Free Quebec wrote:

Bishop’s incredible performance tied him for the league lead in scoring. His odds of making 1st or 2nd team have gone up considerably. Let’s see how he responds to teams starting to double team him 25 feet from the basket.

Which is always more likely to happen when you only have 3 or sometimes 4 scoring options on the Court at the same time.   
 

Points Per Game
1.    James Bishop George Washington    18.0
2.    Josh Oduro George Mason    17.9
3.    Darius Quisenberry Fordham    17.3
4.    Gibson Jimerson Saint Louis    17.2
5.    Tyler Burton Richmond    16.8
6.    Foster Loyer Davidson    16.0
7.    D'Shawn Schwartz George Mason    15.9
8.    Hyunjung Lee Davidson    15.5
9.    Luka Brajkovic Davidson    15.5
10.    Jalen Adaway St. Bonaventure    15.4
11.    Noah Fernandes UMass    15.1
12.    Joseph Bamisile George Washington    15.0

GW0509 wrote:

Going off this measurement which combines offensive/defensive advanced metrics, no GW players in sight for top performers in the A-10

That was a bit surprising, but it looks like his offensive efficiency rating is only 100.6.  For reference, the 2016 team had seven players better than that and he would've edged out Pauli Jorgs for the eighth best rating.  It really doesn't feel like he's been that "average" for a high scorer, but I guess my view is tainted with the better results from the last few games where it looks like his rating is in the 120s.  His rating for last year was 99.9.

EDIT:  A good comp is Sir Val's sophmore year where he scored 22.2 a game with a 101.3 offensive efficiency rating.
 

Last edited by BM (2/10/2022 4:43 pm)

Free Quebec wrote:

In conference games only, Bishop’s efficiency rating is up to 109.1 - one tenth higher than Oduro, and the highest of any A10 player using 28% or more of the team’s possessions (and 4th among players who use at least 24% of possessions)

That feels right.
 

Bishop is now 2nd in the league in points per game with 18.

Which GW players have led the league in scoring in GW history??
 

Kwame led the league in scoring? just before my time

SirVal I figured, anyone in the 60s or 70s? Maybe Mike Brown in the 80s?

Holup?

You are right, my mistake. Shawnta Rogers led the league in scoring in 98-99 with 20.7 ppg, and SirVal in 99-00 with 24.6 ppg. SirVal was outscored by Chris Monroe in 00-01, but Monroe was not the league leader.

Mike Brown was in the top 6 in scoring all four years at GW, but the highest he got was second in 83-84.

Joe Holup led the SoCon in rebounding and FG% for three years from 53-56, but never led the league in scoring. But Bob Talllent did in 68-69 and Mike Tallent in 69-70.

So GW’s league leaders in scoring are Bob and Mike Tallent, Kwame Evans, Shawnta Rogers, and SirValient Brown.

Last edited by DC Native (2/15/2022 1:59 pm)

Long Suffering Fan wrote:

Gwmayhem wrote:

DC Native wrote:

Kwame Evans in 94-95, and SirValient Brown twice, in 98-99 and 99-00. That's it, as far as I know.

SirValient did not lead the conference in scoring during his sophomore season.  In fact, he wasn't the leading scorer on his own team.  (It should be obvious who was.)

Without looking it up, I don't think Mike Brown was ever the conference's leading scorer though there's a great chance he led the conference in rebounding at least once.

My (admittedly failing) recollection is that SirVal was the second leading scorer in the nation his freshman year. when he averaged 24.6 points per game and was within a whisker of being the first frosh to lead the nation in scoring.   Of course that doesn't necessarily mean he lead the A-10 in scoring, but I would think he would be right  up there based upon his full season average.

That’s correct. Courtney Alexander of Fresno State led the country in scoring in 99-00 with 24.8 ppg. SirVal was second with 24.6 ppg.

Last edited by DC Native (2/15/2022 1:58 pm)

Man, Shawnta, what a baller.

Both Tallent bros, impressive!

Gwmayhem wrote:

Worst GW basketball experience after a win:  GW at Duquesne.  Am laying 2 1/2 with the Colonials.  Tie game, final possession.  SirVal hits a long 2 to win it for GW.  Just really had no idea how to feel.  Betting will do that to you sometimes.

 

Rule no 1. Never bet on teams you are invested in. Three reasons  none of them good. First, it hurts twice when you lose the game and the bet. Second, you make bad bets because of bias. Third, you can have split decisions as you mentioned.