This weeks Orange County high school girls basketball rankings. 49-40 (L) Brea Olinda vs. Orange Lutheran. Pacifica Christian (18-5): The top-ranked team in Division 4A closes the regular season against 2A Rancho Christian on Saturday. While Bonaventure fans were devastated they lost that game, Flynn remembered, they probably would have been more upset if it had been someone like Canisius. At one point during the run, the Billikens went without a successful shot from the floor for nearly six minutes. The Bonnies led, 45-42, at halftime, but, by midway through the second half, he had already scored 36 points with Houston leading, 73-63. 31 jersey that brought the University national fame hangs in the Reilly Center rafters and he was inducted into SBU's Athletics Hall of Fame in 1975. That Madison Square Garden tilt on New Years Eve 1960 found the Bonnies down by 11 points in the second half before losing, 84-82. Sign up for our newsletter to keep reading. Niagara just had control of the game., Final score: Niagara 87, St. Bonaventure 77.
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(renews at {{format_dollars}}{{start_price}}{{format_cents}}/month + tax). JSerra (10-11): Lions finish the regular season against Orange Lutheran and Mater Dei, so reaching .500 will be a challenge. He was named to the Athletics Hall of Fame in 1992. As a senior, he averaged 17.5 ppg and was named First Team All-A-10. More Videos. However, the idea of the Bonnies even being picked for the NIT that season was uncertain.
OSU was ranked #1 in both the UPI and AP postseason polls; SBU came in third place in both rankings. He didnt need the ball at all. Having set an NCAA record for the highest freshman free throw percentage (88.4 percent) in 1979, Jones went on to become the seventh-leading scorer in program history at the time he finished his career. The Latest St. Bonaventure Bonnies Basketball (Olean Times Herald) News | SportSpyder Sign in MLB NFL NBA NHL NCAAB NCAAF MLS Premier More Shop My Podcasts Follow Team News Tweets Players Widgets Loading. Fast forward 178 games to his first post-season call. Would you like to receive our latest obituaries? That was our feeling. Bob Lanier, St. Bonaventure and NBA legend, dies at 73. Lanier was awarded an honorary doctorate by his alma mater in 1985 and the Gaudete Medal, the universitys highest service award, in 2004. It was Crawford, however, who kept St. Bonaventure in the game, as he demonized Ohio States zone in scoring 18 points in the first half. 2. His recognition included: Associated Press All-American (1959-60 and 1960-61); United Press International All-American (1959-60 and 1960-61); Look Magazine All-American (1960-61); Sporting News All-American (1959-60 and 1960-61); Catholic Digest All-American (1960-61) and ECAC All-East (1960-61) among others. Ask Sam Stith, the legendary player who scored over 1100 points in his three varsity seasons at St. Bonaventure University (SBU) from 1957-60. The pair of wins against the Billikens should pay dividends for the Bonnies (15-7, 7-4 Atlantic 10 Conference), who completed the season sweep in a rare back-to-back, home-and-home series that started Friday with Bonas 68-61 win at Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis, Mo. Hagan also posted 13 points in a win over Oregon as well as 14 points in the championship game win over Houston. 25 jersey was retired in 2007. In the championship played before 12,897 fans, Ohio State charged to a quick 5-0 lead behind a three-point play by Lucas and later led, 17-9. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Even before the final buzzer, Donovan walked to the Niagara bench to congratulate Gallagher, who got the game ball with Donovans approval. It made me really focus on what I needed to do to get to where I wanted to go. Sign Up Today! We were kind of warriors in this trench together, and we had one focus: to win an NCAA title. Three other startersJohn Havlicek, Larry Siegfried, and Mel Nowellsubsequently played in the NBA. (This brief stretch may be the only consecutive three-game run of facing top 20 teams in Bona history.). Called the best team in the East, the story related that the enterprising Bonnies could get a rematch against Ohio State, the only team to beat them to that point in the season. His 10 three-pointers in February 2018 vs. Saint Louis stands as the program's all-time single-game record while his 14 assists in a game - twice - are tied for the program record. However, according to an Associated Press writer, many fans in the inevitable capacity crowds of 2000 would smoke in the outside foyer during halftime. (); :
Ten first-half turnovers were a part of the five-point Bona deficit at halftime. Green ranks ninth all-time in school history scoring (1,734 points) and is first in 3-pointers made (281), assists (657) and steals (325). A Bonaventure athletic department spokesperson confirmed Thursday to The News that mens basketball players will return to campus July 18 and 19 for offseason workouts, and womens basketball players will return to campus July 25. Thank you for signing in! They responded. Essie Hollis and Hagan led Bona scorers with 25 and 21 points, respectively. Greg at that point just got ridiculous, Satalin said with a chuckle. A prolific scorer, Crawford established the SBU men's basketball scoring record for sophomores with 614 points in 1960-61.
