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The Starting Five Notes:

1. Winners of three straight, St. Bonaventure visits Rhode Island for a Sunday afternoon matchup with the Rams, who are also 4-2. This will be the only regular season meeting between the teams.

2. Junior guard Marcus Posley scored a career high 36 points at Duquesne on Thursday. He tied the school record with eight three-pointers. Posley is the leading scorer in the Atlantic 10 at 18.5 points per game, and his nine 20-point games are the most of any A-10 player. Over the last three games, Posley averaged 27 points per game. He made 27-57 (.508) of his shots overall – 18-34 (.529) from three-point range.

3. Senior center Youssou Ndoye was last week's A-10 Co-Player of the Week. The 7-footer set a career high with 28 points against George Mason. He averaged 21.5 points, 9.5 rebounds and 3.0 blocks over two wins last week. Ndoye is second in the A-10 in both rebounding (11.0) and blocked shots (2.9/game). Over the past three games, Ndoye was 18-25 from the field and averaged 21 points.

4. St. Bonaventure's 4-2 start to Atlantic 10 play is its best since the 2011-12 team opened with five wins in its first seven A-10 games. That team would go on to win the A-10 Tournament championship. The Bonnies' three-game A-10 win streak matches their longest of last season; the last time a Bona team won four A-10 games in a row was 2012.

5. Freshman point guard Jay Adams has continued his solid play into the conference season. He has 37 assists and only eight turnovers in A-10 play. Adams tied the school record with 14 assists at Duquesne on Thursday, and he also made the game-winning jumper with 20 seconds left in overtime.

St. Bonaventure vs. Rhode Island: Last Year's Meeting
Feb. 22, 2014 at the Reilly Center -- URI 87, St. Bonaventure 78
Rhode Island outscored the Bonnies 54-35 in the second half en route to the win. Xavier Mumford scored 32 points and E.C. Matthews scored 24 to help the Rams overcome a 10-point halftime deficit. Rebounding was also key as URI held a 40-26 advantage on the boards. Youssou Ndoye led St. Bonaventure with 21 points and Matthew Wright added 20.

Series Notes: This will be the 64th meeting between the schools in a series that dates to 1906. Rhode Island leads the series 35-28.  St. Bonaventure had won four in a row over the Rams prior to URI's win last season in Olean.

Rhode Island Notes:
• The Rams improved to 4-2 in the A-10 (12-5 overall) with a 59-47 win over LaSalle Thursday at the Ryan Center. Hassan Martin blocked a school record 10 shots and had 14 points and nine rebounds in the win. Gilvydas Biruta scored 16 points on 6-6 shooting and sophomore guard E.C. Matthews added 13 points. URI is now 8-1 at home.
• Rhode Island is the A-10's best defensive team. The Rams allow just 57.4 points per game and opponents shoot just .392 -- both A-10 bests. The Rams are also holding opponents to 27 percent from three-point range for the season,
• Matthews leads URI in scoring at 17 points per game. He shoots 43 percent from the field and 33 percent (36-107) from long range. Martin, a 6-7 sophomore, is second on the team in scoring (11.9) and leads the Rams in rebounding (7.2) and blocked shots (3.1 per game). He took over the A-10 lead in blocks after Thursday's game.
• Biruta, a versatile forward, averages 9.1 points per game. Guard Jared Terrell is at 8.1 points per game.

St. Bonaventure's Last Game: Bonnies 100, Duquesne 97 (OT)
Marcus Posley scored 36 points – 12 in the final 2:35 of regulation – and Jay Adams scored the game-winner in overtime to lead St. Bonaventure to a 100-97 win at Duquesne on Thursday. The Bonnies trailed by 11 points, 89-78, with 2:48 remaining in regulation. Posley then took over. He converted a three-point play and made a trio of three-pointers, the last coming with six seconds remaining, to tie the game at 90 and force overtime.
In the extra session, Duquesne took a 95-93 lead before Andell Cumberbath made a three-pointer to give St. Bonaventure a 96-95 lead with 56 seconds left. The lead again swung back as Duquesne's Jordan Stevens made a jumper that put the Dukes up 97-96 with 41 seconds to play. Adams' pull-up jumper with 20 seconds left to put the Bonnies back in front 98-97. Youssou Ndoye blocked a Micah Mason layup at the other end and Adams snagged the rebound and was fouled. Adams made two free throws with eight seconds left.
The come-from-behind win was St. Bonaventure's third in row and put the Bonnies at 4-2 in A-10 play, 11-6 overall.
Adams finished with 12 points and tied the school record with 14 assists. Ndoye had 20 points -- 19 in the second half -- and 15 rebounds. Denzel Gregg played a key role off the bench, setting career highs in points (9), blocks (3) and minutes (31).

Posley Regains A-10 Scoring Lead Thanks To Hot Streak
Marcus Posley has been one of the top scorers in the Atlantic 10 all season. After an uncharacteristic game at Richmond when he scored only six points, Posley has gone on a hot streak that has seen him re-take the A-10 scoring lead.
• Over the last three games, Posley averaged 27 points per game. He made 27-57 (.508) of his shots overall – 18-34 (.529) from three-point range.
• Posley had one of the best shooting nights ever by a St. Bonaventure player at Duquesne Jan. 22. He scored 36 points, the most by anyone in an A-10 game this season, including an incredible 12 over the final 2:35 when he led the Bonnies back from an 11-point deficit. Posley's three-pointer with six seconds left forced overtime. He went 8-11 from three-point range, tying the school record for three-pointers in a game. His 36 points are the second-most ever scored by a Bona player against an Atlantic 10 opponent behind only the 39 scored by Eric Mosley against UMass on Feb. 20, 2013 at the Reilly Center.
• Posley leads the Atlantic 10 in scoring at 18.5 points per game.
• He has nine 20-point games this season, the most of any A-10 player.
• Posley also leads the A-10 in three-point field goals per game (3.2).
• He has scored in double figures in 15 of 17 games.
• For the season, Posley shoots 42 percent overall – 38 percent from three-point range. 

Jay Adams Continues Strong Play
Bonnies point guard Jay Adams has been more than a pleasant surprise; he's been one of the best freshmen in the Atlantic 10 Conference. Remarkably consistent, particularly for a freshman, Adams is fifth on the team in scoring at 10.8 points per game.
• In the Jan. 22 overtime win at Duquesne, Adams scored the game-winner and tied the school record with 14 assists with no turnovers.
• In A-10 games, Adams has 37 assists against only eight turnovers.
• Adams ranks fourth in the A-10 in assists per game (4.1), ninth in assist-to-TO ratio and ninth in free throw percentage (.791).
• The Baltimore, Md., native scored a career high 26 points in a win at Ohio Dec. 6.
• Adams was named the A-10 Rookie of the Week two weeks in a row – the weeks ending Nov. 30 and Dec. 7.