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St. Bonaventure Starters: #3 Marcus Posley, #0 Iakeem Alston,  #21 F Dion Wright, #23 G Andell Cumberbatch, #35 C Youssou Ndoye

Short Story: St. Bonaventure could not overcome 19 turnovers and a decisive second half run as it fell to Richmond, 71-56, on Wednesday at the Reilly Center.

The Bonnies erased a 32-23 halftime deficit, outscoring the Spiders 19-6 through the first 9:30 of the second half to take a 42-38 lead. Richmond, however, then scored 14 unanswered points to regain control at 52-42 with 7:22 left in the game. The Bonnies could not cut the deficit to less than seven points the rest of the way.

The Bonnies have now lost three consecutive games and have fallen to 6-7 in Atlantic 10 Conference play.

Three Bonnies scored in double figures. Youssou Ndoye led the way with a team-best 12 points while Andell Cumberbatch and Dion Wright chipped in 10 points each. Ndoye also grabbed 10 rebounds for his ninth double-double this season. Marcus Posley and Iakeem Alston finished with nine points apiece.

Five Richmond players scored in double figures led by reserve guard ShawnDre' Jones with 17 points.

How It Happened:

• Andell Cumberbatch knocked down a three pointer at the 16:02 mark to give the Bonnies a 9-5 lead.
• Iakeem Alston and Denzel Gregg scored on back-to-back possessions to make it a 13-10 Bona lead with 13:51 left.
• The two teams traded buckets for the next few minutes and Richmond gained a 17-15 lead with 11:08 remaining.
• Dion Wright came up with a steal on the next Richmond possession and threw down a dunk in transition to tighten the Spider lead to one point, 20-19.
• Cumberbatch knotted it at 23 with 2:52 left on a layup in traffic.
• Richmond, however, scored the final nine points of the half to take a 32-23 lead into the break.
• Ndoye broke the run by sinking both free throws in the first 10 seconds of the second half, the Bonnies' first points from the line of the night.
• Alston grabbed a Richmond miss and took it coast-to-coast, finishing in traffic to bring the score to 32-27 at the 19:37 mark.
• Cumberbatch made a transition three-pointer after a Gregg steal at the 13:40 mark that cut Richmond's lead to 38-36.
• After Wright tied it up with two free throws, the Bonnies regained their first lead since early in the game on an acrobatic reverse layup by Posley at the 12:00 mark.
• Posley scored again on the ensuing possession, capping an 11-0 Bona run that made it 42-38 Bonnies at the 11:33 mark, leading to a Spider timeout.
• The Spiders responded as they scored on three consecutive possessions for Richmond to re-take a 44-42 lead at the 8:43 mark.
• Misfortunes snowballed for the Bonnies from there; a three-pointer by ShawnDre' Jones capped a 14-0 Richmond run that made it a 52-42 game with 7:20 left. The Bonnies committed five turnovers during that Richmond spurt.
• Ndoye ended the run by blocking a Spider shot and eventually scoring on the other end.
• The Spiders extended their lead to 61-49 on a layup as the shot clock expired at the 2:55 mark.

Beyond The Boxscore

• St. Bonaventure committed a season-high 19 turnovers; the Spiders capitalized by scoring 21 points off those turnovers, the most the Bonnies have surrendered all season.
• Richmond shot 50.0% from the field -- just the fifth time this season an opponent has shot 50% or higher against St. Bonaventure.
• The Bonnies won the rebounding battle, 39-29. St. Bonaventure grabbed 18 offensive rebounds but was only able to convert 10 second-chance points.
• With seven free throws, the Bonnies have failed to make double-digit free throws in three consecutive games.
• Youssou Ndoye tied his career high in steals with three. He also blocked three shots.
• Ndoye's 12 points give him 895 for his career.
• Richmond's Kendall Anthony, the fourth-leading scorer in the conference at 16.8 points per game, scored all 10 of his points in the second half.
• With two blocked shots, Denzel Gregg recorded multiple blocks for the fifth time this season.
• Senior walk-on guard Opeyemi Olomo saw his first action of his career.
• Richmond extended its lead in the all-time series to 16-5

Quotes From Head Coach Mark Schmidt
"I thought we didn't play great in the first half, but we came out in the second half and we played the first eight minutes terrific. We defended, we rebounded, we took care of the ball and we outscored them by 13 and we were up by four. When we came out of the timeout we weren't moving the ball, we turned it over five straight times with the inside pass and that's why we lost the game."

"We tried to fight back but we struggled with getting second chance points. We missed so many easy baskets and layups, and we were struggling from the three-point line; we need to make those easy baskets and we didn't do a good job with that. We had the lead and we just turned the ball over too many times … you can't do that against a good team like Richmond."

"We had some success (scoring in the paint) but you can't throw the ball in on one pass. You have to move the ball and move the defense; they load up if you throw it in on one pass and they load up the back side. We lost our poise and you can't do that."  

Up Next: St. Bonaventure plays its next two games on the road beginning with a visit to Saint Joseph's this Saturday at 7:00.