Saint Joseph’s Wins, Record Climbs to 17-0

Jameer Nelson was perfect from the field -- making all six attempts for 19 points -- and so is No. 3 Saint Joseph’s after a 114-63 rout of St. Bonaventure on Saturday night at Olean, N.Y.

The victory gave the Hawks, 17-0 and 7-0 in the Atlantic 10, a school record with their 17th consecutive victory. Saint Joseph’s won 16 in a row from Jan. 7-March 8, 1965.

Nelson scored all of his points in the first half and didn’t attempt a shot in the second half. He was taken out with 12:08 left and the Hawks leading, 79-40.

The Bonnies (6-10, 2-3) were unable to feed off a boisterous crowd of about 6,000, the first sellout this season at the Reilly Center. They made only one of their first 18 shots and never recovered.

Marques Green, the conference’s leading scorer -- and fifth in the nation -- missed his first seven shots before making a three-point basket with 4:30 left in the first half. Green, averaging 24.2 points, had 12 points on three-of-12 shooting.

As the Bonnies struggled, the Hawks went to their strength -- the perimeter game. Led by Nelson’s four three-point baskets, they made 17 of 26 three-point shots, including 12 of 18 in the first half when they took a 62-27 lead.

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In games involving unranked teams:

Artie Bowers made a three-point basket with 31 seconds left at Amherst, Mass., to give Massachusetts (6-11, 1-5 Atlantic 10) a 66-65 victory over Temple (6-9, 1-4), preventing John Chaney from recording his 700th coaching victory. The Minutemen blew a 23-point lead in the second half and trailed, 65-62, with 1:32 left.... Danny Granger, a 6-foot-8 junior who transferred from Bradley, made his debut at point guard and scored 28 points to lead New Mexico (10-6, 1-2 Mountain West) past Utah, 70-54, at Albuquerque, ending the Utes’ nine-game winning streak. Utah is 15-4, 3-1.

Nick Welch had 20 points as Air Force (13-2, 3-0 Mountain West) extended its winning streak to 11 games -- a school record -- with a 74-52 victory over Brigham Young (12-5, 2-2) at Colorado Springs, Colo. The Falcons, who entered the game with the nation’s best scoring defense, giving up 46.6 points a game, held the Cougars to 24 points below their average.

Keith Waleskowski made two free throws with 18 seconds remaining and Mark Jones made one with 6.3 seconds left at Philadelphia to give Dayton (16-3, 6-0 Atlantic 10) a 77-75 victory over La Salle (7-11, 2-3).... Indiana (10-6, 4-1 Big Ten) outscored Minnesota, 11-6, in overtime to beat the Golden Gophers, 86-81, at Minneapolis. Kris Humphries scored 24 points for Minnesota (8-9, 0-5).