Thought it would be interesting to check our stats against our DI competition after 6 games. Excluded UNC

Campbell, Davidson, FIU, Cleve St., Boise St., Stanford

Record 2-4
UNCW 59 ppg
avg. fg. 21-53 fg 39.6%
3pt. avg. pt fg 6-17 3 pt. fg%,353
avg. FT 12-16 75 FT%
avg. off reb 8 def reb 26
assists avg 9.8
TO avg. 15.7
Stls avg - 3.83

Opponents
71 ppg
avg fg 28-61 45.9%%
3 pt. avg 7-21 .333%
Avg. ft 11-18 61.1%
Avg. off reb 10 def reb 26
assists avg. 15.83
TO avg. - 12
Stls avg - 6

A few numbers stick out.

1. Our overall FG% is only 39.6% although we have taken fewer 3 pt. attempts than our opponents.
2, We average 8 less FG attempts per game than our opponents.
3. We shoot a higher 3 pt. % than our opponents, but average 4 fewer attempts per game.
4. TO's and steals differential accounts for 6 fewer possessions per game.

Overall, our defense appears to be improved over last year, especially our 3 pt. defense. If you take away three point attempts, we are giving up 52.5% shooting from 2.

However, shooting only 39.6% overall without many 3 point attempts is killing our scoring.

Looking at this, we only have a few options to improve

1. Take more 3 point shots. We actually have some pretty good shooters, and the return of Ty and Estime will make us even better.
2. Play Boggs 30 min.+. He should play as much as anyone on this team. He is one of our best rebounders and is hitting 58% of his shots overall, 40% from 3, 70% from 2, as well as 78% from the stripe against DI competition. He compliments everyone when he is on the court, and is always moving to get open on offense, which gets everyone else moving.

The discrepancies aren't huge. But, the fact we went into OT with Campbell and had a tight loss to Cleveland state makes them look better than they really are. We were blown out by Davidson, Boise St. and Stanford. If our competition is closer in play to Campbell and FIU, we should at least be competitive.