A Fanatic Summation of the St Anthony’s vs Plainfield Game
Where did the Cardinals lose this game?
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Points Below the Arc (Advantage St. Anthony’s) – With Justin
Sears playing only 9 minutes due to an injury, St. Anthony’s took advantage of
the absence of one of the most prolific shot blocker and rebounder in state
history. Jerome Frink was a major
benefactor of this and he help give St. Anthony a 25 – 15 2-point conversion
advantage. This gave St. Anthony’s a
20-point advantage in this particular statistical category.
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3 Pointers (Advantage – Plainfield) Sekou Harris and Jahmal
Lane combined to connect on 5 3-pointers compared to St. Anthony’s Tariq Carey
and Halice Cooke combining for 3 3-pointers.
This gave Plainfield a 6 point advantage in this category and narrowed
the overall margin to 14 points in favor of St. Anthony’s
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Free Throws (Advantage Plainfield) – Plainfield converted 17
free throws compared to St. Anthony’s 7.
This gave Plainfield a 10-point advantage and narrowed the difference in
the game of 4 points. In hindsight,
Plainfield shot 86% from the free-throw line and against any other team this
would be plenty enough to win the game base on this statistical category. Plainfield missed only 3 free throw attempts
for the game. If the Cardinals could
have shot 20 for 20, the game would have been tied going into the final 10
seconds of the game.
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Rebounds (Advantage St. Anthony’s) – St. Anthony grabbed 31
rebounds compared to Plainfield’s 17.
With the absence of Sears for 23 minutes of the game this was a tough
obstacle to overcome.
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Steals (Advantage St. Anthony’s) – St. Anthony's picked up 9
steals compared to Plainfield 5 steals.
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Assists (Advantage St. Anthony’s) – St. Anthony’s dropped off
18 assists while Plainfield dropped off 11 assists.
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Block shots (Advantage St. Anthony’s) – St. Anthony’s rejected
6 shot attempts compared to Plainfield rejecting 4 shot attempts. Considering
the absence of Sears, this was a pivotal category that decided the final
outcome of the game. Denzel Christian stepped in for the injured Sears and
rejected a team high 3 shot attempts.
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Turnovers (Even) – St Anthony’s committed 15 turnovers while
Plainfield committed 16 turnovers.
Cardinal Fanatic Efficient 5
1) St. Anthony’s – Senior Jerome Frink 6’6” {ER-41}
Can some one say VCU (Virginia Common Wealth
University)? With no official D-1
offers, Jerome benefited the most than any other player in this game in respect
to recruiting potential. The most
notable recruit in the building was 2011 Cinderella Final Four Coach of VCU,
Shaka Smart. Jerome gave a performance
of the ages by giving a remarkable double-double performance by dropping a game
high 28 points on 58% shooting from the field and grabbing a game high 13
rebounds. Frink added to his stat line
by grabbing 3 steals, dropping 2 assists and rejecting a game high 3 shot
attempts. Frink, who also became only the 3rd player in Cardinal
Fanatic Efficiency Rating recording history to score over 40 (Kyrie Irving and
Justin Sears are the other two to score over 40), showed why he was the TOC
Efficiency Player of the game by committing only 1 turnover for the entire
game.
2) Plainfield – Senior Sekou Harris 6’0” {ER-20}
I will admit the Cardinal Fanatic is a bias observer! But you must admit that Sekou “Trey Swish”
Harris is one of the best guards in the East Coast of the United States! When the lights are at its brightest he
steps up his game. The first team
All-State candidate Harris has responded in every big game this year and this
one was no different. Harris shot 40%
from beyond the arc and shot a perfect 12 for 12 from the free throw line to
score a team high 22 points. You would
not think that some one scoring a team high in points could also be a
distributor of the ball but Harris did just that by dropping a game high 7
assists to show why multiple D-1 recruiters are interested in Harris because of
his scoring ability, free throw accuracy and distribution of the ball.
3) Plainfield – Senior Jahmal Lane 6’4” {ER-20}
Lane scored 21 points by shooting 55% below the arc and
Planet Mercury 75% from beyond the arc.
Lane also grabbed a team high 3 steals and dished out 1 assist.
To many of the State basketball experts, Lane has come out
of nowhere to perplex the All-State selections for 2011-2012. Against the best of the best, Lane was the
most consistent player in the State. But this was no surprise to the Cardinal
Fanatic as Jahmal as an 8th/9th grader had Pitt
University showing interest! His Gary Payton defense, his Kobe Bryant spin move
fade away was artistically beautiful, and his Clyde Frazier charisma off and on
the court exemplified a 4-year varsity player of a program who has never seen a
4-year stretch in the history of its program.
Lane possesses D-1 body size, shooting ability, and defensive intensity
that has only been displayed by one other high school player in the state (Kyle
Anderson).
4) St. Anthony’s – Senior Tariq Carey 6’3” {ER-20}
The Newark Eastside/St. Benedict transfer was on fire! Tariq shot 71% below the arc and a sizzling
67% from beyond the arc to score a critical 18 points.
5) St. Anthony’s – Senior Kyle Anderson 6’9” {ER-17}
Anderson shot 50% from the floor to score 12 points. But scoring points is not the only thing
needed to win games. Kyle had a balance
stat line to help the Friars pull out the victory. Kyle grabbed 8 rebounds, picked up a game high 4 steals, dropped
a team high tying 4 assists (Josh Brown also with 4 assists) and rejected 2
shot attempts.
6) St. Anthony’s – Junior Halice Cooke 6’2” {ER-11}
While Tariq Carey was knocking down his shots on one side,
Halice was cooking from the other.
Halice shot 50% from beyond the arc and connected on a critical
3-pointer to give the Friars more breathing room. Halice also grabbed 2 rebounds, picked up 1 steal, dropped 3
assists, and had a critical rejection.
Halice was very Efficient with the ball as he committed 0 turnovers for
the entire game. Halice completed his
night with an impressive 3:0 assist to turnover ratio.
The efficiency rating is base on
points scored, shooting accuracy, foul shooting accuracy, rebounds, assists,
steals, defensive intensity, and assist – turnover ratio.
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