St. Bonaventure stuns VCU on buzzer-beater
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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.
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"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.
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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.
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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.