Arike's improved offensive efficiency
by FightingIrishRadio (2019-01-13 08:02:38)

Arike 's 30 point effort against Louisville moved her past Katryna Gaither into the third spot on the all time scoring list. She's on track to become ND's top scorer sometime next month -- and she'll do it even though her per game scoring is down a bit from earlier in the season.

Arike averaged 24.3 points per game over the first eight games of the season. She averaged 19.8 shots per game with an overall field goal percentage of 43.7%, 50% from two, and just 28.2% from three. She also hit 76.3% of her free throws in the first half of the season.

Over the last eight games, Arike's shots per game are down to 13.6 and her scoring average has dipped to 20.9 points. However, her shooting has improved to 56.9% from the field including 34.8% from three and 62.8% from inside the arc. Her free throw shooting is also up to 85.4%.

Arike has not only become a more efficient scorer as she’s taken a third fewer shots per game over the second half of the season, she has also upped her playmaking. Her assists per game are up to 5.3 from 3.6 and her assist to turnover ratio is 1.9 over the last eight games vs 1.5 in the first eight combined.





Here are some interesting Asia Durr vs. Arike stats.
by sixtythreer  (2019-01-13 12:14:02)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Asia was the #1 recruit coming in. Arike was #5.

Three or four years ago, I made a couple posting comparing their stats.

Here's the comparison this year. Asia's stats will be first, followed by Arike's:

Games: 15. 16.
Average minutes per game: 31.3. 32.4

Fg/fga: 110/249. 131/167.
Fg%: .449. . 491.

3fg/3fga: 37/117. 21/68.
3pfg%: .316. .309.

Ftm/fta: 65/76. 78/96.
ft%. .855 .796.

rebounds/off. 12 11.
rebounds/def. 42. 71
Total rebounds: 54 82
Ave. Rebounds per game: 3.5 5.1

pf: 30 29.

Assists: 54 66

TO: 25 41

Blocks: 3 3

Steals: 24 27

Points: 322 361

Avg. Points per game: 21.5 22.6

I still wish Asia had come our way. But boy, am I glad we have Arike.


I liked her tweet after the last game
by graNDfan  (2019-01-13 08:50:29)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

About how everyone loves the dust ups in the Men's game but it's called an attitude problem in the womens's (paraphrasing as I can't link it right now).

I like that the team plays with a chip on their shoulder, as long as they don't get goaded into stupid fouls. With the little I watch of WBB, it seems the refs are more likely to call things that the men's game doesn't.

I will we could bottle their attitude and distribute it to all of our teams.


I cant remember the last time AO
by Homeboy73  (2019-01-13 08:19:50)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

missed a pull-up mid-range jump shot. Those seem automatic, particularly when AO is running on a break.. The stats you cite are amazing.


Yes, that pull-up jump has been looking good and it also
by MPG  (2019-01-13 09:06:32)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

gives defenders something else to think about as Arike comes down the court. I am a fan of the mid-range game even though some stats people believe that only threes or lay-ups are worth taking.


Midrange shots can be killers, especially for guards if they
by Domerduck  (2019-01-13 11:22:57)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

can hit 70%+. Arike is in that class when she pulls up and pops.


Agree with each of you
by BabaGhanouj  (2019-01-13 12:42:23)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

As MPG says “some stats people believe that only threes or lay-ups are worth taking”, which has unfairly denigrated the mid range game. If you can hit 70% of your pull ups, as Domerduck says, who needs lay-ups or 3 point shots?

This isn’t rocket science …well, unless you start figuring in possible fouls or turnovers from passes setting up each type of shot. (Remember True Shot Percentage? 😉) It’s pretty simple:

50% x 2 = 1.0 = 33.3% x 3
55% x 2 = 1.1 = 36.7% x 3
60% x 2 = 1.2 = 40.0% x 3
65% x 2 = 1.3 = 43.3% x 3
70% x 2 = 1.4 = 46.7% x 3
75% x 2 = 1.5 = 50.0% x 3

If Arike is hitting 70% of her pull up jump shots, then there are very few 3-point shooters (other than Lauren Loves of Denver - 50%, Sabrina Ionescu of Oregon - 49.4%, or Dara Mabrey of Virginia Tech - 48.1%) who can compete. Interestingly Arica Carter of Louisville is in that conversation with 46.4% from 3-pt range, but we saw what happened there in the Louisville game.

Note, I didn’t include all NCAA players who are shooting 3’s at over a 46.7 clip, but there are currently only 12.

Now, the question is, is Arike hitting 70% of her pull-ups? I’ll leave it to someone else to do that homework.