ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. – The St. Bonaventure men's basketball team will look to complete a season sweep against Duquesne in a Valentine's Day matchup on Saturday (Feb. 14) at the Reilly Center. Tipoff is scheduled for 4 p.m. ET, and the game will be streamed live on ESPN+.
 
BUDDY BUCKETS
Buddy Simmons II surpassed 1,000 career points in last week's win at Fordham (Feb. 7). He reached the millennium mark with five points in the first half before surging for 18 in the second half to lead the Bonnies to the win.
 
Simmons II scored 628 points over two years at Gardner-Webb before posting 390 through 24 games this season. He tallied 539 of his 628 points with the Runnin' Bulldogs during his sophomore season (2024-25). 
 
Simmons II has lit up the scoreboard in Atlantic 10 play, averaging a conference-best 18.3 points through 11 conference games while shooting 49.0 percent (74-for-151) from the floor and 46.6 percent (34-for-73) from beyond the arc.
 
Simmons II has scored at least 14 points in 8-of-11 A-10 matchups, with 20-or-more points in five of those games.
 
Simmons II is the one of just four Atlantic 10 players to make 60-or-more three-pointers this season. He has made multiple three-pointers in 18 of the Bonnies' 23 games.
 
In conference play, Simmons II has made 34 triples, second most in the A-10. His 37.9 minutes per game lead the league, and he has played a full 40 minutes in seven of SBU's 11 conference game so far.
 
TO BE FRANK
St. Bonaventure forward Frank Mitchell has been one of the most productive players on the boards in the country this season. 
 
Mitchell is averaging 9.7 rebounds per game, which leads all players in the Atlantic 10 conference. As of Thursday (Feb. 12), he is tied for 17th in the nation in total rebounds with 226. He is one of just two St. Bonaventure players in the last four years to surpass 200 rebounds in a season (Chance Moore, 207; 2024-25).
 
A remarkable number of Mitchell's rebounds have come on the offensive end. His 102 total offensive rebounds (4.3 per game) rank second in Division I.
 
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 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 20 of 24 games this season. He has scored 20-or-more points in seven games this season.
 
COUNT ON CAYDEN
Cayden Charles has been pivotal to the Bonnies' offense in conference play. The 6-foot-3 guard is averaging 14.0 points and 6.4 rebounds in St. Bonaventure's 11 Atlantic 10 games.
 
Charles had a remarkable game at Fordham last Saturday (Feb. 7), scoring a season-best 21 points in the win. He tallied six rebounds while shooting 8-for-13 from the floor. The senior made a career-best-tying three triples.
 
The senior has scored at least nine points in 15 straight games, grabbing at least five rebounds in 13 games during that span.
 
OH MY OSASUYI
Freshman Andrew Osasuyi had a career day against Fordham on Saturday. He posted career-bests in minutes (29), points (12) and steals (4) while tying his career high of five blocks.
 
He became the first Atlantic 10 player in nearly 17 years to record at least 10 points, five blocks and four steals in a conference game. He was just the fourth player to do so in the last 30 years, joining UMass' Tony Gaffney (Feb. 18, 2009) as well as David West (Jan. 9, 2002) and James Posey (Feb. 14, 1999) of Xavier. Coach Mark Schmidt was on the staff at Xavier as an assistant coach during both Posey and West's careers.
 
Osasuyi is averaging an incredibly efficient 5.3 blocks per 40 minutes. His 1.8 blocks per game in conference play rank fifth in the Atlantic 10. Osasuyi has 13 blocks in his last five games (2.6 per game).
 
DUQUESNE NOTES:

• Duquesne enters Saturday's matchup at 14-10, with a 6-5 record in conference play.
• The Dukes are led by Tarence Guinyard, who averages 16.6 points and 5.3 assists. Those figures rank second and first in the A-10, respectively.
• Since Duquesne's last matchup with the Bonnies on Jan. 28, the Dukes are on a three-game win streak with victories over Rhode Island (Feb. 1), George Mason (Feb. 4) and George Washington (Feb. 7).
• St. Bonaventure leads the all-time series with Duquesne, 73-65.
• The Bonnies have won each of their last three games against the Dukes.
• SBU won its first game against Duquesne this season, 87-79 (Jan. 28). Buddy Simmons II had a season-best 31 points in the win.