Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Orange Boxscore Recap #1 - Exhibition Season

So it is pre-season, and hardly worth anything at all, but let me include a few stunning statistics from Syracuse University's basketball exhibition games. I believe the regular season starts this week.

I'm going to pick the five most interesting lines from each game. Perhaps I'll make it a schtick that I'll continue through the season.

Game One: Syracuse over Bryant, 92-86.
1. Matt Gorman: 16 minutes played. 9 blocks. 5 fouls.
2. Eric Devendorf: 25 minutes. 30 points. 6-9 three pointers. 5 fouls.
3. Team. 25-40 free throws. 17 assists, 15 steals. 24 turnovers.
4. Terrance Roberts: 27 minutes. 16 points. 14 rebounds. 4-10 freethrows. 7 turnovers.
5. Demetris Nichols: 31 minutes. 21 points. 1-8 three pointers.

Never good to have two guys foul out in an exhibition game. 24 turnovers is ridiculous. 15 missed free throws is worse. Nichols must hit threes, or we're in trouble. Devendorf did hit from outside, which is also important. Strong double-double from Roberts, but 4-1o and 7 mean he was still getting yelled at in the locker room. Nine blocks from Gorman?!

Game Two: Syracuse over Cal-State Los Angeles, 99-51.
1. Darryl Watkins: 26 minutes. 11 points. 11 boards. 5 blocks. 2 fouls.
2. Paul Harris: 25 minutes. 13 rebounds. 8 points. 5 assists. 4 turnovers.
3. Mike Jones. 18 minutes. 14 points. 2-3 three pointers. 3 turnovers.
4. Andy Rautins. 14 minutes. 13 points. 3-5 three pointers.
5. Eric Devendorf: 21 minutes. 2-11 shooting. 5 points. 5 assists. 1 block. 1 steal.

Watkins with the only rock-solid box score of the preseason. No blemishes there. Rautins looking good, too. Harris and Jones with encouraging efforts, but turnover problem is troubling, especially considering the Game One debacle. Devendorf's shooting percentage quite disconcerting, but he made a strong effort elsewhere in the box. One has to like that.

Overall, two interesting box scores. The storyline this season is pretty obvious to anybody who has been following the team recently: Watkins, Roberts and Nichols must perform. Josh Wright didn't make either Top 5, but he turned in 15 assists versus 3 turnovers in the two games. That is excellent. Keep it up, Utica.

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