Location: St. Louis, Mo.  |  Chaifetz Arena

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

The Short Story
St. Bonaventure capped its best Atlantic 10 Conference season ever with a 76-67 win at Saint Louis on Saturday night at Chaifetz Arena. The Bonnies finished 14-4 in the A-10, a school record for conference wins, and 22-7 overall. 

Thanks to Dayton's win over VCU in overtime, St. Bonaventure shares the A-10 regular season title with those two teams. It is the first regular season title for the program.

The Bonnies led for all but 53 seconds of the game but the outcome was in doubt until late. It was a 67-61 lead with 3:42 left, but Marcus Posley made a three-pointer from the wing at the 2:34 mark to give the Bonnies some breathing room. Posley added a layup at the 1:48 mark to put St. Bonaventure in control at 72-61.

Led by Jaylen Adams, the Bonnies went 9-18 from three-point range. Adams was 4-8 and led all scorers with 23 points. Posley added 18 and Dion Wright had 16 points and eight rebounds. 

St. Bonaventure's 22 wins are tied for the most ever in a regular season in the program's storied history.

How It Happened:

• With Saint Louis paying extra defensive attention to Posley, Adams got some openings in the first half. He made back-to-back three-pointers to give the Bonnies an 18-13 lead midway through the stanza.
• St. Bonaventure lead 28-24 with 5:09 to go in the first when Adams made two more three-pointers in quick order. Posley drove for a score – his first of the game – to cap an 8-2 run that pushed Bona's lead to 36-26 with 2:14 left.
• The Bonnies led 41-33 at halftime as Adams wound up with 17 points in the half, going 4-7 from long range.
• Saint Louis was able to keep it around a six point game for much of the second half as the Bills got the Bonnies into some foul troubles.
• Wright's score pushed the Bona lead to 10 points at 59-49 at the 9:37 mark.

Up Next: St. Bonaventure will open play in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 Championship Tournament next Friday, March 11, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.  The opponent and time will be released by the A-10 late Saturday night.