Page 9 - Mark Schmidt News Today

St. Bonaventure pushed a Top 25 conference rival down the stretch, but couldn’t pull off the upset Friday night at the University of Dayton Arena.

For how proud he might have been somewhere deep inside, Mark Schmidt sounded, above all, defeated.

It’s been a fortress for Dayton basketball, and particularly against Atlantic 10 rivals like St. Bonaventure.

PHOTO COURTESY OF GOBONNIES BY JONNY WALKER, ADVISORY EDITOR ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — Despite trailing by as many as 20 Tuesday night in the Reilly Center, the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team prevailed over Virginia Commonwealth, 67-62, in a game that featured six lead changes in the final five minutes. The Bonnies’ (13-7, 4-5 A-10)…

ST. BONAVENTURE — St. Bonaventure coach Mark Schmidt used words like “ugly” and “rock fight” to describe the basketball game that played out on the Reilly Center floor on Tuesday

PHOTO COURTESY OF GOBONNIES BY JONNY WALKER, ADVISORY EDITOR ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — The St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team plays the second of its two-game home stand Tuesday night, hosting a rematch with Virginia Commonwealth in the Reilly Center. The Bonnies (12-7, 3-4 A-10) opened their Atlantic 10 Conference schedule with an 89-78 win over…

PHOTO COURTESY OF GOBONNIES BY JONNY WALKER, ADVISORY EDITOR He did it again. Last season, Daryl Banks III dropped a career-high 36 points on Saint Joseph’s, giving the Hawks an extra-long flight back to Philadelphia. On national television Friday night, Banks eclipsed the 25-point mark for the first time this season, again sending the Hawks…

ST. BONAVENTURE — St. Bonaventure desperately needed some offense. Daryl Banks III, Moses Flowers and Chad Venning supplied it in a big way Friday night.

PHOTO COURTESY OF GOBONNIES BY JONNY WALKER, ADVISORY EDITOR ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — The St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team hosts Saint Joseph’s Friday night, returning home for the first time in a week and a half. The Hawks (13-6, 3-3 A-10) enter Friday on a three-game win streak. Trending in the opposite direction, the Bonnies…

ST. BONAVENTURE — On paper, this is a team that’s begging to be great.