With the information Xavier Johnson gained’t be again quickly after surgical procedure on his foot, all eyes flip to freshman Jalen Hood-Schifino on the level guard place.
So how did he fare establishing his teammates towards Elon? Whereas the Montverde Academy grad dished out seven assists, he additionally turned it over 5 instances. Hood-Schifino’s turnover share of 24.9 is a quantity to regulate as his time within the highlight begins. His assist-to-turnover ratio presently sits at 1.43-to-1.
We’ll check out his successes and failures operating the present within the newest version of Movie Session:
Listed here are Hood-Schifino’s seven assists. 4 got here coming into the ball into the submit, one thing he’ll definitely be known as upon to proceed to do in Indiana’s offense. Hood-Schifino additionally discovered Logan Dumcomb in ball-screen motion, displaying the persistence we noticed when he attached with Malik Reneau in an earlier Movie Session.
Hood-Schifino additionally dished out two assists in transition, discovering a slicing Miller Kopp on a pleasant move for a lay-in and CJ Gunn for an alley-oop within the second half.
However Hood-Schifino additionally tried a lob to Race Thompson in transition within the first half that resulted in a turnover. Kopp is visibly annoyed afterward that he didn’t get the move within the left nook the place he was broad open and able to shoot. Hood-Schifino turned it over one other time in transition looking for Kaleb Banks within the paint. A 3rd transition turnover got here when he tried to get a bit fancy and throw a move behind his again to Kopp, which didn’t join.
His different two turnovers got here within the halfcourt. One was an errant move off himself on the left wing, the opposite coming when he misplaced management of the ball dribbling in ball-screen motion.
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