 |
| Image lifted from here |
Vegas had the Huskies as 2-point favorites for the game, and that's just how it turned out. Ken Pomeroy only had UConn as at -1, but we'll cut Ken some slack tonight since his computer didn't know that Dominick Cheek would have to sit this one out.
I'm not going to spend too much time discussing the basics stats for the game, as VBTN will undoubtedly turn out a massively in-depth recap soon.
I decided to run through the numbers of this game for a couple of reasons - besides the marquee match-up, this was UConn's third try at beating an upper-echelon Big East team (after losses at Pitt and Notre Dame) and I still wasn't convinced they were legit, even after the win at Texas.
Meanwhile, Villanova had lost Cheek in the Maryland game. He was someone I thought could switch out on Kemba Walker to slow down his outside shot, but would also give Jeremy Lamb fits - I do think it's fair to discount the result tonight a bit, presuming Cheek returns soon. And I wanted to watch Corey Stokes play, as he's having an amazing senior season (much like Austin Freeman last year, before the diabetes kicked in).
By my estimate, the pivotal sequence in the game started after the under-8:00 timeout in the second half with Maalik Wayns heading to the line to shoot free throws with the Wildcats up four points, 45-41.
He missed the second, and what followed was a terrible stretch for Villanova, as they committed three turnovers and attempted an end-of-the-shot-clock 3FG (to go along with a made dunk) over their next five possessions. Meanwhile, UConn got in the paint every time down the court, with Alex Oriakhi making a couple of close-in shots, Walker hitting 3/4 FTs and Lamb adding a couple of layups.
Now, at the under-4:00 timeout, UConn lead 52-48 and never trailed the rest of the way.
In the end, it was Jeremy Lamb who was the revelation today, rather than Stokes. Sure the headlines will be about Walker, who really didn't have a Kemba-Walker-like game until the last few seconds, and Corey Fisher, who had a tremendous game. But Stokes didn't show up tonight - in fact, by my math only Roscoe Smith was a bigger negative in the game - while Jeremy Lamb did. Which again make me wonder what would have happened if Cheek could have played.
Full stats package after the jump, for the curious.
TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE . Visitor Home . Villanova UConn . 1st Half 2nd Half Total 1st Half 2nd Half Total Pace 29 34 64 Effic. 74.9 108.2 92.9 71.5 117.0 96.0 eFG% 27.3 53.7 39.2 29.3 51.9 40.2 TO% 10.2 14.6 12.6 23.8 11.7 17.3 OR% 37.0 15.4 30.0 36.4 35.3 35.9 FTA/FGA 21.2 33.3 26.7 13.8 66.7 39.3 Assist Rate 25.0 42.9 36.4 57.1 53.8 55.0 Block Rate 16.7 0.0 7.5 7.7 0.0 4.3 Steal Rate 10.2 2.9 6.3 0.0 8.8 4.7 2FG% 23.1 65.0 41.3 22.2 50.0 37.5 3FG% 28.6 14.3 21.4 27.3 40.0 31.2 FT% 57.1 88.9 75.0 100.0 66.7 72.7
INDIVIDUAL NET POINTS STATS Villanova Off % Pts Def Pts Player Poss Poss O.Rtg Prod Poss D.Rtg Allow Net Pts Pena, Antonio 60 9.8 98.5 5.8 60 88.1 10.6 -2.1 Yarou, Mouphtaou 38 25.3 96.8 9.3 40 96.2 7.7 +0.8 Wayns, Maalik 44 29.4 70.1 9.1 41 110.3 9.0 -2.6 Fisher, Corey 56 34.2 124.7 23.9 55 99.1 10.9 +8.9 Stokes, Corey 60 9.8 43.7 2.6 63 88.2 11.1 -5.6 Sutton, Maurice 19 17.5 54.8 1.8 19 56.1 2.1 -0.2 Bell, James 19 1.7 185.7 0.6 18 55.6 2.0 -0.5 Armwood, Isaiah 19 26.9 43.7 2.2 24 70.9 3.4 -1.3 TOTALS 63 88.9 55.3 64 88.9 56.9 -0.8 UConn Off % Pts Def Pts Player Poss Poss O.Rtg Prod Poss D.Rtg Allow Net Pts LAMB, Jeremy 52 19.1 113.0 11.2 51 79.9 8.2 +3.2 OLANDER, Tyler 12 8.3 0.0 0.0 10 70.0 1.4 -1.0 SMITH, Roscoe 49 9.8 33.4 1.6 49 100.6 9.9 -5.7 ORIAKHI, Alex 57 23.1 112.3 14.8 57 91.9 10.5 +3.5 WALKER, Kemba 63 35.2 99.1 22.0 61 94.4 11.5 +5.8 BEVERLY, Donnell 7 14.3 0.0 0.0 7 28.6 0.4 -0.3 COOMBS-MCDANIEL, J 21 13.6 60.8 1.7 20 88.3 3.5 -1.3 GIFFEY, Niels 3 0.0 - 0.0 2 160.0 0.6 -0.6 NAPIER, Shabazz 31 6.6 103.9 2.1 31 94.8 5.9 -1.8 OKWANDU, Charles 25 24.1 88.4 5.3 27 85.6 4.6 +0.4 TOTALS 64 93.3 58.8 63 89.6 56.5 +2.3
HD BOX SCORE
Villanova vs UConn
1-17-11 3:30 p.m. at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion Storrs, Conn.
