Prairie View A&M vs. Mississippi Valley State: Full Game Preview
By on January 19, 2013
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| Points | Rebounds | Assists | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie View A&M | J DeMuynck 14.1 | J DeMuynck 5.8 | C Blair Jr 5.0 |
| Mississippi Valley State | D Usher 17.4 | M Smith 6.4 | D Marshall 2.8 |
Mississippi Valley State plays host to Prairie View A&M at Harrison HPER Complex on Saturday. Tip-off is at 6:00 EST. The Delta Devils are 4-5 against the Panthers over the last four years. The last time they met (2/18/2012) they won 60-58.
Mississippi Valley State is in 8th place in the conference and just behind 7th place Prairie View A&M with a chance to close in.
The Delta Devils were defeated by Southern University 88-54 on January 14th despite 17 points and 5 rebounds from Davon Usher. He paces the team in points per game with 17.4, and steals per game with 1.4. For the Panthers, Jourdan DeMuynck finished with 22 points and 6 rebounds in the 73-59 win over Jackson State on January 14th. He contributes a team-leading 14.1 points per game, 5.8 rebounds per game, and 1.4 steals per game.
Analyzing the differences between the teams, Prairie View A&M has the edge in two important areas. The first is rebounding, where the Panthers have the upper hand, 39 per game to 31 per game. Prairie View A&M also has an advantage in scoring, 66 points per game to 58 points per game. One category in which Prairie View A&M is especially proficient is offensive rebounding percentage at 38.2, ranking 1st in their conference (and 29th nationally).
Prairie View A&M StatSmack
- Matt Smith is ranked 6th in the SWAC in rebounds and 6th in the SWAC in blocks.
- Mississippi Valley State beat Prairie View A&M by 2 points the last time they played (Feb 18, 2012).
- Winning is in our blood. Mississippi Valley State had a better record in close games than Prairie View A&M last season (7-3 vs 4-5).
- It must sting. Mississippi Valley State has blown out Prairie View A&M by 20 points or more on 8 occasions since 1998.
- We're so much better than you, we get lazy. Mississippi Valley State has come back to win after being down at half against Prairie View A&M 5 times since 1996.
- The Mississippi Valley State blocks leader (Matt Smith) has more blocks than the Prairie View A&M blocks leader (Jules Montgomery).
- Mississippi Valley State has a much better overall winning percentage over the last 30 years (0.467 to 0.270).
- You get an A for effort, but Mississippi Valley State has emerged victorious against Prairie View A&M the last 2 times they've played.
- Mississippi Valley State is better under pressure, and has defeated Prairie View A&M in 8 out of the last 14 games decided by 5 points or fewer.
- At least you keep showing up. Mississippi Valley State has an average margin of victory of 15 over Prairie View A&M in 52 wins since 1980.
- Keep filling up on cupcakes. Mississippi Valley State has a stronger schedule than Prairie View A&M this season (SOS Rank: #7 vs #24).
| PVAMU Players | Mins | Pts | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | |
| C | J. DeMuynck | 28 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| C | Carl Blair Jr | 29 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| D+ | J. Montgomery | 19 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| D+ | D. Chapman | 19 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| D+ | R. Gesiakowski | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D | Montrael Scott | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D | Josh Eleby | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| D | Louis Munks | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| D | Rasi Jenkins | 20 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| D | Mayol Riathin | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D- | Ronald Wright | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D- | Patrick Agho | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D- | Cory Jones | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| F | Wesley Afolayan | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| F | Babajidne Aina | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| F | John Love | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| F | J. Duplessis | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MVSU Players | Mins | Pts | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | |
| C+ | Davon Usher | 34 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| C | Matt Smith | 28 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| D | Darius Tomlin | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| D | Darryl Marshall | 26 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| D | Julius Francis | 20 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| D | Blake Ralling | 18 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D- | Marcus Johnson | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D- | Cameron Dobbs | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D- | Ervin Thomas | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| F | Nate Brandt | 20 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| F | Montreal Holley | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| F | Cortlan Henry | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| F | C. Samples | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| F | Arthur Framery | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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