St. Joseph's-St. Bonaventure Preview Box
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St. Joseph's-St. Bonaventure Preview Box
Marc Narducci
St. Bonaventure (17-11) vs. St. Joseph’s (20-12)
Atlantic-10 Quarterfinal, 2:30 p.m. Friday at Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City
This season: St. Bonaventure beat the visiting Hawks, 98-93 in 2OT on Feb. 29.
All-time Series: SJU leads, 46-17.
Streak: St. Bonaventure has won one in a row.
A-10 history: SJU is 3-1 against the Bonnies in the tournament
PPG: SJU 72.3; SB 70.3
Opponents PPG: SJU 67.9 ppg.; SB 64.7 ppg.
Coaches:
SB – Mark Schmidt (11th season, 153-169 overall, 71-79 in five seasons at St. Bonaventure).
SJU - Phil Martelli (17th season, 320, 221).
RPI
St. Bonaventure - 97
SJU - 56
PROBABLE LINEUPS
St. Bonaventure
F Demetrius Conger 6-6 Jr., 12.1 ppg., 6.1 rpg.
F Da’Quan Cook 6-8 Fr., 7.7 ppg., 4.7 rpg.
F Andrew Nicholson 6-9 Sr., 17.9 ppg., 8.3 rpg., 1.6 bpg.
G Charlon Kloof 6-3 So., 5.8 ppg., 2.8 rpg.
G Jordan Gathers 6-3 Fr., 1.0 ppg., 1.4 rpg.
St. Joseph’s
G Carl Jones, 5-11 Sr. 16.5 ppg., 3.2 apg.
G Langston Galloway, 6-2 So. 15.9 ppg., 4.6 rpg., 2.3 apg.
C C.J. Aiken 6-9 So. 11.1 ppg, 5.1 rpg. 3.7 bpg.
F Daryus Quarles, 6-6 So. 4.8 ppg, 2.4 rpg.
F. Halil Kanacevic, 6-8 So., 8.3 ppg.; 8.2 rpg., 3.7 apg.
Off the bench:
SB: Jr. guard Eric Mosley, who has started five games, is averaging 7.0 points. St. Joseph’s 6-8 sophomore Ronald Roberts was the A-10 Sixth Man of the Year. He is averaging 11.0 points and 6.1 rebounds. Roberts scored 18 point in the earlier loss to the Bonnies.
Key for the Hawks
Offensive rebounding. SJU was outrebounded on the offensive glass, 20-4. Nicholson had as many offensive rebounds as the entire Hawks team.
To the Winner
The winner will meet the winner of the noon Temple-UMASS game, in Saturday’s 1 p.m. semifinal. Most feel at the very least, St. Joseph’s would have to get to the A-10 final to be in consideration for an NCAA bid.
