Heading back to work after a long break isn’t easy for anyone, especially for middle school math teachers and mid major college basketball players. After a long layoff Valpo came out and was out played and out coached from opening tip to the ending buzzer in their horizon League opener at home against Loyola. It was hard to watch and even harder to motivate myself to calculate the PPS scores. Here they are with a brief breakdown to follow:
| Minutes | + | - | PPS | ||
| Loyola | LOY | 200 | 0.81 | 0.29 | 0.52 |
| Valparaiso | Valpo | 200 | 0.69 | 0.34 | 0.35 |
Valpo’s – score really wasn’t that bad. However, they didn’t take advantage of their possessions and Loyola did not make many mistakes when it was their turn with the ball. Luckily it was a short one day off and Valpo got back to their winning ways with a blowout of Horizon League foe Cleveland State. Valpo was able to turn the tables from their previous game.
| Minutes | + | - | PPS | ||
| CSU | CSU | 200 | 0.64 | 0.37 | 0.27 |
| Valparaiso | Valpo | 200 | 0.90 | 0.38 | 0.52 |
As you can see Valpo’s – score was actually worse this game when compared to the debacle that was the Loyola game. The Crusaders had more turnovers and more missed free throws vs. CSU. Unlike the Loyola game Valpo was able to force the Vikings into a lower + score by out rebounding them by 16, forcing them to shoot only 30%, and allowing only 6 assists. Meanwhile, the Crusaders put up a nice + score due again to their rebounding numbers.
Valpo will now head on a 3 game road trip squaring off against surprising UIC, a down Milwaukee team, and arch rival Detroit.
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