During the Beard season, we averaged 10.4 turnovers per game. Our opponents averaged 14.1. That means that we had four chances to score in which they had zero chance to score. That is a good advantage to have. The reason turnovers were so low that season was obvious if you watched Beard on the bench. If a player got sloppy he came out of the game - maybe not for long, but he came out.
This year we are averaging 16.4 turnovers per game. That means Beard's team had six chances to score (on average) each game that this year's team does not have.
This year so far Markquis Nowell has 71 turnovers (avg. 4.4 per game). In the 30-win season, Josh Hagins had 58 turnovers in the entire season (avg. 1.7 per game). Nowell already has 13 more turnovers than Hagins had in the entire season. Of course, Nowell is not the only cuprit on this year's team, but he handles the ball more than anyone else. And he almost never comes out of the game, no matter how many times he turns the ball over.
This team has some positives that help to make up for our sloppy play. We do a fine job on the boards, and five and a half rebounds per game more than the opponents gives us a lot more opportunities for scoring. This is a good team, but it probably will never be a great team until Walker tells them "or else" concerning turnovers.
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