Wednesday, December 23, 2009

WHY EVERY POSSESSION MATTERS

I've been looking over the stats this week and couldn’t help but notice one of the trends that has plagued us this season… excessive (and unforced) turnovers. Take a look at the following stats and see if you notice what I did…

Providence – we turned it over on 54% of our possessions, they turned it over on 24% of their possessions.

Arnold – we turned it over on 31% of our possessions, they turned it over on 22% of their possessions. (3 point loss)

Pike - we turned it over on 31% of our possessions, they turned it over on 24% of their possessions. (8 point loss)

Although we beat Northside and Emmanuel, we struggled offensively in both games. Look at the stats…

Northside - we turned it over on 32% of our possessions, they turned it over on 38% of their possessions.

Emmanuel - we turned it over on 34% of our possessions, they turned it over on 52% of their possessions.

The bottom line is that we can’t expect to beat very many good teams by turning the ball over on 30% of our possessions.

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