Maryland plus-minus: Temple

Sometimes, plus-minus doesn't accurately what the course of a game felt like.

Maryland's 64-61 loss to Temple --- which featured a four-man reserve crew sparking a rally from 15 points down --- was one of those games.

The numbers across the roster look pretty similar. Granted, Sean Mosley and Cliff Tucker came out at minus-6, the worst numbers on the team. But those aren't ridiculously out of line; Adrian Bowie was plus-1, Terrell Stoglin was even and Pe'Shon Howard was minus-2.

The second-half specific data is telling. Stoglin and Howard were both plus-11, while James Padgett was plus-9 and Haukur Palsson was plus-7. There's no doubt the bench made a massive difference then.

But over the course of the game? Stoglin was minus-11 in the first half, Howard minus-13. And that keeps the data from looking as dramatic as it otherwise would have

The rundown of Maryland's plus-minus for the Temple game (the season data is cleaned up after creating a season spreadsheet):

Player	TU	SEASON	Per min.
1-Bowie	+1	+62	0.27
10-Weijs	-2	+4	0.08
11-Parker	DNP	+3	0.13
12-Stoglin	0	+41	0.28
13-Palsson	+3	+28	0.46
14-Mosley	-6	+54	0.22
15-Levent	INJ	-9	-1.29
20-Williams	-4	+96	0.34
21-Howard	-2	+67	0.41
24-Tucker	-6	+84	0.35
33-Gregory	-1	+51	0.21
35-Padgett	+2	+39	0.37
42-Pankey	DNP	0	0.00

One other note. Here's the individual plus-minus data in Maryland's three losses to date (the Terps were outscored by a combined 17 points in those setbacks):

Bowie: -17
Weijs: -10
Stoglin: 0
Palsson: -3
Mosley: -22
Williams: -7
Howard: -4
Tucker: -8
Gregory: +11
Padgett: -20

Comments

[mariolucasforthree]

When do you think Gary will make the inevitable move of starting Stoglin over Bowie?

[D1scourse]

Mario ---

Strictly guessing ... the exams break provides plenty of time to assess the situation with the worry of a looming game. If I had to guess when a switch could be made, thats what Id choose. Ill be curious to hear what Gary has to say Tuesday about things in general terms; hes almost certain NOT to make a definitive statement on it until he actually plays a game with a new lineup.