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Dayton defeats St. Bonaventure 68-63 in Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament quarterfinal

AP
Mar 13, 2026

PITTSBURGH (AP) Javon Bennett had 27 points to lead Dayton Flyers to a 68-63 victory over St. Bonaventure Bonnies on Friday in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament.

Bennett shot 8 for 12 (6 for 10 from 3-point range) and 5 for 6 from the free-throw line for the fourth-seeded Flyers (22-10) who will bring a seven-game winning streak into Saturday's semifinal matchup with No. 1 seed Saint Louis. Jordan Derkack added 15 points and five rebounds. Amael L'Etang posted a double-double with 11 points and 12 rebounds.

Darryl Simmons II led the Bonnies (17-17) with 20 points. Frank Mitchell added 16 points, six rebounds and three steals for the No. 13 seed. Daniel Egbuniwe finished with nine points, seven rebounds and two steals.

Bennett scored 12 in the first half to help Dayton take a 30-27 lead into the break.

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1st Half
STBN
Bonnies
27
DAYT
Flyers
30

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Frank Mitchell vs. Amaël L'Etang (Daniel Egbuniwe gains possession)
19:43		Frank Mitchell turnover (bad pass) (De'Shayne Montgomery steals)
19:34	+3	Amaël L'Etang makes three point jump shot (Keonte Jones assists)	0-3
19:17		Cayden Charles misses two point jump shot
19:15		Amaël L'Etang defensive rebound
19:05		De'Shayne Montgomery misses three point jump shot
19:03		Darryl Simmons II defensive rebound
18:50		Dasonte Bowen misses two point jump shot
18:48		Keonte Jones defensive rebound
18:38	+3	Javon Bennett makes three point jump shot (Jaiun Simon assists)	0-6
18:15	+2	Frank Mitchell makes two point hook shot	2-6
17:55		Darryl Simmons II personal foul (De'Shayne Montgomery draws the foul)
17:34		Amaël L'Etang misses three point jump shot
17:32		Flyers offensive rebound
17:32		Flyers turnover (shot clock violation)
17:13		Dasonte Bowen misses three point jump shot
17:11		Darryl Simmons II offensive rebound
17:04		Amaël L'Etang personal foul (Frank Mitchell draws the foul)
16:56		De'Shayne Montgomery blocks Cayden Charles's two point layup
16:54		Daniel Egbuniwe offensive rebound
16:48		Daniel Egbuniwe misses three point jump shot
16:46		Amaël L'Etang defensive rebound
16:34		Amaël L'Etang misses two point layup
16:32		Frank Mitchell defensive rebound
16:09		Darryl Simmons II misses three point jump shot
16:07		Javon Bennett defensive rebound
15:43		Amaël L'Etang misses three point jump shot
15:41		Jaiun Simon offensive rebound
15:37		Amaël L'Etang misses two point layup
15:35		Cayden Charles defensive rebound
15:24		Cayden Charles misses three point jump shot
15:22		Jaiun Simon defensive rebound
15:03		Javon Bennett misses three point jump shot
15:01		Bonnies defensive rebound
15:01		TV timeout
14:42		Darryl Simmons II misses two point jump shot
14:40		Jaiun Simon defensive rebound
14:26		Jordan Derkack misses two point layup
14:24		Daniel Egbuniwe defensive rebound
14:07		Frank Mitchell misses two point hook shot
14:05		Daniel Egbuniwe offensive rebound
14:03	+2	Daniel Egbuniwe makes two point layup	4-6
13:43		Jordan Derkack turnover (lost ball) (Daniel Egbuniwe steals)
13:39		Jaiun Simon shooting foul (Frank Mitchell draws the foul)
13:39	+1	Frank Mitchell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	5-6
13:39		Frank Mitchell misses regular free throw 2 of 2
13:39		Malcolm Thomas defensive rebound
