St. Bonaventure vs. Temple: Recap and Stats

St. Bonaventure 81

(8-9, 2-6 away)

Temple 78

(12-5, 8-2 home)

Venue: Liacouras Center

1:00PM ET / 10:00AM PT, January 19, 2013

Box Score

	1st	2nd	Final
St. Bonaventure	40	41	81
Temple	36	42	78

Top Performers

	Points	Rebounds	Assists
St. Bonaventure	D Conger 13	D Conger 7	D Conger 2
Temple	K Wyatt 17	A Lee 7	K Wyatt 3

Though they were an 11-point underdog coming into the game, St. Bonaventure just barely slipped by Temple 81-78 in A-10 action. Demetrius Conger played brilliantly for the Bonnies and put up 15 points and nine rebounds. Matthew Wright had a career-high 22 points and added three assists. For the Owls, Jake O`Brien finished with a season-high 16 points and four rebounds. The next game will be on Wednesday, January 23rd when St. Bonaventure (8-9, 1-3 A-10) goes to St. Joseph's (PA) (9-6, 1-2 A-10).

St. Bonaventure Game Notes

This game was statistically over in the 2nd half with 0:01 left to go.
The last time St. Bonaventure started the season 8-9 was 1998.
St. Bonaventure beat the spread by 14.0 points. That makes the 8th time this season the Bonnies have beaten the spread.
The Bonnies have won 4 close games this season (a win by 5 or fewer points). Since 2007, St. Bonaventure has won 25 close games.
The Bonnies have won 100% of the time this season (4-0) after recording 81 or more total points.
This season St. Bonaventure has won 71% of the time (5-2) when Demetrius Conger has 15 points or more.
The Bonnies set season highs for three-pointers and three-point percentage.
The last time St. Bonaventure had a three-point percentage of 61.1% or higher was Feb 22, 2012 against Fordham.
St. Bonaventure set a season low for steals.
St. Bonaventure has recorded fewer rebounds than their opponents for the past 5 games.
The top two scorers (Matthew Wright and Demetrius Conger) accounted for 45.6% of the points.
The top two rebounders (Demetrius Conger and Youssou Ndoye) accounted for 53.3% of the rebounds.
Demetrius Conger has led the team in rebounding in 8 out of 17 games this season.
Demetrius Conger has 4 straight double-digit point games.
This marks the 1st 20-point game of Matthew Wright's career.
Matthew Wright had career highs with 22 points, 8 field goals made, 4 three-pointers, and a 100% three-point percentage.
Chris Johnson has 5 straight double-digit point games.
Chris Johnson had a career high with 7 assists.

Temple Game Notes

Temple lost and did not cover the spread.
The Owls have lost 2 times this season in games decided by 5 or fewer points. Since 2007, Temple has lost 18 close games.
Khalif Wyatt accounted for 39.7% of the team's points.
The top two rebounders (Anthony Lee and Scootie Randall) accounted for 43.7% of the rebounds.
Khalif Wyatt has led the team in scoring 9 times in 17 games this season.
Anthony Lee has led the team in rebounding 9 times in 17 games this season.
T.J. DiLeo set career highs with 11 points and 3 three-pointers.
This marks the 20th 20-point game of Khalif Wyatt's career.
Khalif Wyatt has 3 straight double-digit point games.
This was the 1st foul out of the season for Khalif Wyatt.

Bona Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A+	D. Conger	40	15	9	4	0	1	3
A	Matthew Wright	37	22	2	3	0	0	1
A	Youssou Ndoye	29	12	7	2	0	2	1
A	Chris Johnson	31	10	2	7	1	0	2
A	Eric Mosley	33	15	2	3	2	0	2
C+	M. Davenport	9	3	2	1	0	0	0
C	M. Simmons	11	4	1	0	0	0	1
-	Charlon Kloof	7	0	1	1	0	0	0
-	Jordan Gathers	3	0	0	0	0	0	0

TEMPLE Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A	Jake O`Brien	22	16	4	1	1	1	0
A	Khalif Wyatt	30	31	0	3	1	0	5
B+	T.J. DiLeo	31	11	3	4	2	0	0
B	Scootie Randall	35	10	5	2	0	0	1
B	Anthony Lee	24	6	9	0	1	2	1
B	R. Hollis-Jefferson	34	4	3	5	2	1	2
C	Quenton DeCosey	10	0	3	1	0	0	0
D	Will Cummings	13	0	1	1	0	0	1