Seven of the previous eleven meetings were decided by six points or less. Little surprise St. Bonaventure and Duquesne would be locked in another battle. On Saturday evening the Bonnies edged Duquesne 65-61. Bonnies have now won 10 of the last 12 in a series that has been extremely competitive, game to game, despite Mark Schmidt’s club holding the upper hand. The tempo free numbers of note from the contest played at La Roche University in Pittsburgh.
Possessions: 67
Offensive efficiency: St. Bona 97, Duquesne 91- another strong defensive performance by the Bonnies.
TO rate- Duquesne 18%, St. Bona 22%- Keith Dambrot’s Dukes did a creditable (under the 20% cutoff number) job caring for the ball. Bonnies were forced into an unacceptable rate by the Duke defense.
Touches. When Bona defeated Duquesne at Reilly Center eight days ago, Kyle Lofton had the ball in his hands a great deal during crunch time. Lofton had a game high 35 touches in 40 minutes. Touches being measured by FGA...
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