Saint Louis-Dayton postgame (Soft Pretzel Logic)

Saint Louis-Dayton postgame

ATLANTIC CITY -- By the skin of its teeth, Dayton survives.

After a tight five minutes of overtime, Danny Brown had a chance to win it at the buzzer, but his long 2 hit the back iron and bounced out. So the Flyers win, 63-62, and will face top seed Xavier tomorrow at noon.

Saint Louis shot 21-for-47 from the field (44.7%), including 8-for-24 from three-point range (33.3%) and 13-for-23 from two-point range (56.5%), and 12-for-17 from the free throw line (70.6%). Five offensive rebounds, 26 defensive rebounds, eight assists, 20 turnovers (ouch), seven steals, four blocks and 18 fouls committed.

That adds up to 69 possessions and 0.892 points per possession.

Dayton shot 26-for-56 from the field (46.4%), including 7-for-18 from three-point range (38.9%) and 19-for-38 from two-point range (50.0%), and 4-for-11 from the free throw line (36.4%). Ten offensive rebounds, 24 defensive rebounds, 14 assists, 11 turnovers, eight steals, two blocks and 16 fouls committed.

That adds up to 62 possessions and 1.019 points per possession.

While I don't normally like giving Line of the Game to a player on the losing team, no one from Dayton really stood out. Saint Louis' Tommie Liddell clearly had the best individual line, so he gets it.

Name	Min	FG	FT	3pt	OR	DR	TR	A	S	TO	Blk	PF	Eff	Pts
T. Liddell	42	7-14	5-7	2-6	0	6	6	4	2	4	0	1	20	21

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Posted by Jonathan Tannenwald on March 12, 2008 2:16 PM | Permalink

Comments (2)

dave:

Was there any court storming?

And if so, do you think it was warranted, since you are the authority on such matters?

Posted by dave | March 12, 2008 2:30 PM

Posted on March 12, 2008 14:30

Leron

Great, its now time for the main event. A stomping of the Hawks by the Fordham Rams.

Posted by Leron | March 12, 2008 2:41 PM

Posted on March 12, 2008 14:41

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