Close Call at St. Bonaventure

The Binghamton Bearcats gave the Bonnies from St. Bonaventure all they could handle Friday the 13th at the Reilly Center.  St. Bonaventure ended up winning 63-53 after coming from behind several times.

The Bonnies held a 30-26 edge at the half despite Binghamton going on a 10-1 run to close out the period.  The Bearcats took the lead early in the second half but St. Bonaventure came back to defeat Binghamton by ten points.

Dion Wright from St. Bonaventure paced all scorers with 20 points.  Denzel Gregg was right behind with 15 points.  The Bearcats top gun was Willie Rodriguez with 12 points while Dusan Perovic added 11 points.Binghamton was outscored 33-27 in the second half.

The Bearcats return home to host Army November 15 at 2:00 p.m.,  then travel to Cornell for a 6:00 p.m. game on November 18.  St. Bonaventure is now 47-2 in the Reilly Center in their home openers and has won 11 home openers in a row.