60 in the NET rankings, the sorting tool the NCAA Tournament committee uses in selecting the 68-team field. A positive test will require each player and staff member on a team to also be tested. As a senior in 2001-02, he averaged 24.6 points per game and scored 738 points that season alone. But Houston was not like that. I felt comfortable that we would be very competitive in this game for sure.. Vanterpool stands 14th all-time in career scoring with 1,474 points and is also among the program's leaders in assists (401, eighth), rebounding (630, 22nd) and three-pointers (106, 19th). The 6-foot-6 forward from Syracuse, N.Y. averaged 20 points per game over his four years with the team. We hope that you continue to enjoy our free content. An upset against the second-ranked Bonnies would add to its resume. The 78-73 setback to Wake Forest in the NCAA East Regional semifinals at the Charlotte Coliseum was unique from the outset. They responded. In the lone game St. Bonaventure has ever played against Oregon, Sanders only missed five shots, going 11 of 16 from the field and a perfect eight-for-eight from the free throw line. 1 overall pick by the Detroit Pistons in the 1970 NBA draft, after a season in which he averaged 29.1 points a game. OLEAN - Frank S. Jester, 76, passed away Sunday (Feb. 26, 2023) at home, surrounded by his family, following a courageous battle with cancer. The front page had no story of the consecutive home wins. Just make sure were talking on screens, because we knew they were going to come down and get a quick shot up. "The spirit of St. Bonaventure is bigger than any one man, but no singular soul in 164 years has ever brought more honor, dignity, glory and love to bear at Bonas than Bob Lanier, said Mike Vaccaro, a New York Post columnist and historian on Bonnies basketball who graduated from St. Bonaventure in 1989. Tim Winn
Sonora (17-6): Raiders return to the top 10 after beating Troy to seize control of the Freeway League. Stith, a subsequent Hall of Fame inductee at St. Bonaventure, was chosen as the second overall pick of the 1961 draft by the New York Knicks, while Washington selected Wake Forest player Norm Snead as its quarterback in the second spot of the NFL draft the very same year. He will be synonymous with St. Bonaventure eternally.. He is also first in career field goals made (944) and shot a .538 percentage, also grabbing over 600 rebounds. It made me really focus on what I needed to do to get to where I wanted to go. Lanier returned to campus less than two years later, in December 2019, when Bona honored the 50th anniversary of the 1970 Final Four team. He played professionally with the Virginia Squires of the ABA and the New York Nets of the NBA before earning SBU Athletics Hall of Fame honors in 1974. And then the worst thing in the world that could happen (vs. Villanova) Billys (Kalbaugh) going down on a break, I turn around, and boom, a guy falls into my knee. A consensus All-American twice (1969, '70), Lanier finished his career as the St. Bonaventure record holder in seven categories including points (2,067), rebounding (1,180), single-game scoring (51 points vs. Seton Hall), single-game rebounding (27 vs. Loyola MD), single-season rebounding (416), single-season shooting percentage (.586) and average rebounds in one season (16.0 rpg) in 1969-70. access for current print subscribers. One of the main article in the sports section headlined, The Fortress Falls100 Never CameJoy for OneTears for Another.. Tom Stith, the two-time All-American and runner-up national player of the year that season, scored 34 points, while Freddie Crawford added 29 points.
High School Sports Scores and Schedules - Orange County Register But the win Monday should give the Bonnies a reminder that no lead is safe, especially as the regular season gets shorter. In Fall 1976, Jim Satalin knew his team was good. He scored 40 points in the NIT Championship Game in 1977 and had a career-high of 46 points against Detroit earlier that year, also pouring in 30 points in the second round of the NIT with a win over Oregon. If athletes are flagged from the screening, they will be evaluated by a physician. So what does Sabres GM Kevyn Adams do this week?
