Men's Basketball Treks to St. Bonaventure Sunday

Sunday, February 19

St. Bonaventure, NY

2 p.m.

George Washington University

St. Bonaventure

2/17/2023 2:29:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Live Stats Game Notes

Colonials square off with Bonnines on USA Network at 2 p.m.

WASHINGTON - GW men's basketball takes on St. Bonaventure on Sunday afternoon for the first meeting in nearly two years with tip time scheduled for 2 p.m. on USA Network.

BISHOP IN RARE AIR

James Bishop IV's 23 points on Wednesday vs. George Mason moved him into 20th all-time at GW with 1,374 career points, doing so in just 73 games donning the Buff & Blue. Bishop has reached the milestone with at least six games to go this season and having played just 17 games in the COVID-shortened 2020-21 season. He also has one more year of eligiblity remaining.

When looking at the most points scored through their first three seasons in a GW uniform all-time, Bishop ranks sixth behind Chris Monroe (1,616), Joe Holup (1,575), Corky Devlin (1,564), SirValiant Brown (1,484) and Jon Feldman (1,472).

TOP-SCORING OFFENSE IN THE LEAGUE
GW is tops in the A-10 in scoring (93rd NCAA) at 75.3 ppg and third in effective field goal percentage (79th NCAA) at 53.0%. The Colonials are fourth in the A-10 overall, and third in league play, in KenPom's adjusted offensive efficiency, averaging 1.075 points per possession.

GW ranks 69th nationally, and third in the A-10, shooting 46.6% from the field this year. The Colonials are shooting at the best clip for the program since the 2005-06 team also shot 46.6% from the field en route to an A-10 Regular Season Championship.

GW's 75.3 ppg is an improvement of 6.9 ppg over last year, and the highest for the Buff & Blue since the 2015-16 NIT Championship team averaged 75.7 ppg.

REBOUNDING KEYING SUCCESS
The Buff & Blue are 11-2 when outrebounding its opponent this season. Conversely, the Colonials are just 1-12 when the boards are even or if they lose the battle. Overall this season, GW is +7.2 rpg in wins compared to -7.1 rpg in losses for an overall average of -0.5 rpg.

A LOOK AT THE BONNIES

St. Bonaventure has had a streaky run of play against A-10 foes, winning its first two games, losing two-straight, winning three in a row before dropping three-straight heading into Sunday. The Bonnies return virtually no production from last year's NIT semifinalist team but have stocked the program with a variety of transfers and freshmen.

Saint Peter's transfer Daryl Banks is the top scorer for St. Bonaventure, averaging 15.1 ppg while playing 38.4 minutes per game, the most in the country. Morgan State transfer Chad Venning holds down the fort in the paint with 12.1 ppg and 5.4 rpg while Holy Cross transfer Kyrell Luc puts up 11.7 ppg and 4.4 apg.

Similar to GW, the Bonnies rely heavily on their starting five for production, ranking 340th in the country in bench minutes and 329th in bench points. The Colonials rank 350th in bench minutes and 345th in bench points nationally.