Bonnies Beat St. Joe’s By Two, But At What Cost?

[Jack Milko]

PHILADELPHIA – With 8:26 remaining in the second half, St. Bonaventure’s Osun Osunniyi fell hard to the floor, rolling his ankle in the process. He appeared to be in a lot of pain and did not re-enter the game, thus turning Bonaventure’s season for the worse.
St. Bonaventure Coach Mark Schmidt did not provide an update on his star center following the game.
Osunniyi, the reigning Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Year, recorded five blocks, scored six points, and grabbed seven rebounds in 27 minutes of game action.
When Osunniyi went down, St. Joseph’s held a one-point lead, 47-to-46.
The Hawks came into this game having lost five in a row. With St. Bonaventure’s most important player sidelined, the opportunity for an upset was there. After all, Osunniyi was the main reason why St. Joseph’s struggled scoring inside. Bona outscored the Hawks 30-to-10 in the paint.
But St. Bonaventure’s Jalen Adaway and Dominick Welch had other ideas, as they did not let their team’s six-game...

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[res]

So, Jack, does Nelson stay or go on the hill? Inquiring minds want to know?

 

[brownindians85]

Saint Joe's backed the Bonnies into a classic A10 suck factor game. Because when it comes down to it, we're not Kansas, Duke, Illinois. Might as well just enjoy the ride now that Shoon's down. Hope Cool goes berserk, and we find some range on O. VCU is now a tall[er] order. I still don't think we're AL, but this one is huge.

 

[Bona03]

Saint Joe's backed the Bonnies into a classic A10 suck factor game. Because when it comes down to it, we're not Kansas, Duke, Illinois. Might as well just enjoy the ride now that Shoon's down. Hope Cool goes berserk, and we find some range on O. VCU is now a tall[er] order. I still don't think we're AL, but this one is huge.

Cool gave good minutes down the stretch. He just needs to stay out of foul trouble. He commits so many fouls in the little time he plays but that could be because he knows he can. We'll see if he can dial it back a little. VCU is not a big team and is supposed to be a good matchup with Shoon out there but without him it will obviously be tough.