Live and Die by the 3 ball...

[fishwater99]

This team is good, but if we hit 3's like last night , we will be tough to beat.

Peters was 8-13 from downtown last night. 27 points...

Perry is going to be a good one, needs more PT, IMO.
15 points and 9 Boards in only 18 minutes.

 

[WutheringDawg]

I'll tell you one thing that's different about this season - we're 13th nationally in FT % at .790, we've got to get the volume up but that is the best we've been at the stripe by a long shot in Howland's tenure. (first year was .725 but since we've been under 70 %)

 

[DawgsOnTheWing]

Need to develop more consistent post play going into SEC play. Hope the 3pt percentage continues like we shot last night. McNeese shot the ball well, too.

 

[Hump4Hoops]

The problem is we almost never hit 3s like last night.

Even with that performance included, we're shooting .320 from 3, good for 240th nationally - while attempting 25 a game, 81st nationally.

 

[MagnoliaHunter]

They need to have Chloe Bibby have a clinic for the men's team on 3pt shooting

She is shooting 3's at over 50%

 

[WutheringDawg]

For context we shot .319 over the course of the season in 2017 - 323rd nationally.

 

[Hump4Hoops]

Damn straight. Some great individual and team stats for the women.

The team has the #3 scoring offense and #3 scoring defense, and #1 scoring margin by far. Also:

#5 FG%
#6 OP FG%
#19 3PT%
#3 rebound margin
#10 assists
#1 blocks

Individual:

McCowan:
#17 rebounds
#6 blocks
#4 FG%

Carter:
#19 blocks

Danberry:
#17 FG%

Bibby:
#7 3PT%

 

[VegasDawg13]

Even with that performance included, we're shooting .320 from 3, good for 240th nationally - while attempting 25 a game, 81st nationally.

I'm not that worried about this. Tyson and Aric have started the season slumping from 3. Once they get it turned around, I think we'll be fine.

Q needs to take fewer 3s, though. He's a below average shooter and has the third most attempts. That applies to last year, too, so it's not just noise from a small sample size.

 

[RiverCityDawg]

I'm not that worried about this. Tyson and Aric have started the season slumping from 3. Once they get it turned around, I think we'll be fine.

Q needs to take fewer 3s, though. He's a below average shooter and has the third most attempts. That applies to last year, too, so it's not just noise from a small sample size.

Statistically, Q has gotten significantly worse as a 3 point shooter every year. I don't know how that happens. It's obviously early, but if he can't get back to being at least as good as he was as a sophomore you are exactly right, he's got to take less.

 

[johnson86-1]

She is shooting 3's at over 50%

Well, "shoot with a smaller ball" would be a big chunk of that advice. Not sure that'd be really helpful.

 

[gymdawg.sixpack]

Perry's progression is the key to an 8 seed losing early in the dance or a 5 seed making elite8.

 

[fishwater99]

Even with that performance included, we're shooting .320 from 3, good for 240th nationally - while attempting 25 a game, 81st nationally.

Either we need to increase our shooting percentage or take less from 3. Something has to give.

 

[Hump4Hoops]

Q's shooting% progression is super strange.

His 3PT% has gone down drastically:
.394 > .373 > .313 > .207

while his overall shooting % has gone up:
.448 > .469 > .484 > .500

 

[bruiser.sixpack]

His 3PT% has gone down drastically:
.394 > .373 > .313 > .207

while his overall shooting % has gone up:
.448 > .469 > .484 > .500

He is shooting a lot of 2 footers these days.***

 

[THE Bruce Dickinson]

She is shooting 3's at over 50%

Do you think she can teach the men's team how to make their defenders have zero jumping ability, and how to make the ball smaller?

 

[thf24]

Perry's progression is the key to an 8 seed losing early in the dance or a 5 seed making elite8.

Not sure about specifics at this point, but I absolutely agree Perry is the key to this team reaching its potential. He's our only player with the size and skill to score against any matchup in the low post, which will be crucial if we're going to continue to play this NBA-style iso and 2-man game Howland seems to favor in the half court.