Quote from: Augie15 on March 08, 2019, 03:55:50 PMQuote from: Augie15 on March 08, 2019, 03:45:44 PMQuote from: Gregory Sager on March 08, 2019, 03:18:37 PMQuote from: mwunder on March 08, 2019, 02:18:46 PMQuote from: Titan Q on March 08, 2019, 02:03:41 PM
I think Augustana is better positioned to guard Aston Francis than just about every other team in Division III.
Most teams have zero players who can guard him. Augie has 4 different/unique options:
- 6-1 Nolan Ebel - quick
- 6-2 Chrishawn Orange - athletic/physical
- 6-6 Brett Benning - tall, long
- 6-4 Pierson Wofford - the whole package (long, athletic, quick, physical)
I am not saying any of these guys can shut him down...but each guy can make it hard on him. And between the 4, they can give him a lot of different looks to deal with.
yet, based on his numbers in the CCIW, Carthage and NCC were the best defensive teams against him at 25/gm. Augie gave up 32.5/gm to him, which was third worst in the league round robin. Not sure how that adds up.
It's about more than raw scoring numbers, though. Also, your Francis ppg vs. North Central is off.
opponent FG/3FG/FT slash a:to ppg Augustana (2 g) .414/.393/.667 4:9 32.5 North Central (3 g) .471/.361/.842 4:8 33.0 Carthage (2 g) .348/.300/.923 9:5 25.0
It's also worth noting (I don't have any stats in front of me to defend this claim so maybe I am off) but having Francis "get off" for 32.5 ppg might be better when looking at how his teammates performed in those games as well. Francis is going to get his points obviously. But limit the other Wheaton players and that 32.5 ppg looks better and better. Just a thought
Wheaton Starters other than Francis in the two games they played
Game 1 Augie - 26 points / 6.5 Avg Augie Win
Game 2 Augie- 22 points / 5.5 Avg Augie Win
Game 1 Carthage - 35 points / 8.75 Avg Carthage Loss
Game 2 Carthage - 41 points / 10.25 Avg Carthage Loss
Game 1 NCC - 25 points / 6.25 Avg NCC Win
Game 2 NCC - 20 Points / 5 Avg NCC Loss (Francis had 49)
Game 3 NCC - 36 Points / 9 Avg NCC Win
Wheaton has played Augie very well the past hand full of years so I think it should be a great game tonight. Augie pulls it out at home but it will be a fun one to watch for sure.