HENRICO, Va. – The St. Bonaventure University women's basketball team fell to Saint Louis, 60-50, in the first round of the 2025 Atlantic 10 Tournament at the Henrico Sports and Events Center in Henrico, Va.
Caitlin Frost paced the Bonnies with 14 points and seven rebounds. Zoe Shaw chipped in 13 points for the Brown and White while Mackenzie Pettinelli finished with nine tallies. Hannah Richardson finished with eight points for the Brown and White.
The Billikens took an early lead in the first, holding the Bonnies without a basket for the first 4:27 of the period.
A pair of free throws from Richardson and a 3-pointer from Pettinelli capped a 5-0 Bonnies run and pulled Bona's within one early, 9-8.
The Billikens made two at the free throw line and scored off an inbounds play over the final minute of the first, taking a 17-12 lead after one.
SLU opened the second with a 10-run, pushing their lead to double digits, 27-12.
A quick 6-0 spurt with threes from Pettinelli and Shaw cut the deficit back to 10 with just over three minutes to play in the half.
Frost connected on a 3-pointer with 1:16 on the clock in the second to cut the deficit to single digits, but Saint Louis' Kennedy Calhoun scored on the next possession, extending the Billikens halftime lead to 38-27.
Coming out of the break, the Billikens were able to open up a 45-31.
The Bonnies, however, cut into the deficit with a 6-0 run capped off by a Frost Layup, making it a 45-37 contest.
Richardson made it a six-point game late in the third with a basket, but Saint Louis closed the period on with a pair of free throws for a 49-41 lead after three.
The Billikens opened the fourth with an 8-2 run to push their lead back to double digits, 57-43, with 7:38 left in the contest.
The Bonnies were able to chip away at the deficit, making it a seven-point game with a 7-0 capped off by a Dani Haskell 3-pointer, making it 57-50.
That is as close as the Bonnies would get as the Billikens closed out the win, 60-57.
GAME NOTES
- The Bonnies finished the game shooting 35.4 percent (17-for-48) from the field while Saint Louis shot 41.1 percent (23-for-56) from the floor.
- Bona's outrebounded the Billikens, 34-32.
- All five Bonnies starters played at least 33 minutes, including a game-high 40 from Zoe Shaw.
QUOTES FROM HEAD COACH JIM CROWLEY
"I had two pretty big concerns coming into this game. One was we really only had one player that played in last year's tournament in Dani and the other was that Saint Louis has had a lot of postseason success with Kennedy Calhoun and Peyton Kennedy."
"I'm really proud of this group. They never stopped fighting. There was a possession in the third quarter where we got four really good looks and kind of had momentum on our side, but didn't get any of them. Credit to Saint Louis and how they were playing."
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