The house portion of the schedule opened in decidedly convincing style. St. Bonaventure defeated Canisius 89-70 on the Reilly Heart. Saturday’s recreation noticed the Bonnies enhance to 2-0 whereas Canisius is now 1-2. Numbers and notes…
Possessions: 64. Extra of a grind it out selection. Positively a distinct and quicker tempo than what the Bonnies noticed in opposition to Bradley.
Offensive Effectivity: St. Bona 139, Canisius 109. Excellent offensive metric by Mark Schmidt’s Bonnies. The protection? Not as excellent as you aspire to restrict the opposition to below 100 effectivity.
4 Elements:
| eFG Pct. | FT Charge | OREB Pct. | TO Charge | |
| St. Bona | 55 | 27 | 57 | 13 |
| Canisius | 57 | 33 | 24 | 17 |
Scorching taking pictures. Each groups bought out of the gate quick because of some sharp perimeter taking pictures. Canisius loved an early 5 level lead earlier than the Bonnies discovered the vary, constructing a 30-26 lead with eight minutes remaining within the half. Good ball motion and the lack of the Griffs to successfully shut out allowed Bona to can six threes in these opening 12 minutes.
On the other finish Canisius ran some ball display screen motion that allowed some open seems to be from deep. The guests hit three three pointers throughout that very same 12 minute timeframe.
Kenpom.com MVP: Frank Mitchell. The Bonaventure senior ahead scored 20 factors whereas grabbing 11 rebounds. Mitchell performed two years with Canisius previous to enjoying at Minnesota final season. His efficiency was not essentially revenge motivated however it was satisfying simply the identical.
“I method each recreation as if it’s my final,” Mitchell instructed Tapinto Better Olean. “(My method) doesn’t have something to do with my opponent..however as a former Griff it does really feel good to beat them.”
Rebounding. The Bonnies knocked down 9 three pointers. Relaxation assured this was a recreation determined loads nearer to the basket. Bona out rebounded the Griffs by a 42-22 margin. They owned the offensive glass by an impressive 20-7 margin. Little shock that the hosts additionally had a powerful 44-26 benefit in factors within the paint.
“I feel (on the blocks) is the place we gained our first two video games,” Schmidt stated. “It’s old style however it’s important to win within the paint. If you happen to win within the paint you’ve got an opportunity to win and we did that.”
Bona owns a powerful 35 offensive rebounds in its first two contests.
Spreading the wealth. The Bonnies had six gamers in double figures. Beside Mitchell with 20, Achille Lonati had 13, Cayden Charles, Buddy Simmons and Joe Grahovac had 12 every and Andrew Osasuyi added 10.
Bonnies assisted on 18 of their 33 discipline objectives with Simmons main the best way with 4.
Dasonte Bowen added a profession finest seven rebounds. Amar’e Marshall scored his first factors in a Bona uniform with eight factors, 4 rebounds and three assists.
Notes: Bonnies led by 15, 50-35 at intermission. The closest Canisius would get was getting the deficit to 11 factors within the first six minutes following the break.
Canisius coach Jim Christian is in his first season on the MAAC college. A veteran on the sidelines with a lot of stops alongside the best way, Christian was most not too long ago at Kent State.
Main the best way for the Griffs Bryan Njonga with 18 factors. Javante Edwards added 14 and Chris Kumu added 12.
Canisius shot 49%, together with 42% from downtown. Bona checked in at 49% as nicely with 35% past the arc.
Bona will host Siena on Wednesday within the Brother Ed Coughlin Franciscan Cup. Canisius entertains Mercyhurst on the identical night time.
