clarkwgriswold Posted December 22, 2023 Report Share Posted December 22, 2023 (edited) The Zips wrap up their OOC schedule on the 30th with the A10’s St. Bonaventure at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse. The Bonnies (that’s worse than Runnin’ Bulldogs) were predicted to finish third in the A10 and currently stand at 7-3 going into Saturday’s game against Florida Atlantic. 6’3” graduate guard, Cinci transfer, Mika Adams-Woods leads the Bonnies at 15.3 ppg. 6’4” graduate guard Charles Pride leads rebounding at 6.3 rpg. 6’3” guard Darryl Banks (9.1 ppg) was named to the A10 preseason first team while 6’10” forward Chad Venning (13.6 ppg/4.3 rpg) was named to the third team. Their 3 losses have come to Cansius, Florida International and Auburn. Their best win appears to be over Oklahoma State. They appear to be an older, experienced team like the Zips. This game should be a good barometer of where our Zips stand going into league play. Edited December 22, 2023 by clarkwgriswold 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted December 22, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2023 Here are some nice previews on the Bonnies- https://www.a10talk.com/2023/10/2023-24-atlantic-10-team-preview-saint-bonaventure/ https://gobonnies.com/news/2023/10/31/mens-basketball-bonnies-basketball-2023-24-season-outlook.aspx#:~:text=WITH HIGH HOPES-,St.,their fifth year of eligibility. https://www.tapinto.net/towns/greater-olean/sections/sports/articles/preview-st-bonaventure-men-s-basketball-2023-24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reslife4Life Posted December 22, 2023 Report Share Posted December 22, 2023 Over a week til the next game 😔 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csims0917 Posted December 22, 2023 Report Share Posted December 22, 2023 Is it bad I kinda need the holiday break after last night lmao. Sometimes i get too invested and I burn myself out 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bona BigCat Posted December 25, 2023 Report Share Posted December 25, 2023 (edited) Hello Zips Nation. I am a St Bonaventure alum from the dark ages who has lived in the Akron area for 35 years. Big MAC hoops fan here, who tries to attend several Akron and Kent games a year. The Bonnies fan base really is looking forward to Saturday’s matchup at RM Fieldhouse. It should be a good one. Zips have a great roster with Ali back in the mix. Here’s some insight on the Bonnies: we started slow the first month, with a 3-point home loss in game 2 to rival Canisius that sent the fans into a sky-is-falling frenzy. Our other two losses are to top 30 teams Auburn and FLA Atlantic. Hopes are very high this season with all five starters returning from last year’s 14-18 season. It was the Bonnies first sub-500 record in more than a decade but we were very inexperienced. Now with three key transfers the Bonnies are the oldest team in D1. Go figure. Bona has been playing great D the last month while shooting much better. In a recent 10-point loss the Bonnies held FAU to 64 points … 23 below FAU’s average. Our downfall was 21 turnovers when FAU turned up the pressure. The Bonnies are lead by two grad transfers who have emerged as our best players. Mika Adams-Woods (6-3 PG from UCincy, 15 ppg) and Chuck Pride (6-5 wing from Bryant, 12 ppg) are experienced, solid guys who are childhood friends from Syracuse. Bonaventure gave them a chance to play together this season. It’s been a great fit. Exactly what the Bonnies needed. Woods is an excellent floor leader, defender and scorer … exceeding all expectations and stat lines from his 4-year Cincy career as a starter. Woods is shooting 60% from the field and 50% from deep. In one 3-game stretch Woods made 19 shots in a row including 10 three-pointers. He has 48 assists to 19 turnovers. Pride has deep, deep range. He’s a solid rebounder and passer who gets to the basket when healthy. He missed several games with a high ankle sprain this month and has been getting back up to speed. He was averaging 16 pts, 6.5 rebs before getting hurt. We are hopeful that Pride will benefit from having the holiday week off. The Bona big men, Venning and Brown, both are 6-10, 250+ lbs, — very physical dudes which is the MO for the Atlantic 10. They can score when not hurt by foul trouble which is about half the games. Unlike the Zips front-court players, our centers like to work inside and can bog down the offense if they don’t see double teams. How we match up on D with Freeman and Ali will be a key to the game. The Bonnies go 9 deep. We start four guys between 6-3 and 6-6. Barry Evans, a 6-8 high-energy athlete off the bench, likely we be our best option to control Ali or Freeman. Evans is a solid defender and rebounder … he can fill any role off the bench. Moses Flowers (6-4 win) is a dangerous outside shooter as our 6th man. Flowers is coming off of a career-high 25 vs Binghamton. Other starters are Darryl Banks III of St Peter’s NCAA fame two seasons ago, and Assa Essamvous (formerly Yann Farrel) are streaky shooters. Both have had games with 5 threes made in the last year. Banks has been struggling and losing minutes to Flowers. Despite a solid roster and some solid stats, the Bonnies have feasted on bad teams. Bona is prone to scoring droughts and sometimes too dependent on the three. The Zips will be a good test and it should be the best of the 3 games Saturday. Edited December 26, 2023 by Bona BigCat 8 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted December 26, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2023 16 hours ago, Bona BigCat said: Hello Zips Nation. I am a St Bonaventure alum from the dark ages who has lived in the Akron area for 35 years. Big MAC hoops fan here, who tries to attend several Akron and