In addition, he was the NBA Rookie of the Year with the Detroit Pistons and played professionally for the Bucks as well. However, according to an Associated Press writer, many fans in the inevitable capacity crowds of 2000 would smoke in the outside foyer during halftime. The Atlantic 10 announced the pairings Thursday. Lanier was also in the movie, The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh, about a losing basketball team that attempts to reverse its fortunes with the help of an astrologers advice. He tallied 659 points and his skillful play was instrumental in leading Bona to a 65-12 record during his career (1967-70). ST. BONAVENTURE (14-17) You have permission to edit this article. That was a major factor in the game. 1, Disneyland quietly removes controversial lyric from new parade soundtrack, Fannie Mae halts financing for 6,102 condos in Laguna Woods, Tax filing deadline moves to mid-October for most Californians, 2 arrested in Anaheim on suspicion of possessing $463,000 in stolen merchandise, Baram and Tioumentsev win World Junior title hours after their coach, Todd Sand, suffers heart attack, Lake Forest woman filed restraining order against daughter 8 years before being killed in their home, Taco Mesita opens flagship location in Old Town Tustin, California weighs $360,000 in reparations to eligible Black residents, OC Restaurant Week kicks off Sunday, March 5, Lake Forest man convicted of killing stepmom with pickaxe, As Adderall shortage continues, DEA plans to limit some telemedicine prescriptions, House where JonBenet Ramsey was found dead listed for sale for almost $7M, Columbia University permanently drops SAT, ACT admissions requirement, The Waterbed Doctor: California retailer lays claim to retro bed with nearly 40 years of service, sales, Felonious Florida podcast: Missing teenage girl leads to several cases of child sex trafficking, Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. While Birdsong went quiet offensively, Sanders was just starting his barrage.
I think people realized, Well, hes not Don, but hes going to do all right.. But coming out of the media timeout, the Bonnies answered with a 7-2 run, then opened their lead to 15 points with less than 10 minutes left in the game. The way that [St. Joes game] ended, I thought, Thats itwe wont even get to the NIT.. As a current print subscriber, you receive 24/7 access to our website and online e-edition at no additional charge. His 1,704 career points still rank 11th in Bona history while he is also seventh in assists (408) and fifth in steals (194). We played the best teams, which proved to me that I was right in saying that we were good enough to win this thing, he said. To Jalen (Adaway), make the free throws, Osunniyi said. Since 2005, Lanier had been the NBA Cares Global Ambassador, routinely working with youth-serving programs that support education, youth, family development and health-related causes.
The Latest St. Bonaventure Bonnies Basketball News | SportSpyder So what does Sabres GM Kevyn Adams do this week? Flynn said that he cried like a baby after the Niagara loss. The 1994-1995 team brought impressive victories to the Reilly Center that included wins over SEC foes Mississippi State and Mississippi as well as over Louisville, Virginia Tech, and VCU. According to the Bennett Alumni Associations Sports Hall of Fame page, Lanier was an All-High selection as a junior and as a senior for the Tigers, averaging 25 points per game his senior year. 31 jersey that brought the University national fame hangs in the Reilly Center rafters and he was inducted into SBU's Athletics Hall of Fame in 1975. He helped the Bonnies reach the 1970 Final Four, but sustained a knee injury in a regional final against Villanova, and did not play in a loss to Jacksonville in a national semifinal. The men's basketball team's 2019-20 season ended March 12, before it played its first game in the Atlantic 10 Conference tournament. A look at the front page of The Olean Times Herald (OTH) on Monday, February 27, 1961, revealed little about the tumultuous event that took place two days prior at the Olean Armory. After graduating from SBU (1983), I continued to follow the Bonnies. Nelson-Richards scored nearly half (16) of the Bona points in that half and eventually led all scorers with 24 points. Greg Sanders
We didnt finish the way we needed to, said Bonnies coach Mark Schmidt, whose team was 9 for 16 on free throws, including 4 for 9 in the final 3:20. Of course I had kept the copy of The Olean Times Herald on the day after SBU beat Houston for the 1977 NIT championship. 2022-23 St. Bonaventure Men's Basketball Schedule Opens in new window Print Grid Text Add To Calendar Choose A Location: Go Season Go Season Record Overall 14-16 PCT .467 Conf 8-9 PCT .471 Streak W1 Home 11-4 Away 2-10 Neutral 1-2 Scheduled Games Nov 2 (Wed) 7:00 p.m. vs Alfred St. Bonaventure, N.Y. Reilly Center TV: ESPN+ Radio: WPIG W, 76-48 The basketball success in that era was known for something else during Stiths playing days: a prominent home-game win streak. We did that, us being seniors, and we communicated. Lanier told The News in 1990 that he was hurt and angry but determined to prove Mogavero wrong but also called Mogavero a very perceptive and compassionate coach, and a hell of a human being., It probably was one of the best things that could have happened to me, Lanier said at the time. "For more than 30 years, Bob served as our global ambassador and as a special assistant to David Stern and then me, traveling the world to teach the games values and make a positive impact on young people everywhere," Silver said in a statement this morning. It was a labor of love for Bob, who was one of the kindest and most genuine people I have ever been around. 2. St. Bonaventure guard Kyle Lofton scores two points over Richmond Spiders forward Nathan Cayo last February. In fact, the Bonnies accepted the NCAA bid a month before the tournament started. Sign Up Today! Woollard averaged just four points per game that season, yet his performance against St. Bonaventure was pivotal in dashing NCAA championship dreams. From the days of Butler Gymnasium and the Olean Armory through to the past five decades in the Reilly Center, St. Bonaventure basketball has remained a constant in the University community for the last century. A distinguished guard for the Bona basketball program, he was co-captain of the NCAA Final Four team of 1970. That 1970 team, Schmidt said, was the greatest Bona team that ever played. Thank you for reading!