13:29		Malcolm Thomas turnover (lost ball) (Frank Mitchell steals)
13:19	+2	Frank Mitchell makes two point hook shot (Cayden Charles assists)	7-6
12:50	+2	Jordan Derkack makes two point layup (Javon Bennett assists)	7-8
12:39		Darryl Simmons II offensive foul (Javon Bennett draws the foul)
12:39		Darryl Simmons II turnover (offensive foul)
12:10		Malcolm Thomas turnover (lost ball) (Andrew Osasuyi steals)
12:03		Jordan Derkack shooting foul (Dasonte Bowen draws the foul)
12:03	+1	Dasonte Bowen makes regular free throw 1 of 2	8-8
12:03	+1	Dasonte Bowen makes regular free throw 2 of 2	9-8
11:52		De'Shayne Montgomery misses two point layup
11:50		Amaël L'Etang offensive rebound
11:48	+2	Amaël L'Etang makes two point layup	9-10
11:22	+2	Frank Mitchell makes two point jump shot	11-10
11:05		Jaiun Simon misses three point jump shot
11:03		Amaël L'Etang offensive rebound
11:00		Amaël L'Etang misses two point layup
10:58		Dasonte Bowen defensive rebound
10:52		Bryce Heard shooting foul (Dasonte Bowen draws the foul)
10:52		TV timeout
10:52	+1	Dasonte Bowen makes regular free throw 1 of 2	12-10
10:52	+1	Dasonte Bowen makes regular free throw 2 of 2	13-10
10:38	+3	Javon Bennett makes three point jump shot (De'Shayne Montgomery assists)	13-13
10:31		De'Shayne Montgomery personal foul (Dasonte Bowen draws the foul)
10:27		Dasonte Bowen misses three point jump shot
10:25		Amaël L'Etang defensive rebound
10:11		Joe Grahovac blocks Keonte Jones's two point layup
10:09		Flyers offensive rebound
9:58		De'Shayne Montgomery misses three point jump shot
9:56		Amaël L'Etang offensive rebound
9:53	+2	Amaël L'Etang makes two point layup	13-15
9:34		Daniel Egbuniwe misses three point jump shot
9:32		Javon Bennett defensive rebound
9:26		Javon Bennett misses three point jump shot
9:24		Keonte Jones offensive rebound
9:04		De'Shayne Montgomery turnover (bad pass) (Daniel Egbuniwe steals)
8:56		Dasonte Bowen misses two point layup
8:54		Amaël L'Etang defensive rebound
8:50		De'Shayne Montgomery turnover (lost ball) (Andrew Osasuyi steals)
8:43		Amaël L'Etang personal foul (Cayden Charles draws the foul)
8:38	+2	Andrew Osasuyi makes two point layup	15-15
8:08		De'Shayne Montgomery misses three point jump shot
8:06		Andrew Osasuyi defensive rebound
7:50		Dasonte Bowen offensive foul (Javon Bennett draws the foul)
7:50		Dasonte Bowen turnover (offensive foul)
7:50		TV timeout
7:18		Jaiun Simon misses two point jump shot
7:16		Flyers offensive rebound
7:16		Flyers turnover (shot clock violation)
6:56		Andrew Osasuyi offensive foul (De'Shayne Montgomery draws the foul)
6:56		Andrew Osasuyi turnover (offensive foul)
6:44	+3	Javon Bennett makes three point jump shot (Keonte Jones assists)	15-18
6:27		Frank Mitchell misses two point hook shot
6:25		Javon Bennett defensive rebound
6:04	+3	Jaiun Simon makes three point jump shot (Keonte Jones assists)	15-21
5:39		Frank Mitchell misses two point hook shot
5:37		Daniel Egbuniwe offensive rebound
5:35		Daniel Egbuniwe misses two point layup
5:33		Andrew Osasuyi offensive rebound
5:33	+2	Andrew Osasuyi makes two point layup	17-21
5:16		Jaiun Simon offensive foul (Daniel Egbuniwe draws the foul)
5:16		Jaiun Simon turnover (offensive foul)
4:58		Malcolm Thomas shooting foul (Frank Mitchell draws the foul)
4:58	+1	Frank Mitchell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	18-21
4:58		Frank Mitchell misses regular free throw 2 of 2
4:58		Jordan Derkack defensive rebound
4:39		Andrew Osasuyi shooting foul (Malcolm Thomas draws the foul)
