ST. BONAVENTURE (19-9, 7-8 A-10) at SAINT JOSEPH'S (17-10, 8-6 A-10)
Wednesday, Feb. 26 – 7:00 p.m.
Philadelphia, Pa.
TV: Peacock
Radio: Bonnies Online Network / 100.1 FM The Hero

OPENING TIP
St. Bonaventure makes the trip to the City of Brotherly Love riding a two-game winning streak after victories on each of the past two Saturdays over UMass and Duquesne to improve to 7-8 in the Atlantic 10. The Bonnies and Saint Joseph's are part of a bunched up A-10 standings picture with the Hawks owning an 8-6 league mark entering this week.

BROADCAST INFORMATION
The game will air nationally on Peacock. Wednesday's broadcast will be available only to Peacock subscribers – the service is available $7.99 per month and can be canceled at any time. Click here for more info. Bona's radio broadcast will be available for free worldwide through the Bonnies Online Network and locally on terrestrial radio through 100.1 FM The Hero.

STARTING FIVE

• Lajae Jones had one of the best shooting performances of the season in Saturday's win over Duquesne, matching his career-high with 24 points on 8-of-11 shooting overall and 4-of-6 from beyond the arc. Perhaps most impressively, it wasn't his best shooting effort this year: in a January game vs. La Salle he went 8-9 from the floor and 4-4 from deep for 24 points.
• St. Bonaventure will look to snap some of its shooting woes on the road. In 14 home games this year, the Bonnies are shooting 36% from beyond the arc and averaging over seven threes per game. On the road, though, the Bonnies are averaging 5.4 threes per game and shooting 29.5% from distance.
• Jones is now leading all Atlantic 10 players in 3-point percentage for the year, connecting on 43.9% of his 3-point tries (43-98).
• The Bonnies snapped a five-game road losing streak with their win at UMass in their last trip on the road.
• Chance Moore surpassed 1,000 career points during the first half of Saturday's win over Duquesne.

TRENDING NUMBERS
20 – A win Wednesday would give the Bonnies their seventh 20-win season under head coach Mark Schmidt and the 19^th in program history.
62.9% - Lajae Jones has a true shooting percentage of 62.9% this season, ranking 75^th nationally among all qualified players.
92.1% - Melvin Council has played 92.1 percent of possible minutes this season, a total that ranks 10th in the country.
129 – In his 129^th career game, graduate captain Noel Brown recorded career highs in both assists (5) and steals (3) in last Saturday's win over Duquesne.

ODDS 'N ENDS

• Bona's entire starting five is averaging double-figure scoring in Atlantic 10 games this season: Melvin Council Jr. (15.5 ppg), Noel Brown (12.5 ppg), Lajae Jones (11.8 ppg), Chance Moore (10.7 ppg), and Jonah Hinton (10.1 ppg).
• February has been winning time during the Mark Schmidt Era at St. Bonaventure. The Bonnies are 52-24 during the month of February since 2016.
• Melvin Council Jr. has played 596 of a possible 605 minutes during Atlantic 10 play this year.
• St. Bonaventure is 14-2 when reaching 70 points this season.
• SBU scored 91 points in its win over Saint Joseph's last January - that was the last time the Bonnies scored 90 or more points in a game.
• The Bonnies started the season by winning their first five true road games. SBU then had a five-game road losing skid before moving to 6-5 in true road games with a win in their last road trip at UMass.
• Chance Moore recorded his 50th career game of double-figure scoring last time out.
• Council has recorded seven games this season with six or more assists. 

ABOUT SAINT JOSEPH'S 

• Saint Joseph's ranks fourth in the Atlantic 10 in points per game (74.8) and sixth in the A-10 points allowed per contest (67.6).
• Senior guard Erik Reynolds II is the Hawks leading scorer and ranks seventh in the A10 in scoring (16.7 ppg).
• The Hawks have out-assisted their opponents by over two assists per game (15.0, 12.9).
• Saint Joe's has dominated at home going 11-4, while struggling on the road at 3-5.
• The Hawks have not lost a game by more than nine points all season.
• SJU enters winning their last two outings after a heartbreaker, 58-57, at first-place George Mason. Since, the Hawks have won at GW (79-68) and home vs. Richmond (78-62).
• The Hawks have three players that average over 15 points per contest (Reynolds 16.7 ppg, Xzayvier Brown 16.5 ppg, Rasheer Fleming 15.1 ppg).

SERIES NOTES
The longstanding rivalry between the Bonnies and Hawks extends 83 games dating back to 1958. 

Saint Joseph's long dominated the series, but the Bonnies have held control in recent years. 

Bona has won 10 straight over the Hawks and 16 of the last 17 meetings dating back to 2015. 

The last win for the Hawks in the series came at Hawk Hill in January 2018, 85-77. Since then, the Bonnies have not only won 10 straight overall but also the last three in Philly. The Bonnies have also won seven of the last eight in Philly. Between 1996 and 2011, though, the Bonnies went 1-14 in games played on Hawk Hill.