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Mar 12, 2024
10:51:35am
icecougar Truly Addicted User
3 players scored above their season avg's playing on neutral courts this year...
...Noah Waterman, Jaxson Robinson and Spencer Johnson.

Robinson avg'd 18.3 pts and shot 52.4% from 3 in our 3 neutral site games this season hitting 11 3's. For his career Jaxson is a star playing on neutral courts shooting 46.3% from distance while only hitting 33.3% at home and 29.3% on the road. I expect we see Robinson shine the few weeks.

Waterman avg'd 14 pts a game and shot 52.9% from 3 making 9 from distance. For his career he shoots 44.1% from distance on neutral courts compared to 38.9% from distance at home and 36.9% on the road. I think we'll see some good games from Waterman in the Big12 tourney and also in the NCAA.

SJ scored 13 a game on neutral sites this season shooting 57.1% overall (33.3% from 3 and 75% from 2) with 5 rebs and 5 assists and a 3:1 assist to TO ratio. Oddly enough for his career, SJ has shot the ball from distance better on the road (43.1%) than at home (35.4%) or at neutral sites (29.6%).

Robinson has started to find his groove down the stretch (scored double figures in 13 of last 15 games) while both Waterman and SJ have continued to see-saw. I think Robinson will continue to play well and be an offensive leader on the floor and have a good Big12 tourney and a good NCAA tourney.

SJ has hit double figures scoring in only 3 of our last 8 games. Waterman has hit double figures twice in that span. It's hard to feel 100% confident with either of these two guys because of this up and down pattern throughout their career. My hope with SJ is that he recognizes he's at the end of his career, realizes he has no reason to hold back and that he comes out and plays fixed in his mind with a determined resolution to go out on a high note. Waterman was great in our preseason tournament playing in neutral sites, here's hoping he taps into that magic again.

Fwiw, Fouss is the one guy on the team who has been consistently good at home, on the road or on neutral floors. I also expect him to continue to be a solid contributor. Interesting to note with Fouss he's never hit a 3 on the road or at a neutral site but is shooting 50% from 3 at home for his career (4 of 8).
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