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

Box Score (PDF)   |   Final Stats and Play-by-Play 

St. Bonaventure Starters: #3 G Marcus Posley, #10 G Jaylen Adams,  #21 F Dion Wright, #23 G Andell Cumberbatch, #35 C Youssou Ndoye

The Short Story:
St. Bonaventure fell victim to a red-hot shooting team on Thursday at the Reilly Center as the Bonnies dropped a 78-61 decision to Dayton.

The Flyers made 14 of their 24 three-point shots on the night, including eight in the second half that enabled them to pull away.  Dayton, which has won five in a row, made 56 percent of its shots overall. The Bonnies trailed by six early in the second half but Dayton took control with a 12-4 run that gave the Flyers a 16-point advantage at 61-45 with 9:12 left to play.

St. Bonaventure dropped to 8-5 overall and 1-1 in the Atlantic 10. The Bonnies were paced by Marcus Posley, who scored 17 points. Dion Wright added 13 and Andell Cumberbatch scored 10.

How It Happened:

• Early in the game, Dayton made three consecutive three-pointers to jump out to a 14-8 lead.
• The Flyers pushed their lead as large as 12 points at 28-16 on a three-pointer by reserve forward Bobby Wehrli with 7:12 left until halftime.
• St. Bonaventure, which was plagued by nine first-half turnovers, clawed back with a 10-2 run that made the score 30-26 with 3:36 left.
• Dayton then scored seven straight points to make it 37-26.
• Jay Adams drained a long three-pointer from the top of the key just before the halftime horn to make it 39-31 and give the Bonnies some momentum.
• Marcus Posley scored the first basket of the second half, but Dayton went up 44-33 with five straight points.
• The Bonnies cut the deficit down to eight at 49-41, but again the Flyers answered and used a 12-4 run to open a 61-45 lead with 9:12 left to play.
• From that point, St. Bonaventure was not able to come any closer than 12 points.
• As it was in the first half, three-point shooting was the key to the Flyers. Dayton made eight three-pointers in the second half on 13 attempts.
• Four Dayton players made at least three three-pointers led by Scoochie Smith and Jordan Sibert who both made four. Sibert led all scorers with 22 points.
• Marcus Posley, the A-10's leading scorer, matched his season average of 17 points.
• The Bonnies had a difficult time getting the ball inside to center Youssou Ndoye, who finished 1-4 shooting and totaled eight points.
• St. Bonaventure shot 41 percent (20-48) overall but went just 3-14 (21 percent ) from three-point range.

Beyond the Box Score:

• Dayton's 14 three-pointers are the most allowed by a St. Bonaventure team since Nov. 18, 2007, when Presbyterian made 15 – in a 79-72 Bonnies win in the BTI Invitational in New Mexico.
• Youssou Ndoye's streak of double-digit rebound games was snapped at 10, which was tied for the longest in NCAA Division I this season. Ndoye grabbed nine.
• Ndoye, the A-10 leader in both rebounding and blocked shots, rejected three Dayton shots.

Post-Game Quotes From Coach Mark Schmidt:
"All the credit goes to Dayton. They play extremely well, shooting 14-24 from three and 20 assists and we couldn't defend them. We couldn't keep them in front or defend the three-point line. Going into the game we knew that they were 4-0 with a small line-up. They played extremely well offensively."

"The fear going into the game was that Dayton was going to space us out and take us off the bounce. They do a great job of making the one more pass. When (Dayton's) Pierre plays the way he did in the hole, as a coach you decide do you double or not and when you doubled, they would make that extra pass. When they shoot the ball the way they did tonight, they are a tough team to play."

"We didn't get anything of our defense and as the game is going along, I think we panicked a little bit offensively. They did a good job fronting the post, pressuring us on the perimeter and forcing us to not get the ball inside." 

Up Next: St. Bonaventure will travel to Richmond, Va., to face the Richmond Spiders on Sunday, Jan. 11, at 3:00.