Delaware State is 1-3, losing on the road at Depaul 57-81, Fort Wayne 71-85 and UIC 55-95. They beat DIII Cairns at home by 71-50.
Preseason they were one of the lowest ranked teams by SI in DI at 346 (5th from the bottom and 12th in the MEAC). Blue Ribbon ranks them slightly higher - 9th in the MEAC, a couple of notches below Savannah State.
They lost 4 of their top 5 scorers. They average 63.5 ppg to 77.8 for opponents: a negative 14.3 (316th in D1). Shooting is an awful .375 from the field (322nd in D1) with .246 from 3 for a total of 16 makes (4 per game, 339th in D1).
http://www.ncaa.com/stats/basketball-men...eam/153/p7 Only 1 guy averages over .304 from 3, Kobe Ganz with .385 (5-13). They average 3.0 more turnovers per game than opponents, tied for 282nd in DI. Their rebounding margin is even, a major improvement from the last 2 years, at least showing some fight . By the way, their stats would rank lower, but they include the game against DIII Cairns.
Take care of business and use this one to build skills. Key players are:
Guard:
6-3 180 So Kobe Gantz, 34.8 min., 14.0 ppg, .400 FG%, .385 (5-13) from 3, 6.5 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 3.0 t.o.’s, 3.5 steals
6-4 210 So Jonathan Mitchell, 31.0 min., 11.3 ppg, .480 FG%, .250 (1-4) from 3, 4.7 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 1.2 t.o.’s, 0.5 steals
5-11 175 Fr Pinky Wiley, 33.0 min., 11.0 ppg, .409 FG%, .304 (7-23) from 3, 1.3 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 3.5 t.o.’s, 1.2 steals
6-3 210 Jr Saleick Edwards, 10.5 minutes, 1.3 ppg, .143 FG%, 0 three’s, 1.5 rebounds
Front Court:
6-6 210 Sr Artem Tavakalyan, 27.0 min., 10 ppg, .359 FG%, .214 (3-14) from 3, 6.0 rebounds
6-10 230 Jr Simon Okolue, 23.8 min., 9.3 ppg, .500 FG%, 0 three’s, 7.5 rebounds, 1.5 blocks
6-8 220 Fr Ameer Bennett, 18.0 min., 4.5 ppg, .300 FG%, 0 three’s, 3.0 rebounds, 2.5 t.o.’s
6-5 235 Jr Daivon Gamble, 10.3 min., 3.3 ppg, .429 FG%, 0 three’s
6-9 245 Jr Demola Onifade, 12.0 min., 0.3 ppg, 0 FG%, 0 three’s, 1-2 FT’s, 2.3 rebounds, 1.5 t.o.’s