This victory is for those guys. In the 1960-61 season, he scored 37 points against St. John's. Lanier died Tuesday in Arizona. He realized that the ending to the game nearly 55 years ago could have been different.
Mater Dei (19-3): Monarchs conclude regular season Friday at potentially undefeated Camarillo and UCLA-bound Gabriela Jaquez. He was honored as a Jim Staunton Champion for Character by the CIF-Southern Section in 2017. Every time they [St. Bonaventure] rallied, there was Butler hitting a shot, Flynn said. In 52 years, only his career points record has been surpassed by three men who played 29, 37 and 48 more games than Lanier did, when freshmen were allowed to play varsity (after 1972) and schedules grew larger. The college transitioned to distance learning and online classes in March.
The basketball success in that era was known for something else during Stiths playing days: a prominent home-game win streak. He will be synonymous with St. Bonaventure eternally.. We get to the tournament and we were just rolling through people. Would you like to receive our sports news? Keep reading with unlimited digital access. On the day of the game, a writer for The Olean Times Herald predicted, It could be rough sledding before the century mark is recorded. Niagara entered as a 19.5-point underdog, but was hoping for a post-season NIT invitation. A team player, he finished his career with 1,396 points which ranks 19th all-time. St. Bonaventure needs to capitalize on the remainder of their schedule, including four games against teams that are in the bottom half of the , Starting this weekend, spectators who attend basketball games at St. Bonaventure won't be required to show proof of Covid-19 vaccination for e. We still have to handle business, do our jobs.. A two-time ECAC All-Star (1976, '77), he was a co-captain of the NIT Championship Team in 1977, scoring 24 points in the championship game win over Houston after scoring in double figures in every game of that tournament. As a student at St. Bonaventure (SBU), I had the joy of interning in the Sports Information office and experiencing the excitement of Reilly Center games from a pressbox perspective. Coach Donovans team had cruised by DePaul, Providence, Boston College, and third-ranked Bradley earlier that month. However, the Little Three matchup was not a game to be taken lightly. The referees were no doubt busy in the 40 minutes of play, though the game must have been far longer. The following season in the NCAA Tournament, he poured in 19 points vs. Penn. What they got instead was the actual lights going out. In Fall 1976, Jim Satalin knew his team was good. It was the next-to-last game of his radio tenure that was recalled with fondness. So what does Sabres GM Kevyn Adams do this week? Although. They lost their last two regular season games before falling in double overtime to St. Joes in the Atlantic 10 tournament and finding themselves with a record of 17-12. The losswhat became the last setback of the 76-77 season may have been historic for St. Bonaventure. He was 73. Crawford didnt remember a unique strategy designed to stop Lucas and the other Ohio State stars. "It was a labor of love for Bob, who was one of the kindest and most genuine people I have ever been around. Both The Bona Venture and Olean Times Herald reports of the game referred to numerous traveling infractions called against the Bonnies. His #22 jersey was raised to the Reilly Center rafters upon his 1969 induction to the Universitys Athletics Hall of Fame. Subscribe now. Hagan led all scorers, including the Herron brothers of Villanova, with 26 points, and Barron added 13 points in only 22 minutes of play. The University at Buffalo began allowing football players who are from Western New York and who remained on campus during the spring semester to return to campus for voluntary workouts June 15, followed by players who live out of town. Hagan helped clinch the 1977 NIT Championship with clutch efforts in the postseason: He knocked in the game-winning shot for a win over Rutgers, finishing with 26 points. Donovan called a timeout, and Stith headed to the team huddle with his head down, thinking that he was being pulled from the game for committing the foul. After all, the game was played a month before I was born, well before I remember listening to Don McLean call games as a kid. A four-year floor general, Winn was a program-changing recruit for Jim Baron. He earned All-American