The Game Basics
Opponent: Toledo
Date: Thursday, Nov. 20
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Savage Arena
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The Starting Five
1. The St. Bonaventure women's basketball team hopes to get back on track as it travels to Toledo to face-off against the Rockets on Thursday, Nov. 20. Toledo is 2-0 all-time against the Bonnies, with its two last meetings coming in the last two seasons.
2. This season the Brown and White will rely on the depth of their bench this season, something they were unable to do last year. In the game against James Madison, SBU played all 12 players; at one point the team played all four freshman and its lone sophomore, Imani Outlaw.
3. Katie Healy has continued her stellar play from last season as she is averaging 15 points per game and four rebounds to begin her 2014-15 campaign. The Atlantic 10 preseason first team All-Conference selection registered 20 points in a win against Canisius (Nov. 14). Last Sunday, the Lancaster, N.Y. native, scored 10 points against James Madison.
4. Returning to the Bonnies line-up is Gabby Richmond, who was forced to miss the final nine games in 2013-14 due to an injury. Richmond has started both games this year and has notched 15 points and 11 rebounds.
5. The junior guard, Nyla Rueter, has been lights out from the free-throw line to begin the 2014-15 season, shooting a perfect 10-10 from the stripe.
Bonnies Last Time Out
•St. Bonaventure was defeated on Sunday, Nov. 16 at James Madison, 76-43.
• Junior guard Nyla Rueter led the Bonnies with 11 points, while Hannah Little and Gabby Richmond were tied for a team-high six rebounds.
• James Madison capitalized on St. Bonaventure's offensive struggles as they outshot the Bonnies by 18 percent. The Bonnies finished the game with a field-goal percentage of 23.6% (13-55), while JMU shot 41.9% (26-62).
• The Brown and White were outmuscled on the boards, 53-27. The advantage allowed James Madison to convert 23 second chance points.
• St. Bonaventure recorded a total of eight steals. Healy and Rueter each had two, while Hannah Little, Emily Michael, Mariah Ruff and Miranda Drummond had one, apiece.
• 22 of the Bonnies' 43 points came from inside the paint.
• St. Bonaventure continues to be strong from the free-throw line, shooting 81% (17-21) on the day. Rueter went a perfect 7-7 from the line.
• Matea Britvar recorded her first basket of her collegiate career in the second half. Britvar had four points and was 2-2 from the field.
Scouting the Rockets
• The Toledo Rockets are coming off an 81-71 loss at Cleveland State on Friday, Nov. 14.
• Four Rockets scored in double figures in the loss, including sophomore Sophie Reecher, who scored 14 points and snagged 15 boards.
• In seven years under Head Coach Tricia Cullop, Toledo is an impressive 81-18 (.818) on its home court.
• Last season, the Rockets are went an even 16-16 overall.
• They won three games in the MAC tournament before eventually falling to Akron in the quarterfinals.
• In 2013-14, Toledo averaged 69.5 points per game, good for fifth best in the conference.
• They out-rebounded opponents by a margin of +3.8, which was the second highest total in the MAC.
• They return 2 starters: forward Ana Capotosto and guard Inma Zanoguera.
• Last season, Zanoguera led the conference in minutes played (35.4 per game) and averaged 5.2 defensive rebounds per game, which was fifth best in the MAC and a team high. She also ranked in the top 10 in the MAC in scoring with 14 points per game.
• Capotosto averaged two three pointers per game, which was the sixth best in the conference.
When They Last Met
The St. Bonaventure women's basketball team fell to Toledo on Sunday (Dec. 15) by a score of 64-62. Katie Healy led the Bonnies with a then career-high 25 points and also brought down six boards. Gabby Richmond continued to get close to her first double-double as she scored 17 points and nine rebounds in the set-back. The Bonnies had possession of the ball coming out of a team timeout with 31 seconds remaining, but failed to convert with 11 seconds to go as a jump-shot would not go, and Toledo grabbed control of the rebound and rushed down court to convert on a jumper from senior guard Janelle Reed-Lewis to put the Rockets in front by two with two seconds left. St. Bonaventure would run out of time in this one and fall late to Toledo.
