West Liberty Hilltopper Basketball

[boatcapt]

You obviously don't know who runs the PSAC do you? PSAC is different than Penn St, Pitt, etc. Do some research because your boat is still sinking!!! Keep playing the cream puffs!!!

Ahhhh...So youre saying that the PA Gov controls the PSAC! Funny, I thought PA gave considerable funding to Penn St, Pitt and Temple. Yet only the PSAC caved to the Governors wishes? Guess with soooo many PSAC schools hurting for $, they really had no choice but to give into the whims of the Governor and cancel sports.

Maybe IUP can print T-Shirts to help it's bottom line and stay in business. Slogan can be - IUP, Undefeated in Football AND Basketball 2020-21. Of course, I guess they would have to get permission from the Governor first!

[IUPalum]

The Gov cancled all college games in PA? Humm...someone should tell Penn St and Pit and Temple and Lincoln and perhaps Mercyhurst as well!!

Might want to tell the PA schools in the PAC as well.

You obviously don't know who runs the PSAC do you? PSAC is different than Penn St, Pitt, etc. Do some research because your boat is still sinking!!! Keep playing the cream puffs!!!

[Columbuseer]

FYI west lib team national d2 stat ranking, (through Jan 14 unless otherwise noted)

# 1
Scoring 112.8 (updated as of Jan 19)
Scoring margin 36.3 (updated as of Jan 19)
Turnover margin 11
Rebound Margin 14

#2
Total Rebounds Per Game 51
Turnovers forced per game 21.25

#3
Offensive rebounds per game 19.5

#4
Turnovers per game 8.2
Defensive Rebounds per game 31

#5
Steals per Game 10.7

#7
Assist to turnover ratio 1.57

#8
Assists per game 18.3

#13
3 pt FG defense 26.7%

#17
Blocked shots per game 4

#32
Free Throw % 77.78%

#39
Field Goal Percentage Defense 41.6

#50
Field Goal Percentage 47.11%

[boatcapt]

Keep playing the cream puffs. The PSAC will be back when the Gov opens it up.

The Gov cancled all college games in PA? Humm...someone should tell Penn St and Pit and Temple and Lincoln and perhaps Mercyhurst as well!!

Might want to tell the PA schools in the PAC as well.

[Columbuseer]

Keep playing the cream puffs. The PSAC will be back when the Gov opens it up.

In this weird year, we don't even play every MEC team twice as we went to a two division setup with 17 games. No out of conference games, which killed possibility of playing scheduled Daemon game. Looks like the MEC strategy is to have a buffer of 6 extra games so that we play the minimum of 11 games. Possible that MEC teams will be assigned to a temporary NCAA region and have to travel some distance. Hard to justify playing nearby with only one conference in region. Nothing definite yet.

[IUPalum]

Yea...The PSAC us soft top to bottom this year! Heck, Mansfield is ties for the to of the conf so that tells you somthing!!!

I was going to say come back when football starts, then I remembered...they aint playin' THAT either!

Question, can the PSAC even be called an athletic conference when they don't actually PLAY any games???????

Keep playing the cream puffs. The PSAC will be back when the Gov opens it up.

[boatcapt]

Hard to argue that point, when PSAC has far more undefeated teams this year! Lol
I think frostburg has potential long term success due to their proximity to major metro areas for recruiting.

Yea...The PSAC us soft top to bottom this year! Heck, Mansfield is ties for the to of the conf so that tells you somthing!!!

I was going to say come back when football starts, then I remembered...they aint playin' THAT either!

Question, can the PSAC even be called an athletic conference when they don't actually PLAY any games???????

[Columbuseer]

FYI
wlu frostburg game stats

- much better ball movement. which results in late rotations and close outs by defense. When this occurs talented players don't have to take off balance or contested shots.

- seven players in double figures and 9 players logged 18 or more minutes with a max of 22 minutes.

- over 40% threes shooting as a team due to having feet set and good mechanics. When threes are weighted it is the equivalent of making 68% two point shots

- 1.4 points per possession almost guarantees victory.

- great unselfishness - 32% of possessions had assists. Compared to fsu 4%. Teamwork beats one on one.

- playing fast but nearly error free as only 18% of possessions were turnovers. Fsu was 26%.

- big improvenent: wlu continued to share ball in second half despite a 30+ point lead at half. They wanted to play toward their standard rather than revert to one one one against a tired opponent.

	wl	frostburg
points	134	72
fga	77	69
fgm twos and threes	45	23
threes made	14	3
fta	33	35
off rebs	13	14
assists	31	4
to	17	25
points per possession	1.4	.76
offensive efficiency %	68	36
num possession	96	95
points per possession	1.4	0.76
assists per possession	0.32	0.04
assists to turnover ratio	1.82	0.16
turnovers per possession (< good)	0.18	0.26

[Columbuseer]

It's a soft conference overall starting with them!

Hard to argue that point, when PSAC has far more undefeated teams this year! Lol
I think frostburg has potential long term success due to their proximity to major metro areas for recruiting.

[IUPalum]

It's a soft conference overall starting with them!

[Layton]

[Columbuseer]

[boatcapt]

Shooter gon'a shoot...that's what shooters do! But I would hope for a little more awareness about his shooting stroke on a given night. He was by far the biggest 3-taker against Fairmont and he struggled. I'd hope that he would realize that he didn't have the stroke that night and drive to create OR kick to another player. As a coach you never tell your leading player to stand down but I guess you have to just trust that he will understand how he is playing in a given game and make adjustments.

[Columbuseer]

Weird game all around. Not going to get that on many nights from the Toppers. Yes, Bolon scored 20 but he was 4-12 on 3's and 1-4 from 2!! To say WLU struggled shooting last night is an understatement...but still, they won and they did so leading almost the entire game. Any time you get WLU shooting less than 30% from 3, you better count you're blessings and take advantage of it because it doesn't happen very often.

In this season with the amplification of W's and L's, this was a huge game. Worth pointing out that the next game will be the one quarter mark on the SEASON! WLU won a big game against the primary threat to their crown at their house. However that happened, can't deny the importance of the win.

[boatcapt]

Weird game all around. Not going to get that on many nights from the Toppers. Yes, Bolon scored 20 but he was 4-12 on 3's and 1-4 from 2!! To say WLU struggled shooting last night is an understatement...but still, they won and they did so leading almost the entire game. Any time you get WLU shooting less than 30% from 3, you better count you're blessings and take advantage of it because it doesn't happen very often.

In this season with the amplification of W's and L's, this was a huge game. Worth pointing out that the next game will be the one quarter mark on the SEASON! WLU won a big game against the primary threat to their crown at their house. However that happened, can't deny the importance of the win.