ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. (AP) - Demitrius Conger netted 12 points and pulled down seven rebounds as St. Bonaventure toppled Bethune-Cookman 65-55 in a nonconference affair in each team's season opener Friday night.
After letting the Wildcats cut a 29-25 halftime lead to 33-32, Conger and Matthew Wright hit back-to-back 3-pointers and Wright and Eric Mosley made layups to stretch St. Bonaventure's lead to 43-32.
After that, Bethune-Cookman only threatened briefly, cutting the Bonnies' lead to 55-49 with 2:25 to play. But a 3-pointer and a free throw by Mosley and then a dunk by Conger stifled Bethune-Cookman's charge.
St. Bonaventure scored 21 points off turnovers to Bethune-Cookman's 5.
Prior to the game, St. Bonaventure raised banners honoring the team's first Atlantic 10 championship and its NCAA Tournament Second Round appearance from a year ago.
The Bonnies are now 33-0 in season openers hosted at the Reilly Center.
Bethune-Cookman was 11-for-11 from the free throw line.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Bethune-Cookman (0-1) | 25 | 30 | 55 |
| St. Bonaventure (1-0) « | 29 | 36 | 65 |
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| Bethune-Cookman Wildcats | |||||||
| M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS | |
| A. Coleman, F | 38 | 5-12 | 2-2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| A. Smith, F | 24 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| M. Mack, F | 19 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| K. Dukes, G | 29 | 3-12 | 9-9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| M. Trapp, G | 19 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Jackson, G | 24 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| P. Scotland, G | 19 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| M. Respress, C | 17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| R. Johnson, G | 11 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Total | 19-51 | 11-11 | 30 | 9 | 18 | 55 | |
| 37.3% | 100.0% | ||||||
| St. Bonaventure Bonnies | |||||||
| M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS | |
| D. Conger, F | 36 | 5-8 | 1-4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| C. Johnson, G-F | 27 | 3-6 | 2-4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Y. Ndoye, C | 27 | 2-6 | 3-6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| M. Wright, G | 33 | 5-8 | 2-2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| C. Kloof, G | 19 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| E. Mosley, G | 21 | 4-8 | 3-3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| M. Davenport, G | 13 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| M. Simmons, F | 13 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| J. Gathers, G | 7 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| D. Wright, G-F | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 21-47 | 17-25 | 33 | 15 | 14 | 65 | |
| 44.7% | 68.0% | ||||||
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