Vernon Macklin - Free Throw Wizard!!!

by hoyaparanoia on Dec 8, 2009 1:09 PM EST

Ok........I guess I will have to learn to live with the occasional sighting of Jeremiah Rivers and Vernon Macklin in highlight clips such as on ESPN this past week-end. I can even take Vernon Macklin scoring a career high 16 points against Jacksonville, but I can't take the fact that he has become almost automatic from the free throw line!! Macklin was 6-6 against Jacksonville and, in fact, has converted his last 12 free throw opportunities over 3 games (yes....12 for 12). He is shooting 73.7% from the line this year...................slightly ahead of what Georgetown is shooting as a team (68.4%). I wonder how many were banked in??? Anyway, as with all transfers, must have something to do with moving away from the Princeton offense :)!

With paranoia,

Stay Casual, my friends.

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yeah, but...

He had a full year to do nothing but work on hitting free throws.

If you or I had that time, we’d be around 80% as well.

Casually.

by CasualHoya on Dec 8, 2009 1:14 PM EST reply actions

12 free throws in a row!!?!?

12 is the amount that macklin made the entire season in 07-08. he missed 36 of them.

Good talk.

by Hire Esherick on Dec 8, 2009 3:00 PM EST reply actions

All is not lost

It’s still nice to know that Jermiah Rivers is holding steady with 4 turnovers per game and shooting a blistering .378 from the field (0-1 from 3 and .600 from the FT line). Shockingly, he’s putting up 7.9 points/game with 5.9 boards and 4.4 assists.

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by itsallthatmatters on Dec 8, 2009 7:39 PM EST reply actions