Kent games a year. The Bonnies fan base really is looking forward to Saturday’s matchup at RM Fieldhouse. It should be a good one. Zips have a great roster with Ali back in the mix. Here’s some insight on the Bonnies: we started slow the first month, with a 3-point home loss in game 2 to rival Canisius that sent the fans into a sky-is-falling frenzy. Our other two losses are to top 30 teams Auburn and FLA Atlantic. Hopes are very high this season with all five starters returning from last year’s 14-18 season. It was the Bonnies first sub-500 record in more than a decade but we were very inexperienced. Now with three key transfers the Bonnies are the oldest team in D1. Go figure. Bona has been playing great D the last month while shooting much better. In a recent 10-point loss the Bonnies held FAU to 64 points … 23 below FAU’s average. Our downfall was 21 turnovers when FAU turned up the pressure. The Bonnies are lead by two grad transfers who have emerged as our best players. Mika Adams-Woods (6-3 PG from UCincy, 15 ppg) and Chuck Pride (6-5 wing from Bryant, 12 ppg) are experienced, solid guys who are childhood friends from Syracuse. Bonaventure gave them a chance to play together this season. It’s been a great fit. Exactly what the Bonnies needed. Woods is an excellent floor leader, defender and scorer … exceeding all expectations and stat lines from his 4-year Cincy career as a starter. Woods is shooting 60% from the field and 50% from deep. In one 3-game stretch Woods made 19 shots in a row including 10 three-pointers. He has 48 assists to 19 turnovers. Pride has deep, deep range. He’s a solid rebounder and passer who gets to the basket when healthy. He missed several games with a high ankle sprain this month and has been getting back up to speed. He was averaging 16 pts, 6.5 rebs before getting hurt. We are hopeful that Pride will benefit from having the holiday week off. The Bona big men, Venning and Brown, both are 6-10, 250+ lbs, — very physical dudes which is the MO for the Atlantic 10. They can score when not hurt by foul trouble which is about half the games. Unlike the Zips front-court players, our centers like to work inside and can bog down the offense if they don’t see double teams. How we match up on D with Freeman and Ali will be a key to the game. The Bonnies go 9 deep. We start four guys between 6-3 and 6-6. Barry Evans, a 6-8 high-energy athlete off the bench, likely we be our best option to control Ali or Freeman. Evans is a solid defender and rebounder … he can fill any role off the bench. Moses Flowers (6-4 win) is a dangerous outside shooter as our 6th man. Flowers is coming off of a career-high 25 vs Binghamton. Other starters are Darryl Banks III of St Peter’s NCAA fame two seasons ago, and Assa Essamvous (formerly Yann Farrel) are streaky shooters. Both have had games with 5 threes made in the last year. Banks has been struggling and losing minutes to Flowers. Despite a solid roster and some solid stats, the Bonnies have feasted on bad teams. Bona is prone to scoring droughts and sometimes too dependent on the three. The Zips will be a good test and it should be the best of the 3 games Saturday. Nice work. I wish we had a "guest poster" like you for every game. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted December 26, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2023 On 12/22/2023 at 10:50 AM, csims0917 said: Is it bad I kinda need the holiday break after last night lmao. Sometimes i get too invested and I burn myself out It gives us all a chance to rest up for our inevitable b!+ch!ng about MAC officiating! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted December 26, 2023 Report Share Posted December 26, 2023 Thank you, @Bona BigCat. What an excellent breakdown! I hope you have a great time Saturday & that it's an exciting game. You're welcome here on ZipsNation and in the JAR anytime! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted December 26, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2023 39 minutes ago, Blue & Gold said: Thank you, @Bona BigCat. What an excellent breakdown! I hope you have a great time Saturday (despite a disappointing loss) & that it's an exciting game. You're welcome here on ZipsNation and in the JAR anytime! I fixed it for you! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted December 26, 2023 Report Share Posted December 26, 2023 18 hours ago, Bona BigCat said: Hello Zips Nation. I am a St Bonaventure alum from the dark ages who has lived in the Akron area for 35 years. Big MAC hoops fan here, who tries to attend several Akron and Kent games a year. The Bonnies fan base really is looking forward to Saturday’s matchup at RM Fieldhouse. It should be a good one. Zips have a great roster with Ali back in the mix. Here’s some insight on the Bonnies: we started slow the first month, with a 3-point home loss in game 2 to rival Canisius that sent the fans into a sky-is-falling frenzy. Our other two losses are to top 30 teams Auburn and FLA Atlantic. Hopes are very high this season with all five starters returning from last year’s 14-18 season. It was the Bonnies first sub-500 record in more than a decade but we were very inexperienced. Now with three key transfers the Bonnies are the oldest team in D1. Go figure. Bona has been playing great D the last month while shooting much better. In a recent 10-point loss the Bonnies held FAU to 64 points … 23 below FAU’s average. Our downfall was 21 turnovers when FAU turned up the pressure. The Bonnies are lead by two grad transfers who have emerged as our best players. Mika Adams-Woods (6-3 PG from UCincy, 15 ppg) and Chuck Pride (6-5 wing from Bryant, 12 ppg) are experienced, solid guys who are childhood friends from Syracuse. Bonaventure gave them a chance to play