Plainfield Cardinals Basketball

Monday, December 24, 2012

A Fanatic Summation of the Plainfield vs. The Patrick School Game


The Cardinal Fanatic will put on his analytical beak and look at every statistical category!

3-point Shooting – Plainfield +9
Plainfield connected on 6 three pointers compared to The Patrick School’s 3.

Points in the Paint – The Patrick School +2
The Patrick School connected on 20 field goals below the arc/in the paint compared to 19 by Plainfield. 

Block Shots – Even
No block party tonight.  No blocks recorded for the entire game.

Assists – Plainfield +6
Plainfield dished out 15 assists compared to The Patrick School’s 9.  Jordan Sears led the Cardinals with 6 assists.  Otis Livingston and Darrian Collins led The Patrick School with 3 assists each.

Rebounds – The Patrick School +1
The Patrick School grabbed 24 rebounds while Plainfield grabbed 23 rebounds. 

At this point, it would seem that the Cardinals held the advantage with a 7-point advantage on points scored from the field.  But the following statistical categories is where the Cardinals loss the game.

Steals – The Patrick School +11
The Patrick School picked up 18 steals compared to the Cardinals 7. 

Turnovers – The Patrick School +6
The Patrick School took better care of the ball by committing 14 turnovers compared to the Cardinals 20.

Free Throw Shooting – The Patrick School +12
Plainfield shot 75% while The Patrick School shot 71% from the free throw line.  But this is where the game was won for The Patrick School.  The Patrick School scored 15 points from the free bee-line while Plainfield scored 3.  Denzel Christian was perfect from the free throw line for Plainfield but The Patrick School’s 12 point advantage in this statistical category was able to help them over come the 7 point deficit from the field.


The Cardinal Fanatic Efficiency Players of the game

1)      Plainfield – Sophomore Jachai Simmons 6’5” – {ER-21}
Jachai makes his debut as the Efficiency Player of the Game.  Jachai scored 14 points on 78% shooting from below the arc.  Jachai also grabbed a game high 8 rebounds, picked up a team high tying 2 steals (Ahmad Baker and Wade Brown also with 2 steals), and dropped off 2 assists.  His thunderous dunk in the lane excited the home crowd.

2)      The Patrick School – Senior DeAndre Bembry 6’6” – {ER-19}
BKA as Dr. J, Mr. Bembry was electrifying around the rim. DeAndre scored a game high tying 19 points on 64% shooting below the arc (Plainfield’s Christian Cook also with 19 points).  Bembry also grabbed 6 rebounds, dished out an assist, and picked up a steal. 

3)      Plainfield – Junior Christian Cook 6’1” – {ER-18}
On any other night Christian would have been Efficiency Player of the Game.  Christian was lights out from the field.  Cook was COOKING!  The red hot Cook shot 83% from below the arc and shot 60% from beyond the arc to drop a game high tying 19 points.  Cook took care of the ball also by only committing 1 turnover for the entire game.

4)      Plainfield – Sophomore Ahmad Baker 6’8” – {ER-15}
Ahmad was perfect from the field, grabbed 6 rebounds, picked up a team high tying 2 steals, and dropped off an assist.  Baker only committed 1 turnover for the entire game.

5)      The Patrick School – Sophomore Kamar McKnight 6’4” – {ER-14}
McKnight was blowing tunes from the field.  Kamar shot 100% from below the arc and shot 75% from the free throw line.  McKnight also grabbed a team high 7 rebounds, picked up 3 steals and dropped an assist. 

6)      The Patrick School – Junior Kymaal Champayne 6’2” – {ER-12}
Kymaal shot 3 for 3 from the free throw line, dropped an assist and grabbed 1 board.  But Kymaal was able to have The Patrick School put the Champayne on ice by picking up a whopping game high 7 steals.

7)      The Patrick School – Senior Isaiah Lewis 6’5” – {ER-10}
Lewis shot 50% from the field, grabbed 4 rebounds and picked up 2 steals. Lewis took very good care of the rock by not committing a single turnover for the entire game.

 

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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