Scouting UNCW
Posted by TTHS on February 3rd, 2007
UNCW is coming to town Saturday night for one of the Tribe’s final home games of the season. The Seahawks have had a disappointing year, going 5-16 and 2-10 in conference just a year after winning the Colonial. Just 2 games ago they upset George Mason, but since then they have lost to GSU, who swept them for the year. Their only other CAA win is against JMU, and they have lost to some bad teams, the worst being a 100-94 loss to Campbell.
UNCW comes into this game at 266 in the RPI, second to last in the conference. They are much better in the Pomeroy rating, at 212. He gives them only a 27% chance of winning tomorrow night. They are 34th in the nation at 3-point defence. Vladimir Kuljanin is 8th in the nation in effective field goal %, and Temi Soyebo is 10th in the nation at assist rate. The Hawks are 254 in the Mike Greenfield ratings, who is giving them 4.5 points, and a 30% chance of winning.
Vladimir Kuljanin is UNCW’s leading scorer with 13.6 points per game. He is shooting 69% from the field on the year, and 68% from the foul stripe. Vladimir leads the team in rebounding with 7.3 a game, even though he has only started 2/3 of their games. If he keeps playing like he has he could be an All-CAA type player.
Daniel Fountain, a junior guard from Woodbridge VA, is averaging 11.1 points per game. He has started in 15 games this year, and is shooting 36% from the field and 35% from the 3-point line. He is shooting 74% from the charity stripe and averages 3.3 boards per game. He is in the negative in assist-turnover ratio, at 37-38.
Finally, Todd Hendley is a junior foward from Sanford, NC. He is averaging 10.2 points per game and shooting 44% from the field. He is draining 36% of his threes, and shooting 76% from the foul line. He is averaging 4.2 rebounds per game, but his assist-turnover ratio is over 1-2. He has started more games than anyone else on the Dub, at 19.
I really don’t see UNCW winning this game. Fans are pumped after several straight home wins. Weekend night games really favor the home team. The Tribe is playing some pretty good ball, and not so much for UNCW. Tribe should win this fairly easily.
W&M-68
UNCW-58