Not good when Oweh is leading scorer

[ukjenning44]

I’m not sure why but Oweh has been our leading scorer 4 times against power 5 teams and we’ve lost all 4 games.
The only game we’ve won with Oweh leading us in scoring was our first game against Wright State.

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[STL_Cat]

Oweh is our leading scorer on the season. He's obviously been our most consistent scorer on the season. I think that's just a weird and random statistic. Although it does stand to reason we are a more dangerous team when we have a guy like Robinson go off and score 20+

 

[St.PatterSoN-54-]

I’m not sure why but Oweh has been our leading scorer 4 times against power 5 teams and we’ve lost all 4 games.
The only game we’ve won with Oweh leading us in scoring was our first game against Wright State.

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Not really a comment against Oweh, because he's been pretty steady. It's more a commentary when our other guys are struggling to score.

 

[JasonRDunn]

I think it just means that our other scorers were struggling. It seems that when we are hitting threes with Robinson and Brea, then Oweh comes up big late with his rebounding, defense and hustle.

That is a product of all of the parts contributing their best elements to make a better whole.

 

[Cleatortoises]

I’m not sure why but Oweh has been our leading scorer 4 times against power 5 teams and we’ve lost all 4 games.
The only game we’ve won with Oweh leading us in scoring was our first game against Wright State.

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Perhaps, but how do you say " ok Otega slow it down a notch".

 

[STL_Cat]

This is kind of like the stat I saw on another thread that said based on analytics Oweh is a net - when he's on the floor. Sometimes numbers do lie.

 

[JumperJack]

Seems like he is the guy that takes it upon himself when things get tight. Whether that’s Pope’s plan or not IDK but Oweh is definitely not afraid.

 

[thebluestripes]

That dude is just a baller.

 

[AJG-15]

Well Oweh is the only player that he can get his own. He is our leading scorer and most reliable player. Most respect the way he plays and handle himself.

 

[JonathanW]

I’m not sure why but Oweh has been our leading scorer 4 times against power 5 teams and we’ve lost all 4 games.
The only game we’ve won with Oweh leading us in scoring was our first game against Wright State.

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This actually makes sense.
Why? Oweh has proven he will get 10+ every game. But what about everyone else? If someone else leads us in scoring that means we had at least 2 guys getting us points. If Oweh leads us, then maybe he was the only one.

 

[trueblujr2]

I think it just means that our other scorers were struggling. It seems that when we are hitting threes with Robinson and Brea, then Oweh comes up big late with his rebounding, defense and hustle.

That is a product of all of the parts contributing their best elements to make a better whole.

Partially this, Oweh does not rely on the three to get his points. if he's the leading scorer it usually means we are not shooting well across the board.

 

[runt#69]

Not really a comment against Oweh, because he's been pretty steady. It's more a commentary when our other guys are struggling to score.

I think it's this more than anything else.... Otega has been the most consistent scorer for our team. We need all the other guys to step up and provide that balanced attack. When we lose the balance, it makes winning so much more difficult for this team, conversely, when the other guys aren't on, it makes it easier to beat us.

Not like that is saying anything substantive, really.

But I can't cherry pick a stat like that and equate it to why we've lost. Sometimes stats are deceiving. And even though we lost all those games where the opposition had made a bacnked in three point shot, the irony of that is that it happened for Tennessee and they lost.

haha ! Beautiful.

but yeah, even though I'm not superstitious, some things where it comes concerning UK basketball, I do tend to get superstitious about ...

 

[Bleedin Blue in Ohio]

When Oweh is leading us in scoring that usually means an off night shooting the 3. When Robinson, Butler, or Brea go off from deep and Oweh is getting his 10 to 20 that offense is really working. If the 3 is not falling, then Oweh is carrying the team and they're not scoring at the pace they need to score at.