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Category: Statistics

Stat Sheet: Threes and Scoring

Despite missing almost three games this year, Owen Wignot has logged the third most minutes on average this season behind the two seniors– Rossiter and Jackson. He’s also got the best 3 Point FG% on the team, and it’s not a fluke. Owen is 14/32 (43.8%) while Brookins is 13/38 (34.2%) and Clarence is 20/53 [...]

Nation’s Leading Rebounder

If you didn’t already know, it’s Ryan Rosster, tied for first with some dude from Moorehead State. http://espn.go.com/ncb/statistics

Again With The Free Throws

Siena is running into the same problem they had last year– a cold start to the season from the stripe. In an article posted by Pete Iorizzo yesterday, he spoke with head coach Fran McCaffery about the team’s free throw woes. “It’ll get worked out,” McCaffery said. “We have to get some more attempts, especially [...]

Moore Leads The Nation

As of this morning, Siena’s own Ronald Moore leads the nation in assists per game (APG), currently standing at 8.6. Moore is leading the popular John Wall of Kentuky by nearly a full point (7.7). Moore added 6 assists to his total last night, and 11 against UAlbany, the third time this season he’s been [...]

Down By a Point

In this article for the New York Times, Justin Wolfers talks about a study about NCAA teams and the halftime spread. Interestingly, teams that are behind by 1 point at halftime are more likely to win than teams ahead by 1 point. He goes on to discuss how this effects the human psyche… And here’s [...]

eFG%

Effective Field-Goal Percentage (eFG%) accounts for the fact that 3-pointers are worth an extra point, something ignored by traditional field-goal percentage. Why is this important? Imagine a situation where one player shoots 6 layups, and makes 3 of them, while another player shoots 6 three point shots and makes 2 of them. Both players have [...]