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ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. – Eric Mosley scored the most points ever by a St. Bonaventure player in an Atlantic 10 Conference game with 39, leading the Bonnies (12-13, 5-7 A-10) to a vital 99-94 victory over Massachusetts (16-9, 6-6 A-10) on Wednesday night at the Reilly Center.

Mosley also established a career high in points for the second straight game after netting 30 in an overtime loss at Richmond on Saturday. The senior guard was 12-18 from the field, 5-8 on 3-pointers and a perfect 10-10 from the foul line.

No St. Bonaventure player has scored more points than Mosley's 39 in a regulation 40-minute game since Greg Sanders had 46 versus Detroit in 1977. The Louisville native also tied Richmond's Darien Brothers for the most points scored by an A-10 player in a game this year.

Senior Chris Johnson also set a career best with 22 points and grabbed seven rebounds for St. Bonaventure. Classmate Demitrius Conger chipped in with his third double-double of the season on 16 points and 13 rebounds.

Sophomore Youssou Ndoye hit a lay-up off an entry feed from Mosley to give Bona a 91-90 lead with 1:29 remaining, and the Bonnies never trailed again. SBU, which went a robust 32-33 from the free-throw line, scored 12 of its last 14 points from the charity stripe to seal the victory.

The win gives the Bonnies a half-game lead over idle Dayton for the 12th – and final – A-10 Championship berth with four games remaining – two at home at two on the road. It is also Bona's third league victory over a then top-60 RPI team as the Minutemen entered with an RPI of 55.

After Bonaventure had staked itself to a 38-31 halftime lead, the two offenses exploded in the second half, with UMass scoring 63 and Bona tallying 61 in the closing 20 minutes. The Brown and White built a lead as large as 12 late in the first half, but the pressing, up-tempo Minutemen eventually turned the Bonnies over enough to claim their largest lead of the night, 63-60, with under 10 minutes remaining.

However, the officials stopped play following Freddie Riley's go-ahead 3-pointer to review what they later deemed a flagrant-1 elbow by UMass's Terrell Vinson. That put Mosley at the line, where he promptly hit both free throws and then converted a fastbreak lay-in off an Ndoye steal of Chaz Williams just seconds later to reclaim the lead for the Bonnies. The Bona cushion would blossom to as much as seven, 80-73, following a Mosley 3 with 5:26 remaining, but the Minutemen responded and eventually took a one-point lead in the final 2 minutes before SBU's final closing push.

Williams led the Minutemen with 26 points and 12 assists. Three other UMass scorers reached double figures: Vinson (20), Riley (17) and Cady Lalanne (12). The Minutemen attempted 77 shots from the floor – 12 more than the Bonnies – and finished with the most points scored against SBU this year.

St. Bonaventure returns to action at rival Duquesne on Saturday. It will be the second meeting of the year between the Bonnies and Dukes, and SBU claimed the first decision, 68-60, at the start of the month. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. from the Palumbo Center in Pittsburgh.

GAME NOTES: Marquise Simmons added eight points and eight rebounds off the bench for the Bonnies … Conger played his 10th complete game of the year, more than anyone else in the A-10 … four UMass players fouled out as 47 fouls were called – 29 on the Minutemen and 18 on the Bonnies … Mosley hit five of SBU's seven 3-pointers … Jordan Gathers issued a team-high five assists … the teams combined for the most points in an SBU contest since Feb. 3, 2007, in a 111-92 home loss to Duquesne … Matthew Wright made his first start since Jan. 26 against Saint Louis and played 19 minutes … the game was a rematch of last year's A-10 semifinal, and the Bonnies have now defeated UMass back-to-back for the first time since 2001.