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St. Bonaventure Starters: #10 G Jaylen Adams, #2 G Matt Mobley, #1 G Idris Taqqee, #12 F Denzel Gregg, #33 F Josh Ayeni

The Short Story
St. Bonaventure battled back from a 15-point second half deficit but could not make the plays it needed to overcome George Washington on Saturday, falling 76-70.

David Andoh scored a season high 20 points – 12 in the second half – to help power the Bonnies' comeback. St. Bonaventure trailed by 14 points with 9:50 left but rallied, twice pulling within a point. But the Bonnies never could gain the lead. Tyler Cavanaugh, a fifth-year senior power forward who led all scorers with 33 points, scored a pivotal layup with 59 seconds left that put GW up 70-66. St. Bonaventure did not come closer than three points after that. 

St. Bonaventure made it a close game thanks to improved shooting in the second half. The Bonnies trailed 42-29 at halftime after converting just 28 percent (9-32) of its shots. The visitors improved to 14-29 (48 percent) in the second half and also went 10-11 at the free throw line.

Jaylen Adams scored 19 points and handed out 11 assists for his third double-double of the season. Idris Taqqee had an excellent all-around game with 15 points, four rebounds, three assists and three steals.

The Bonnies were out-rebounded 40-30 and the Colonials made 10 of 20 three-pointers led by Jaren Sina, who was 5-8. St. Bonaventure's backcourt duo of Adams and Mobley had a tough day shooting, going a combined 2-15 from three-point range. The Bonnies were 5-23 from beyond the arc.

St. Bonaventure remains in a tie for fifth place in the Atlantic 10 with La Salle at 7-5.

How It Happened: 

• St. Bonaventure led 9-8 early before foul troubles disrupted the early momentum. Denzel Gregg, Josh Ayeni and Idris Taqqee all were called for two fouls before the midway point of the first half.
• GW used a 10-2 run to open an 18-11 lead by the 12:07 mark.
• The Bonnies trailed by as many as 12 points at 25-13 before battling back. A 10-4 run fueled by four points each from David Andoh and Jaylen Adams pulled St. Bonaventure to 29-23.
• From there, GW seemingly could not miss as the Colonials then went on a 10-4 run of their own to open a 42-26 lead.
• Matt Mobley gave the Bonnies a lift with a last-second three-pointer, but St. Bonaventure faced a 42-29 deficit at halftime, their second-largest of the season.
• Early in the second half, GW increased its lead to 51-36; by the 9:50 mark the home team led 55-41.
• The Bonnies began to chip away, and Taqqee scored on consecutive possessions to make it a 55-46 game.
• Adams converted a three-point play at the 8:03 mark to pull St. Bonaventure within 55-49.
• The Colonials pushed their edge up to 62-54, but Andoh sank a jumper, then Adams made three free throws that brought Bona within 62-59.
• After a missed shot by GW, Andoh scored on a fastbreak to make it a 62-61 game.
• Cavanaugh and Andoh traded jumpers and it was a 64-63 score with 4:45 left.
• Sina made his fifth three-pointer of the game at the 3:40 mark to make it 68-63.
• The teams traded one free throw apiece, then Andoh scored inside off a feed from LaDarien Griffin to pull St. Bonaventure to 68-66 with 1:21 left.
• Cavanaugh came free for a layup inside the Bonnies' zone defense with 59 seconds left.
• Griffins' dunk with 25 seconds remaining made it a 71-68 game, but Yuta Watanabe drained a pair of free throws that sealed the outcome.

Beyond The Box Score:

• Andoh's 20 points topped his previous season high of 18 set against Canisius. Andoh had seen limited time the past four games and scored only two points over that stretch.
• Adams tied his career high with 14 made free throws (on 15 shots).
• While Mobley was held to single digit points (6) for only the fourth time this season, he did lead St. Bonaventure with seven rebounds and tie his career high with five steals.
• St. Bonaventure grad Andrew Nicholson, the 2012 A-10 Player of the Year and a member of the Washington Wizards, was among the approximately 500 Bonnies fans in attendance. 

Up Next: St. Bonaventure will return home to face La Salle next Wednesday, Feb. 15, at 7 p.m. at the Reilly Center. The game will be televised by Time Warner SportsChannel.

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