Coach believes Bandits likely to have two home courts for remainder of season

Coach Brad Chalmers admitted it was a disappointing result for the team's first game south of the border in almost a decade.

"The first game more so than the second," he said.

"Hobart are second on the ladder and have won about six games in a row, so that was always going to be a tough one.

"We just didn't come ready to go, which is disappointing."

However, Chalmers can draw a silver lining from the experience.

"Being right in the game for majority of it and pushing them (Hobart) was a positive finish from the weekend."

With the team having played all of their home games at the Lauren Jackson Sports Centre before last round, Chalmers said it was an adjustment for the side.

Due to the current Covid situation in NSW and interstate travel rules, he admitted they could be facing more home matches at the Wodonga Sports and Leisure Centre for the remainder of the NBL1 season.

"It was a bit like a road game in a sense, which wasn't ideal," Chalmers said.

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However, despite the change, the Bandits have decided to continue training at the Albury stadium.

They utilised the Wodonga courts for one session last week.

"In reality we just feel like it's probably better to stay in our regular training habits and we'll just play the games over there," he said.

"It didn't provide any benefit for us training over there."

After battling injury concerns for most of the first half of the season and losing recruit Bijan Johnson, their luck looks to have turned around.

"Fingers crossed everyone is in good nick at the moment," Chalmers said.

"We had a fairly light week last week, but this week we've ramped it up a little bit more."

New recruits Wani Swaka Lo Buluk and Lochlan Hutchison are settling into the side well, with Swaka Lo Buluk top scoring against Hobart last week.

The Bandits currently sit 14^th on the ladder with five rounds remaining before the playoffs.

They were scheduled to take on Sandringham in Wodonga this weekend, but due to Victoria's lockdown games have been postponed.

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