The Bonnies prevailed despite 17 turnovers, the last of which could have been most costly. For the upcoming season, Ill be St. Bonaventures #1 fan in Dubai. A post-game commentary in The Bona Venture concluded, When a coach is allowed to pass the ball into one of his players and this results in a score for his team, it is apparent that the officials either dont care or are blindor both., On top of this, a story in the Charlotte Observer referred to a clock malfunction in the scoreboard in the final minutes of regulation, leading to anxious inquiries about the time remaining.. Preview of tonight's St. Bonaventure men's basketball matchup against St. Louis If you are experiencing difficulties logging in or are a subscriber getting a paywall, please try one or more of the following steps. Andrew Nicholson
Combing through them uncovered an array of Bona gems. Donovan called a timeout, and Stith headed to the team huddle with his head down, thinking that he was being pulled from the game for committing the foul. The Buckeyes lost their only game of the season in the NCAA championship game to Cincinnati. Our digital products are available 24/7 and are accessible anywhere, anytime. Weve got a lot of games left.
I was in a hospital bed and I watched them bust their butts against Artis (Gilmore) and Pembrook (Burrows) and I know that I could have helped them overcome that. The following season in the NCAA Tournament, he poured in 19 points vs. Penn. And win they dida first post-season tournament championship in a program dating to 1919-20. Win #100 was denied by the same team upon which the win streak started: the Purple Eagles of Niagara University. OSU was ranked #1 in both the UPI and AP postseason polls; SBU came in third place in both rankings. 25 jersey was retired in 2007. Niagara just had control of the game., Final score: Niagara 87, St. Bonaventure 77. Bill Kalbaugh
A two-time ECAC All-Star (1976, '77), he was a co-captain of the NIT Championship Team in 1977, scoring 24 points in the championship game win over Houston after scoring in double figures in every game of that tournament. Wake Forest lost its next game, the Eastern Regional finals, to a Jack Ramsay-coached St. Joes team. It was an evening where David nearly beat Goliath, and, thanks in large part to Crawfords talents, where a small school from Western New York almost beat the top-ranked team in the country. We tried to create a lot. Santa Margarita (13-6): Eagles can clinch third in the Trinity League by defeating host Orange Lutheran on Wednesday. The lead story was about area flooding, though a top-page banner indicated that Niagara had used St. Bonaventure as a stepping stone to the NIT Tournament and pointed to more stories in the sports section. ST. BONAVENTURE Eight of the top athletes in St. Bonaventure history have been tapped to join the school's Athletics Hall of Fame. And then the worst thing in the world that could happen (vs. Villanova) Billys (Kalbaugh) going down on a break, I turn around, and boom, a guy falls into my knee. OC Varsity Scores and Schedules If you have any comments, questions, feedback or corrections for the information related to the scores or schedules, please contact our high school sports department Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. Coach Eddie Donovans squad handed DePaul their seventh straight loss, 78-69, on February 18 in the Buffalo Auditorium. We hope that you continue to enjoy our free content. He spent the 2018-19 season in the NBA with the Atlanta Hawks. They saw it Feb. 1 against Davidson, when the Bonnies nearly wiped out a 16-point deficit and made it a one-possession game with less than 11 seconds left in an 81-76 loss to the Wildcats. He is tied for the SBU single game record for assists with 14, and second in steals for a game with seven.
