- January 3rd, 2009, 12:02 am
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On Winthrop's board, one of their fans said something that I didn't think was true, so I went looking to prove him wrong statistically. Instead of rewriting my entire post, I'm just going to post it here. Some of the stats surprised me a little bit.
We're getting out rebounded by nearly nine rebounds a game, however we're only getting out scored on second chance points by less than a point (9.4 - 10.3).
You can look at our small lineup and fall in line with the general thinking that we're getting killed underneath and that good stuff but when you look at the stats, we're definitely holding our own under there.
EAGLENC wrote:That's what everyone that has played us this season has said. We have given up 28.2 points in the paint to Division I opponents. By comparison, our five guard lineup has averaged 26.4 points in the paint. We've outscored our opponents in the paint in four of the ten games.
Liberty is playing for all intents and purposes a five guard line up, so I look for us to score easily in the paint
EAGLENC wrote:I will also be shocked if they(Liberty) shoot a boat load of freethrows with a perimeter oriented attack.Against Division I opponents, we have shot 20.4 free throws per game. In comparison, our opponents have only shot 14.5 per game. We have shot more free throws than our opponents in 8 of the 10 games.
We're getting out rebounded by nearly nine rebounds a game, however we're only getting out scored on second chance points by less than a point (9.4 - 10.3).
You can look at our small lineup and fall in line with the general thinking that we're getting killed underneath and that good stuff but when you look at the stats, we're definitely holding our own under there.
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