Originally Posted by
Phantom Warrior
There is an interesting pattern to Jake's shooting over the past 13 games beginning with the first Xavier game. In essence, he has shot extremely well every third game with the two games in between being either poor shooting performances or decent, but not excellent, shooting performances. Take a look. The first number is mpg, the second field goals, the third field goal percentage, the fourth three-point field goals, the fifth three-point field goal percentage, and the final total points.
XAVIER: 32 6-12 .500 5-11 .455 17
SETON HALL: 30 0-4 .000 0-4 .000 0
BUTLER: 39 1-8 .125 1-8 .125 9
GEORGETOWN: 35 4-6 .667 4-6 .667 12
VILLANOVA: 29 0-2 .000 0-2 .000 0
PROVIDENCE: 23 1-5 .200 1-5 .200 3
ST. JOHN'S: 20 4-7 .571 3-5 .600 11
BUTLER: 28 1-6 .167 1-4 .250 5
SETON HALL: 34 2-7 .286 1-6 .167 6
XAVIER: 38 6-11 .545 6-10 .600 18
CREIGHTON: 36 3-10 .300 1-4 .250 9
DEPAUL: 39 3-8 .375 3-6 .500 9
GEORGETOWN: 33 7-12 .583 6-9 .667 22
Looking at every third game, Jake made 27 of 48 field goals, 24 of 41 treys, and averaged 16.0 ppg for those five games.
For the "in-between" games Jake made 11 of 50 field goals, 8 of 39 treys, and averaged 5.1 ppg in those eight games.
Oddly enough we are 3 - 2 in his best shooting performances and 5 -3 in the other eight games.
If Jake continues this pattern, we wont see another superb shooting night from him until the last game of the regular season. I certainly don't expect to see him shoot lights out in all three games. Nobody can shoot that well that consistently. My guess would be one excellent shooting performance, one decent shooting performance, and one forgettable shooting performance. All shooters have their ups and downs but it wil be interesting to see if his pattern over the past 13 games continues.