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Getting into some numbers this morning and here's what they say our gameplan should be.
1) As a team they are shooting a whopping 39% from 3, while we are allowing our opponents to shoot 36.2% from 3 which is 264th in the nation. Here's an eye popping stat, the 3 ball has KILLED us this year. Our opponents are scoring 46.2% of their points from 3 land this year which is the 4th worst in the entire nation of 300+ division 1 teams. Key number 1? Run them off the 3 point line. As a team we are just allowing our opponents to shoot 39.4% from inside the arc, which is good for 25th in the nation (anyone who says we are missing eugene on the defensive end is kidding themselves).
2) Stephen F Austin turns the ball over a ton. They turn the ball over the 5th most of any division 1 team in the nation. It is very important that we capitalize on these in transition tonight. I see Montez Mathis getting a ton of minutes tonight because this is what he does best, capitalize on turnovers and finish in transition. I also think it's important that we have our guys in the game who force turnovers the most like montez, caleb, geo and harper. These guys should play a ton tonight.
3) On the flip side? Stephen F Austin forces more turnovers while on defense than any team in America. They are #1 of 352 for turnovers. This means we need ball handles on the court who play under control. IMO we'll see very little of shaq carter tonight, look for us to go small with harper and yeboah mainly playing the 4. I also anticipate jacob young playing his least minutes of any game tonight because he just plays too fast and out of control to deal with trapping defenses imo. Jacob Young leads all of our guards by a longshot (almost double compared with every other guard) in % of turnovers per possession played. In fact 25% of jacob youngs possessions have wound up in turnovers. It's a pretty remarkable stat.
4) Stephen F Austin fouls a ton. In fact they are the 5th most "mucked up" team in the nation ranking #5 out of 352 for % of fouls per possession. This means it's important for us to play our guys who draw fouls and knock down foul shots. Harper and Yeboah are #1 and #2 respectively on our team for drawing fouls on the opposition with caleb and jacob young not too far behind. It's important that guys who draw fouls AND can hit foul shots play alot tonight. That means look for caleb, yeboah and harper to play a ton. If we're weak at the line tonight, we're in trouble.
5) We must play a clean game. Stephen F Austin gets to the line alot. Luckily we play some of the cleanest defense in the country. However, Stephen F Austin is top 50 in the country at getting to the line and then when they're there, they are shooting a killer 78% good for 38th in the country. Playing clean D tonight will be huge.
1) As a team they are shooting a whopping 39% from 3, while we are allowing our opponents to shoot 36.2% from 3 which is 264th in the nation. Here's an eye popping stat, the 3 ball has KILLED us this year. Our opponents are scoring 46.2% of their points from 3 land this year which is the 4th worst in the entire nation of 300+ division 1 teams. Key number 1? Run them off the 3 point line. As a team we are just allowing our opponents to shoot 39.4% from inside the arc, which is good for 25th in the nation (anyone who says we are missing eugene on the defensive end is kidding themselves).
2) Stephen F Austin turns the ball over a ton. They turn the ball over the 5th most of any division 1 team in the nation. It is very important that we capitalize on these in transition tonight. I see Montez Mathis getting a ton of minutes tonight because this is what he does best, capitalize on turnovers and finish in transition. I also think it's important that we have our guys in the game who force turnovers the most like montez, caleb, geo and harper. These guys should play a ton tonight.
3) On the flip side? Stephen F Austin forces more turnovers while on defense than any team in America. They are #1 of 352 for turnovers. This means we need ball handles on the court who play under control. IMO we'll see very little of shaq carter tonight, look for us to go small with harper and yeboah mainly playing the 4. I also anticipate jacob young playing his least minutes of any game tonight because he just plays too fast and out of control to deal with trapping defenses imo. Jacob Young leads all of our guards by a longshot (almost double compared with every other guard) in % of turnovers per possession played. In fact 25% of jacob youngs possessions have wound up in turnovers. It's a pretty remarkable stat.
4) Stephen F Austin fouls a ton. In fact they are the 5th most "mucked up" team in the nation ranking #5 out of 352 for % of fouls per possession. This means it's important for us to play our guys who draw fouls and knock down foul shots. Harper and Yeboah are #1 and #2 respectively on our team for drawing fouls on the opposition with caleb and jacob young not too far behind. It's important that guys who draw fouls AND can hit foul shots play alot tonight. That means look for caleb, yeboah and harper to play a ton. If we're weak at the line tonight, we're in trouble.
5) We must play a clean game. Stephen F Austin gets to the line alot. Luckily we play some of the cleanest defense in the country. However, Stephen F Austin is top 50 in the country at getting to the line and then when they're there, they are shooting a killer 78% good for 38th in the country. Playing clean D tonight will be huge.
