DII halfcourt press/man and motion

Player 1:

ath: 53
spd: 22
Reb: 96
Def: 81
Blk: 94
LP: 53
PE: 1
BH: 19
P: 1

Player 2:

ath: 49
spd: 18
Reb: 80
Def: 56
Blk: 92
LP: 99
PE: 1
BH: 31
P: 8

I say 1... but that 99 LP keeps winking at me.

I'm not the most experienced coach but I would start Player 1 for his defense on the opponents best post player then have Player 2 bring some solid scoring production off the bench.

Since you appear to be posting from a different account, I can't look at the rest of your team.  That said, I'd have to be badly, badly hurting for offense in my starting lineup to go with guy #2.  But with that BH and LP, even with poor ATH, #2 is a very solid D2 scorer, and if you really have no scoring options in the starting lineup, there could be an argument.

Without a big deficiency in starting scoring, you don't need that offense badly enough to give up so much defense and rebounding.

I'm always looking for an excuse to move a scorer to the bench.  This seems like a perfect opportunity.