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Game Preview: Bonnies head to Philadelphia to face La Salle

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GAME DAY CENTRAL

St. Bonaventure (13-5, 1-2 A-10) vs. La Salle (5-13, 0-3 A-10)

DATE: Wednesday, January 20, 2010
SITE: Tom Gola Arena (4,000)
LOCATION: Philadelphia, Pa.
TIP-OFF: 7:00 p.m. ET
WEB VIDEO: www.goExplorers.com
LIVE STATS: www.goExplorers.com
SERIES: La Salle leads 10-7
LAST TIME: Jan. 10, 2010
St. Bonaventure 62, La Salle 57
UP NEXT: vs. #11/14 Xavier
Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010 at 1 p.m. at the Reilly Center

BONA Bullets

  • This is the second time this season the Bonnies dropped two games in a row.
  • The Brown and White's 52 points against Duquesne are a season-low as the Bonnies shot just 17-of-47 from the field.
  • The Brown and White have let four of their last five 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.
  • Senior Dana Mitchell is second in the A-10 in scoring, averaging 17.2 points per game. She has put up 18 points or more in eight out of the last 10 contests.
  • Redshirt sophomore Armelia Horton is averaging 13.3 points in conference play after opening against Saint Louis with a career-high 18 points
  • Senior Andrea Doneth entered the top 10 list in assists with 274. She leads the team with 55 and is 26 away from moving into ninth.
  • St. Bonaventure's 12 non-conference victories matches the program best set by the 2007-08 squad.
  • 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 Coach Match Up
ST. BONAVENTURE HEAD COACH

Jim Crowley
@ St. Bonaventure: 123-157 (10th season)
Overall: 162-205 (13 years)
vs. La Salle: 5-6

LA SALLE HEAD COACH
Tom Lochner
@ La Salle: 64-80 (6th season)
Overall: Same
vs. St. Bonaventure: 2-3

Scouting the Explorers
La Salle is currently on a four-game skid including three in conference play. The Explorers are led by Morgan Robertson who averages 11.1, but missed the game against Xavier due to injury. La Salle is sixth in the A-10 going 69 percent from the line. Starting senior Jamie Walsh has a knack from behind the arc shooting 40 percent for fifth in the A-10. Last season Robertson had a double-double against the Bonnies with 12 points and a game-high 11 rebounds.

This Day in BONA BASKETBALL
The Bonnies are 2-5 on January 20, dating back to the 1986-87 season - the last actual recorded dates. St. Bonaventure last won on Jan. 20 against Temple, 83-76 in 2002.

Series Note
The Explorers and Bonnies have split the last four games 2-2 each taking one at home and one on the road.

LAST TIME against the EXLPORERS
Senior Dana Mitchell scored a season-high 27 points (12-17) against La Salle last season - no other Bonnie hit double-digits, but three Explorers did. Former Bonnie Priscilla Edwards passed out a game-high seven assists.

UNDER PRESSURE
The Bonnies scoring defense ranks 13th in the nation and first in the Atlantic 10 allowing 53.8 points per game. Twelve of St. Bonaventure's opponents have been held to under 60 points.

Wacky WEDNESDAY
St. Bonaventure is 2-2 when playing on Wednesday. The Bonnies last won on a Wednesday against Buffalo back on December 9.

Breaking the NORM
Virginia was the first team to shoot better than 45 percent (50 percent) against the Bonnies. St. Bonaventure then allowed A-10 foe Dayton to shoot 52 percent.

It's Raining Threes
The Brown and White have scored at least one three-pointer in 180 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. 18 NCAA statistics, the Bonnies ranked in the top-10 in the nation in two categories - fourth in free-throw percentage (79.1) and sxth in three-point field-goal percentage (39.9).

“Three” to be you and me
Sophomore Jessica Jenkins scored six three-pointers against Virginia to match the ninth spot on the all-time list with 85. She needs 16 more to move into eighth to match former teammate Erica Schiefen's spot with 101.

DOUBLE your pleasure, DOUBLE your fun
In each of the Bonnies' victories, the scoring margin has been in double figures. Quinnipiac was the closest win at 77-67 while St. Bonaventure beat Akron and IUPUI by 30 points each.

Now BOARDING
The Bonnies have out-rebounded their opponents in 12 of their 18 contests by an average of 3.7 per game.

Sixth Woman
Freshman Chelsea Bowker has been the Bonnies' go-to woman off the bench. Bowker has a knack for long range to assist in averaging 6.0 points per game, shooting 43 percent from the floor and 43 percent from beyond the arc.

Going LONG
The Bonnies have scored three or more three-pointers in 15 out of their 18 games. They scored a season-high nine at Quinnipiac and against Buffalo.

MOVING on Up (in the books)
Preseason All-Conference first team selection Dana Mitchell moved into the third spot on the all-time scoring list after scoring 19 points against BGSU. She now has 1,772 points. She is now 102 points away from second and still trails the top spot held by Hilary Waltman by 334 points.

Outside the Arc
St. Bonaventure is shooting 40 percent from beyond the arc to rank first in the A-10 and sixth in the nation. Sophomore Jessica Jenkins is second in the A-10 in three-point field goals made with 47.

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