MU goes over 90 points for 4th straight game - this time against 5th best scoring defense in countryWritten by: noreply@blogger.com (bamamarquettefan1)Something had to give with Marquette scoring 95.0 a game (2nd scoring offense in country) and Mississippi giving up 45.3 points per game (5th scoring defense in country).
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Top Defenses
Pts All
Top Offenses
Pts Scored
[/tr] Wisconsin | 35.0 | Memphis | 97.0 |
St. Louis | 39.5 | Marquette | 95.0 |
St. Marys | 41.0 | Iowa | 93.0 |
Virginia | 44.5 | Texas | 92.3 |
Mississippi | 45.3 | Iona | 92.0 |
Norfolk St (since MU) | 50.6 | | |
The answer came fast - as Marquette shredded Mississippi's defense for more than their 45.3 average IN THE FIRST 17 1/2 MINUTES OF THE GAME. How did MU do that without letting one of the best shotblocking teams in the country block a single shot during those 17 1/2 minutes?
Look at Junior Cadougan's 6 assists - as he has helped MU become the top assist team in the country - and look at Vander Blue's 4 steals. MU came into the game with an incredible 59 points off of 36 steals, and scored 12 quick fast break points off of rebounds en route to a 40-12 lead. Mississippi never threatened after that, with the game ending 96-66. MU is now scoring 1.52 points per trip after they steal the ball, compared to an already excellent 1.21 points per trip on all other trips (1.0 is the national average).
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Steals
Points
Ave.
Other Poss.
Points
Ave.
[/tr] Mount | 19 | 33 | 1.74 | 53 | 58 | 1.09 |
Norfolk | 11 | 17 | 1.55 | 73 | 82 | 1.12 |
Winthrop | 6 | 9 | 1.50 | 67 | 86 | 1.28 |
Miss | 8 | 8 | 1.00 | 67 | 88 | 1.31 |
Total | 44 | 67 | 1.52 | 260 | 314 | 1.21 |
Marquette now faces a Norfolk State team that they already scored 99 points against this season, for the Paradise Jam championship tonight at 7:30 p.m. CST. Except for that game, Norfolk State would have the 10th best scoring defense in the country due to shutting down both TCU and the favorite to win the CAA conference over VCU, ODU and George Mason.
So while Jae Crowder's seven for seven start shooting en route to 25 points, and DJOs 20 led the scoring again, Marquette is blowing teams out by transition from defense to offense.
However, Marquette also showed they can use their passing in half court games with the re-emergence of Davante Gardner, who scored 15 POINTS in 14 MINUTES, including 9 for 9 from the line. Gardner was not as key in the first three games because MU was running up and down the court - but he was still 8 of 10 from the floor in those three games, so MU has a key option if someone can slow them into a half court game.
As you can see from the table below, 29 of the 44 times Marquette has stolen the ball this year they have either scored on a dunk or lay-up, or been fouled almost immediately or at the rim. A few other times they settled for open treys.
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Steal by
Points
Opponent
At the rim?
[/tr] Blue | 2 | Mount | fouled immediately |
Wilson, J | 0 | Mount | |
Crowder | 2 | Mount | layup |
Blue | 2 | Mount | foul 8 seconds later |
Blue | 2 | Mount | layup |
Wilson, D | 2 | Mount | fouled immediately (intentional) |
Crowder | 0 | Mount | |
Jones | 2 | Mount | dunk |
Gardner | 2 | Mount | |
Cadougan | 2 | Mount | fouled in 9 seconds |
DJO | 2 | Mount | dunk |
DJO | 2 | Mount | dunk |
Cadougan | 0 | Mount | |
Crowder | 2 | Mount | layup |
DJO | 2 | Mount | layup |
Crowder | 2 | Mount | layup |
Jones | 3 | Mount | Mayo and 1 |
Blue | 2 | Mount | |
Wilson, J | 2 | Mount | layup |
Jones, J | 0 | Norfolk | |
Crowder | 0 | Norfolk | |
Cadougan | 0 | Norfolk | |
Crowder | 3 | Norfolk | |
DJO | 2 | Norfolk | layup |
Wilson | 2 | Norfolk | layup |
Wilson, J | 2 | Norfolk | foul 7 seconds later |
Crowder | 0 | Norfolk | |
Otule | 2 | Norfolk | foul 4 seconds later |
DJO | 3 | Norfolk | |
Mayo | 3 | Norfolk | |
Crowder | 1 | Winthrop | fouled 4 seconds later |
Blue | 2 | Winthrop | dunk |
DJO | 0 | Winthrop | fouled 1 second later |
DJO | 2 | Winthrop | dunk |
Wilson, J | 2 | Winthrop | layup |
Gardner | 2 | Winthrop | layup |
Otule | 0 | Mississippi | |
Blue | 0 | Mississippi | dunk |
Blue | 2 | Mississippi | dunk |
Blue | 1 | Mississippi | foul 3 seconds later |
Otule | 2 | Mississippi | foul 3 seconds later |
Blue | 1 | Mississippi | foul 3 seconds later |
Mayo | 2 | Mississippi | |
Jones | 0 | Mississippi | |
Total | 1.52 | Ave per steal | 17 dunks/layups, 12 quick fouls |
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