Billikens Fall as St. Bonaventure Beats Buzzer

GAME DETAILS

St. Bonaventure 65, Saint Louis 62
Sunday, February 7, 2016 | 2 p.m. (ET)
St. Bonaventure, N.Y. | Reilly Center

THE BASICS

St. Bonaventure's Jaylen Adams hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer as Saint Louis fell 65-62 at St. Bonaventure on Sunday.

The Billikens dip to 8-14 overall and 3-7 in the league. St. Bonaventure improves to 15-6 overall and 7-3 in the league.

Adams' 3-pointer was the cap on a Bonnies' run that saw them rally from an 8-point deficit with 8:56 remaining. Mike Crawford's basket in the paint tied the game 62-all with 15.9 seconds left to set up the final shot.

BILLIKEN NOTABLES

-- Jermaine Bishop led the Billikens 17 points. He was 5-of-11 from the floor, hit two 3-pointers and was 5-of-5 from the stripe. Bishop also collected a career-high-tying six assists.

-- Davell Roby scored 12 points on 4-of-6 shooting from the field, 2-of-2 from the arc and 2-of-2 from the line.

-- Ash Yacoubou was 5-of-10 from the field en route to 11 points.

-- Reggie Agbeko scored five points and collected nine rebounds.

-- Miles Reynolds scored seven points thanks in part to a 5-of-6 performance from the free-throw line.

HOW IT HAPPENED

-- St. Bonaventure rallied in the second half to take a 61-59 lead with less than 1:30 remaining.

-- SLU and St. Bonaventure traded trips to the free-throw line, with each team hitting 1-of-2 attempts as St. Bonaveture led 62-60 with less than 30 seconds left.

-- Crawford tied the game with 16 seconds left when he went to the basket after getting a pass from Jermaine Bishop.

-- On the ensuing possession, however, St. Bonaventure ran the clock down to five seconds, and Marcus Posley found Adams who buried the game-winning 3-pointer from the right wing.

-- The game featured four ties and five lead changes as SLU led the majority of the contest (33:16).

-- The Bonnies led 28-27 at halftime, but SLU quickly grabbed the lead in the second session and had its biggest lead of the game at the 8:56 mark of the second half (50-42).

-- Five of the Bonnies' seven 3-pointers came in the second half.

ST. BONAVENTURE LEADERS

-- Adams and Posley led the way for the Bonnies with 19 and 14 points, respectively … Dion Wright recorded a double-double with 14 and 10 rebounds.

UP NEXT

Saint Louis returns to action Wednesday when it hosts Richmond at Chaifetz Arena. The game, which will be televised on FOX Sports Midwest, will tip at 7 p.m.