ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. – The St. Bonaventure men's basketball team will return to the Reilly Center on Tuesday night (Jan. 20) against Loyola Chicago. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET, and the game will be televised live on the YES Network and streamed on ESPN+.
 
TO BE FRANK
St. Bonaventure forward Frank Mitchell has been one of the most productive players in the country this season. 
 
With 10 double-doubles on the season, Mitchell leads the Atlantic 10 as of Monday (Jan. 19). 
 
Mitchell is averaging 10.4 rebounds per game, which leads all players in the Atlantic 10 conference and ranks 13th nationally. He ranks 12th in the nation with 187 total rebounds.
 
A remarkable number of Mitchell's rebounds have come on the offensive end. His 86 total offensive rebounds (4.78 per game) lead all of Division I.
 
Most Offensive Rebounds in NCAA Division I (Monday, Jan. 19)
Rank                          Name                                          School                       #  
1                                  Frank Mitchell                         St. Bonaventure      86
2                                  JT Toppin                                   Texas Tech               80
3                                  Brandon Benjamin                 Fairfield                       79
4                                  Duke Brennan                          Villanova                  78
t5                                Giovanni Emejuru                  East Carolina               77
t5                                Rikus Schulte                            Fordham                  77
 
Mitchell has tallied double-digit offensive rebounds two games this season, with a season-best 11 against Colgate (Dec. 10) and 10 vs. Ohio (Dec. 13).
 
Mitchell's total rebounding percentage of 18.7 and offensive rebounding percentage of 16.7 would both be school records if the season ended today, with the latter being the highest in school history by 3.7 percentage points. 
 
Mitchell is no stranger to the top of the national rebounding leaderboards. In 2023-24 with Canisius, he averaged 11.6 rebounds per game, the fourth-most in Division I.
 
In the scoring column, Mitchell has scored in double figures in 17 of 18 games this season. He has scored 20-or-more points in six games this season, and in five of his last seven.
 
DASONTE DELIVERS
Dasonte Bowen has been an extremely effective playmaker this season, averaging 4.6 assists per game over the course of the season, and 5.4 assists per game in Atlantic 10 play. Both marks rank third in the conference. He has recorded three-or-more assists in 16-of-18 games this season.
 
Over St. Bonaventure's two-game road swing in Philadelphia, Bowen combined for 18 assists and just one turnover.
 
Bowen's playmaking prowess was on full display in Wednesday (Jan. 14) night's game against Saint Joseph's. The redshirt junior posted eight assists and just one turnover in the loss.
 
Then, on Saturday (Jan. 17) at La Salle, Bowen recorded 10 assists and no turnovers. With 12 points, he became the first SBU player to record a points-assist double-double since Kyrell Luc did so against Xavier in 2023 (Jan. 4).
 
Bowen assist-to-turnover ratio of 3.32 ranks 23rd in the nation as of Monday (Jan. 19). He also leads the Atlantic 10 conference among players averaging 3.0 assists per game or more.
 
The Boston native has undergone a significant uptick in offensive efficiency over the course of the season. After shooting just 27.1 percent from the field in his first six games, Bowen is 45-for-98 (45.9 percent) in his last 12 games, reaching double figures in nine games over that span.
 
Through 18 games, Bowen has set career-highs in points (164), assists (83) and rebounds (58) in a season.
 
COUNT ON CAYDEN
Cayden Charles has been pivotal to the Bonnies' offense in conference play. The 6-foot-3 guard is averaging 14.6 points and 6.0 rebounds per game while shooting 49.1 percent (26-for-53) from the field in St. Bonaventure's four Atlantic 10 games.
 
On Wednesday at Saint Joseph's, Charles scored 17 points and grabbed seven rebounds. He made a career-best-tying three triples. All 17 of Charles' points came in the second half, leading an 18-point swing for the Bonnies that gave the team its first lead of the game.
 
Inversely, Charles scored a team-best tying 11 points in the first half of Saturday's game at La Salle but went scoreless in the second half. The senior has reached double figures in six consecutive games, tallying at least six rebounds in all-but-one game during that span.
 
DANIEL FROM DEEP
Forward Daniel Egbuniwe caught fire from long range in the second half of Saturday's game at La Salle. In the last nine minutes of play, he scored 16 of St. Bonaventure's final 23 points. 
 
Egbuniwe scored a season-best 19 total points on the afternoon, shooting 7-for-12 from the field and 5-for-8 from three-point range.
 
The Memphis, Tenn. native is leading the Bonnies in three-point percentage this season, shooting 42.2 percent (27-for-64). 
 
IN THE RANKINGS
In the latest NET rankings published by the NCAA on Monday (Jan. 19), the Bonnies ranked 147th. In TeamRankings.com's RPI rankings, St. Bonaventure was ranked 110th in the country.
 
The Bonnies ranked 109th in FaktorSports' KPI rating, a metric used by the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee.
 
LOYOLA CHICAGO NOTES

• Loyola Chicago enters Tuesday's game at 5-14, with a 1-5 record in the Atlantic 10.
• The Ramblers are on a five-game losing streak.
• Ramblers center Miles Rubin leads the Atlantic 10 conference with 47 blocks (2.5 per game).
• The series between the Bonnies and Ramblers is tied at 4-4.
• In the last matchup between the two schools, St. Bonaventure fell, 77-53.
• Prior to 2023, the Bonnies had not faced Loyola Chicago since 1952.