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TOURNAMENT CENTRAL
Christmas City Classic
St. Bonaventure (11-1) vs. IUPUI (1-10)
Possible Opponents:
Lehigh (9-2)
Wagner (2-9)
DATE: Tuesday, December 29, 2009
SITE: Stabler Arena (5,600)
LOCATION: Bethlehem, Pa
TIP-OFF: 2:00 p.m. ET
WEB AUDIO: Lehigh Sports
WEB VIDEO: Lehigh Sports
UP NEXT: at Virginia
Monday, January 4, 2010 at 7 p.m.
AT A GLANCE
St. Bonaventure (11-1) is coming off its first loss of the season
at the hands of Michigan State on December 21. The Bonnies still
rank in top of several statistical categories in the Atlantic 10
conference including field-goal percentage (47.2), three-point
percentage (43.5) and free-throw percentage (79.5).
Series Note
St. Bonaventure has only met with one team participating in the
Christmas City Classic. The Bonnies faced Lehigh in 1986 when the
Mountain Hawks defeated the Bonnies 61-59.
HEAD COACHING MATCH UP
ST. BONAVENTURE HEAD COACH
Jim Crowley
@ St. Bonaventure: 121-153 (10th year)
Overall: 160-201 (13 years)
IUPUI HEAD COACH
Shann Hart
@ IUPUI: 72-88 (6th year)
Overall: 199-183 (13 years)
Scouting the Jaguars
The Jags are currently on a four-game skid with their most recent
loss coming on their home court against Murray State, 88-68 on Dec.
21. IUPUI's lone win was against IU Southeast in the
beginning of December. Jessica Huffman has been IUPUI's
hottest scorer over its last three games, putting up 20.6 points
per game after contests with South Dakota State, Louisville and
Murray State.
Happy Holidays
St. Bonaventure is 40-32 under head coach Jim Crowley in December.
With six games in the first month of the season, The Bonnies set a
program record of six wins in November and look to do the same in
December. Below is a look at how the current Bonnies have fared in
the second month of the season.
UNDER PRESSURE
The Bonnies continue to limit their competitors to under 45
percent shooting per game (37.5) and holding opponents to an
average 47.8 points per contest -- both league bests.
National RECOGNITION
The Bonnies have garnered votes in the Associated Press (AP) Top
25 and USA Today/ESPN Polls three weeks in a row.
TOURNEY Time
The Brown and White hold a 34-32 record during in-season
tournaments dating back to the 1985-86 season. St. Bonaventure last
won an in-season tournament at the St. Bona Shootout defeating
Binghamton 58-53 in 2007.
FAR and AWAY
St. Bonaventure is pretty comfortable on hostile opponent courts
going 13-8 in its last 21 away games.
STARTING off STRONG
St. Bonaventure's 11-game winning streak to begin the season
is a program best.
LEADER of the pack
Senior Dana Mitchell now leads the A-10 in
scoring after three consecutive games of scoring 18 points or more
in the last three games averaging 16.5 points per game.
SIX Minutes left to Go
The team explodes in the second half, outscoring opponents
410-289. With six minutes left in the second half, the Bonnies have
held a double-digit lead in all but two games. The biggest lead
(27) with six minutes left was against Akron.
It's Raining Threes
The Brown and White have scored at least one three-pointer in 174
games dating back to 2004. The last time the Bonnies failed to
convert a three-point basket in a game was on February 14, 2004
against Temple.
Sixth Women
Junior Cara Gustafson and freshmen
Chelsea Bowker and Alaina Walker
have been the Bonnies' go-to women off the bench. Bowker has
a knack for long range to assist in averaging 5.1 points per game
while Walker and Gustafson add 3.5 and 3.0 respectively.
“Three” to be you and me
Sophomore Jessica Jenkins is one three-pointer
away from entering the top 10 list. She currently has 75. Casey
Comoroski is 10th with 76.
Stealing Christmas
Junior Cara Gustafson has had 11 of her 18 steals
in the month of December.
