Location: Koessler Center – Buffalo, N.Y.

St. Bonaventure Starters: #3 G Marcus Posley, #10 G Jaylen Adams, #1 G Idris Taqqee , #21 F Dion Wright, #20 F Derrick Woods

The Short Story
Marcus Posley was nothing short of brilliant on Tuesday. The senior guard scored 35 points to lead St. Bonaventure to a 77-73 win over Canisius at the Koessler Center.

While the Bonnies led for the majority of the second half, Canisius tied the game at 69 with 1:44 left on a tip-in by Jermaine Crumpton. The Bonnies responded, though. Posley drove and was fouled; his two free throws put the Bonnies ahead 71-69.

Canisius had a chance to tie, but missed two free throws with 34 seconds left. Dion Wright was fouled and made two free throws with 32 seconds to go that essentially sealed the win. St. Bonaventure went 4-4 at the free throw line over the last 24 seconds.

The win was the first for St. Bonaventure (3-1) at the Koessler Center since 2002, a span of four losses.

Posley scored 18 of the Bonnies' 41 points in the first half; he finished 11-21 from the field (4-8 from three-point range) and a perfect 9-9 at the free throw line for the game. His 35 points are one shy of his career best 36 in an overtime win at Duquesne last season.

Wright scored all 13 of his points in the second half after foul trouble limited the senior forward in the first half. He also snagged 11 rebounds for his second consecutive double-double. The Bonnies also got six points and six assists from sophomore Jaylen Adams and nine points from freshman forward Derrick Woods. Denzel Gregg scored seven points and had four rebounds and three blocks.

How It Happened:

• Dion Wright was called for two fouls in the first 4:16 and had to sit for the majority of the first half.
• It was a foul-plagued first half for most of the Bonnies' starters; in addition to Wright, Adams, Idris Taqqee and Woods all were called for two fouls in the half.
• Marcus Posley picked up the scoring slack, scoring 18 of Bona's 41 points in the first half. He made three free throws with 4.9 seconds left until intermission to make it a 41-38 Bonnies lead at half.
• Woods also had a strong first half, scoring all nine of his season high points in the opening 20 minutes.
• Posley stayed hot at the start of the second half. He scored six points on drives, then drained back-to-back three-pointers to extend the Bona lead to 55-47 at the 13:38 mark.
• St. Bonaventure's largest lead of the night was 11 points (64-53) at the 9:51 mark after a dunk by Wright.
• Posley made another three-pointer, then Wright scored five points to make it a 65-56 St. Bonaventure lead with 7:54 left.
• Canisius scored eight of the next 10 points to cut the Bonnies' lead down to 67-64, but Jaylen Adams drove and scored to end the Griffs' run and make it 69-64 with 4:04 left.
• The Canisius surge continued, however, and the Griffs tied the game at 69-69 with 1:44 left on a tip-in by Jermaine Crumpton.
• The Bonnies responded, though.  Posley drove and was fouled and made two free throws to put the Bonnies ahead 71-69.

Beyond The Boxscore

• St. Bonaventure limited Canisius to a season-low 73 points and 38 percent shooting.
• The Bonnies had lost their previous four trips to the Koessler Center dating to 2002.
• St. Bonaventure now leads the all-time series 99-65 and has won four of the last five against the Griffs.
• Marcus Posley is now 19-19 at the free throw line this season.
• Freshman forward LaDarien Griffin played 10 minutes, all in the first half, and scored the first two points of his college career. He also grabbed two rebounds.

Up Next: St. Bonaventure will host Hofstra on Saturday, Nov. 28, at 4:00 in the Reilly Center.