NC State Wins Opener Against UNC-Asheville, 84-75
by Akula Wolf on Nov 11, 2011 10:50 PM EST
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Print| Four Factors | NCSU | UNCA |
| eFG% | 48.5 | 42.4 |
| Turnover Rate | 18.2 |
15.6 |
| Off Reb Rate | 42.1 | 29.2 |
| FT Rate | 42.4 | 39.4 |
| Pts | Poss | OFF_EFF | DEF_EFF | |
| UNCA | 75 | 76.8 | 97.6 | 109.3 |
| NCSU | 84 | 76.8 | 109.3 | 97.6 |
Box Score (pdf)
All things considered, the Wolfpack's season opener went about as well as could be expected. The team learned before the game that neither Calvin Leslie nor Thomas de Thaey would be available, both for eligibility-related reasons. The offense did a nice job creating opportunities in transition and Asheville was out of the game by halftime. If not for some unusual three-point accuracy on Asheville's part in the second half (they banked a couple in), it could have been much worse.
C.J. Williams led all scorers with 18 points on 8-10 shooting; even with a hairline fracture, it was one of the best performances of his college career. Richard Howell had a tough night from the field but collected 15 boards in 32 minutes, and there was nothing unusual about that rebounding effort. DeShawn Painter posted a very solid 12 point-12 board line, while Lorenzo Brown dished out nine assists. Tyler Harris scored eight points in seven minutes of playing time.
Some encouraging performances along with some things that need to get better. Scott Wood got himself in foul trouble and didn't have the impact on the game that he might have otherwise. But the team was very good on the glass at both ends, and the interior defense was outstanding in general. Asheville hit just 31.7% of its two-point attempts.
Have a look at that tempo. And this was not an instance where the possession total was inflated by a ton of turnovers. In the first half I saw us score within seconds of an Asheville made basket, on a nice dish from Lorenzo Brown. I feel like I haven't seen that sort of thing happen...ever.
By the way, check out this tweet from Alex Johnson at about 10:20 p.m.
Played terrible but I'm glad I have talented teammates who have my back! Good win fellas let's get them rolling. About To hit the gym peace!
I'm so glad we got this kid.
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So tempo = good?
I assume from the numbers you mean “not an instance where the possession total was inflated by a ton of turnovers”? Radio team made a comment in the first half that the shot clock was not going to be a factor.
From the part I heard (first 10 minutes plus last 6) it sounded like Brown should have been PG from day one last year. Total game changer. Yeah, just UNCA, but Pomeroy has them rated above the median for Divison I, and they were overwhelmingly a perimeter team. Half the teams in the ACC may be worse on the perimeter.
Most telling to me...
If you look at the game flow on the gametracker we had two flat lines the whole game (spots where we didn’t score). One spained 3 minutes, the other was a little over 4, I think. Last few years it seemed we averaged 4 to 5 of these spans per game and they were killers. One against UNX was a cold spell of over 10 minutes.
You never stop scoring, that’s telling, and if you have MEGA Horse and Calvin, those spans are probably shorter or non-existent. Not a bad first game. Like AJ’s maturity and hope he comes out better on Sunday. Richard still can’t make layups (I thought he was going to start dunking?). Jordan Vanderberg still needs work from his stat line.
If you have MEGAHORSE
those flat lines drip with the blood of unbelievers!
by PACKHOOLIGAN on Nov 12, 2011 1:41 PM EST up reply actions
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