Category: Posting up: Memories of St. Bonaventure basketball Edit Close His 281 three-pointers are the most in school history while he shot 38.5 percent from distance for his career, good for sixth in program history. Hollis scored 37 points27 in the first half alonebefore a capacity crowd in what was Jim Boeheims first year as the Orangemen head coach. Theyll be in the Pacific Coast League next season. Having set an NCAA record for the highest freshman free throw percentage (88.4 percent) in 1979, Jones went on to become the seventh-leading scorer in program history at the time he finished his career. The 55-point output by Bona against Pete Carrils Tigers was a season low, yet was two points more than opponents average against Princeton. Bremer also had memorable postseason performances - in the 2000 NCAA Tournament, he posted 17 points vs. Kentucky, then had 26 points vs. Pitt in the 2001 NIT and 29 points vs. Syracuse in the 2002 NIT. Lanier's death was. In an email to The News, the athletic department outlined its protocols for athletes who return to campus. OLEAN, NY The Olean Elks Club will offer patrons tacos or taco salads with a choice of hot, medium or mild sauce on Wednesday. Though receiving one first-place vote, they placed behind the Buckeyes, Bradley, St. Johns, and Indiana.
St. Bonaventure vs Buffalo: '21-22 basketball game preview, TV schedule But in the final five minutes, Saint Louis trailed 77-69 and attempted one more rally, despite Collins fouling out with 4:03 left. It didnt matter who it was.. An upset loss to Wake Forest in the 1961 NCAA tournament prevented any Bona hopes for a rematch with Ohio State. Donovan, however, kept Stith on the floor and instructed the Bonnies to run a set play. Essie Hollis and Hagan led Bona scorers with 25 and 21 points, respectively. Still the Purple Eagles of Niagara nearly sent SBU fans home from the Armory in shock. No one can mention the 1970 St. Bonaventure men's basketball team without bringing up Bob Lanier. That would have really been disastrous. (); :
Mike Harrington: His team looks good, even without Alex Tuch. ); single-season rebounding (416); and average rebounds in one season (16) in 1969-1970. If you have any questions or need further assistance, please call our customer service team at716-372-3121, St. Bonaventure, NBA basketball legend Bob Lanier passes away, McKean County man jailed on over 880 felony counts of child porn, Police reports 3/2/23: Franklinville pair face drug charges after traffic stop, Eric Jones sculpts Gabby's dog Koda outside ECMC room, Carter Auction and Event Center in Allegany listed for sale, Warren, Pa. man killed by police in Finger Lakes city. Dan Albano has been a high school sports writer at The Orange County Register since 1993. In March 2018, St. Bonaventure won its first NCAA Tournament game since the 1970 win against Villanova, a 65-58 victory against UCLA in a First Four game in Dayton, Ohio. {{start_at_rate}} {{format_dollars}} {{start_price}} {{format_cents}} {{term}}, {{promotional_format_dollars}}{{promotional_price}}{{promotional_format_cents}} {{term}}, City mourns Buffalo firefighter Jason Arno as investigation into fatal fire launches, Buffalo firefighter makes 'ultimate sacrifice' in blaze that may have sparked backdraft, Paula's Donuts to move Clarence store that faced backlash for tax breaks to Amherst, Vandal damages 'brokenhearted' Russell Salvatore's tribute park in Lancaster, Chad Hall's departure from Buffalo Bills to Jaguars remains a bit of a mystery. Thank you for reading! In 52 years, only his career points record has been surpassed by three men who played 29, 37 and 48 more games than Lanier did, when freshmen were allowed to play varsity (after 1972) and schedules grew larger. We get to the tournament and we were just rolling through people. Saint Louis began Monday at No. We probably should have gone to the NCAAbut I looked at the whole field and thought, Were as good as anybody in this field.. He was also A-10 second team in 1983 and the captain of the 1983 NIT team before being selected to the SBU Hall of Fame in 1995. On top of that, he hadnt made a basket the entire game. The message among the Bonnies was about fundamentals. Bona took a 36-26 lead with less than five minutes left in the first half, part of a 17-3 run that helped the Bonnies to a 48-32 lead at halftime.
