BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Elevated as the favorite to win its first Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference championship in women’s basketball, Niagara was picked eight spots ahead of rival Canisius in the preseason poll of coaches. Yet midway through MAAC play, the local rivals boasted the same league record, tied for fourth in the standings. Reacquainted […]
BY JONNY WALKER, SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR The St. Bonaventure University women’s basketball team lost to Canisius 85-47 Wednesday night in the Koessler Athletic Center, dropping its second-straight game. “One of the worst losses I’ve had as the head coach here,” Bona head coach Jesse Fleming said in an interview with WSBU 88.3 FM. The Bonnies…
Photo: GoBonnies BY NATHAN SOLOMON, MANAGING EDITOR BUFFALO, N.Y. St. Bonaventure men’s basketball entered Saturday’s contest at Buffalo on a high. They had won for games in a row with newfound confidence and swagger. But that stretch for the Bonnies came to a screeching halt. In an afternoon where the Bulls’ Curtis Jones scored…
BY WILL POLADIAN, SPORTS EDITOR The St. Bonaventure faithful came out in droves to the Koessler Athletic Center in Buffalo, New York as the Bonnies renewed its over century old rivalry with Canisius. St. Bonaventure dropped to 1-1 on the season, losing too Little Three rival Canisius, 84-80, in overtime on Saturday. “We scored 14…