OPENING TIP
• The Maroon and White trek to southwestern New York to take on the St. Bonaventure Bonnies. The contest serves as the second matchup all-time, with the two squads previously meeting in 1948. 

• Cooper Kesler has been hot to start his first season on College Hill. The sophomore guard has started in all four of the Leopards' games this season and has collected outings of 25 and 23 points against King's and Saint Joseph's respectively. Kesler leads the Maroon and White in field goal percentage (.550) and three point percentage (.545).

 • The backcourt duo of Kesler and Beckett Currie are combining to average 28.1 of Lafayette's 77.5 points per game. Kesler leads the squad in scoring (15.8), while Currie's 12.3 points per game place the sophomore guard in a close second. Both players have been effective from downtown. Kesler and Currie rank first and second in three-points made, with 12 and nine, respectively.

SCOUTING ST. BONAVENTURE
St. Bonaventure enter the matchup with a 2-1 mark and a two-game win streak following a pair of 88-point victories over Canisius and Cornell. In his first year as head coach of the Bonnies is Mike MacDonald, a 1988 graduate of St. Bonaventure who has amassed over 500 career wins in 30 years of coaching. The hosts claim a trio of double-digit scorers, with senior center Benjamin Bill leading the pack with 17.7 points per game.

LAST TIME OUT
Lafayette claimed an 89-46 win over Penn State Lehigh Valley behind 15 Leopards tallying buckets. Luke Bevilacqua finished as the leading scorer (11), while Beckett Currie, Jasraj Gill and Patrick D'Arcy all finished with nine points each. The Leopards found success off the glass, pulling in 53 rebounds. Lafayette hit the 50-plus rebound mark for the first time since 2021. 

DENIED BY GILL
With three blocks against Saint Joseph's, Gill has four denials in four contests. The freshman from Brisbane, Australia is tied for third in the conference and finds himself two blocks behind American's Eric Michaels.

DROPPING DIMES
The Leopards have tallied 72 assists and 18 assists per game, both of which are best in the conference. Six members of the Maroon and White have collected at least five assists. Gill claims a team-best 12 dimes, with Cooper Kesler ranking second with 11. 

BOUND TO REBOUND
The Maroon and White lead the Patriot League in combined team rebounds, with 163. The Leopards have hauled in the third-most boards in the conference on the offensive glass (50), with Misha Bednostin (8) and Shareef Jackson (6) grabbing the most. Gill has pulled down 29 rebounds defensively, contributing to Lafayette's  113 defensive boards, the best mark in the conference.

CLOSE TO HOME
Five of Lafayette's non-conference opponents reside in the Keystone State. The Leopards have already faced three of them in King's, Saint Joseph's and Penn State Lehigh Valley. Lafayette will take on the remaining two teams in December: Penn (Dec. 7) and Penn State (Dec. 19).

DEJA VU
The Leopard's 104-67 win over King's is the first time since December 2016 that Lafayette has scored 100 points in a game. The 2016 matchup happened to come in a home contest against Moravian, where Lafayette won, 104-67. 

UP NEXT
The Maroon and White return to Easton on Wednesday when Binghamton comes to town for a 7 p.m. showdown.  Coverage for the non-conference meeting can be viewed on ESPN+.