The first round of the NCAA, played as part of a tripleheader before 18,000 fans in Madison Square Garden, saw the Bonnies rally over Rhode Island. In his senior year, he was the Times Herald's beat reporter for St. Bonaventure's women's basketball team. 1 seed in 2021, when the . On your next view you will be asked to log in or create an account to continue reading. In addition, only five baskets were scored from the field by both teams in the final nine minutes of regulation. He earned a spot in the Athletics Hall of Fame in 2010. The Universitys webpage of Stith offers an apt description: When the game was on the line, he became the Go To Guy, and he seldom disappointed. Win #73 included. That Niagara game jump-started my career at St. Bonas, he said. (); :
Hollis enjoyed a tremendously successful career, ranking seventh in program history with 1,798 points while he still stands second in rebounds with 939 - 9.2 per game over 109 contests. While the Bonnies won the NIT in 1977, Southern Mississippi took that same crown in 1987 in defeating LaSalle in the championship game. The Bonnies last loss had come to Niagara on February 11, 1948. Raised in the upper Manhattan neighborhood of Harlem, Crawford found the Holiday Festival experience to be a coming home of sorts, and playing at the Garden was a particularly special memory, especially in 1960. They lost their last two regular season games before falling in double overtime to St. Joes in the Atlantic 10 tournament and finding themselves with a record of 17-12. His recognition included: Associated Press All-American (1959-60 and 1960-61); United Press International All-American (1959-60 and 1960-61); Look Magazine All-American (1960-61); Sporting News All-American (1959-60 and 1960-61); Catholic Digest All-American (1960-61) and ECAC All-East (1960-61) among others. He was named by Look Magazine to the All-District Team the same season. In 1982, he was the A-10's leading scorer at 18.0 ppg and was an all-conference first team selection. A crowd of 12,451 packed Madison Square Garden for the 1pm tip on March 20, and Houston star Otis Birdsong was ready. The students put me on their shoulders and carried me off the court, he recounted, adding that he almost hit his head on the overhang in exiting the Armory court. Would you like to receive our latest obituaries? One team in the field was the University of Houston Cougars, coached by Guy Lewis, who ended up winning nearly 600 games in his 30 years as its head coach. The Bonnies made Bramah's list of three finalists . Welcome! We just have to tighten up defensively, force them into some tough shots, and then go with it., In the moment, even Satalin didnt know that the spotlight was about to shift from Birdsong to SBU forward Greg Sanders. He was that kind of guy, he remembered. I'm a college/high school sports enterprise reporter at The Buffalo News. They finished the season 1813, 108 in A-10 play to finish in a three way tie for sixth place. He played professionally for the New York Knicks, Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Lakers, Buffalo Braves and Philadelphia 76ers of the NBA and his No. In a game with likely NCAA implications, Syracuse enacted revenge in the ECAC tournament game at the Manley Field House in Syracuse in early March. a group of Olean Times Herald columnist and former sports editor Chuck Pollock and former beat . After all, the game was played a month before I was born, well before I remember listening to Don McLean call games as a kid. pic.twitter.com/8GD9BhKt7C. We were ready, and they didnt do anything we didnt think they were going to do, Billikens coach Travis Ford said. The final AP poll placed St. Bonaventure at #3 in the country, two spots behind the NCAA champion Ohio State team that featured Jerry Lucas, Larry Siegfried, Mel Nowell, John Havlicek, and Bobby Knight. Greg at that point just got ridiculous, Satalin said with a chuckle. In only his fourth season as the Bonnies head coach, Jim Satalin found himself in the national spotlight against famed coached Guy Lewis. Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Bob Woollard, a 6-10 center later drafted by the New York Knicks, scored 10 points and grabbed 11 rebounds off the Wake Forest bench to contribute to the Demon Deacon win. He even has a mention in pop culture, in the movie "Airplane!," when a young fan recognizes Kareem Abdul-Jabbar disguised as a co-pilot named Roger Murdock and insists the Los Angeles Lakers center doesnt give enough effort. Would you like to receive our ads to go? None of the responses will be shared or used for any other purpose except to better serve our community. Had he missed that shot, there was still time for us, he said. Then there was an unusual item, something related to a Bona defeat to Wake Forest Collegeits name at that timein March 1961. His 247 steals were at the time a school record and a total that still ranks fourth in program history. Bremer ranks ninth on SBU's all-time scoring list with 1,732 points and led the Bonnies to three postseason appearances (NCAA Tournament in 2000 and NIT in 2001 and 2002).
Both teams were undefeated. Afterward, according to an OTH story, both Bona and Niagara fans stopped by the Niagara locker room to say nice going to a nice guy. The story added that Gallagher was as gracious in beating the Bonnies than he was in his previous nine losses or so to them. What he did was incredible down that stretch., One of the most famous baskets in Bona basketball history followed.