Mississippi State Road Game Box Score MVG: Erik Murphy

[GatorJason]

Erik Murphy nosed out several Gators as top box score performer in a dominant 82-47 road victory over the Mississippi State Bulldogs. Murphy scored 18 points and had 6 rebounds to rack up 87 value credits. Patric Young was a perfect 6 for 6 from the field for 13 points with 6 boards, 2 blocks, a steal and no turnovers to net 80 value credits. Kenny Boynton tied Murphy for scoring honors with 18 points, along with 4 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals to earn 76 value credits. Scottie Wilbekin continues to play point guard at a high level with 9 assists to go with 13 points for 72 value credits.

The Gators rang up a season high 3-point shots (14) and assists (23) while out rebounding the Bulldogs 40-17. This game had all the hallmarks of a blowout coming in and the Gators did not disappoint, effectively doubling the score of the young, inexperienced Bulldogs through most of the ball game.

After playing four of the last five games on the road, the Gators look forward to some home cooking as they play the South Carolina Gamecocks at the O'Connell Center this Wednesday. USCe is coming off a 75-54 victory at home over Arkansas.

Box Score Value Leaders:
Murphy...........87
Young............80
Boynton.........76
Wilbekin.'.......72

Click on this link (http://www.gatorcountry.com/swampgas/picture.php?albumid=221&pictureid=2381) to see all player value scores for this game

Value Credits* are assigned as follows:
+5 credits for each Steal and Assist
+4 credits for each Point scored, Rebound and Block
.-5 credits for each Turnover
.-2 credits for each Field Goal Attempt
.-1 credit for each Free Throw Attempt

* Value Credits are based solely on Box Score data and do not reflect total game contributions by players

Mississippi State Game Official Box Score (http://espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=330260344)

The Gators next game will be against USCe (http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/2579/south-carolina-gamecocks) on Wednesday, Jan 30th at 8:00. ESPN-850AM WRUF (http://tunein.com/radio/ESPN-850-s22624/)

[BobbyGator72]

GatorJason, I love your breakdown of MVG for each game. Do you keep it for the year as well or just game by game.

[ApexNC]

Not often you see 4 guys over 70. Great all-around game for the Gators

[GatorJason]

Jacob Kurtz had 3 rebounds and an assist for 17 value credits in just 3 minutes of play. He doesn't play much but seems to always make positive things happen in the short time that he does play.

Bobby,

I do not do season stats but you can look at the season album of team values scores here. Link (http://www.gatorcountry.com/swampgas/album.php?albumid=221) Season stats may not be a good measure of where the team is today. Roles have changed and solidified since the season started. When Scottie Wilbekin took over primary responsibilities at point guard, the team seemed to have settled into their roles and performances for all have improved. Boynton, Murphy, and Young have the most top performances with Wilbekin starting to emerge as a new leader. Rosario's value scores vary wildly, depending on how well he is shooting. Yeguete, Prather and Frazier have been our big players off the bench whose minutes vary depending on the teams the Gators play. Yeguete is probably the one with the most production, using his size and quickness down low in the paint.

[BobbyGator72]

I hope this shows up, but just for fun I did a season long comparison and what it really shows is how this team really does not have a superstar.

Player Value Score Minutes Played
Kenny Boynton 55.2 31.5
Erik Murphy 59.3 25.1
Mike Rosario 42.8 29.4
Patric Young 59.7 26.8
Scottie Wilbekin 54.1 31.3
Casey Prather 37.6 15.5
Will Yeguete 46.3 23.4
Michael Frazier 28.7 17.8
Braxton Ogbueze 4.8 5.5
DeVon Walker 3.7 4.7
Jacob Kurtz 4.2 2.3
Dillon Graham 2.3 4.4
Team Total 381.0 200.0

[HALLGATOR]

^^^^^^
You could say that was both a positive and a bit of a negative. What I like about it is just shutting one player down doesn't impact the team as a whole as much as it would if you had more of a superstar. Florida, to me, is the very definition of a "team."

[Bullis33]

Love these breakdowns, Verdicus would be proud...RIP Verdicus, I hope he is somewhere enjoying the season we are having

[ApexNC]

Love these breakdowns, Verdicus would be proud...RIP Verdicus, I hope he is somewhere enjoying the season we are having

I hadn't thought about Mr. V in a while. Thanks for reminding us. Wish we could get Verdicus in the NBN forum title in some way

[gatorbogey]

is Mrs Verdicus around? what happened to V?

[HALLGATOR]

is Mrs Verdicus around? what happened to V?

He passed away last year.

http://www.gatorcountry.com/swampgas/showthread.php?t=234460&highlight=verdicus

[gatorbogey]

oh geez. i missed that post - was just in the insiders forums exclusively back then. i really did enjoy his posts, i think back in the day on scout and in GC's full court press. he was a big advocate of gator hoops and baseball.