1st half:
Pace PPP eFG% TO% OR% FTR
KSU 35 1.18 60.0% 23.1% 46.7% 36.7%
Opp 35 1.10 50.0% 17.3% 31.3% 57.7%
2nd half:
Pace PPP eFG% TO% OR% FTR
KSU 33 1.17 56.3% 27.1% 41.7% 54.2%
Opp 33 0.96 46.4% 15.0% 20.0% 32.1%
Game:
Pace PPP eFG% TO% OR% FTR
KSU 68 1.18 58.3% 25.0% 44.4% 44.4%
Opp 68 1.03 48.1% 16.2% 25.0% 44.4%
Several things stand out.
The Cats had a great offensive night and still had a bunch of missed open looks. Still, they took advantage of MU's weakness, allowing open shots.
Evening up the FTR in the 2nd half was huge, as well as shooting much better form the FT line. Even with the silly fouls on Pullen, we still got our share and took advantage.
Killed them on the boards, and really took advantage of extending possessions.
Defense was really solid in the 2nd half; MU ended up at 46% eFG%, but was closer to 40% until they made 3 meaningless shots after the Cats got up 14.
The biggest negative was not handling the ball well, and we had some really silly TOs, but overcame it with shooting and rebounding.