GEORGETOWN, GRAND CAYMAN — Having just seven scholarship players in a three-games-in-three-days tournament is not a recipe for success. That held true again Wednesday as St. Bonaventure dropped its final game in the Cayman Islands Classic to Akron, 61-49, at John Gray Gym.

The Bonnies trailed by five points early in the second half when Akron scored six straight points to open a 38-27 lead. St. Bonaventure went cold, scoring just three points over the first 7:59 of the second half. By that point, Akron had pushed its lead to 48-30.

Despite the morning (11 a.m.) tip-off, the game began well for the Bonnies as they scored the first seven points. The Bonnies led 9-3 after Nelson Kaputo’s layup at the 15:15 mark, but Akron’s Daniel Utomi got hot, making four three-pointers over the next four minutes as the Zips surged ahead 15-10.

Akron went up by as many as 11 points in the first half but St. Bonaventure closed to within 30-23 at halftime.

Utomi went 5-6 from long range in the first half and ended the day 6-9, totaling a game-high 22 points.

The Bonnies, who dropped to 1-5 on the season, again played without three injured starters, senior forwards Courtney Stockard and LaDarien Griffin and freshman swingman Dominick Welch. Junior forward Melkisdek Moreaux has not played yet this season due to a knee injury.

Kaputo led the Bonnies with 14 points. Freshman point guard Kyle Lofton finished with 13 and Ngalakulondi totaled 11.

Junior guard Jalen Poyser, who was named to the All-Tournament team, was limited to four points and four rebounds. Poyser averaged 16.3 points per game in the Cayman Islands Classic.

NOTES: Freshman point guard Kyle Lofton scored in double figures in all three games in the tournament, averaging 15.3 points per game. He also totaled 10 assists, 10 rebounds and four steals in the Classic. … Ngalakulondi is now averaging 6.7 points and 6.7 rebounds for the season. … St. Bonaventure will return home tonight and have a week off from competition. The Bonnies’ next game is Nov. 28 at home against Canisius.

UTSA 76, FGCU 65

ESTERO, Fla. (AP) — Jhivvan Jackson made five 3-pointers and scored 21 points in just 15 minutes, Keaton Wallace added four 3s and 19 points and UTSA beat Florida Gulf Coast 76-65 on Wednesday in the Gulf Coast Showcase for its first victory of the season.

Jackson, who was the Conference USA freshman of the year last season, was limited to 15 minutes in each of UTSA’s three tournament games after recently returning from an injury.

He totaled 41 points over a combined 45 minutes, making 12 of 33 from the field.

UTSA trailed 36-34 at halftime but opened the second half on a 12-3 run for seven-point lead and shot 55 percent in the final 20 minutes.

Nick Allen chipped in with 13 points for UTSA (1-5), which was 10 of 22 from distance.

Christian Carlyle led FGCU (2-5) with 16 points. Schadrac Casimir and Haanif Cheatham each added 14 points.