honors in 1977 and was an eighth round draft choice of the New York Knicks in 1978. Adaway (17 points, six rebounds) missed a dunk attempt with less than four minutes left, and Gibson Jimersons free throws cut the lead to six with 3:26 left. The NCAA announced the cancellation of all winter and spring. Hollis scored 27 of Bonnies first 50 points as they headed into halftime with a comfortable 52-33 lead. Jump to Sections of this page He earned Atlantic 10 Player of the Year twice (1980, '81) and helped the Bonnies to a 70-41 record during his career before earning selection to the Athletics Hall of Fame in 1991. Vanterpool helped lead the Bonnies back to national respect, taking Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team honors in 1991-92. Tommasino, the voice of the Bonnies from 1988-1995, called 180 games over that span. You have permission to edit this article. You have permission to edit this article. In a game with likely NCAA implications, Syracuse enacted revenge in the ECAC tournament game at the Manley Field House in Syracuse in early March. Otis Birdsong, the Houston star who was #4 in scoring in the nation and a UPI first team All-American, led the Cougars with 30 points. Even after Jordan Nesbitt missed a 3-point attempt that clanked off the rim with less than six seconds left, the Bonnies couldnt let up until after Jalen Adaway hit the front end of two free throws with 5.1 seconds left, which cemented the final margin and helped the Bonnies avoid completely squandering a comfortable, double-digit lead. He's pictured at the opening of the Bob Lanier Center at the site of Kensington High. Bona took a 36-26 lead with less than five minutes left in the first half, part of a 17-3 run that helped the Bonnies to a 48-32 lead at halftime. And then the worst thing in the world that could happen (vs. Villanova) Billys (Kalbaugh) going down on a break, I turn around, and boom, a guy falls into my knee. St. Bonaventure men's basketball completes home-and-home sweep of Saint Louis. An upset against the second-ranked Bonnies would add to its resume. Sanders basket, likely the most critical basket in the 2238 points of his Bona career, was crushing for Houston. "Becky" Millis Field, 59, of Olean, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022, at her home. In 1982, he was the A-10's leading scorer at 18.0 ppg and was an all-conference first team selection. In fact, the Bonnies accepted the NCAA bid a month before the tournament started. Mike Harrington: His team looks good, even without Alex Tuch. His enormous influence on the NBA was also seen during his time as President of the National Basketball Players Association, where he played a key role in the negotiation of a game-changing collective bargaining agreement. Nicholson was key to the program's turnaround under head coach Mark Schmidt as he led the Bonnies to the 2012 Atlantic 10 Championship before being selected in the first round of the NBA Draft by the Orlando Magic. 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But coming out of the media timeout, the Bonnies answered with a 7-2 run, then opened their lead to 15 points with less than 10 minutes left in the game. He just looked at it and thought, Im making this thingits my time and Im making this and thats it. And he didhe had the game of his life.. The OTH called it the upset of upsets in Little Three basketball history. And win #100 was never reached. In late December of that year, the two universities met for the championship of the highly regarded annual Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Holiday Festival in Madison Square Garden. With so many greats to wear the Bonaventure colors through the years, coming up with an All-Time Team stands as a daunting task. That 1970 team, Schmidt said, was the greatest Bona team that ever played. The St. Bonaventure Bonnies men's basketball (formerly the St. Bonaventure Brown Indians) team is the college basketball team that represents St. Bonaventure University, located near the city of Olean, New York.The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic 10 Conference and plays its home games at the Reilly Center.The Bonnies are currently coached by all-time coaching wins leader Mark . The only thing is that I came close to charging the other player. Was there pressure in the moment with such a long win streak on the line? The Bonnies prevailed despite 17 turnovers, the last of which could have been most costly.
