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Nov. 25 (Tue) / 6:00 p.m.
North Carolina
ST. BONAVENTURE, NY – Frank Mitchell (19 points, 16 rebounds) and Cayden Charles (12 points, 10 rebounds) each posted double-doubles to lead the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team past Robert Morris, 75-61, on Wednesday night (Nov. 20) at the Reilly Center. It is the first time since 2022 that St. Bonaventure has had multiple players with a double-double in the same game.
Two other Bonnies finished in double figures. Buddy Simmons II contributed 16 points on 5-for-11 shooting (3-for-6 3FG) and dished five assists, while Joe Grahovac added 11 points on a perfect 3-for-3 shooting from deep and had three blocks on the defensive end.
FIRST HALF:
St. Bonaventure (5-0) opened the game with 12 straight points. All five starters — Mitchell, Grahovac, Charles, Simmons II and Dasonte Bowen — scored in that span.
Robert Morris (3-2) responded with seven straight points until Simmons II nailed a triple at the 14:51 mark.
SBU and RMU traded baskets over the next 11:57, with the Bonnies slightly outscoring the Colonials 18-16, to hold a 33-23 edge.
In the final 2:54 of the frame, Robert Morris went on a 10-4 surge to the cut its deficit to 37-33 at the break, St. Bonaventure’s smallest lead since 4-0.
Mitchell led the Bonnies with nine points and six rebounds. Simmons II tacked on 8 points through 2-for-2 shooting from deep.
SECOND HALF:
The Bonnies retook a double-digit advantage, 51-40, after outscoring the Colonials 14-7 through the first 6:46 of action.
RMU battled back over the next 5:25, going on a 12-4 run to clip SBU’s lead to 55-52 – the closest Colonials would get in the second frame.
St. Bonaventure overpowered Robert Morris in the remaining 7:26, going on a 20-8 surge to keep the game out of reach.
SBU reclaimed a double-digit lead with 4:17 to go following a Mitchell one-handed, alley-oop slam off a Simmons II lob in transition.
Simmons II scored five points in the final 1:13 to secure the 14-point victory.
NOTES:
- Frank Mitchell is now averaging 16.0 points and an Atlantic-10-best 10.6 rebounds per game.
- The last time a St. Bonaventure player had at least 19 points and 16 rebounds in a game was on Jan. 21, 2022 when Osun Ossuniyi posted 21 points and 17 boards in a win over Duquesne.
- Buddy Simmons II has made at least five field goals in all five of the Bonnies’ games this season.
- St. Bonaventure’s 21 assists was a season-high, and the most for the Bonnies since exactly one year ago (21 assists, Nov. 20, 2024) against Mansfield. The last time SBU had more than 21 assists as a team was Jan. 16, 2024, against Saint Joseph’s.
- Through four games, Joe Grahovac is shooting 53.8 percent (7-for-13) from beyond the arc.
- Freshman Andrew Osasuyi went 2-for-2 from the field, bringing his season field goal percentage to 71.4 (10-for-14).
- Two Bonnies – Ilia Ermakov and Daniel Egbuniwe – made their Reilly Center debuts. Ermakov logged the first minutes of his career, while Egbuniwe scored his first points as a Bonnies with a second-half three-pointer.
