[cksportsfan]

Its not often a team gets out rebounded, has less field goals and less assists, yet wins by double digits! This one reeks!

I'm looking at the OFFICIAL boxscore sent out by LexCath/WL Stats from the E'town-Simon Kenton game.

Boxscore: http://www.thenewsenterprise.com/sites/w...thtown.jpg

- E'town did NOT get outrebounded. Elizabethtown had 27 rebounds, SK had 25. SK had just one player grab more than four rebounds. Boley had nine defensive rebounds by herself -- SK had 13 total as a team. ... Might want to put a body on Boley, no?

- E'town had less field goals (22-18), but Elizabethtown shot a better percentage (51.4 to 41.5). E'town shot 58.8 percent in the second half, including 7-of-11 inside the arc. SK was 10-of-22 on 2s in the second half. That's a 63.6-45.5 difference percentage-wise on what should be "bunnies".

- SK did have more assists, but E'town still had assists on 12-of-18 field goals. 75 percent is pretty good for high school. SK had MORE assists, but in actuality, LESS of its baskets came via assist. E'town had a 75 percent assist-to-FG percentage (12 of 18), SK was 72.2 (16 of 22). Each team had six baskets which weren't assisted.

-- So your rebound argument was moot (SK got outrebounded).
-- Your FG argument is moot (E'town shot a better percentage, including way better in the second half from close range.
-- Your assists argument is moot (Elizabethtown had MORE of its baskets, percentage wise, assisted than SK did.

Things you did NOT mention:

- SK had two starters go scoreless in a combined 36 minutes. Two reserves who played more than 10 minutes each scored a combined five points. So out of four players playing a combined 59-plus minutes, SK got a mere five points out of those girls. ... Um, why were those four girls on the floor, exactly? Can't be for their great defense, considering Boley went nuts, Cleaver and Huff both reached double figures and E'town hung a season high on SK. ... If they're not contributing, get em off the floor.

- Boley for E'town was 9-of-10 from the foul line. If SK did its research, it would have realized Boley shoots LESS than 60 percent from the field, but routinely OVER 80 from the foul line. She's among the best in the state from the stripe and will set several E'town school records. ... Bottom line, do NOT foul her. EVER. Hack-A-Boley does not have the same outcome as Hack-A-Shack.

- Bowling, Warden and Stinson combined for just 4 FG attempts, while Boley-Cleaver-Huff (who all have D-1 offers) combined for 25. ... If you wanna shut down E'town, you have to force Bowling-Warden-Stinson to shoot. Front Boley and Cleaver. Double EVERY TIME they get the ball, no matter where they are. Force them to give it up and make Warden-Bowling-Stinson think they have to shoot.

- SK had steals on 8 of E'town's 12 turnovers, but E'town had steals on 5-of-12. Which means SK had MORE unforced turnovers.

- Elizabethtown entered the game averaging MORE rebounds per game and MORE free-throw attempts per game than SK ... and then proceeded to grab more rebounds and shoot more free throws. Not sure why you're shocked.

As far as being "homered" ... Elizabethtown has yet to play a single home game this season. E'town's winning all of its games on the road and on neutral courts in a variety of venues (LexCath was Elizabethtown's fifth gym with three different regions' worth of refs). ... Maybe Notre Dame and Walton-Verona got "homered" when they played at SK?