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GAME DAY CENTRAL

St. Bonaventure (20-8, 8-5 A-10) at Rhode Island (9-11, 2-11 A-10)

DATE: Saturday, February 27, 2010
SITE: Thomas Ryan Center (7,657)
LOCATION: Kingston, R.I.
TIP-OFF: 2:00 p.m. ET
LIVE STATS: www.GoRhody.com
LIVE VIDEO/AUDIO: www.GoRhody.com
SERIES: Rhode Island leads 23-20
LAST TIME: February 10, 2009
St. Bonaventure 54, Rhode Island 48
UP NEXT: at the Opening Rounds of the Women's Basketball
Atlantic 10 Championship at Show Place Arena in Upper Marlboro, Md.
March 5, 2010

BONA BULLETS

• St. Bonaventure is currently tied for fifth place with Saint Joseph's and Charlotte.
• Senior Dana Mitchell became the first women's basketball player in Bona history to have her jersey retired after leading the Bonnies to an 80-46 record through four years. She is second all-time scoring with 1,911 points and made field goals with 713.
• The Bonnies are 4-3 in conference away games and need one more to set a program best. The current record matches the four A-10 road wins from the 1990-91 season when Bonaventure beat UMass, Rhode Island, Rutgers and Duquesne on their own courts.
  
• The Brown and White have hit at least one three-pointer in 190 consecutive 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.
  
• The Bonnies scoring defense ranks eighth in the nation and first in the Atlantic 10 allowing 52.7 points per game. St. Bonaventure has held 19 of its opponents to under 60 points.
• St. Bonaventure has beaten eight Atlantic 10 foes by double-digits. The Bonnies had a combined six double-digit wins in the past four seasons.
• With a win at Rhode Island, the Brown and White would set a program-record with 21 regular season victories, breaking last year's record of 20 wins.

HEAD COACH MATCH UP
ST. BONAVENTURE HEAD COACH
Jim Crowley
@ St. Bonaventure: 130-160 (10th year)
Overall: 169-208 (13 years)
vs. Rhode Island: 4-10

RHODE ISLAND HEAD COACH
Cathy Inglese
@ Rhode Island: 9-18 (First year)
Overall: 402-271
vs. St. Bonaventure: 0-1

Scouting the Rams
Rhode Island is currently on a 11-game skid last winning its opening two conference games against UMass and GW. Junior Megan Shoniker leads all Ram scorers - averaging 12.4 per game and has led the Rams in scoring 13 times this season. Senior Lindsay Harris leads on the defensive end grabbing 9.9 boards per contest and has led the team 22 times. Rhode Island is currently tied for 12th in the A-10 standings, hoping to make a tournament berth.

This Day in BONA BASKETBALL
The Bonnies are 2-5 on February 27 dating back to the 1986-87 season - the last season that has actual dates recorded. The Bonnies have not won since 1996 when they beat La Salle 82-70.

Series Note
The Bonnies snapped a two-game winning streak the Rams held in 2008 when they beat the Rams at the Reilly Center in 2009.

LAST TIME against the Rams
Then-senior Katelyn Murray scored a game-high 16 points, including 13 in the first half as St. Bonaventure held on for a 54-48 Atlantic 10 win over Rhode Island. Murray's big night put her over 1,000 points for her career, making her the 17th player in program history to accomplish the feat.

Not-so LEADING SCORERS
St. Bonaventure held its last two opponents' leading scorers to well under their double-figure average. Richmond's Brittani Shells and Duquesne's Samantha Pollino were held to two points.

From DOWN TOWN
Sophomore Jessica Jenkins has hit at least two three-pointers in 19 games this season. She sits tied with Stefanie Collins for sixth in single-season three pointers with 73.

The “SOPH”-ter side of things
Sophomore Megan Van Tatenhove is second on the team in scoring (11.8) after posting six team-high point performances. The Wisconsin native set a career-high 28 points against Quinnipiac.

TOP 10 in the nation
In the Feb. 26 NCAA statistics, the Bonnies ranked in the top-10 in the nation in four categories - second in free-throw percentage (80.4), eighth in scoring defense (53.2), ninth in three-point percentage (38.4) and fifth in turnovers per game (13.6).

Seeing DOUBLE
Senior Dana Mitchell broke a 10-year old record and now has 108 double figure scoring games through her career to sit first on the all-time list. Hilary Waltman is now in second with 98.

We're going STREAKING
The Bonnies are on a three-game winning streak, marking the third time this season and second time in conference play to rally a streak. The longest in program history was the 11-0 mark to start the season.

BUZZER to BUZZER
The team has led wire to wire eight times this season and have won by an average of nearly 22 points.

From the LINE
St. Bonaventure made more free throws than its opponent attempted for the ninth time this season at Duquesne.

LEADING Scorers
Senior Dana Mitchell, and sophomores Megan Van Tatenhove and Jessica Jenkins lead in scoring. The Bonnies have not finished a season with three double-figure averages since 2001-02 when Courtney Mattingly, Gellaine Clarke and Melissa Fazio averaged double-digits.

Going LONG
The Bonnies have made four or more three-pointers in 23 out of their 28 games. They scored a season-high nine at Quinnipiac and against Buffalo.

WINNING the second 20
The Bonnies outscored their opponents in all but seven games in the second half. In three of their eight losses, they actually outscored their oppenents in the second 20 minutes.