Final Score: St. Bonaventure 86, Canisius 64

Location: Bob Lanier Court at the Reilly Center – St. Bonaventure, N.Y.

Records: St. Bonaventure (3-0); Canisius (1-1)

BOX SCORE (PDF)

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The Short Story: St. Bonaventure defeated Big 4 rival Canisius 86-64 Saturday night in the Reilly Center. Senior Matthew Wright led the way for the Bonnies, scoring a career high 27 points. Senior guard Charlon Kloof scored 15 while junior Youssou Ndoye added 13 points and 10 boards for his second career double double. Andell Cumberbatch scored nine points in his first regular season game with the Bonnies. St. Bonaventure's first 3-0 start to a season since 2000-01.

St. Bonaventure Starters: #3 Charlon Kloof, #5 Jordan Gathers #24 Matthew Wright, #33 Marquise Simmons, #35 Youssou Ndoye

How it Happened:

• The Bonnies jumped out to a 10-4 lead to start the game and never trailed on the night. 
• Andell Cumberbatch came off the bench and hit a three-pointer to give St. Bonaventure 17-7 lead with 15:26 left in the first half. 
• Canisius cut the Bonnies' lead down to 29-25 when Charlon Kloof scored six straight points to give the Bonnies a 35-25 lead with 3:46 left in the first half.
• Youssou Ndoye slammed a baseline dunk off a Matthew Wright pass to make the score 40-31.
• The Bonnies held a 42-35 lead at the break.
• St. Bonaventure came out of halftime hot, going on an 8-0 run with 15:37 left in the half that was capped by an Ndoye layup to give the Bonnies a 54-40 lead.
• It was a 13-point lead when the Bonnies exploded for a 12-2 run that essentially put the game away; Dion Wright's layin made it 70-47 with 10:03 left and the Griffs would not threaten after that. 
• The Bonnies' largest lead was 28, the last coming with 2:34 left on a Marquise Simmons layup. 
• In the second half, the Bonnies held Canisius to 11-31 shooting (35.5%) and outscored the Griffs 44-29.
• St. Bonaventure attempted only four three-pointers (making one) – the difference in the game came in points in the paint, where the Bonnies scored 56 to Canisius' 30.
• Canisius' Billy Baron scored 23 points but had only one teammate reach double figures in scoring, Chris Perez with 13.
• For the night, Canisius shot just 38.7% from the field.
• Rebounding also was a telling statistics as St. Bonaventure outrebounded Canisius 44-25.  Fifteen of Bona's rebounds were on the offensive end.

Beyond the Box Score:

• The Bonnies are now 3-0 for the first time since the start of the 2000-01 season.
• All three of St. Bonaventure's wins have come by at least 20 points.
• Yousso Ndoye recorded his second career double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds; his previous double-double came last season at N.C. State (14-14).
• The game marked former Bonnies coach Jim Baron's first game in the Reilly Center as head coach at Canisius. He had coached at the RC during his tenure at Rhode Island.
• Attendance was a 4,568 with a capacity crowd of Bona students.
• St. Bonaventure has out-rebounded all three of its opponents this season by at least 12.
• Charlon Kloof had just one turnover and has only two so far this season.

Quotes from St. Bonaventure Coach Mark Schmidt

• "Great game by our players. I thought that going into the game it was important for us to play up tempo, push the ball and put them on their heels, and I thought we did that."
• "We defended really well, we rebounded exceptionally, and we did a decent job of taking care of the ball. We did a really good job getting to the paint and making good decisions."
•  "We don't have that one guy that we can rely on every night. We have to do it collectively, and we have really unselfish players. They really don't care who gets the credit, they just want to win."
• "It was a good game, great crowd, our students were fantastic. It's hard to beat us when we play like that. I enjoy watching our guys and how hard they play."

Up Next: The Bonnies will travel to Siena on Tuesday, Nov. 19, to play their first road game of the season. Tip off is set for 7 p.m.