The Boys Basketball team was defeated by a very good Leo team tonight in a shoot out by the final score of 99-84. But we should have won the game and I can prove it..............Mathematically. Ok, please don't make any comments about me being a geek. It doesn't hurt my feelings to be called a geek. I have a Bachelors degree in Mathematics and I love Statistics. So call me a nerd, I don't care.
We are as good as Leo! We both shot 44% from the field. We shot 67% from the line. They shot 55%. We out Rebounded them by 1 in offensive rebounds and by 7 on Defensive rebounds. We shot 36% from the 3 point line and they shot 37%. When people were leaving the game, they were in AWE of a team that can score 99 points in High School Basketball. I think I just proved mathematically we are as good as they are. BUT, they scored 15 more points than we did. So how did we lose? TURNOVERS, TURNOVERS, TURNOVERS! The Railroaders had 24 turnovers. That's where we lost the game. OK, so back to Math!
If we cut our turnovers in Half (which is still too many). We have 12 more possessions. If we hit shots on half of those, we gain 12 more points. That puts us within 3 points. I don't know how many points they had off of turnovers. BUT, I would bet it was a whole lot more than 3! WE WIN!
Being a Math Teacher you can make numbers show alot of things. But, I am convinced this Great Leo team is no better than our GREAT TEAM. We get the chance to face them again in the ACAC tournament. If we can reduce those turnovers, WE WILL WIN!
We are as good as Leo! We both shot 44% from the field. We shot 67% from the line. They shot 55%. We out Rebounded them by 1 in offensive rebounds and by 7 on Defensive rebounds. We shot 36% from the 3 point line and they shot 37%. When people were leaving the game, they were in AWE of a team that can score 99 points in High School Basketball. I think I just proved mathematically we are as good as they are. BUT, they scored 15 more points than we did. So how did we lose? TURNOVERS, TURNOVERS, TURNOVERS! The Railroaders had 24 turnovers. That's where we lost the game. OK, so back to Math!
If we cut our turnovers in Half (which is still too many). We have 12 more possessions. If we hit shots on half of those, we gain 12 more points. That puts us within 3 points. I don't know how many points they had off of turnovers. BUT, I would bet it was a whole lot more than 3! WE WIN!
Being a Math Teacher you can make numbers show alot of things. But, I am convinced this Great Leo team is no better than our GREAT TEAM. We get the chance to face them again in the ACAC tournament. If we can reduce those turnovers, WE WILL WIN!
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