Game 4: Evansville Purple Aces (+/- Analysis)

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Tuesday night we are going to attempt to host a Live Chat on the blog for fans to talk about the game and we'll be posting our +/- stats throughout the game.  With that little advertisement behind us, here are the stats for the Evansville game.

Game Stats:
I don't normally do this, and I wouldn't expect it in the future, but once we got to half-time I captured the +/- to show everyone how pitiful the first half was.  I had a feeling this game would be a story of two halves, and that sure came true.  The second half numbers overwhelmed the first half so by looking only at the final stats, you wouldn't get a the impression how bad the first half was. 
First Half Stats:

First half Stats show a different picture than the end of the game.

As you can see, only Watford and Sheehey were positive and everyone else was struggling.  Luckily the Hoosiers relied on CTC to spark some fire in them and they came out in the second half on a tear!

Final Stats for the Game:

+/- for the Entire Game.  As you can see this has a much more positive appearance.

My Thoughts on the Game 

1. VO continues to lead the team in this stat.  I think a big part of this is due to his energy coming of the bench.  He is able to instantly pick the team up with his attitude and overall crowd appeal.
2. I am extremely happy for Tom Pritchard.  People love to hate this guy, and it's not fair.  He goes into the game and hustles from the beginning to the end.  He will not stuff the statsheet (although 8pts 8rebs and 5 blks is one heck of a night).  He will help this team in the future and we will be in games because of his help.
3. Creek, Creek, Creek, Creek.  Was that not an amazing site to see?  Seeing Creek get his confidence back and a little pep in his step will help the Hoosier team out more than we can imagine

Updated Stats through 4 Games:

Overall Stats through 4 games shows only Sheehey in the negative

 Incredibly VO has increased his +/- to over 1pt/min of game time.  The means when coming off the bench, he provides the perfect spark to get the team righted and on the correct path.  I mentioned this in the last column as well, as long as the player is above 0, that is GREAT news.  Once we suffer our first loss (knocking on wood) these numbers will likely show more players in the Red, but that is okay.  If our main contributors can stay positive it will mean good things for this program to come.

Best and Worst Lineups of the Game:

Best and Worst Lineup of the Game

The starting lineup for the game, who also started the second half, were the best lineup of the game tonight.  They only had two stints together, but they came out +11.  The worst lineup of the night came at an inopportune time, 5:00 to go in the game.  Over a 2 minute 20 second span, the Purple Aces hit 3 3-points.  Coach Crean reacted quickly by subbing out Sheehey and inserting Rivers to guard the suddenly hot Colt Ryan.  This seemed to do the trick as IU was able to maintain their lead from that point on to close out the game.

Trend Analysis
These seemed to be a hit last time around so I've continued.  Let me know if they are too cluttered.

Interesting to note that Moore has plummeted over the last 3 games, Sheehey is very inconsistent, VJ3 was our highest guard and is seperating himself from the rest.  Our point guards are both on the decline, not good.

I want to single out Tom Pritchard again.  He is above Zero every game except for the Miss Valley St game.  He had a great effort against Evansville and was our third highest +/- Forward/Center for the game.

Roster Lineups for the Game:

Those are the numbers for the game.  Overall, IU played strong and tough in the second half and were able to overcome their first half battles.  As with every week, Please leave your comments and suggestions below! Thanks for reading and Go Hoosiers!

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