Tennessee Volunteers vs. Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns: stat comparison

Joel — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 14:54:13 -0000

Keys to the game

Can we score? The Ragin' Cajuns appear to be a strong defensive team, holding their opponents to 66 points per game and 40% shooting from the field. They also block shots at an average of 6.4 times each game. Of course, our scoring offense is 8th in the nation with the guys putting up an average of 84.1 points per game.

Rebounding. Tennessee is 13th in the nation in rebounding margin, grabbing an average of 9.7 more boards than its opponents. UL-Laf. gives up an average of 1.7 more to its opponents per game.

Louisiana-Lafayette players to watch

Travis Bureau. Bureau is an excellent shooter, both from the field and from behind the arc. He hits over 50% from two-point range and nearly 47% of his threes.

Tyren Johnson and Colby Batiste. The Cajuns have not one, but two, shot blockers ranked in the top 100 in the nation. You'd think that they'd be a better rebounding team until you consider the possibility that they're still coming down when the rest of the players are going up for the board.

KEY STATS COMPARISON
Category	Rank	Actual	Rank	Actual
Scoring Offense	8	84.1	239	65.3
Scoring Defense	267	73.2	144	66.0
Scoring Margin	60	10.9	215	-0.7
Field-Goal Percentage	62	47.1	188	43.2
Field-Goal Percentage Defense	180	43.0	78	40.0
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game	128	6.7	208	5.8
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage	204	32.4	209	32.2
Three Pt FG Defense	144	0.329	207	0.346
Free-Throw Percentage	128	69.7	293	62.2
Rebound Margin	13	9.7	235	-1.7
Assists Per Game	10	18.3	318	9.3
Assist Turnover Ratio	43	1.2	293	0.67
Blocked Shots Per Game	148	3.4	13	6.4
Steals Per Game	158	7.0	284	5.4
Turnovers Per Game	217	15.3	119	13.8
Turnover Margin	199	-0.6
Personal Fouls Per Game	303	21.4	182	18.9

PLAYERS TO WATCH
Category	Player	Rank	Actual	Player	Rank	Actual
Points PG	Tyler Smith	100	17.6
FG%				Travis Bureau	79	53.5
3-Point FG PG				Travis Bureau	32	3.2
3-Point FG%				Travis Bureau	25	46.8
FT %
Rebounds PG	Wayne Chism	97	7.9
Assists PG	Bobby Maze	82	4.7
Blocks PG				Tyren Johnson Colby Batiste	53 91	2.1 1.7
Steals PG
Assist-TO Ratio	Bobby Maze	26	2.76	Ryan McCoy	56	2.25

SB Nation - Colby Batiste

Tennessee Volunteers vs. Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns: stat comparison

Keys to the game

Louisiana-Lafayette players to watch