QUICK PREVIEW
 
The fifth-seeded Saint Louis Billikens (22-10) take on No. 4 seed St. Bonaventure (20-8) Thursday in a second-round matchup at the 2022 Atlantic 10 Conference Men's Basketball Championship at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. Tip time is set for 1:30 p.m. (CT), or approximately 23 minutes following the conclusion of the first game of the session.
 
The Billikens upended La Salle 71-51 in Thursday's second round game. Francis Okoro and Fred Thatch Jr. each recorded a double-double, and Gibson Jimerson posted a game-high 19 points.
 
This is the first game of the tournament for St. Bonaventure, which received a double-bye as a top four seed.
 
FOLLOW THE ACTION
 
Friday's game will be televised nationally on USA Network. Paul Burmeister, Tim McCormick and Leila Rahimi are on the call.
 
The radio broadcast will air on the home for the Billikens, KMOX 1120 AM. As always, Billiken Hall of Famers Bob Ramsey and Earl Austin Jr. will be on the call.
 
POSTGAME PRESSCONFERENCE
 
The postgame press conference will be streamed live on the Atlantic 10's YouTube page. Please visit the A-10 Championship Central webpage for specific links.
                                                          
FIVE FACTS
 
1 // Three Billikens earned postseason All-Conference honors from the Atlantic 10 (read more). Yuri Collins was named first-team All-Conference and to the All-Defensive team. Gibson Jimerson was third-team All-Conference and repeated on the All-Academic squad. Fred Thatch Jr. joined Jimerson on the All-Academic team.
 
2 // Yuri Collins continues to lead the NCAA in total assists (251) and assists per game (7.8). He is on pace to join two Billiken greats as NCAA statistical individual champions – Ed Macauley (FG%, .524 in 1948-49) and Anthony Bonner (Rebounds per Game, 13.8 in 1989-90). Collins is one of just nine players in NCAA Division I in the last five years to dish out 250+ assists in a season.
 
3 // Gibson Jimerson leads the Billikens in scoring with 16.3 ppg. His 74 3-pointers this year rank fourth in a single season in SLU history and are the most since Erwin Claggett's school-record 103 triples in the 1994-95 season.
 
4 // The Billikens lead the Atlantic 10 in scoring with 77.3 ppg. That mark ranks sixth in a single-season in program history.
 
5 // The Billikens are in the quarterfinals of the A-10 Championship for the fourth straight tourney. This is the third consecutive A-10 tourney that SLU and St. Bonaventure have faced off. SLU defeated the Bonnies in the championship game of the 2019 A-10 Championship in Brooklyn, N.Y. The Bonnies defeated the Billikens in last year's semifinals in Richmond, Virginia.
 
UP NEXT
 
The winner of Friday's game advances to the semifinals on Saturday, March 12, at noon (CT) on CBS Sports Network. That game will be against either #1 Davidson or #8 Fordham.