It was an offensive showcase down in Waco, and the Hoyas came up 2 points short, in a game that served as a microcosm of their entire season.
The play-by-play doesn't contain substitution data, so you'll only be getting a tempo-free box score tonight.
Let's run the numbers:
Offense Defense
1st Half 2nd Half Total 1st Half 2nd Half Total
Pace 28 28 56
Eff. 156.7 98.9 127.7 121.1 141.4 131.2
eFG% 90.5 48.1 67.0 63.6 75.0 69.6
TO% 21.4 21.2 21.3 14.2 17.7 16.0
OR% 33.3 33.3 33.3 25.0 33.3 28.6
FTA/FGA 33.3 11.5 21.3 40.9 20.8 30.4
FTM/FGA 28.6 11.5 19.1 27.3 16.7 21.7
Assist Rate 62.5 45.5 55.6 75.0 62.5 67.9
Block Rate 9.1 25.0 17.4 0.0 6.3 3.4
Steal Rate 21.4 17.7 19.5 10.7 10.6 10.6
2FG% 90.9 66.7 78.3 61.5 75.0 69.0
3FG% 60.0 21.4 37.5 44.4 50.0 47.1
FT% 85.7 100.0 90.0 66.7 80.0 71.4
That both teams got over 70 points in a 56 possession game is impressive; the 56 possessions played was the fewest of any game this season.
Defense just wasn't in the cards tonight, as the Hoyas reverted back to their early-swoon form of good offense / bad defense (think at Marquette or at Syracuse). It leads to aesthetically pleasing games, but the same, inevitable result.
Offensively, that was the highest efficiency since the aforementioned loss against Syracuse.
Defensively, that was the highest efficiency of the season (just nosing out the aforementioned loss at Marquette).
That's all for tonight, as it's way past my bedtime.
Look for a continuation of the season post-mortems over the next few weeks.
You didn't 'aforemention' a win against Syracuse. You mentioned the loss AT Syracuse.
ReplyDeleteWhoops, noted and fixed.
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