ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. – After back-to-back heartbreakers, the St. Bonaventure Bonnies return home to face the Bowling Green Falcons in a mid-November matinee at the Reilly Center.
Saturday’s game tips off at 2 p.m., and the game will air on ESPN+.
With Justin Ndjock-Tadjoure’s departure from the program due to personal reasons, the Bonnies officially have zero points returning from a season ago. Bona has not won since this announcement last Saturday.
The 2022-23 Bonnies are young and inexperienced, but that does not mean they are deprived of talent.
“We are going to have our growing pains,” St. Bonaventure coach Mark Schmidt told the media on Friday. “We had some chances at both Canisius and at South Dakota State. We had some chances to win, but the other teams made more plays than we did. But the more they are in those situations, the more experience they get, and the better they will become. Unfortunately, we did not capitalize, but hopefully, those situations help us down the road.”
Yann Farell and Barry Evans, two of Bonaventure’s freshmen, have significantly impacted the Brown and White thus far.
In Tuesday’s gut-wrenching loss in the Badlands, Farell scored 16 points and corralled 11 rebounds–his first collegiate double-double. The Libreville, Gabon native also drained four 3-pointers.
Meanwhile, Evans, who stands at 6-foot-8, has averaged 9.0 points per game (PPG) and 5.0 rebounds per contest thus far.
“They are going to be good players,” Schmidt said of Farell and Evans. “They are talented kids and picking up the system decently. They have a long way to go regarding strength and skill development, but they’re a bright spot. They will have their ups and downs, but they’ll get better and better with more experience. We [as a staff] are happy with them. But right now, they don’t have much experience, yet they are doing well. We need them to improve, but they have bright futures.”
Both have started all three games thus far. They will likely get the starting nod again versus Bowling Green on Saturday.
Kyrell Luc, Daryl Banks III, and Anouar Mellouk will round out the starting lineup for the Bonnies, who play in the Reilly Center on a weekend for the first time this season.
Luc, who erupted for 23 points in the season opener, struggled with his shot against Canisius and South Dakota State….
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