PITTSBURGH - St. Bonaventure (11-4, 3-1), behind the dominating play of Osun Osunniyi, withstood a number of Duquesne comeback attempts to defeat the Dukes (6-10, 1-3), 64-56 on Friday night at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse.

Osunniyi finished with 21 points, 17 rebounds and six blocks for the Bonnies, who saw Duquesne cut a 16-point first half deficit to three twice in the second half.

Freshman Primo Spears led the Dukes with 18 points and six assists. Tre William contributed 15 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks for Duquesne for his third double-double of the season.

Kevin Easley Jr. added 14 points and nine rebounds for DU. Leon Ayers III had nine points and eight rebounds for the Dukes who only had four players score.

Duquesne went over nine minutes without a field goal, missing 12 consecutive shots, as St. Bonaventure built a 23-7 lead.

An Easley Jr. 3-pointer ended the drought and started an 12-4 Duquesne run that made it 27-19 with under three minutes left in the half.

The Bonnies outshot the Dukes 42 percent to 28 percent in the opening 20 minutes that ended with the Bonnies up 33-22.

DU scored the first five out of the half to cut it to 33-27 and made it 42-39 on a Spears 3-pointer with 12:12 left.

Spears again made a three-point game on a jumper at the 9:52 mark.

The Bonnies' first 3-pointer of the game - following eight-straight misses - made it 51-43. Kyle Lofton followed with his first basket, another 3-pointer, that made it 54-43 with 7:35 left.

DU pulled to within 62-56, before Lofton found Osunniyi for a bucket with just over one minute on the clock. Osunniyi then registered his sixth - and final - block at the other end to seal it.

The Bonnies, who shot 45 percent, outscored the Dukes 44-24 in the paint.

Duquesne shot 35 percent for the game.

Duquesne heads to Philadelphia to face Saint Joseph's on Wednesday, Jan. 26 at 7:00 p.m. (ESPN+).  

NOTES

• Tre Williams finished with 15 points and 11 rebounds for his third double-double of the season and fourth of his career.
• Duquesne, which had four players score, didn't register a bench point. There were only two bench points in the game.
• The Dukes assisted on 11 of their 22 field goals. Primo Spears' six assists were one shy of his career high set in the season opener vs. Rider.
• St. Bonaventure has now won the past six meetings in Pittsburgh.
• St. Bonaventure's largest lead was 16, at 23-7 with 6:54 left in the first half ... Duquesne's largest lead was at 2-0 ... there was one tie and one lead change before St. Bonaventure took the lead for good on a Jalen Adaway dunk that made it 4-2 with 18:04 left in the first half ... St. Bonaventure led for 38:04 ... Duquesne led for 0:17.