St. Bonaventure beats UMass 60-56 to close season (Mar 04, 2017)
SAINT BONAVENTURE, N.Y. (AP) Jaylen Adams scored 17 points with nine assists and made all 12 of his free throws, and St. Bonaventure held off UMass 60-56 on Saturday to end its regular season by clinching the No. 5 seed in the upcoming Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament.
Malik Hines scored eight points in an 11-0 run and UMass rallied to a 41-36 lead on Chris Baldwin's layup with 12:56 left in the game. The lead flip-flopped before David Andoh hit a jumper with 2:31 to go for a 54-53 Bonnies' lead.
UMass closed to 58-56 on Dejon Jarreau's layup with 13 seconds left, but Adams sealed it with two from the line with 12 seconds left.
Andoh added 12 points for the Bonnies (19-11, 11-7), who made 21 of 24 free throws to the Minutemen's 6 of 13, but were outrebounded 43-35 and outscored 38-22 in the paint.
Hines had 15 points and 13 rebounds for UMass (14-17, 4-14) and Baldwin had 10.
