player in program history to reach the milestone. Mitchell is now only 46 points away from moving into the fourth spot and 79 from third on the all-time scoring list in the program record books. Even with two consecutive seasons of scoring 500+ points, the Fairless Hills, Pa., still trails the top spot held by Hilary Waltman by 559 points.

SUPER Seniors
When seniors Andrea Doneth and Dana Mitchell joined the team in 2006-07, the Bonnies had not had a winning season in eight years. In their rookie season, St. Bonaventure went 16-15 to break the trends of years past. Now, three seasons later, the Bonnies have 57 triumphs, totaling more than the program's combined total from the last six years (2000-06).

Can't Wait to get on the Road again...
The Bonnies only travel to six non-conference games this season, but will travel more than 4,000 miles and spend almost six combined days traveling. St. Bonaventure hopes to continue its out-of-conference road success in the 2009-10 season following a 6-3 non-conference road record last season. The Bonnies have already been successful in two road games, winning at in-state rivals Binghamton and Canisius.

Familiar Faces
The Bonnies face 24 of the same opponents as last year including 10 non-conference foes. St. Bonaventure went 18-8 against these opponense, going 8-2 in non-conference play, falling to only Bowling Green and later-ranked Marist. The Brown and White added a victory against Temple for the first time in seven years and beat eventual A-10 tournament Champion Charlotte to close out the regular season schedule. St. Bonaventure also upset ranked-Michigan State at the Reilly Center to earn its first votes in the Associate Press (AP) Top 25 Poll .