The new Bona coach, 24-year-old Larry Weise, inherited the team later that year. Sign up for our newsletter to keep reading. "And everybody talks about if Lanier was healthy, they would have taken on UCLA. Still the Purple Eagles of Niagara nearly sent SBU fans home from the Armory in shock. According to the Bennett Alumni Associations Sports Hall of Fame page, Lanier was an All-High selection as a junior and as a senior for the Tigers, averaging 25 points per game his senior year. Thank goodness we had a strong first half.. The students put me on their shoulders and carried me off the court, he recounted, adding that he almost hit his head on the overhang in exiting the Armory court. Weve got a lot of games left. George Carter
A member of the 1970 NCAA Final Four team, Gantt scored 992 points and averaged 13.6 points per game during his career. I think thats what gave them the two-point advantage, he added. In addition, he was the NBA Rookie of the Year with the Detroit Pistons and played professionally for the Bucks as well. Thats exactly what the Bonnies did that evening in the Reilly Center, and it was Francis Tommasinos most memorable Bona game behind the microphone in his Bona tenure. But in the final five minutes, Saint Louis trailed 77-69 and attempted one more rally, despite Collins fouling out with 4:03 left. Buffalo Bills GM Brandon Beane on salary cap, Gabe Davis expectations, Damar Hamlin update and more, Sabres place Alex Tuch on injured reserve; top-line winger's status is uncertain, Owner of Buffalo CPA firm denies claims of financial, workplace wrongdoing, Buffalo Bills defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier to take year off from coaching, Yellow Corp. to close two trucking terminals, Sabres acquire defenseman Riley Stillman from Vancouver for prospect Josh Bloom, 14 police agencies break up fights outside Boulevard Mall, Democrats explore blue-collar struggles as brand is 'damaged', Erie County comptroller calls for state to investigate Forest Lawn, No longer NCAA Tournament lock, Bonnies need strong late-season showing, St. Bonaventure drops vaccine mandate for basketball games at Reilly Center, St. Bonaventure tops Richmond, 72-65, to earn Atlantic 10 Tournament double-bye, Senior-laden St. Bonaventure looks to defend Atlantic 10 title, return to NCAA Tournament, Rick Pitino returns to coach in WNY for the first time since 1983, Jaren Holmes, Jalen Adaway lift St. Bonaventure men's basketball past Saint Joseph's, St. Bonaventure drops a must-win game to Davidson 81-76, Oklahoma RB Eric Gray at the NFL scouting combine, Ohio State C Luke Wypler speaks at the NFL scouting combine, UB players mom sings stirring rendition of national anthem on senior night, Serena Williams says her daughter doesn't like playing tennis. National media, including Sports Illustrated, headed to the corner of Times Square and Barry Street for the February 25 spectacle. Despite an overall winning record that included an upset over top-ranked Saint Louis in the A-10 tournament quarterfinals, the Bonnies were not invited to a postseason bid due to an inability to come to an agreement with the College Basketball Invitational. Tim Winn
A silky-smooth left-hander with a lethal hook shot and mid-range jumper, Lanier averaged 27.2 points and 15.5 rebounds a game his junior year and 29.1 points and 16 rebounds his senior season. They finished the season 1813, 108 in A-10 play to finish in a three way tie for sixth place. Lettuce, tomato, onionsa nd sour cream will be included. He was a 1961 graduate of Olean High School and a member of the U.S. National Guard. Bill Kalbaugh
Butler finished his career with 1,462 points during his career and grabbed 650 rebounds, also delivering 34 points in an NCAA Tournament win over Boston College in 1968. Mark Jones
