ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. (AP) - Dwayne Evans scored 18 points and Saint Louis played solid defense to defeat St. Bonaventure 67-57 in an Atlantic 10 Conference game Saturday.
The Billikens (14-5, 3-2) came in as the league's top defense, holding opponents to 57.9 points per game, and limited the Bonnies (9-10, 2-4), who had averaged 72.1 points, to 36.2 percent shooting (17 of 47), including 2 of 16 on 3-pointers.
Saint Louis scored 27 points off 19 St. Bonaventure turnovers to the Bonnies' 16 points on 13 turnovers, and the Billikens had a 16-2 edge in fast-break points. Cody Ellis had four steals to go with 10 points for Saint Louis.
Evans scored on a dunk and a 3-pointer as the Billikens scored the game's first seven points. St. Bonaventure got back to within 9-7 before a 10-0 run by Saint Louis.
Demitrius Conger led the Bonnies with 15 points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Saint Louis (14-5) « | 38 | 29 | 67 |
| St. Bonaventure (9-10) | 23 | 34 | 57 |
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| Saint Louis Billikens | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Evans, F | 33 | 7-11 | 3-3 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 18 |
| G. Glaze, F | 20 | 4-8 | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| R. Loe, F | 13 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| K. Mitchell, G | 30 | 1-6 | 1-2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| M. McCall Jr., G | 27 | 3-7 | 2-5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Ellis | 29 | 2-6 | 5-7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| J. Jett | 25 | 2-6 | 4-5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| J. Manning | 13 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| J. Barnett | 7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| C. Remekun | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-52 | 17-26 | 31 | 10 | 23 | 67 | |
| 44.2% | 65.4% | ||||||
| St. Bonaventure Bonnies | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Conger, F | 40 | 6-14 | 3-3 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| C. Johnson, F | 33 | 2-10 | 6-6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| Y. Ndoye, C | 28 | 3-5 | 2-6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| M. Wright, G | 21 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| E. Mosley, G | 13 | 0-4 | 1-3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Kloof | 27 | 4-8 | 3-4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| J. Gathers | 19 | 1-2 | 4-4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| M. Simmons | 12 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| M. Davenport | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 17-47 | 21-28 | 34 | 7 | 22 | 57 | |
| 36.2% | 75% | ||||||
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