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Game Preview: Bonnies host George Washington on Senior Day

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GAME DAY CENTRAL
SENIOR DAY
St. Bonaventure (17-8, 5-5 A-10) vs. George Washington (5-17, 2-7 A-10)

DATE: Sunday, February 14, 2010
SITE: Reilly Center (5,480)
LOCATION: St. Bonaventure, N.Y.
TIP-OFF: 1:00 p.m. ET
LIVE STATS: www.GoBonnies.com
LIVE VIDEO/AUDIO: www.GoBonnies.com
TALENT: Shannon Shepherd (Color) and Kevin Clark (PxP)
SERIES: George Washington leads 32-2
LAST TIME: February 21, 2009
George Washington 66, St. Bonaventure 60
UP NEXT: vs. Richmond
Wednesday, February 17 at 4:45 p.m. at the Reilly Center

Scouting the Colonials
George Washington had an unexpected break due to inclement weather around the D.C. area this week and postponed its game against La Salle. The Colonials are currently on a three-game skid in conference play, last winning at UMass in January. Their last loss was a two-point loss at Duquesne on Feb. 6. Sophomore Tiana Myers leads the Colonials, averaging 12.7 points per game.

This Day in BONA BASKETBALL
The Bonnies are 5-2 on February 14 - dating back to the 1986-87 season - the last season that has actual dates recorded. Last season, they beat Fordham on Valentine's Day, 56-48.

Series Note
St. Bonaventure last beat GWU on its home court when it ranked #13/14 in the national polls.

LAST SEASON against the Colonials
George Washington made a second half surge to beat the Bonnies 66-60 at the Smith Center last season. Katelyn Murray scored a game-high 23 points and current players Dana Mitchell and Armelia Horton added 12 and 10 points respectively.

Super SUNDAYS
St. Bonaventure is currently 3-0 on Sunday. The Bonnies beat MAAC powerhouse Marist at the Reilly Center in early December.

There's no Place like Home
The Bonnies are 9-3 at home this season. They are outscoring opponents by 13.3 points when they enter the Reilly Center and only allowing an average of 50.6 points.

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 1,858 points. She is now 16 points away from second and still trails the top spot held by Hilary Waltman by 248 points.

From the LINE
St. Bonaventure made more free throws than its opponent attempted for the eighth time this season against UMass.

The ball is OURS
The Brown and White is first in the A-10 in turnovers per game, averaging 13,9. In the game at UMass, Andrea Doneth and Jessica Jenkins dished out a combined 13 assists on no turnovers helping the Bonnies tie a season-low for turnovers (8).

UNDER PRESSURE
The Bonnies scoring defense ranks 11th in the nation and first in the Atlantic 10 allowing 53.4 points per game. Sixteen of St. Bonaventure's opponents have been held to under 60 points.

She'll TAKE that
Armelia Horton leads the team in steals with 31. Horton has registered at least one in 18 of her 23 played games. She has grabbed 20 of those steals at the Reilly Center.

A-10 ACTION
Redshirt sophomore Armelia Horton is averaging 9.4 points in conference play. After posting double figures in three non-conference games, she has posted double digit scoring games in five of the 10 conference contests.

“Three” to be you and me
Sophomore Jessica Jenkins scored six three-pointers against Virginia to move into the ninth spot on the all-time list with 82. She is now in eighth with 104 passing former teammate Erica Schiefen's spot with 101. She needs just eight more to match Audrey Latendresse's 112 for seventh.

The “SOPH”-ter side of things
Sophomore Megan Van Tatenhove is second on the team in scoring (11.7) after posting two game-high performances at UMass and against Saint Joseph's. She has now led in scoring six games.

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