Halftime Observations

The Bonnies need to hit the boards. They have eight offensive rebounds but only five on the defensive end and are getting out-rebounded by the smaller Blue Hose.

Playing a seven-man rotation could be problematic as this game wears on. Schmidt has used the same seven men, mostly, the entire three games and Presbyterian has used 10 of its 11 players. In fact the Bonnies have only used six main men, with Benson coming off the bench and Eleby has played just three minutes. TB has played 15 minutes and has attempted one shot. He has no points and has been a non-factor. That needs to change if the Bonnies want to pull this out.

The defense in transition needs to improve. Blue Hose guards are being left wide open and they’ve hit six 3’s already – slightly above their 11.3 per game average.

Nine of the Blue Hose 10 players that have played have scored and the Blue Hose are out-scoring the Bonnies in the paint, 10 to 8. That cannot happen in the second half or we will lose this game. Lee has eight points but only two boards. Relph needs to continue to knock down the outside shot.

The Bonnies offensively are fine. They need to continue to execute but the defense needs to pick it up. One bright spot for the team – six assists and just five turnovers.