{"id":714066,"date":"2026-04-19T17:24:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T17:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/714066\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T17:24:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T17:24:21","slug":"st-bonaventure-sees-influx-of-transfers-added-to-basketball-roster-field-level-media-professional-sports-content-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/714066\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Bonaventure sees influx of transfers added to basketball roster &#8211; Field Level Media &#8211; Professional sports content solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Penn State forward Mason Blackwood became the latest transfer to commit to St. Bonaventure and to new head coach Mike MacDonald.<\/p>\n<p>ESPN broke that news Sunday morning, and Blackwood\u2019s transfer caps an eventful week for the Bonnies.<\/p>\n<p>Per the 247 transfer portal and multiple reports, St. Bonaventure, located in Olean, N.Y., has added to its roster this week, along with Blackwood:<\/p>\n<p>\u2013Akbar Waheed III, a 6-foot-6 guard who redshirted at Boston College last season. <\/p>\n<p>\u2013Zach Philipkoski, a 6-4 guard, and 6-10 center Benjamin Bill, both of whom played for MacDonald at Division II Daemen.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013Taj Au-Duke, a 6-3 point guard who started his college career at Pepperdine but transferred to Indian Hills Community College in Iowa, where he became a first-team JUCO All-American.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013Ryan Kalambay, a 6-9 forward from Detroit Mercy.<\/p>\n<p>Returning to the Bonnies from the 2005-06 roster are Ilia Ermakov, a 6-6 guard from Russia; John Ikpotokin, a 6-7 center from Ireland; Jack DeRose, a 6-foot guard and local product from Olean High School; Achille Lonati, a 6-5 Italian guard; and Joe Grahovac, a 6-10 forward from Santa Ana, Calif.<\/p>\n<p>With Kalambay and Au-Duke from Canada, the Bonnies will have an international flair.<\/p>\n<p>The Bonnies are losing four seniors and seven players to the transfer portal. According to 247Sports\u2019 portal tracker, none of them have selected a new school.<\/p>\n<p>Adding two players with experience in a power-conference program is a boost for St. Bonaventure.<\/p>\n<p>Blackwood, from nearby Rochester, N.Y., appeared in 26 games as a freshman (one start) and averaged 2.6 points and 1.8 rebounds over 12.2 minutes. The 6-7 forward is expected to be a building block for the revamped Bonnies.<\/p>\n<p>Waheed didn\u2019t appear in any games at Boston College as a freshman. He will have four years of eligibility remaining.<\/p>\n<p>St. Bonaventure finished 17-17 in the 2025-26 season and 4-14 in Atlantic 10 play.<\/p>\n<p>MacDonald was hired as head coach on March 31 to replace Mark Schmidt, who retired after 19 seasons on the job. A 1988 St. Bonaventure alum, he led Daemen to a 265-86 record over 12 seasons. He led the Wildcats to NCAA Division II East Regional championships in 2026 and 2021.<\/p>\n<p>He is the only coach to win 100 games with programs at the Division I (Canisius), II (Daemen) and III (Medaille) levels.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013Field Level Media<\/p>\n<p>                                            <img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776619461_895_be4452b65ace878d206f2029709048c825036e3517e6a89f4eedc3d4c530e2ba.jpeg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-96 photo\" height=\"96\" width=\"96\" decoding=\"async\"\/>                                            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Penn State forward Mason Blackwood became the latest transfer to commit to St. Bonaventure and to new&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":714067,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3723],"tags":[7,217,231,772,1544],"class_list":{"0":"post-714066","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-college-basketball","10":"tag-ncaa","11":"tag-ncaa-basketball","12":"tag-ncaab"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116432539930837228","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=714066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/714067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=714066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=714066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=714066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}