RE: WBB: Buccanear Classic, Games 5 and 6
On Sunday the ODU Monarchs will play the second game of the two day tournament. They will play the Tennessee Technological University Golden Eagles Tennessee Tech is from the Ohio Valley Conference and they play in the "East Division". (They divide their conference into East and West) In the 12 team conference, Tennessee Tech was predicted to finish 7th in the conference. The last year the team went 7-22 (4-14 in conference play) and this season they are 4-1.
The Schedule so far. RPI: 103. SOS Rank: 139.
vs Cumberland University W 88-55 Not a Division one college, does not count in RPI.
@ Xavier L 70-60 Record: 4-1 RPI: 40
Vs Middle Tennessee W 68-64 Record: 3-2 RPI: 177
VS Western Carolina W 77-58 Record: 0-5 RPI: 275
Buccaneer Classic
@ Charleston Southern W 77-55 Record: 0-3 RPI: 350 (ish)
In the game against CSU, Tennessee Tech shot a 30-39 from the free throw line. About a third of their shots were beyond the arc, lead by Jordan Brook who went 4/10.
Golden Eagles Starting Five
44- Lacy Cantrell F 6'2" Sr 12.6 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 0.6 apg, 69.2 FG%, 75.0 FT%, 23.2 mpg
00- Akia Harris G 5'7" Jr 9.8 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 5.0 apg, 2.0 tpg, 29.8 FG%, 15.0 3P%, 75.0 FT%, 31.4 mpg
02- Jordan Brook G 5'7" So 14.2 ppg, 2.4 rpg, 2.6 apg, 38.2 FG%, 42.9 3P%, 78.6 FT%, 30.4 mpg
11- Kentoria Alexander G 5'7" So 6.6 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 4.0 apg, 36.7 FG%, 20.0 3P%, 66.7 FT% 25.4 mpg
14- Abby Buckner - G 5'11" Sr 5.2 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 1.4 apg, 29.4 FG%, 22.2 3P%, 100.0 FT%, 25.6 mpg
Top Bench
20- Kesha Brady G 5'7" So 11.2 ppg, 2.4 rpg, 0.6 apg, 37.1 FG%, 42.9 3P%, 88.9 FT%, 22.2 mpg
15 Anacia Wilkinson F 6'2" Jr 7.4 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 0.6 apg, 2.8 bpg, 60.7 FG%, 0.0 3P%, 42.9 FT%, 16.0 mpg
Four guard offense, so expect a lot of running against ODU. They like to pass and spread out the ball. Harris and Alexander are their floor generals. Brady off the bench might be the team's best shooter and Wilkinson is a solid force on defense (2.8 bpg) and helps compliment Cantrel really well. It's usually Cantrell down below (69.2 FG%) and all the guard you have to guard from the perimeter. Brock especially as 42 out of her 55 field goal attempts have gone for 3. Against ODU I suspect they will try to play Wilkinson and Cantrell to power the inside.
Inside the team Numbers.
...............TT..........ODU
PPG.......74.0..........74.6
OPPG.....60.4..........66.6
FG%.......41.2.........38.3
OFG%....38.5..........35.8
3P%.......32.4..........31.0
O3P%.....21.1..........25.5
3MPG......7.2...........7.0
FT%........73.9........60.3
FTMPG....16.4........16.4
RPG........38.0........45.4
OfRPG......13.8.......15.6
DeRPG......24.2......29.8
ORPG......38.4........43.8
APG........16.2.......13.6
TPG........12.8........12.8
SPG........10.0........8.6
BPG........4.0..........2.6
Ast/TO ratio:
TT: 1.3, ODU: 1.1
The numbers say that this game should be close. Hopefully ODU's edge in rebounding will be the difference. But man, that FT percentage is a killer. This will be a good match up for ODU. Tennessee Tech has a good assist to turnover ratio, which is usually a sign of good fundamentals. Both teams won yesterday, so this will be the championship game on a neutral court. But given the distance, I hope more ODU fans show up than Tennessee Tech fans.
Maybe our x-factor might be coach Nikki. She is now 3-0 in OT games in her career.....
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