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Colonials Set To Battle St. Bonaventure Saturday at 7 pm
Feb. 15, 2008
Complete Game Notes in PDF Format 
Game 21 • Atlantic 10 Conference game
Date: Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008 • Time: 7:00 pm ET
Location: Reilly Center (5,780) • Olean, NY
Radio: FederalNewsRadio.com 1050 AM (Byron Kerr)
Internet: live stats on GameTracker
TV: None
Series: GW leads, 28-22 (SBU leads, 15-8 at Reilly Center)
GW COACH: Karl Hobbs (Connecticut `85)
Record at GW: 120-79 (.603) 7th season
Atlantic 10 Record: 61-45 (.575) 7th season
Career Record: 120-79 (.603) 7th season
Hobbs' Record vs. St. Bonaventure: 5-1
SBU COACH: Mark Schmidt (Boston Coll. `86)
Record at SBU: 7-16 (.304) 1st season
Atlantic 10 Record: 1-8 (.111) 1st season
Career Record: 89-106 (.456) 7th season
Robert Morris 82-90
Schmidt's Record vs. GW: 0-0
Saturday's Game: GW (6-14, 2-8) travels to St. Bonaventure (7-16, 1-8) Saturday for the first and only meeting this season and the 52nd meeting in the series. GW has won nine of the 11 meetings in the series including the last four straight and three of the last five at the Reilly Center.
• GW, 0-10 on the road this season, is aiming to snap a 10-game road skid.
• St. Bonaventure is 5-4 (.556) at home this season including an A-10 victory over Duquesne at Reilly Center.
• GW is coming off a rough 63-38 loss to Saint Louis Wednesday at Scottrade Center. Rob Diggs' 14 points led the Colonials which shot just 26.9 percent from the field.
• St. Bonaventure is coming off a 81-56 loss to Saint Joseph's Wednesday in Philadelphia. The Bonnies have lost eight of their last nine games.
• GW has won the last five meetings with the Bonnies by average score of 89-74.
• GW is without starting point guard Travis King, who is sitting out the season with a knee injury.
• GW has won 52 of its last 75 regular-season games and 30 of its last 43 A-10 games.
A Closer Look at St. Bonaventure: The Bonnies enter play Saturday with a 7-16 record under first-year coach Mark Schmidt. St. Bonaventure has two players averaging double figure points, led by senior F Michael Lee's 17.0 ppg and 8.0 rebounds per game. Senior G Zarryon Fereti (14.4 ppg) has hit 52 three-pointers. Freshman F Matt Morgan is a two-time A-10 Rookie of the Week. For the season, SBU is shooting 41.5 percent from the field, averages 65.5 points a game and is getting outrebounded by its opponents by 2.3 caroms a game. SBU's last victory over GW was on Feb. 26, 2003 (94-89) in overtime also at Reilly Center.
Next Game: GW returns to Washington to host Richmond Saturday, Feb. 23 at 2 p.m. (EST). That game will be broadcast on FederalNewsRadio.com 1050 AM. Live audio streaming of the game will be available on www.GWsports.com.
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