Final
St. Bonaventure stuns VCU on buzzer-beater
Feb 8, 2015 - 1:34 AM Olean, NY (SportsNetwork.com) - Marcus Posley's layup at the buzzer lifted the St. Bonaventure Bonnies over the 18th-ranked VCU Rams 73-71 on Saturday.VCU's JeQuan Lewis made two free throws and Jordan Burgess added a layup to even things up at 71-71 with 16.5 seconds to play. But Posley prevented overtime with his layup at the other end.
On Wednesday, Posley also beat the buzzer to give St. Bonaventure a 62-61 win over Davidson.
"I told the guys after the Davidson game I don't know if it could get better, but today it got better," Bonnies coach Mark Schmidt said. "It's always great to beat a team of that caliber in the Reilly Center - we haven't played as well as we could have at home, especially in the last couple of games, but I thought our guys really responded."
Posley made four 3-pointers en route to 15 points for the Bonnies (13-8, 6-4 A-10). Dion Wright had 19 points and eight rebounds.
Terry Larrier ended with 15 points off the bench for the Rams (18-5, 8-2), who have lost two of three. Lewis and Melvin Johnson contributed 14 and 11 points, respectively.
VCU was missing leading scorer and rebounder Treveon Graham (ankle) and Briante Weber, who sustained a season-ending knee injury last weekend.
The Bonnies, who never trailed, led 32-31 at the break and started the second half on a 15-6 run. Jaylen Adams and Posley made consecutive 3-pointers to make it 47-37 with 16:33 to play.
But the Rams responded with a 9-2 spurt to get within 49-46. The visitors kept it close and cut the gap to one, 67-66, on Lewis' 3-pointer with 4:37 left.
The game's next field goal came with 1:56 remaining, when Wright made a layup to give St. Bonaventure a 71-67 edge.
Game Notes
St. Bonaventure leads the all-time series by a 3-2 margin ... Burgess tallied nine points and 11 rebounds.
- VCU: 71
ST. BONAVENTURE: 73
Final
Feb 7 4:03 PM - 205
roots - 180
roots - 163
rootsRUWTbot Took away 22 roots (Close Finish, Upset)
VCU(18) 66, St. Bonaventure 69 2nd - 4:05Feb 7 3:47 PM - 185
roots - 175
roots - 128
rootsRUWTbot Took away 18 roots (Close Finish, Upset)
VCU(18) 63, St. Bonaventure 67 2nd - 5:03Feb 7 3:45 PM - 146
rootsRUWTbot Took away 19 roots (Close Finish, Upset)
VCU(18) 63, St. Bonaventure 66 2nd - 5:03Feb 7 3:45 PM - 165
roots - 121
roots - 88
rootsRUWTbot Took away 17 roots (Close Finish, Upset)
VCU(18) 59, St. Bonaventure 65 2nd - 5:59Feb 7 3:42 PM - 105
rootsRUWTbot Took away 16 roots (Close Finish, Upset)
VCU(18) 59, St. Bonaventure 64 2nd - 5:59Feb 7 3:42 PM - 121
roots - 115
rootsRUWTbot Took away 20 roots (Close Finish, Upset)
VCU(18) 59, St. Bonaventure 63 2nd - 6:25Feb 7 3:42 PM - 135
roots - 95
rootsRUWTbot Took away 13 roots (Close Finish, Upset)
VCU(18) 56, St. Bonaventure 61 2nd - 7:39Feb 7 3:39 PM - 108
rootsRUWTbot Took away 11 roots (Close Finish, Upset)
VCU(18) 56, St. Bonaventure 60 2nd - 7:39Feb 7 3:39 PM - 119
roots - 79
roots - VCU: 31
ST. BONAVENTURE: 32
Halftime
Feb 7 2:52 PM - VCU: 0
ST. BONAVENTURE: 0
1st Half - 20:00
Feb 7 2:04 PM
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