CALABRESE, HARVEY EARN SPOTS ON A-10 HONOR ROLL: Freshman Emily Calabrese and junior Arielle Harvey each were named to the Atlantic 10 Weekly Honor Roll on Monday after strong performances a week ago. Calabrese first scored 19 points vs. Rhode Island, then had 10 rebounds vs. Davidson and averaged 8.0 rebounds for the week. Harvey averaged 16.5 ppg, shooting better than 52 percent from the floor (11-for-21) and went 5-of-9 from beyond the arc.

 

WELCOME BACK, MCKENNA: Junior Mckenna Maycock made her return to action Thursday night at Fordham, her first on-court action since suffering a leg injury on Dec. 15 vs. Buffalo. Prior to her injury, she was one of the Atlantic 10's breakout success stories this season, ranking among the league's leaders in scoring (13.6 ppg), rebounding (8.4 rpg), field goal percentage (48.6%) and three-point percentage (47.1%) through the year's first 10 games. During that span, she registered four 20-point games, including a career high of 23 points in a Dec. 9 win over Penn State, her final game before suffering injury. In doing so, she became the first Bonnies player to post four 20-point contests in the season's first 10 games since Dana Mitchell did so in 2008. Mitchell ranks second all-time in the program record books for scoring and is the only Bona player to have her number retired. 

 

WEEK FOR BESTS: Last week, Bonnies players set a number of personal bests. Emily Calabrese netted a career high 19 points in last Wednesday's win over Rhode Island, then on Saturday vs. Davidson, hauled in 10 rebounds for another career high. Also in last Saturday's game, Arielle Harvey posted 21 points, her highest total in an SBU uniform, while sophomore Rhianna Council registered a career high 12 points in 30 minutes, also her Bonnies high. Sophomore Jalisha Terry added nine assists and four steals against Davidson, career highs as well. 

 

RUFF AMONG A-10 LEADERS: In last Saturday's contest vs. Davidson, senior Mariah Ruff finished with nine points to break a string of 10 consecutive games in which she had scored in double figures. Ruff is one of just two players averaging over 20 points per game during Atlantic 10 play, ranking second in the league at 20.5 ppg, behind only George Mason's Nicole Cardano-Hillary's 20.6 ppg. For the season, Ruff stands tied for eighth in scoring (15.8 ppg), second in assists (4.5 apg) and fourth in 3s (54). With her 17 points Thursday at Fordham, Ruff moved into 12th place in Bonnies career scoring (1,256 points). Ruff is also the only A-10 player with multiple 30-point performances this season (31 on Jan. 3 vs. SJU; 30 on Jan. 13 at La Salle).

 

THREE-POINT THREATS: Sophomore Danielle Migliore and senior Mariah Ruff are one of the most prolific three-point shooting duos in the Atlantic 10 this season. Ruff ranks fourth in the A-10 with 54 3s, just ahead of Migliore's 47. With 101 combined treys this year, only one A-10 duo - Duquesne's Julijana Vojinovic and Chassidy Omogrosso (112) - has combined for more 3-pointers this year.

WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES: Sophomore Danielle Migliore has become a leader for the Bonnies in her second season with the program. After receiving limited playing time during her freshman season, Migliore has started all 21 games thus far this season. 

• Migliore has been perhaps the most improved player in the Atlantic 10 this season. No Atlantic 10 player has improved their scoring year-to-year more than Migliore who has upped her scoring average by 9.3 points per game thus far over her freshman season. 

• A look at Migliore's season-to-season comparison: 

• As a freshman, the Frankfort, N.Y. 

native averaged 1.7 points and 1.1 rebounds in 8.1 minutes per game. She did not play due to coach's decision in nine games. This season, Migliore is posting 11.0 points and 5.6 rebounds in 32.6 minutes per contest.

WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES, PART TWO: St. Bonaventure has shown much improvement on the offensive side of the ball this season. Bona was one of the league's worst three-point shooting teams last year as well at 25.7 percent for the season while hitting just 3.7 3s per game on average. This year, SBU ranks second in the league at 7.6 3s per game while shooting 33.1 percent from long range. That made the two 3s the Bonnies finished with Jan. 25 at Fordham an aberration - it was a season-low and represented just the fifth game this season in which SBU did not hit at least seven 3s. 

 

TERRY TERRIFIC: Sophomore Jalisha Terry has shown growth over the past month, reclaiming the starting point guard job to begin Atlantic 10 play. In the eight conference games, Terry has averaged 9.3 points and 4.4 assists in 35.6 minutes per contest. Her 35 assists in A-10 play rank tied third in the league. 

 

ARC ACE: Senior Mariah Ruff has been the most prolific three-point shooter in the Atlantic 10 since conference play. Ruff has hit an A-10 high 28 3s (3.5 per game), one of only two players entering the week with over 20 3s in A-10 action along with Dayton's Lauren Cannatelli (23).

TAKING CHARITY: Bona's junior Arielle Harvey has been one of the A-10's top performers at the free throw line this season. Harvey ranks sixth in the league, connecting on 83.7 percent of her attempts at the foul line this season (45-for-54).

 

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