Women’s Basketball Opens New Season

Tweet Photo courtesy of gobonnies.com BY: SEAN WALLACE; SPORTS EDITOR ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — Coming off its first postseason appearance since the 2015-16 season, the St. Bonaventure University women’s basketball team looks to build on its success entering the 2026-27 season. Head coach Jim Crowley, in his second stint with the program, enters his 20th season at Bonaventure. He coached at the University of Providence from 2016 to 2023. Aaliyah Parker, who averaged 12.6 points and 5.8 rebounds per game as a graduate student for the Bonnies last season, joins the coaching staff as an assistant coach. Junior guard Mackenzie Patinelli, a management major from Collegeville, Pennsylvania, enters her third year with Bonaventure. She averaged 5.6 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game while ranking third on the team with 42 steals last season. She also started all 33 games. Bonaventure opened its season with a 68-56 home victory over D’Youville University on Wednesday, Nov. 4.

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