Venning leads Saint Bonaventure against Niagara after 23-point showing

Updated Dec. 6, 2023 3:44 a.m. ET

Associated Press

Saint Bonaventure Bonnies (5-2) at Niagara Purple Eagles (1-5, 0-2 MAAC)

Lewiston, New York; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Bonnies -8.5; over/under is 135.5

BOTTOM LINE: Saint Bonaventure plays the Niagara Purple Eagles after Chad Venning scored 23 points in Saint Bonaventure's 80-65 victory over the Buffalo Bulls.

The Purple Eagles have gone 0-3 at home. Niagara gives up 73.8 points and has been outscored by 6.5 points per game.

The Bonnies have gone 1-0 away from home. Saint Bonaventure ranks ninth in the A-10 scoring 31.1 points per game in the paint led by Venning averaging 9.1.

Niagara makes 45.4% of its shots from the field this season, which is 2.4 percentage points higher than Saint Bonaventure has allowed to its opponents (43.0%). Saint Bonaventure's 44.8% shooting percentage from the field this season is 4.3 percentage points lower than Niagara has allowed to its opponents (49.1%).

TOP PERFORMERS: Ahmad Henderson II averages 2.2 made 3-pointers per game for the Purple Eagles, scoring 15.2 points while shooting 37.1% from beyond the arc. Yaw Obeng-Mensah is shooting 44.0% and averaging 11.5 points for Niagara.

Mika Adams-Woods is averaging 13.7 points and 4.6 assists for the Bonnies. Venning is averaging 13 points and 1.9 blocks for Saint Bonaventure.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.