Hey folks! Now that basketball season is less than two weeks away I’m back on the board with my thoughts heading into this year.
I’m pumped to finally have some good basketball in memorial. Byington runs some really great stuff on offense. After re-watching all the new players film and Byingtons system combined with a little bit of intel on the scrimmage here’s where I’m at. I also took a peak at JMU’s stats from last year to come up with these.
Leading Scorers and some guesses on key stats:
1. Edwards: 16 PPG, 3 AST, 2 TO, 82% FT, 34% from 3.
2. Hoggard: 12.2 PPG, 5.7 AST, 1.3 STL, 2 TO, 4 REBs, 30% from 3, 40% FG%, 80% FT
3. Nickel: 10.1 PPG, 39% from 3, 83% FT, 3 AST
4. Glock: 9.9 PPG, 7 REB, 33% from 3, 1 BLK, 70% FT, 55% FG
5. Carey: 9.8 PPG, 8 REB, 60% FT, 25% from 3, 1 STL, 60% FG, 2.3 AST
6. Manon: 8.5 PPG, 2 STL, 3.5 REB, 3 AST, below 30% from 3, 2 TO, 70% FT
7. Collins: 8.4 PPG, 1 STL, 83% FT, 34% from 3, 2 REB, 3 AST
8. Tanner: 4 PPG, 1 AST, 33% from 3, 74% FT
9. Huffman: 3 PPG, 2 REB, 2 AST, .8 STL
10. Roberts: 3 PPG, .8 BLK, 3 REB
Key stats from JMU that we hope translate here:
Byingtons team last year ranked 11th in PPG (83.2) while finishing top 35 in assists. They finished top 15 in steals.
Hot takes:
1. Jason Edwards is a dark horse all-sec member.
2. We beat Tennessee twice
3. Tyler Tanner has 3 games with over 10 PPG
4. Tyler Nickel hits a game winner