The Oakland Golden Grizzlies play the East Tennessee State Buccaneers in the second round of the Hor tournament at Mandalay Bay Event Center. Action begins at 11:30 pm ET on Tuesday, Mar. 29 and can be seen on CCS.
The Golden Grizzlies come into this game hoping to repeat their last performance, dismantling Towson 90-72 in the 1. Kahlil Felder was the game’s leading scorer with 27 points on 10-for-22 shooting. The Buccaneers, meanwhile, are coming off an 88-83 win against Louisiana Tech in the 1. Ge’Lawn Guyn claimed his first double-double of the season with 34 points and 10 rebounds.
Guyn has upped his play over the last five games for the Buccaneers, averaging 22.4 points, 4.4 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.4 steals, 0.6 blocks, and 3.8 three-pointers.
This showdown pits one of the nation’s top offenses against one of its elite defenses, as Oakland currently ranks 12th in the nation in offensive efficiency and East Tennessee State is 11th in defensive efficiency. Also, the Buccaneers commit the seventh-fewest errors in the nation (TO% of 17.9%), while the disruptive defense of the Golden Grizzlies causes the 12th-most (opponents’ TO% of 16.4%).
Notes
The Oakland Golden Grizzlies rank 12th for their offensive rating of 116.6. The East Tennessee State Buccaneers have a defensive rating of 104.6 (ranked 11th).
On average, Oakland has 74.1 possessions per game and scores 1.166 points on each possession. East Tennessee State has both fewer possessions (70.9) and scores fewer points during those possessions (1.101).
East Tennessee State has an average effective field goal percentage of 53.0%. Oakland is an underachieving 4-8 when opponents have a similar or higher effective field goal percentage.
On average, Oakland attempts 22.0 three pointers and East Tennessee State attempts 21.0. In games where they have 20 or more three point attempts, the Oakland Golden Grizzlies are 11-10 while the East Tennessee State Buccaneers have a solid 15-6 record.
Oakland ranks 42nd in the nation with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.34. East Tennessee State is ranked lower at 236th with an A/TO of .97.
East Tennessee State ranks 203rd in offensive rebounds, while Oakland ranks at 25th in defensive rebounds.
Though Oakland is one of the best in the country in forcing turnovers with opponents averaging a TO% of 16.4% (ranked 12th), East Tennessee State has a tremendous 15-4 record SU when its TO% is 16.4% or greater.
