Our stats the last five games we've taken a dip from what got us to the regular season SEC championship. After that Kentucky game where we clinched, this is how we compare:
(all stats are per game and list season average first, then last five games average)
Points per game - 83.8 vs 75
FG % - 48.2% vs 46%
3-pt % - 36.6% vs 33.6%
FT% - 73.2% vs 64.4%
Rebounds - 34.4 vs 31
Off. Rebounds - 10.3 vs 9
Assists - 16.5 vs 16.6
Steals - 6.8 vs 5.6
Turnovers - 9 vs 10.4
Free throw drop-off has been especially glaring. I realize that we played a couple of really good defensive teams in that stretch in Tennessee and A&M, but we stunk it up against Ole Miss with 62 points when we'd hung 92 and 106 on them previously. And the Alabama State output wasn't anything to get excited about either. Should have run them out of the gym and scored at least in the 90s.
Literally every category is worse with the bolded ones the most significant. And shooting 56% from FT against UT literally was the difference in that game.
We better start playing like we want to skull drag some folks again.
(all stats are per game and list season average first, then last five games average)
Points per game - 83.8 vs 75
FG % - 48.2% vs 46%
3-pt % - 36.6% vs 33.6%
FT% - 73.2% vs 64.4%
Rebounds - 34.4 vs 31
Off. Rebounds - 10.3 vs 9
Assists - 16.5 vs 16.6
Steals - 6.8 vs 5.6
Turnovers - 9 vs 10.4
Free throw drop-off has been especially glaring. I realize that we played a couple of really good defensive teams in that stretch in Tennessee and A&M, but we stunk it up against Ole Miss with 62 points when we'd hung 92 and 106 on them previously. And the Alabama State output wasn't anything to get excited about either. Should have run them out of the gym and scored at least in the 90s.
Literally every category is worse with the bolded ones the most significant. And shooting 56% from FT against UT literally was the difference in that game.
We better start playing like we want to skull drag some folks again.
