Women's Basketball To Face St. Bonaventure Wednesday for Fourth Straight Season

Wednesday, November 13

Lewisburg, Pa.

4 p.m.

Bucknell University

St. Bonaventure

Women's Basketball To Face St. Bonaventure Wednesday for Fourth Straight Season

11/12/2019 1:24:00 PM | Women's Basketball

What: St. Bonaventure (1-2, 0-0 A-10) at Bucknell (1-1, 0-0 PL)
When: Wednesday, Nov. 13 at 4 p.m.
Where: Sojka Pavilion, Lewisburg, Pa.
Live Video: Patriot League a Network
Radio: 90.5 WVBU
Internet Radio: BucknellBison.com
Live Statistics: BucknellBison.com
Game Notes

Bring a canned food item to Wednesday's game and receive a free men's and women's basketball program. All donations will go to the Eastern Union County Supplemental Food Program.
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Bucknell Probable Starters
G: Marly Walls (8.5 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 2.0 apg)
G: Ally Johnson (12.5 ppg, 1.0 rpg, 1.5 apg)
G: Abby Kapp (6.5 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 1.5 apg)
F: Tessa Brugler (5.0 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 1.0 apg)
F: Ellie Mack (15.5 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 1.5 apg)

With a win over St. Bonaventure, Bucknell would...
• improve series record to 5-8 against the Bonnies.
• win back-to-back games against the Bonnies for the first time.
• begin the season 2-1 for third straight season.
• win 12th straight at home.
• improve to 22-39 against the Atlantic 10.

About Bucknell
• The Bison picked up their first win of the season, as well as the first win under head coach Trevor Woodruff on Tuesday to even their record to 1-1. Tuesday was also the 11th straight home victory dating back to last season for the Bison.
• Last time out, Bucknell limited Monmouth to 24.5 percent shooting and under 10 points in three of four quarters. The Hawks made just 3-of-25 field goal attempts in the second half.
• Ellie Mack and Ally Johnson have each posted back-to-back double-digit scoring efforts and have combined for seven made 3-pointers over the past two games. Mack leads the Patriot League with four blocks this season.
• Abby Kapp led the Bison with 13 points in the Monmouth win, hitting 3-of-7 from 3-point range and shooting 44.4 percent from the floor.
• Junior Tessa Brugler scored a career-high eight points last game and led the Bison with six rebounds.
• Sophomore Taylor O'Brien has come off the bench and scored 18 points over the last two games. O'Brien is shooting .438 this season and registered three steals against Monmouth.
• Sophomore Marly Walls leads the Bison with seven steals and is second with four assists.

About St. Bonaventure
• St. Bonaventure is off to a 1-2 start this season, with losses to St. John's and Akron, and an overtime win against Niagara.
• Last time out, the Bonnies carried a seven point lead into the fourth quarter against Akron before being outscored 20-4 in the final 10 minutes.
• Last season, five of the Bonnies' eight wins came from within the Atlantic 10. The Bonnies lost during the first round of the Atlantic 10 tournament to Davidson.
• St. Bonaventure was picked to finish 13th out of 14 teams in the Atlantic 10 preseason poll. The Bonnies were picked just ahead of La Salle and one spot behind Rhode Island.
• Senior guard Seirra Green was named to the Preseason All-MAAC First Team, and sophomore Lucy Thomas was named to the Third Team.
• The Bonnies graduated their leading scorer Mckenna Maycok last season, but welcomed seven new faces, including four freshmen, to this year's roster.
• Two of St. Bonaventure's top three scorers are from the sophomore class. Asianae Johsnon has averaged 13 points and 7.3 rebounds through three games, and preseason All-Atlantic 10 guard Deja Francis averages 11.3 points.
• St. Bonaventure senior Deja Logan is second on the team with 12.3 points per game.
• The Bonnies were 4-12 when playing on the road last season.

Series History with St. Bonaventure
• Bucknell has played St. Bonaventure in each of the last three seasons, winning two out of three in that span.
• Bucknell defeated the Bonnies in its eighth game of the season last year, winning 77-46. Four Bison scored in double-figures in the win, including a team-high 14 points from Ally Johnson. Abby Kapp and Ellie Mack each scored 12 in the game. Bucknell outscored the Bonnies 52-22 during the second and third quarters.

Bucknell vs. the Atlantic 10
• Bucknell is 21-39 in games against current Atlantic 10 opponents.
• Bucknell picked up two wins against the Atlantic 10 last season and will face two Atlantic 10 teams this year.

Up Next
Bucknell goes on the road to face one of the top mid-major programs in the country in Quinnipiac. The Bison defeated the Bobcats 75-58 in Sojka Pavilion last season.