Game 20: GMU (14-5 / 5-1) at St. Bonaventure (15-4 / 3-3) on Tuesday, January 21, at 7:00 PM.

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Preseason predictions:
St. Bonaventure was picked to finish 10th in A10 Preseason Polls.

Our schedule page shows NO TV. Saint Bonaventure’s schedule page says the game is on ESPN+.

KenPom:
Gives us a 38% chance of winning.
GMU - 82
St. Bonaventure - 86
NET:
GMU - 78
St. Bonaventure - 71

We are 5-12 (.294) against St. Bonaventure all-time.

Saint Bonaventure is currently 15-4 on the season and 3-3 in A10 play. They are 8-1 at home, 5-2 on the road, and 2-1 at neutral sites. They are 0-1 against Quad 1 teams, 3-1 against Quad 2, 2-1 against Quad 3, and 9-0 against Quad 4 teams.

Schedule: https://gobonnies.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule

Wins: Alfred (63-39), CSUN (70-56), Canisius (87-78), FGCU (74-65), LeMoyne (71-52), Mansfield (76-54), Bryant (85-70), Northern Iowa (68-56), Bucknell (64-47), Buffalo (65-55), Providence (74-70), Sienna (65-48), Niagara (71-52), vcu (77-75), Fordham (86-66), Richmond (63-49)
Losses: Utah St. (72-67), St. Louis (73-68), La Salle (83-82 OT), Duquesne (75-57)

Probable Starters:
6’6” Chance Moore - 14.9 ppg & 7.7 reb - Senior
6’4” Melvin Council Jr. - 14.2 ppg & 5.3 reb - Senior
6’11” Noel Brown - 12.7 ppg & 4.9 ppg - Grad Student
6’7” Lajae Jones -10.8 ppg - Junior
6’3” Jonah Hinton - 8.9 ppg - Sophomore

Reserves averaging double figure minutes:
6’2” Dasonte Bowen - 11.1 ppg - Junior - has 10 starts
6’8” Duane Thompson, 6’10” Xander Wedlow, and 6’8” Noah Bolanga have all played in at least 15 games but play minimal minutes (5-9) and contribute very little.

Roster: https://gobonnies.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster

Team Stats:

Saint Bonaventure averages 72.9 points per game (13th in the A10) while giving up 62.3 (2nd in the A10). We rank 12th and 1st respectively.

The Bonnies shoot 46.2% from the floor (6th in the A10) and 33.5% from 3 (9th in the A10).
Opponents are shooting 40.3% from the field and 32.2% from 3.

The Bonnies shoot 73.9% from the free throw line (3rd in the A10).

They have out rebounded opponents by 4.8 boards per game and average 10.5 turnovers per contest.

Stats: https://gobonnies.com/documents/2025/1/15/2024-25_SBU_Season_Stats_18.pdf

Thoughts: The Bonnies really only go 6 deep so let’s get them in foul trouble and wear them out. They are balanced though with 5 guys averaging double figures. This will be a very tough road test.

Discuss.
 
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MASON WATCH PARTY

Commonwealth Brewing Company located in Fairfax is hosting a free Watch Party for this road game against St. Bonaventure. Drinks and complimentary appetizers will be provided

Hosted by MasonAlumni. Check out @MasonAlumni on Instagram

This is free and open to the public
 
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phoenix-arizona

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It would be cool to keep the victory train running but no expectations on the road.

How is that Commonwealth Brewing? Any good lagers or pilsners?
 

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This game unfortunately has dropped down to a Q2 because of the Bonnie’s recent struggles.

Schmidt knows how to run an effective zone. I’m sure he’s smart enough to know to pressure us into dumb turnovers.

This game will come down to two things:

1) can we limit Council and Moore enough?

2) are we going to shoot closer to 18% or 40% from 3 against their zone?

I think our front court will be just fine against theirs.
 

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House money with this one. Short turn after double OT, on top of being at one of the harder places to play. Will be happy if we keep it respectable.
 

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Another tough in conference road game. Bonaventure plays well at home and is well coached.

Mason will have to come out and play nearly perfect like they did at Dayton. I expect A10 teams going forward will look to pressure our ball handlers and look to turn us over as much as possible.

Need this win to keep hauling towards that top 4 spot and legitimize ourselves as a league contender.
 

GMU79

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House money with this one. Short turn after double OT, on top of being at one of the harder places to play. Will be happy if we keep it respectable.
Not me. I want a win, because a loss is still a loss.
But yeah, I do hear you.
 
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