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The Starting Five Notes
1.  Saturday is Senior Day at the Reilly Center as St. Bonaventure hosts UMass in its final home game of what has already been a very successful season. Seniors Marcus Posley and Dion Wright will be honored prior to the game, in which the Bonnies will try for their 20th win.
2.  St. Bonaventure has a chance to reach 20 wins in a regular season for just the sixth time in the program's 96 seasons. The last Bona team to win 20 games (or more) in the regular season was the 1976-77 club. Overall, there have been 13 seasons of 20 wins in school history.
3.  St. Bonaventure also has a chance to set a program record for Atlantic 10 Conference wins in a season of 11 set in 1999-00.
4.  As of Feb. 26, St. Bonaventure is 35th in the Ratings Percentage Index list on NCAA.com. The Bonnies are 2-2 against top 50 teams and 3-3 against teams 51-100.
5.  Jaylen Adams continues to make a case for himself to be included in discussions of the most improved players in the A-10. His three-point shooting percentage has improved from .324 last year to .455 this season, contributing to his 8.7 points-per game jump in scoring. He ranks third in the A-10 in scoring, second in assists and second in three-point percentage. Feb. 20 at Dayton, Adams scored a career high 31 points including the game-winning three-pointer.
6.  The "big three" of senior forward Dion Wright, senior guard Marcus Posley and Adams is the second-highest scoring trio in the A-10 (Davidson is first). The three combine to average 52.9 points per game. They all rank in the top 15 scorers in the Atlantic 10 with Adams (18.7) third, Posley (18.2) sixth and Wright (16.0) 15th.

Going For 20 Wins
With 19 wins, this team has an opportunity to become the sixth St. Bonaventure team to reach 20 wins in regular season play -- and the first since 1976-77.
20 Win Regular Seasons, St. Bonaventure Basketball History (95 seasons)
Wins       Season                   Postseason
22           1969-70                 NCAA
22           1967-68                 NCAA
22           1960-61                 NCAA
20           1976-77                 NIT
20           1958-59                 NIT 

11 Atlantic 10 Wins
St. Bonaventure's 11 Atlantic 10 Conference wins this season are tied for the most ever in the 37 years the Bonnies have been members of the A-10. The top A-10 win totals and winning percentages in the program's history:
Wins       Season                   W-L  (Pct.)
11           1999-00                 11-5  (.687)
               2015-16                 11-4  (.733)
10           2015-16                 10-4  (.714)
               2014-15                 10-8  (.555)
               2011-12                 10-6  (.625)
               1985-86                 10-8  (.555)
               1982-83                 10-4  (.714)

Quality Wins
St. Bonaventure has two wins over top 50 RPI teams: Dayton (currently #17) and Saint Joseph's (27) and three more over top 100 teams, GW (52), Davidson (60) and Ohio (78). In all, the Bonnies are 5-5 against Top 100 teams. The Bonnies have also beaten Buffalo (107), Richmond (124) and Rhode Island (127). Five of the Bonnies' seven losses came to top 100 teams including two inside the top 50, Dayton and VCU (49).

Home Wins
At 12-2, the Bonnies have their best home win total during coach Mark Schmidt's nine seasons. The previous mark of 11 was set by the 2011-12 Atlantic 10 Championship team. The program record for wins at the RC is 14 set by the 1976-77 NIT Championship club.

Scouting UMass 
The Minutemen are 3-2 in their last five games including a home win over VCU on Feb. 11. Their last game was a 74-57 loss to Saint Joseph's. Like the Bonnies, UMass is led by a trio of high-scoring players – guards Trey Davis and Jabarie Hinds and forward Donte Clark. Davis (18.5) is fourth in the A-10 in scoring while Clark is 11^th.