4:39		Malcolm Thomas misses regular free throw 1 of 2
4:39	+1	Malcolm Thomas makes regular free throw 2 of 2	18-22
4:21	+2	Frank Mitchell makes two point hook shot	20-22
3:57		Cayden Charles personal foul (Jordan Derkack draws the foul)
3:57		TV timeout
3:42		Malcolm Thomas misses two point hook shot
3:40		Daniel Egbuniwe defensive rebound
3:30	+2	Cayden Charles makes two point layup (Frank Mitchell assists)	22-22
3:11	+3	Javon Bennett makes three point jump shot (Jacob Conner assists)	22-25
2:50		Jordan Derkack shooting foul (Cayden Charles draws the foul)
2:50	+1	Cayden Charles makes regular free throw 1 of 2	23-25
2:50		Cayden Charles misses regular free throw 2 of 2
2:50		Jordan Derkack defensive rebound
2:29		Dasonte Bowen personal foul (Jordan Derkack draws the foul)
2:29	+1	Jordan Derkack makes regular free throw 1 of 2	23-26
2:29	+1	Jordan Derkack makes regular free throw 2 of 2	23-27
2:10		Darryl Simmons II misses two point jump shot
2:10		Bonnies offensive rebound
2:08	+2	Frank Mitchell makes two point jump shot (Dasonte Bowen assists)	25-27
1:52		Daniel Egbuniwe blocks Jordan Derkack's two point layup
1:50		Cayden Charles defensive rebound
1:40		Cayden Charles turnover (traveling)
1:30	+2	Keonte Jones makes two point layup (Jordan Derkack assists)	25-29
1:30		Cayden Charles shooting foul (Keonte Jones draws the foul)
1:30		Keonte Jones misses regular free throw 1 of 1
1:30		Daniel Egbuniwe defensive rebound
1:17		Malcolm Thomas shooting foul (Daniel Egbuniwe draws the foul)
1:17	+1	Daniel Egbuniwe makes regular free throw 1 of 2	26-29
1:17	+1	Daniel Egbuniwe makes regular free throw 2 of 2	27-29
0:53		Joe Grahovac blocks Jordan Derkack's two point layup
0:53		Jordan Derkack offensive rebound
0:53		Joe Grahovac shooting foul (Jordan Derkack draws the foul)
0:53	+1	Jordan Derkack makes regular free throw 1 of 2	27-30
0:53		Jordan Derkack misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:53		Joe Grahovac defensive rebound
0:29		Dasonte Bowen misses two point layup
0:27		Flyers defensive rebound
0:27		Flyers 30 second timeout
0:19		Malcolm Thomas misses two point layup
0:17		Frank Mitchell defensive rebound
0:14		Bonnies 30 second timeout
0:01		Dasonte Bowen misses two point layup
0:00		Bonnies offensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
STBN
Bonnies
36
DAYT
Flyers
38

Time		Play	Score
19:32		De'Shayne Montgomery misses three point jump shot
19:30		Dasonte Bowen defensive rebound
19:25	+3	Daniel Egbuniwe makes three point jump shot (Dasonte Bowen assists)	30-30
19:01		Daniel Egbuniwe shooting foul (Keonte Jones draws the foul)
19:01	+1	Keonte Jones makes regular free throw 1 of 2	30-31
19:01	+1	Keonte Jones makes regular free throw 2 of 2	30-32
18:46	+2	Darryl Simmons II makes two point jump shot	32-32
18:23		Amaël L'Etang turnover (bad pass) (Darryl Simmons II steals)
18:12		Frank Mitchell misses two point layup
18:10		Jaiun Simon defensive rebound
17:55	+3	Amaël L'Etang makes three point jump shot (Javon Bennett assists)	32-35
17:32		Amaël L'Etang blocks Dasonte Bowen's two point layup
17:30		Jaiun Simon defensive rebound
17:27		De'Shayne Montgomery turnover (lost ball)
17:00		Frank Mitchell misses two point hook shot
16:58		Jaiun Simon defensive rebound
16:40		Frank Mitchell blocks Amaël L'Etang's two point layup
16:38		Amaël L'Etang offensive rebound
16:31		Amaël L'Etang misses two point layup
16:29		Amaël L'Etang offensive rebound
16:29		Amaël L'Etang misses two point layup
16:27		Frank Mitchell defensive rebound