together this season. It’s been a great fit. Exactly what the Bonnies needed. Woods is an excellent floor leader, defender and scorer … exceeding all expectations and stat lines from his 4-year Cincy career as a starter. Woods is shooting 60% from the field and 50% from deep. In one 3-game stretch Woods made 19 shots in a row including 10 three-pointers. He has 48 assists to 19 turnovers. Pride has deep, deep range. He’s a solid rebounder and passer who gets to the basket when healthy. He missed several games with a high ankle sprain this month and has been getting back up to speed. He was averaging 16 pts, 6.5 rebs before getting hurt. We are hopeful that Pride will benefit from having the holiday week off. The Bona big men, Venning and Brown, both are 6-10, 250+ lbs, — very physical dudes which is the MO for the Atlantic 10. They can score when not hurt by foul trouble which is about half the games. Unlike the Zips front-court players, our centers like to work inside and can bog down the offense if they don’t see double teams. How we match up on D with Freeman and Ali will be a key to the game. The Bonnies go 9 deep. We start four guys between 6-3 and 6-6. Barry Evans, a 6-8 high-energy athlete off the bench, likely we be our best option to control Ali or Freeman. Evans is a solid defender and rebounder … he can fill any role off the bench. Moses Flowers (6-4 win) is a dangerous outside shooter as our 6th man. Flowers is coming off of a career-high 25 vs Binghamton. Other starters are Darryl Banks III of St Peter’s NCAA fame two seasons ago, and Assa Essamvous (formerly Yann Farrel) are streaky shooters. Both have had games with 5 threes made in the last year. Banks has been struggling and losing minutes to Flowers. Despite a solid roster and some solid stats, the Bonnies have feasted on bad teams. Bona is prone to scoring droughts and sometimes too dependent on the three. The Zips will be a good test and it should be the best of the 3 games Saturday. I can breakdown the Zips for you: According to the Bradley Braves message board the Zips are: "Freeman and four other guys." So I guess now the Zips are "Freeman, Ali, and three other guys." 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bona BigCat Posted December 26, 2023 Report Share Posted December 26, 2023 Ha ha. Funny stuff. Be happy to answer any questions about the Bonnies … I’m here all week (badaba). SBU fans enjoy beating up on Dambrot at Duquesne, though he has a good squad this year with 9 transfers on his 18-player roster. Yes, 18 players!! Would like to see us play the Zips more often. Some of our non-conference games have been a joke. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roopride Posted December 28, 2023 Report Share Posted December 28, 2023 Any insight on turnout for this game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csims0917 Posted December 29, 2023 Report Share Posted December 29, 2023 Lots of tickets on SeatGeek… prices aren’t going down. This could be ugly. I’m expecting a lot of late arrivals for the OSU game as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted December 29, 2023 Report Share Posted December 29, 2023 17 hours ago, csims0917 said: Lots of tickets on SeatGeek… prices aren’t going down. This could be ugly. I’m expecting a lot of late arrivals for the OSU game as well A friend got me a ticket through the university, not sure how much it will be. I thought the prices were outrageously high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted December 29, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2023 3 minutes ago, NWAkron said: A friend got me a ticket through the university, not sure how much it will be. I thought the prices were outrageously high. Did you check with the Verizon store in Macedonia? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted December 29, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2023 Preview from the Bonnies' site- https://gobonnies.com/news/2023/12/28/mens-basketball-bonnies-wrap-non-conference-play-vs-akron-at-legends-showcase.aspx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csims0917 Posted December 30, 2023 Report Share Posted December 30, 2023 It’s GAMEDAY!!!!! My first neutral site game!!! Big test for Akron tonight I hope we come out and show our full potential before MAC play. We need a statement for the conference 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reslife4Life Posted December 30, 2023 Report Share Posted December 30, 2023 Zips +1.5 O/U 136.5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewbrooman1 Posted December 30, 2023 Report Share Posted December 30, 2023 Looks like game IS on ESPN+, ICYMI. Pretty sure it said no stream earlier. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csims0917 Posted December 30, 2023 Report Share Posted December 30, 2023 First two games on ESPN+ and the third is on Fox. Weird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Blue & Gold Posted December 30, 2023 Report Share Posted December 30, 2023 Pregame WHLO Joe Dunn stated he thinks the key to us reaching our potential this year is Dawson and Tavari. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AkronAlumnus Posted December 30, 2023 Report Share Posted December 30, 2023 Feeling Akron ML Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted December 30, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2023 Anyone have a feeling as to when this will tip off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted December 30, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2023 They're doubling every time on a pass to the post. Need to have some outside shooting on kick outs today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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