Feb. 5, 2011

Box Score

ST. BONAVENTURE, NY - Michael Davenport's 3-pointer with 1.6 seconds left was the difference as St. Bonaventure ended Duquesne's longest winning streak in 40 years at 11 with a 64-62 victory at Reilly Center.

Duquesne took a 62-61 lead when, following a timeout, Damian Saunders found a cutting B.J. Monteiro for a layup with 10.9 seconds left. T.J. McConnell then stole the inbounds pass in the corner directly in front of the St. Bonaventure student section and ended up out of bounds. SBU regained possession and Demitrius Conger drove to the foul line before he stopped and flipped the ball to Davenport who buried a deep three from just right of the key.

DU inbounded and tried a desperation heave as time ran out and Bonnies fans stormed the court.

"We did the things I thought we had to do to win," said Duquesne head coach Ron Everhart. "We executed and got a good shot then stole the inbounds pass. We had a chance to get a stop and didn't do it and he [Davenport] made a deep, deep three. That was an NBA shot."

Monteiro led Duquesne (16-6, 8-1) with 17 points, Saunders had 16 points, 14 rebounds and three blocks - including two of SBU's Andrew Nicholson at the rim. Bill Clark, who was limited to six first-half minutes due to foul trouble, finished with 15.

Davenport, who went 4-of-7 from 3-point, led St. Bonaventure (12-10, 4-5) with 16. Freshman Matthew Wright had 15, including a banked in 3-pointer that gave the Bonnies a one-point lead with 1:21 left. Nicholson, who scored 12 in the first half, was held without a field goal in the second half in finishing with 15 points.

Mike Talley missed a pair of free throws after Wright had given the Bonnies the lead on his 3-pointer. Conger then scored on a dunk with 46 seconds left to put SBU up 61-58.

McConnell pulled the Dukes to within one on a pair of free throws with 34 seconds left.

SBU's Ogo Adegboye, who had eight of the Bonnies' 18 turnovers, missed the front of a one-and-one with 29 seconds left to set up the Saunders-to-Monteiro bucket.

Duquesne shot 35.8 percent from the field, including 7-of-26 from the 3-point arc. The Bonnies, who shot 55.6 percent in jumping out to a 36-32 halftime lead, were held to 34.8 percent in the second half.

The Dukes, who trailed at the half for just the second time this year, took the lead for the first time on a McConnell 3-pointer just over three minutes into the second half. There were three ties and eight lead changes in the second 20 minutes with neither team leading by more than four.

Duquesne does not return to action until Sunday, Feb. 13 when it hosts Xavier at CONSOL Energy Center at 2:00 p.m. DU and XU are tied atop the Atlantic 10 with 8-1 records.

NOTES

• DU's 16-6 record is the school's best 22-game mark since the 1979-80 team (18-10) opened 16-6.

• The loss snapped Duquesne's win streak at 11 ... it was the school's longest since the 1970-71 NCAA Tournament Dukes (21-4) won 15 straight ... DU's last loss was in double overtime to George Mason on Dec. 22 (85-79) ... the last road loss was at Penn State (77-73) on Dec. 4.

• The defeat also ended DU's school record eight-game conference win streak and school-best four-game road conference win streak (entering the season, no Duquesne team had ever won more than two-straight conference road games).

• DU's five-game road win streak was the school's longest since 1985.

• It was the second time this season the Dukes trailed at the half (36-32) ... the only other time was to then-No. 3 (AP) Pitt (42-28) ,,, it was the first time this season DU did not have a lead of at least seven points ... DU's largest lead was four (on thee occasions in the second half).

• With his 14 rebounds, Damian Saunders (938 boards) passed two-time consensus All-America Sihugo Green (936 from 1954-56) to move into third on DU's all-time rebounds list ... it was Saunders' fifth double-double this season and 32nd of his career.

• With his 15 points, Bill Clark (1,492 points) passed Kevin Price (1,485 from 1995-98) to move into the No. 10 spot in Duquesne's all-time scoring list ... Damian Saunders (1,391 points) passed B.B. Flenory (1,382 from 1977-80) to take over the No. 16 spot.