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We've been having some fun with the "best non-Yum Center backcourt in college basketball" title in recent weeks, but if we're being honest, the "Road Game Chris" (and, to a lesser extent, "Road Game Terry") phenomenon has started to get a little scary.
Or are we all just inflating this whole thing in our heads?
Reader and statistical aficionado Andy Edwards was wondering the same thing and decided to take a complete look at the numbers. The numbers below reflect strictly home vs. away games, which means the neutral court wins over Indiana and Minnesota are not included.
Terry Rozier
Home: 14.9 PPG, 41.0% FG, 29.8% 3FG, 75.0% FT
Road: 24.8 PPG, 56.1% FG, 43.5% 3FG, 84.6% FT
Chris Jones
Home: 10.4 PPG, 29.3% FG, 29.3% 3FG, 70.6% FT
Road: 19.2 PPG, 60.0% FG, 52.6% 3FG, 74.1% FT
So Chris Jones' is literally twice as good (actually, slightly more than twice as good) on the road when it comes to shooting percentage. That's pretty unreal.
Edwards then went a step further and looked at both players' stats for the second half of road games, as well as the last five minutes. The first number is FG, second is 3-point FGs, and third is FTs.
Terry Rozier
2nd Half
WKU: 6-10/3-4/11-12
WFU: 4-4/0-0/0-0
UNC: 7-14/1-4/2-2
PITT: 2-5/0-2/4-5
BC: 6-7/2-2/3-4
Totals: 25-40/6-12/20-23 (62.5/50.0/87.0)
Last 5 Minutes
WKU: 1-1/0-0/7-8
WFU: 1-1/0-0/0-0
UNC: 2-3/0-0/0-0
PITT: 0-0/0-0/4-4
BC: 0-0/0-0/2-2
Totals: 4-5/0-0/13-14
3 Assists/1 Turnover
Chris Jones
2nd Half
WKU: 1-2/1-2/5-6
WFU: 6-10/0-0/8-8
UNC: 4-7/0-2/0-0
PITT: 4-7/2-3/1-1
BC: 5-6/2-2/5-8
Totals: 20-32/5-9/19-23 (62.5/55.6/82.6)
Last 5 Minutes
WKU: 1-2/1-2/0-0
WFU: 2-3/0-0/5-6
UNC: 0-2/0-1/0-0
PITT: 0-1/0-0/0-1
BC: 3-3/2-2/4-6
Totals: 6-11/3-5/9-13 (54.5/60.0/69.2)
4 Assists/2 Turnovers
Here's hoping whatever is responsible for the home shooting funk will disappear forever after Saturday's game.