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Moore closing in
Over the next couple of days, there will be much written about Maya Moore closing in on Angel McCoughtry's Big East career scoring record.
McCoughtry scored 2,779 points in 139 games at Louisville while Moore currently has 2,758 points so if Moore scores 22 points against Providence on Saturday, she will have scored more points than any other Big East women's player. But will she set the Big East scoring record? By my definition, I would say no.
If you check the Big East record book, you will see Sarah Behn of Boston College atop the list with 1,546 points in 67 Big East regular-season games. In my opinion, that is the Big East scoring record. Moore, with five Big East regular-season games remaining in her career, has 1,184 points which currently ranks her eighth all time and could finish as high as No. 2 on the list. However, Moore would have to average 72.4 points in her final five conference games to match Behn. Now Moore is good but even that is out of Moore's realm of possibility. So when I refer to what Moore is about to accomplish, I certainly mention that she has the most points of any Big East women's player but will refrain from calling it the Big East scoring record.
McCoughtry scored 2,779 points in 139 games at Louisville while Moore currently has 2,758 points so if Moore scores 22 points against Providence on Saturday, she will have scored more points than any other Big East women's player. But will she set the Big East scoring record? By my definition, I would say no.
If you check the Big East record book, you will see Sarah Behn of Boston College atop the list with 1,546 points in 67 Big East regular-season games. In my opinion, that is the Big East scoring record. Moore, with five Big East regular-season games remaining in her career, has 1,184 points which currently ranks her eighth all time and could finish as high as No. 2 on the list. However, Moore would have to average 72.4 points in her final five conference games to match Behn. Now Moore is good but even that is out of Moore's realm of possibility. So when I refer to what Moore is about to accomplish, I certainly mention that she has the most points of any Big East women's player but will refrain from calling it the Big East scoring record.
Labels: Angel McCoughtry, Maya Moore
posted by Jim Fuller at
12:08 PM
2 Comments:
Jim,
Not quite sure I understand your comment, as there are two different ways to interpret it.
1) Over half of Maya's points were scored in the Big East tournament or in the NCAA tournament? (in other words, the scoring record you cite is only for regular season games; this doesn't seem right).
2) You only count points scored in [regular season?] games against Big East opponents.
Just curious if you could clarify how over 2,000 career points become 1,142 career Big East points.
Thanks.
You can think whatever you want.
That doesn't make it true or even reasonable.
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