Massachusetts Gets Win Over St. Bonaventure, 76-67

Filed under Game Recap on February 9th, 2012

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Everything fell into place in Amherst as the Minutemen beat the Bonnies in A-10 play, 76-67.

Some notes regarding this game: At home, the Minutemen play very well, and now that record is 11-0. Last season, Massachusetts beat St. Bonaventure 78-69. Over the last four years, the Minutemen have a record of 3-2 with a record of 2-1 at William D. Mullins Center. Massachusetts has a winning record over St. Bonaventure going back to 1980, 39-19.

Massachusetts was able to overwhelm St. Bonaventure in three pointers and also win the battle in assists.

Massachusetts drained too many threes for St. Bonaventure to recover from, with 27 points compared to six. Massachusetts spread the ball around with ease, and its 16 assists gave it an advantage compared to 14 from St. Bonaventure.

Jesse Morgan put up the most points for the Minutemen with 24 points in 34 minutes, shooting 69% from the floor, 18 of those points coming from three-point range. Chaz Williams helped the cause by topping everyone with eight free throws.

Bona Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A+ A. Nicholson 33 24 9 1 1 3 1 B Youssou Ndoye 12 7 4 0 1 1 3 B- Jordan Gathers 15 3 2 3 0 0 0 B- Chris Johnson 26 14 0 1 2 0 2 C+ D. Conger 29 9 5 1 2 0 3 C Eric Mosley 11 2 1 2 0 0 0 C Charlon Kloof 29 6 2 0 1 0 1 C Matthew Wright 26 0 3 5 3 0 3 D+ Da`Quan Cook 17 0 4 1 0 0 2

UMASS Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A+ Jesse Morgan 34 24 4 3 2 0 1 A Chaz Williams 35 17 6 5 3 0 4 B+ Terrell Vinson 33 10 4 3 0 0 0 B Maxie Esho 14 9 2 0 1 0 0 C+ Javorn Farrell 12 5 2 1 0 0 2 C+ Sean Carter 31 4 3 2 1 0 1 C Raphiael Putney 30 7 4 1 0 4 6 D+ Freddie Riley 11 0 1 1 0 0 0

The Minutemen are now 18-6, in what is usually the toughest part of the season. With their record improving to 7-3 in the A-10, they stay in 2nd place. They now have a 4-4 record against the RPI Top 100 (St. Bonaventure #84). They've also won 4 out of their last 5 games.

The next game on the schedule is St. Joseph's (PA) on the road on February 11th.

• Jesse Morgan had a career high with 6 three pointers, 24 points, and 9 field goals made.
• This was the 4th foul out of the season for Raphiael Putney
• This marks the 3rd 20-point game of Jesse Morgan's career.
• Jesse Morgan has led the team in scoring in 5 out of 24 games this season.
• Raphiael Putney had a career high with 4 blocks.

• Andrew Nicholson has led the team in scoring 12 times and in rebounding 15 times in 21 games this season.
• Andrew Nicholson recorded a team season high in field goals made with 11.
• Andrew Nicholson accounted for 35.8% of the team's points.
• This marks the 32nd 20-point game of Andrew Nicholson's career.
• St. Bonaventure lost and did not cover the spread.

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Tags: Jesse Morgan, Chaz Williams