Nova Game Thread 2-24-19

[mumuskie87]

Huge game against the BE conference alpha dog.
X is in an extended version of the NCAA Tournament at present.
Each game is a survive and advance.
If they would win out, they would most likely finish alone in 3rd place in the BE at 10-8.
And a win in the BET would put them in the Tournament.

[mumuskie87]

Need Scruggs to play better today.
He's been in funk the last 3 games -
2 for 8 from 2
1 for 4 from 3
3 for 6 from the line
13 assists and 14 TO''s

I've been critical of Marshall's play this year but he has certainly shot better the last 3 games -
12 for 28 from 3 - 43%. He has raised his season avg now to 28.5%
14-28 from 2 which is slightly better than his season aver of 49%.

But X has to play to their strength which is their post play.
Jones has averaged 16 pts and 11 boards in his last 3 games and shooting 66% from the field
And Hankins has avg 11 pts and 5 boards and is shooting 61% from the field.
And they are shooting a better from the line - 70% combined for the last 3 games.

[mumuskie87]

Nova has been in a team shooting slump from 3.
5 of their last 6 games they have shot 31% or less from 3.
Have lost 3 of those games.
And they have lost 2 straight in conference play for the 1st time since the new BE.

[Shadow]

Nova has been in a team shooting slump from 3.
5 of their last 6 games they have shot 31% or less from 3.
Have lost 3 of those games.
And they have lost 2 straight in conference play for the 1st time since the new BE.

Better than 50% of their shots are from beyond the arch. If they can't hit them today I look for a win by X.

[mumuskie87]

1st game against Nova was the last game X had less than 10 TO's in a game.
Since then 8 straight games with 10+ TO's
Need to replicate again today and hope Nova continues to shoot in the low 30's or less from 3.

[mumuskie87]

Running man uni's today

[mumuskie87]

Nice drive and bucket by Scruggs

[Shadow]

Was Jones limping?

[mumuskie87]

Was Jones limping?

Didn't see it
He is still in the game

[mumuskie87]

The less Goodin shoots the better it is for X.
The best line from him is zero FG attempts.