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Gatesalytics
Posted on: December 17, 2024 at 22:55:22 CT
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Missouri's rebounding efforts were subpar against the Gamecocks and hampered the hosts for much of the game. Jax State grabbed 39 rebounds to MU's 28, and had 16 offensive boards to the Tigers' nine.
That's not great, and Missouri coach Dennis Gates called it out as such. But a completely different part of the game helped the Tigers, analytically speaking, make up ground: ball security.
Mizzou turned the ball over just three times — and one of those was a garbage-time giveaway, so it was effectively only two turnovers — while forcing 12 Jax State turnovers.
"That’s where you can make up that possession difference in analytics that allows a team to out-rebound you, and then you come up with some extra possessions somewhere," Gates said. "Those extra possessions for us came from our offensive rebounds, our skills, but also our ability not to give that ball back."
The math, in terms of "extra" possessions, shakes out like this: The Gamecocks got 16 from offensive rebounds and two, functionally from takeaways for a total of 18. Mizzou got nine from offensive boards and 12 from turnovers for a total of 21. That's an advantage.
It's not just about possessions either — those lead to concrete, meaningful points. Jax State scored 19 second chance points but nothing off turnovers, while the Tigers got 14 second chance points and 14 off turnovers, a nine-point margin of victory in extra possessions.
Missouri's rebounding efforts were subpar against the Gamecocks and hampered the hosts for much of the game. Jax State grabbed 39 rebounds to MU's 28, and had 16 offensive boards to the Tigers' nine.
That's not great, and Missouri coach Dennis Gates called it out as such. But a completely different part of the game helped the Tigers, analytically speaking, make up ground: ball security.
Mizzou turned the ball over just three times — and one of those was a garbage-time giveaway, so it was effectively only two turnovers — while forcing 12 Jax State turnovers.
"That’s where you can make up that possession difference in analytics that allows a team to out-rebound you, and then you come up with some extra possessions somewhere," Gates said. "Those extra possessions for us came from our offensive rebounds, our skills, but also our ability not to give that ball back."
The math, in terms of "extra" possessions, shakes out like this: The Gamecocks got 16 from offensive rebounds and two, functionally from takeaways for a total of 18. Mizzou got nine from offensive boards and 12 from turnovers for a total of 21. That's an advantage.
It's not just about possessions either — those lead to concrete, meaningful points. Jax State scored 19 second chance points but nothing off turnovers, while the Tigers got 14 second chance points and 14 off turnovers, a nine-point margin of victory in extra possessions.
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