Final score: UConn 61, Villanova 59
Villanova Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
Pena, Antonio 38:14 + 2 8/59 4- 8 0- 0 0- 0 8/58 0/18 1/60 0/60 0/38 1/38 4/35 2
Yarou, Mouphtaou 23:55 - 9 8/33 3- 8 0- 0 2- 2 8/39 0/ 9 0/40 1/38 0/26 4/27 6/23 3
Wayns, Maalik 24:59 - 1 9/43 4- 6 0- 4 1- 2 10/40 2/12 0/41 4/44 0/31 1/26 1/28 3
Fisher, Corey 35:52 + 1 28/56 7-15 3- 7 5- 6 22/56 6/11 0/55 0/56 0/33 0/36 3/33 1
Stokes, Corey 38:06 - 8 3/53 0- 3 0- 3 3- 3 6/56 0/20 1/63 1/60 0/40 0/38 2/39 2
Sutton, Maurice 12:05 + 7 1/22 0- 2 0- 0 1- 2 2/17 0/ 8 1/19 1/19 3/10 1/11 2/13 3
Bell, James 12:35 + 2 0/13 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/17 0/ 5 0/18 0/19 0/ 6 1/13 2/ 9 2
Armwood, Isaiah 14:14 - 4 2/16 1- 4 0- 0 0- 1 4/17 0/ 5 1/24 1/19 0/16 1/11 2/15 2
TOTALS 40:00 59 19-46 3-14 12-16 60 8/22 4/64 8/63 3/40 12/40 25/39 18
. 0.413 0.214 0.750 0.364 0.062 0.127 0.075 0.300 0.641
UConn Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
LAMB, Jeremy 31:44 + 5 14/55 4- 7 2- 5 0- 0 12/44 2/11 2/51 1/52 0/40 2/30 6/32 1
OLANDER, Tyler 08:02 + 4 0/ 9 0- 2 0- 0 0- 0 2/14 0/ 3 0/10 0/12 0/ 7 0/11 0/10 1
SMITH, Roscoe 30:39 + 7 2/55 1- 2 0- 2 0- 0 4/45 0/18 0/49 1/49 2/35 0/28 3/29 3
ORIAKHI, Alex 35:54 + 0 14/57 5- 9 0- 0 4- 6 9/49 1/14 0/57 3/57 0/43 4/33 8/34 1
WALKER, Kemba 39:24 + 3 24/61 3-12 3- 6 9-12 18/56 5/14 0/61 3/63 0/45 2/39 4/38 2
BEVERLY, Donnell 04:17 + 1 0/ 2 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 4 0/ 1 0/ 7 1/ 7 0/ 4 0/ 3 0/ 7 0
COOMBS-MCDANIEL, J 14:24 - 5 2/12 1- 3 0- 2 0- 0 5/19 1/ 3 0/20 0/21 0/16 0/15 1/15 0
GIFFEY, Niels 01:58 - 3 0/ 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 2 0/ 0 0/ 2 0/ 3 0/ 2 0/ 2 0/ 2 1
NAPIER, Shabazz 19:20 + 2 2/34 0- 1 0- 1 2- 2 2/24 1/11 1/31 0/31 0/17 0/15 0/14 3
OKWANDU, Charles 14:18 - 4 3/20 1- 4 0- 0 1- 2 4/23 1/ 5 0/27 1/25 0/21 4/19 3/19 4
TOTALS 40:00 61 15-40 5-16 16-22 56 11/20 3/63 11/64 2/46 14/39 28/40 16
. 0.375 0.312 0.727 0.550 0.048 0.172 0.043 0.359 0.700
Efficiency: UConn 0.953, Villanova 0.937
eFG%: UConn 0.402, Villanova 0.392
Substitutions: UConn 28, Villanova 34
2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: UConn 1-3, Villanova 2-2
Layups/Tips: UConn 7-14, Villanova 4-10
Jumpers: UConn 7-23, Villanova 13-34
Fast break pts (% FG pts): UConn 14 (31.1), Villanova 4 (8.5)
Pts (eff.) after steal: UConn 4 (133.3), Villanova 2 (50.0)
Seconds per poss: UConn 17.2, Villanova 20.6
No comments:
Post a Comment