Individual Plus/Minus numbers
Player
+/-
Cornley
7
Walker
1
Morrissey
15
Jackson
7
Pringle
1
Claxton
12
Brooks
6
Hassell
1
Battle
12
Jones
3
Solid effort by Morrissey in this game. He’s the one that got the team going in the second half with a couple of nice defensive plays (taking the charge under the basket and then diving on [...]
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Penn State 74 Lehigh 55
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Here’s the numbers for the players who were on the floor together for Colgate.
PSU/Colgate Plus Minus Pairs Table I
The upper right half of the matrix equals the +/- for the respective pair.
The lower left half of the matrix equals the minutes the pair were on the floor together.
Walker
Morrissey
Claxton
Brooks
Hassell
Battle
Pringle
Jones
Jackson
Cornley
Walker
13
-3
13
2
3
0
13
-2
13
12
Morrissey
0.3
2
5
0
-2
7
-5
1
0
5
Claxton
11.1
20.5
18
5
0
12
6
4
11
16
Brooks
10.8
2.2
4.3
5
1
1
4
-2
4
4
Hassell
5.6
11.4
13.8
3.2
1
2
-1
0
1
0
Battle
3.5
17.2
18.2
4.2
11.3
10
0
5
0
12
Pringle
16.0
3.5
13.3
8.5
5.7
0.0
8
-3
13
5
Jones
2.3
7.4
7.1
2.3
0.0
7.2
2.2
2
0
4
Jackson
16.0
0.0
9.8
8.5
4.4
0.0
16.0
0.0
13
10
Cornley
10.6
20.5
28.0
5.0
12.6
18.2
12.9
7.1
9.4
17
PSU/Colgate Plus Minus Pairs Table II
The diagonal (where [...]
Here’s the plus minus number for Penn State for the Colgate game:
Player
Plus/Minus
Claxton
+18
Cornley
+17
Walker
+13
Jackson
+13
Battle
+10
Pringle
+8
Brooks
+5
Morrissey
+2
Jones
+2
Hassell
+1
The cream of the crop, Claxton and Cornley, led the charge in this game. Mike Walker once again comes up with very solid plus minus numbers.
Plus/Minus Win Percent
A P in the game column represents a positive +/- for that game. M = a [...]
Purdue at Louisville highlights today’s slate.
Indiana 87 W Carolina 55
Michigan 73 Central Mich 66
MSU 86 IUPU-Fort Wayne 60
Ohio State 75 Presbyterian 51
PSU 72 Denver 54
Louisville 66 Purdue 59
Wisconsin 82 Wis-GB 53
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