16:25	+2	Daniel Egbuniwe makes two point layup	34-35
16:25		Jaiun Simon shooting foul (Daniel Egbuniwe draws the foul)
16:25		Daniel Egbuniwe misses regular free throw 1 of 1
16:25		De'Shayne Montgomery defensive rebound
16:05		Jaiun Simon turnover (out of bounds)
15:51	+3	Darryl Simmons II makes three point jump shot	37-35
15:21	+3	Javon Bennett makes three point jump shot	37-38
15:03	+2	Darryl Simmons II makes two point jump shot	39-38
14:36		Frank Mitchell shooting foul (Javon Bennett draws the foul)
14:36		TV timeout
14:36		Javon Bennett misses regular free throw 1 of 2
14:36	+1	Javon Bennett makes regular free throw 2 of 2	39-39
14:27		Dasonte Bowen turnover (bad pass) (De'Shayne Montgomery steals)
14:23		Keonte Jones misses two point layup
14:21		Bonnies defensive rebound
14:04		Daniel Egbuniwe turnover (bad pass)
13:48	+3	Javon Bennett makes three point jump shot (Jordan Derkack assists)	39-42
13:33	+2	Frank Mitchell makes two point hook shot (Darryl Simmons II assists)	41-42
13:08		Dasonte Bowen shooting foul (Jaiun Simon draws the foul)
13:08	+1	Jaiun Simon makes regular free throw 1 of 2	41-43
13:08	+1	Jaiun Simon makes regular free throw 2 of 2	41-44
12:41		Cayden Charles turnover (bad pass) (Amaël L'Etang steals)
12:14		Javon Bennett misses three point jump shot
12:12		Cayden Charles defensive rebound
12:05	+3	Darryl Simmons II makes three point jump shot	44-44
11:31	+3	Jordan Derkack makes three point jump shot (Javon Bennett assists)	44-47
11:17		Keonte Jones shooting foul (Darryl Simmons II draws the foul)
11:17		TV timeout
11:17	+1	Darryl Simmons II makes regular free throw 1 of 2	45-47
11:17	+1	Darryl Simmons II makes regular free throw 2 of 2	46-47
10:52		Daniel Egbuniwe personal foul (Amaël L'Etang draws the foul)
10:51	+2	Bryce Heard makes two point layup (Keonte Jones assists)	46-49
10:25		Keonte Jones blocks Darryl Simmons II's three point jump shot
10:23		Bryce Heard defensive rebound
10:00		Bryce Heard misses two point jump shot
9:58		Flyers offensive rebound
9:41		Jordan Derkack turnover (bad pass) (Frank Mitchell steals)
9:31		Frank Mitchell misses two point hook shot
9:29		Amaël L'Etang defensive rebound
9:18		Jordan Derkack misses two point jump shot
9:18		Jordan Derkack offensive rebound
9:18		Frank Mitchell personal foul (Jordan Derkack draws the foul)
9:04		Jordan Derkack misses three point jump shot
9:02		Darryl Simmons II defensive rebound
8:55		Keonte Jones shooting foul (Dasonte Bowen draws the foul)
8:55	+1	Dasonte Bowen makes regular free throw 1 of 2	47-49
8:55		Dasonte Bowen misses regular free throw 2 of 2
8:55		Amaël L'Etang defensive rebound
8:38	+2	De'Shayne Montgomery makes two point layup (Amaël L'Etang assists)	47-51
8:38		Dasonte Bowen shooting foul (De'Shayne Montgomery draws the foul)
8:38	+1	De'Shayne Montgomery makes regular free throw 1 of 1	47-52
8:16		Amaël L'Etang shooting foul (Frank Mitchell draws the foul)
8:16	+1	Frank Mitchell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	48-52
8:16	+1	Frank Mitchell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	49-52
7:54	+2	Javon Bennett makes two point jump shot	49-54
7:38		Amaël L'Etang blocks Frank Mitchell's two point layup
7:36		Jaiun Simon defensive rebound
7:11		Amaël L'Etang misses three point jump shot
7:09		Frank Mitchell defensive rebound
6:57	+2	Darryl Simmons II makes two point layup	51-54
6:46		Cayden Charles personal foul (Javon Bennett draws the foul)
6:45		TV timeout
6:45	+1	Javon Bennett makes regular free throw 1 of 2	51-55
