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GAME DAY CENTRAL

St. Bonaventure (13-3, 1-0 A-10) vs. Duquesne (11-5, 1-0 A-10)

DATE: Wednesday, January 13, 2010
SITE: Reilly Center (5,780)
LOCATION: St. Bonaventure, N.Y.
TIP-OFF: 7:00 p.m. ET
WEB VIDEO: www.GoBonnies.com
LIVE STATS: www.GoBonnies.com
SERIES: Duquesne leads 27-13
LAST TIME: Feb. 25, 2009
Saint Louis 64, St. Bonaventure 57
UP NEXT: at Dayton
Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010 at 4:05 p.m. at UD Arena
CBS College Sports Network - Direct TV Channel: 613

Bona Bullets

• St. Bonaventure has won 20 out of their last 23 games at the Reilly Center
• The Brown and White have let their last three opponents score more than 60 points.
• Coach Jim Crowley is two wins away from his 125th at St. Bonaventure and three from 165 career wins.
• Three Bonnies scored in double-digits against Saint Louis - Mitchell, Doneth and Horton (had a career-high 18 points)
• Senior Dana Mitchell is second in the A-10 in scoring, averaging 17.4 points per game. She has put up 18 points or more in eight out of the last nine contests.
• Senior Andrea Doneth entered the top 10 list in assists with 271. She leads the team with 52 and is 29 away from moving into ninth.
• St. Bonaventure's 12 non-conference victories matches the program best set by the 2007-08 squad.
• St. Bonaventure's 11-game winning streak to begin the season is a program best.
• The Bonnies have had at least two players score in double figures in each game. In the Christmas City Classic game against IUPUI, four Bonnies scored double-digits.
  

Head Coaching Match Up
ST. BONAVENTURE HEAD COACH
Jim Crowley
@ St. Bonaventure: 123-155 (10th year)
Overall: 162-203 (13 years)
vs. Duquesne: 4-11

DUQUESNE HEAD COACH
Suzie McConnell-Serio
@ Saint Louis: 46-32 (3rd season)
Overall: Same
vs. St. Bonaventure: 1-3

Scouting the Dukes
Duquesne enters today's contest after a double-overtime 70-68, victory against Charlotte on Saturday. Senior Keri Pryor leads the Dukes with 12.6 points per game. The Dukes and Bonnies have had three similiar opponents in Niagara, Lehigh and Canisius. The teams hold victories against Niagara and Canisius while both lost to Lehigh.
The Dukes lost only one player from last season's 20-12 team - two time A-10 Defensive Player of the Year and First-Team All-Conference guard Kristi Little (15.3 ppg).

This Day in BONA BASKETBALL
The Bonnies are 4-5 on January 13 dating back to the 1986-87 season - the final season that has actual dates recorded. The last victory was at Fordham, 68-56, on Jan. 13, 1998.

Series Note
Bona and Duquesne split the home-and-home series last year, with the visitor getting the win each time.

UNDER PRESSURE
The Bonnies scoring defense ranks 10th in the nation and first in the Atlantic 10 allowing 52.2 points per game. Only five opponents have scored more than 60 points against St. Bonaventure.

There's no place like HOME
The Bonnies have won 20 out of their last 23 home games dating back to last season. Their last loss at home was against BIG EAST foe South Florida during the WNIT quarterfinals on March 29, 2008 when the Bonnies lost 80-66.

Breaking the NORM
Virginia was the first team to shoot better than 45 percent against the Bonnies. The Cavaliers 26 made field goals and 50 percent shooting were game-highs for St. Bonaventure's opponents.

SIX Minutes left to Go
The team explodes in the second half, outscoring opponents 550-418. With six minutes left in the second half, the Bonnies have held a double-digit lead in all of their victories except Saint Louis. The biggest lead (31) with six minutes left was against IUPUI at the Christmas City Classic.

It's Raining Threes
The Brown and White have scored at least one three-pointer in 178 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.

In the nation
In the Jan. 11 NCAA statistics, the Bonnies ranked in the top-10 in the nation in four categories 10th in scoring defense (52.2), seventh in field-goal percentage (47.2), third in free-throw percentage (79.4) and sixth in three-point field-goal percentage (41.1).

Home Sweet HOME
The Bonnies are 8-0 at home this season. St. Bonaventure went 13-3 at home last season with losses coming against Syracuse, Duquesne and South Florida.