Sunday, November 27, 2011

Gardner-Webb 76, Mocs 74 (OT)

FOUR FACTORS (plau two)

efg%
Mocs- 43.1%
Gardner-Webb- 41.0%
Advantage- Mocs

TO%
Mocs- 19.0%
Gardner-Webb- 12.2%
Advantage- Gardner-Webb

OR%
Mocs- 31.8%
Gardner-Webb- 37.5%
Advantage- Gardner-Webb

FTRate
Mocs- 33.9%
Gardner-Webb- 36.1%
Advantage- Gardner-Webb

FT%
Mocs- 81.8%
Gardner-Webb- 65.4%
Advantage- Mocs

3PtRate
Mocs- 49.2%
Gardner-Webb- 36.1%

PLAYER RATER

Overall
1) Ricky Taylor 30.7
2) Keegan Bell 24.9
3) Drazen Zlovaric 22.6
4) Chris Early 14.4
5) Omar Wattad 8.9
6) Rico White 8.3
7) Jared Bryant 7.9
8) Dontay Hampton 3.4
9) Z Mason 2.1
10) Jahmal Burroughs 0.0

Per 40
1) Ricky Taylor 39.6
2) Jared Bryant 39.3
3) Drazen Zlovaric 29.2
4) Keegan Bell 23.3
5) Chris Early 21.3
6)  Rico White 20.6
7) Omar Wattad 14.2
8) Z Mason 12.0
9) Dontay Hampton 6.5
10) Jahmal Burroughs 0.0

ANALYSIS

Wow. The Mocs could not come up with an offensive rebound when it mattered, and the Mocs dropped to 2-4 overall, and went just 2-2 on a homestand that most people expected the Mocs to go 4-0 on.

This team is just not very good right now. They nearly found a way to win this afternoon, but in the end they were undone by allowing Mike Byron to dominate the boards. He finished with 18 points and 13 rebounds, including seven offensive rebounds. They just had to find a way to get an offensive rebound, but could not do it.

The Mocs did not shoot the ball very well again, but Ricky Taylor did get going a little bit. The Mocs made a big 14-0 run with Jared Bryant in the game. Bryant played very well. He is a little bit undersized defensively, it seems. However, I was impressed with his play, and think that he should get more playing time. He continues to impress me.

Omar Wattad did not have a good night. I really have to believe that his back is still bothering him. He just does not look like himself.

Drazen Zlovaric still looks pretty good. He's not as good as he will be, but he will continue to improve as the seasn progresses. I like what I am seeing from him.

Jahmal Burroughs seems to be struggling now. He is not playing as well as he was a couple of weeks ago. He has started to be a virtual non-factor when he is on the floor it seems like. He is OK defensively, but is not making any other significant impact. At the moment, I'd like to see Bryant get about half of Burroughs minutes.

The Mocs look like they may be in some trouble. They have not been able to beat some of the more beatable teams on the schedule. They have a huge set of SoCon games coming up this week, which could be bad for the Mocs. We'll see what happens.

The Mocs have to come up with more offensive production, and have to find a way to keep the defensive pressure on. They need to find a way to come up with some wins. It's a long season, and this is just the beginning, but this game was particularly painful. The Mocs had Gardner-Webb beat, and found a way to lose in overtime. They need to come up with better performances.

Only ten guys played tonight, and one of them was not Drew Baker. So that experiment does appear to be over- for better or worse.

GO MOCS!

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