ST. BONAVENTURE Eight of the top athletes in St. Bonaventure history have been tapped to join the school's Athletics Hall of Fame. Each player added eight rebounds apiece. The men's basketball team's 2019-20 season ended March 12, before it played its first game in the Atlantic 10 Conference tournament. Then there was 6-8 Tim Waterman, a true center that even Satalin acknowledged was missing from the previous year. ALLEGANY The St. Bonaventure mens basketball team likely let out a collective sigh of relief as the buzzer sounded Monday night at the Reilly Center. Satalin remembers the call 46 years later. The Bonnies had just come off consecutive road losses to two Top 20 teams. And the NIT game with Southern Mississippi was significant on a number of levels, according to Tommasino. It was the Bonnies only victory in the final five games of the season, as they lost at Marquette in the ensuing round of the NIT despite Vanterpools 27-point performance. It was an obstacle that turned into an opportunity.. Please help local businesses by taking an online survey to help us navigate through these unprecedented times. He actually played in the game. The captain of the 1959-60 team when he averaged 20.5 ppg, his No. Olean, NY REBECCA FIELD OBITUARY Rebecca A. Millis Field OLEAN - Rebecca A. Winn is also second all-time in steals with 319 and first in steals per game at 3.0 - he's also third all-time in Atlantic 10 career steals. His No. We tried to create a lot. Since 2005, Lanier had been the NBA Cares Global Ambassador, routinely working with youth-serving programs that support education, youth, family development and health-related causes. The following games against Oregon and Villanova featured three- and four-point wins, respectively. It started under Coach Ed Melvin before Coach Eddie Donovan took over the Bona program in 1953. 16 jersey retired by the Pistons and Bucks, to whom Lanier was traded in 1980. Born on Sept. 10, 1948, Lanier is one of the greatest basketball players to come out of Buffalo. His 247 steals were at the time a school record and a total that still ranks fourth in program history. Then, they saw it Monday against the Billikens (17-8, 8-4). What he did was incredible down that stretch., One of the most famous baskets in Bona basketball history followed.
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Sign Up Today! They werent built that way. His 1,704 career points still rank 11th in Bona history while he is also seventh in assists (408) and fifth in steals (194). He is tied for the SBU single game record for assists with 14, and second in steals for a game with seven. With 21.7 seconds remaining, Saint Louis called a timeout. Yet teams are planning for contingencies, and the Bills are no exception. Afterward, according to an OTH story, both Bona and Niagara fans stopped by the Niagara locker room to say nice going to a nice guy. The story added that Gallagher was as gracious in beating the Bonnies than he was in his previous nine losses or so to them. When I got the job here 11 years ago, we heard the stories about 1970 and how disappointing it was that Lanier got hurt and they didn't have a chance to have a full team going to play Jacksonville," Schmidt said. Crean Lutheran (18-3): Saints can clinch the Empire League title outright with a victory against Pacifica on Tuesday. Hagan was great at that, getting to the basket and getting [the ball] to the right guys. Would you like to receive our breaking news? The Bonnies made Bramah's list of three finalists . Sign Up Today! ALLEGANY - Rev. Sign Up Today! 14 jersey hangs in the Reilly Center rafters and he was selected to the Athletics Hall of Fame. You have permission to edit this article. We had so much fun together over the years in Motown . The NBA statement said Lanier died following a brief illness. pic.twitter.com/8GD9BhKt7C. On your next view you will be asked to log in to your subscriber account or create an account and subscribepurchase a subscription to continue reading. This page was last edited on 12 October 2022, at 05:16. Tommasino described the crowd as incredible with an energy level absolutely through the roof., The Bonnies responded in kind, surging to a 25-8 lead and ahead, 34-27, at half. The 73-point output by St. Bonaventure was the lowest of the season. (); :
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To watch the All-Team Team Selection Show, please click here. While the Bonnies won the NIT in 1977, Southern Mississippi took that same crown in 1987 in defeating LaSalle in the championship game. In 2015, Dan received the Bud Dwyer Jr. media award from the Southern California High School Football Coaches Association. My four years here were the best of my lifetime, Lanier told a capacity crowd at the Reilly Center.
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