George Washington University
St. Bonaventure
Colonials Hold Off Bonnies, 80-71
2/16/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 16, 2008
OLEAN, N.Y. (AP) - Damian Hollis and Maureece Rice each scored 17 points to lead George Washington over St. Bonaventure 80-71 in Atlantic 10 Conference play Saturday.
Noel Wilmore added 16 points for George Washington (7-14, 3-8). Rob Diggs finished with 12 points.
Tyler Relph scored 21 points and grabbed eight rebounds for the Bonnies (7-17, 1-9).
Michael Lee added 20 points and Zarryon Fereti had 11.
The Colonials went on a 14-0 run to take a 36-22 lead with 4:16 remaining in the first half. George Washington held its biggest lead of 70-51 with 5:14 remaining in the game.
The Bonnies responded with a 20-6 run to cut their deficit to seven. But the Colonials made four free throws in the final 27 seconds to seal the victory.
