A Closer Look at 5 Overtimes
January 24th, 2008 at 11:12 amBy Chris
Baylor guard Curtis Jerrells had this to say after the five overtime, three and half hour, 116-110 marathon win against Texas A&M last night:
“I’m tired.”
After playing essentially three halves of basketball—and an overtime for good measure—I’d say everybody, including the trainers were tired. So what does 65 minutes of basketball get you besides dog-tired players? A closer look that some of the stats reveals some eye-opening numbers:
- 2 A&M players played for 57 minutes
- 191 shots were taken between the teams
- Each team made 35 field goals a piece
- Shot a combined 106 free-throws
- Made 85
- Combined for 120 rebounds and 37 assists
- Committed a combined 69 fouls (over one a minute)
- Shot 57 3-point shots
- A&M made 4 in 65 minutes of basketball.. That’s right, four
- Baylor made only 7, making them a combined 11-57 from 3-point range
- 17 blocked shots
- 30 turnovers (one almost every two minutes)
- 8 players fouled out
- 9 players with double digit scoring… Jerrells led all scorers with 36 points
The game was the longest in Big 12 history, eclipsing the Texas/Oklahoma State triple overtime from last year.
January 24th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
Most impressive (shhhhhhh….haaaaaaaah)
March 5th, 2008 at 10:38 am
[...] way back in January, Baylor beat Texas A&M in a five-overtime classic that, much like Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point game, no one saw… at least not on TV, [...]