6:45	+1	Javon Bennett makes regular free throw 2 of 2	51-56
6:41		Darryl Simmons II turnover (bad pass) (Keonte Jones steals)
6:09		Javon Bennett misses three point jump shot
6:07		Daniel Egbuniwe defensive rebound
5:43		Daniel Egbuniwe turnover (bad pass) (Javon Bennett steals)
5:24		Andrew Osasuyi shooting foul (Amaël L'Etang draws the foul)
5:24	+1	Amaël L'Etang makes regular free throw 1 of 2	51-57
5:24		Amaël L'Etang misses regular free throw 2 of 2
5:24		Andrew Osasuyi defensive rebound
5:07	+2	Andrew Osasuyi makes two point layup (Frank Mitchell assists)	53-57
4:50		Andrew Osasuyi blocks Amaël L'Etang's two point layup
4:48		Frank Mitchell defensive rebound
4:46	+2	Darryl Simmons II makes two point layup	55-57
4:43		Darryl Simmons II personal foul (Javon Bennett draws the foul)
4:43	+1	Javon Bennett makes regular free throw 1 of 2	55-58
4:43	+1	Javon Bennett makes regular free throw 2 of 2	55-59
4:33	+2	Dasonte Bowen makes two point layup	57-59
4:08		Andrew Osasuyi shooting foul (Jordan Derkack draws the foul)
4:08	+1	Jordan Derkack makes regular free throw 1 of 2	57-60
4:08	+1	Jordan Derkack makes regular free throw 2 of 2	57-61
3:57		Cayden Charles turnover (bad pass) (Jordan Derkack steals)
3:44	+2	Javon Bennett makes two point layup	57-63
3:37		Jaiun Simon shooting foul (Darryl Simmons II draws the foul)
3:37		TV timeout
3:37	+1	Darryl Simmons II makes regular free throw 1 of 2	58-63
3:37	+1	Darryl Simmons II makes regular free throw 2 of 2	59-63
3:10		Javon Bennett turnover (lost ball) (Frank Mitchell steals)
3:04		Dasonte Bowen turnover (lost ball) (Jordan Derkack steals)
3:04		Flyers 30 second timeout
3:04		TV timeout
2:45		Frank Mitchell personal foul (Jordan Derkack draws the foul)
2:45	+1	Jordan Derkack makes regular free throw 1 of 2	59-64
2:45	+1	Jordan Derkack makes regular free throw 2 of 2	59-65
2:24	+2	Andrew Osasuyi makes two point dunk	61-65
1:55		Keonte Jones misses two point hook shot
1:53		Bonnies defensive rebound
1:33		Javon Bennett shooting foul (Cayden Charles draws the foul)
1:33		Cayden Charles misses regular free throw 1 of 3
1:33		Cayden Charles misses regular free throw 2 of 3
1:33		Cayden Charles misses regular free throw 3 of 3
1:33		Amaël L'Etang defensive rebound
1:09		Andrew Osasuyi blocks Amaël L'Etang's two point jump shot
1:07		De'Shayne Montgomery offensive rebound
0:59		De'Shayne Montgomery misses three point jump shot
0:57		Frank Mitchell defensive rebound
0:51		Jordan Derkack personal foul (Darryl Simmons II draws the foul)
0:51		Bonnies 30 second timeout
0:51	+1	Darryl Simmons II makes regular free throw 1 of 2	62-65
0:51	+1	Darryl Simmons II makes regular free throw 2 of 2	63-65
0:29		Frank Mitchell personal foul (Jordan Derkack draws the foul)
0:29	+1	Jordan Derkack makes regular free throw 1 of 2	63-66
0:29	+1	Jordan Derkack makes regular free throw 2 of 2	63-67
0:25		Bonnies 60 second timeout
0:17		De'Shayne Montgomery shooting foul (Dasonte Bowen draws the foul)
0:17		Dasonte Bowen misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:17		Dasonte Bowen misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:17		Keonte Jones defensive rebound
0:14		Dasonte Bowen personal foul (Jordan Derkack draws the foul)
0:14		Jordan Derkack misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:14	+1	Jordan Derkack makes regular free throw 2 of 2	63-68
0:14		Flyers 30 second timeout
0:02		Frank Mitchell misses two point jump shot
0:00		Jordan Derkack defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Jordan Derkack defensive rebound