La Salle’s free-throw woes continue
, by Go Archers, 2 min reading time
No need to overanalyze. The problem is flat obvious and everyone is a witness. But just to give everyone a statistical perspective of the situation, here are some figures. 1. In the current preseason tournament, the Green Archers are 0-3 when they shoot below 60% from the foul line. San Beda 68-70 52% 15-29 San […]
No need to overanalyze. The problem is flat obvious and everyone is a witness. But just to give everyone a statistical perspective of the situation, here are some figures.
1. In the current preseason tournament, the Green Archers are 0-3 when they shoot below 60% from the foul line.
| San Beda | 68-70 | 52% | 15-29 |
| San Sebastian | 81-88 | 58% | 14-24 |
| UST | 70-79 | 40% | 14-35 |
2. Last season, the team is 1-7 when they shoot below 60% from the foul line. Seven of those defeats were decided by 10 points or less. The only blowout loss came from Ateneo, a game in which the Archers had 10 more free throw attempts.
| NU | 55-59 | 58% | 14-24 |
| FEU | 80-84 | 56% | 15-27 |
| AdU | 68-70 | 47% | 9-19 |
| NU | 59-56 | 42% | 5-12 |
| ADMU | 57-74 | 52% | 15-29 |
| UE | 74-80 | 48% | 11-23 |
| AdU | 64-69 | 47% | 8-17 |
| FEU | 59-69 | 50% | 18-36 |
3. Last season, the Green Archers are a perfect 7-0 when they make at least 60% of their foul shots.
| UP | 80-62 | 65% | 15-23 |
| UE | 82-63 | 68% | 13-19 |
| ADMU | 66-63 | 70% | 23-33 |
| UST | 61-53 | 62% | 8-13 |
| UP | 84-63 | 61% | 11-18 |
| FEU | 80-66 | 77% | 20-26 |
| UST | 78-69 | 62% | 21-34 |
In their latest preseason win over NU, the team was 13 of 19 for 68%
4. Last season, only seven players had free throw percentages of at least 60% but one only had 4 attempts while two had less than 20. Of the six players who had 30 or more free throw attempts, only two shot above 65%.
So many winnable games lost.