ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - Chris Johnson tied his career high with 19 points and Demitrius Conger added 18 points and 10 rebounds to lead St. Bonaventure to an 80-75 victory over Niagara on Saturday night.
Conger made two free throws with 31 seconds remaining to break a 75-75 tie, then was 3 of 4 from the line with 1 second left after a Michael Davenport steal and a technical foul on the Purple Eagles' bench.
Marquise Simmons added 12 points and 12 rebounds off the bench for the Bonnies (3-1), who bounced back from a 72-69 loss at Canisius.
Antoine Mason had 19 points and Ameen Tanksley chipped in 16 for Niagara (2-3), which led by seven late in the first half and 33-32 at halftime.
Johnson hit a 3 to give St. Bonaventure a 38-35 lead with 17:18 remaining and the Bonnies never trailed again, although the score was tied three more times.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| St. Bonaventure (3-1) « | 32 | 48 | 80 |
| Niagara (2-3) | 33 | 42 | 75 |
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| St. Bonaventure Bonnies | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Conger, F | 39 | 4-8 | 9-10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 18 |
| Y. Ndoye, C | 19 | 2-8 | 1-1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| C. Johnson, G | 31 | 7-17 | 2-2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| M. Wright, G | 31 | 1-8 | 0-0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| C. Kloof, G | 28 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Simmons | 22 | 4-5 | 4-6 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| M. Davenport | 15 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| E. Mosley | 12 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| J. Gathers | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Wright | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 26-64 | 18-21 | 43 | 18 | 17 | 80 | |
| 40.6% | 85.7% | ||||||
| Niagara Purple Eagles | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Thomas, F | 14 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| J. Green, G | 36 | 4-11 | 3-3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| M. Jordan, G | 35 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| A. Mason, G | 34 | 6-11 | 5-6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
| A. Tanksley, G | 28 | 5-12 | 5-6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Cline | 27 | 4-10 | 2-2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| T. McCall | 12 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| M. Lemmons | 11 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| S. Gillette | 3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 26-60 | 16-20 | 36 | 16 | 19 | 75 | |
| 43.3% | 80% | ||||||
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