HawgBeat - Scouting Report: Analyzing the Lipscomb Bison
HawgBeat takes a deep dive into the analytics for Arkansas' opponent on Saturday: The Lipscomb Bison.
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The Arkansas Razorbacks (6-4) will look to get back on track following their 79-70 loss to Oklahoma when they travel to North Little Rock to take on the Lipscomb Bison (7-5) inside Simmons Bank Arena.
Led by fifth-year head coach Lennie Acuff, the Bison have lost two of their three games in the month of December. Lipscomb's most recent victory came over Tennessee State 78-71.
Arkansas started feeling good about itself after rattling off back-to-back wins over No. 7 Duke and Furman before losing in ugly fashion to the Sooners. With three games remaining until conference play, the Razorbacks need to get their issues sorted out quickly.
It's not going to be easy, though, as star-forward Trevon Brazile is still recovering from an ankle injury and did not practice on Monday or Tuesday according to head coach Eric Musselman.
"He’s been with the trainer," Musselman said on Wednesday. "We’ll see how he is later today when we’re about to practice. I would anticipate him jumping in and doing some stuff today. Probably, well not probably, won’t do anything live. So if most of our practice is live, that means he won’t involved in much."
Arkansas fans should expect a high volume of three pointers from the Bison, who rank 49th in the country in made threes per game.
"They’re 58th in the country in three-point attempts," Musselman said. "They average 26 per game. That’s a pretty high number. Number 0, McGinnis, he leads them in three-point percentage. He can play the 2, 3, 4. He’s 42% from three on 5.6 attempts per game. You know, 60% of their shots are threes. 30% of their shots are mid-range, so you know, they’re a really good offensive team."
Here's a closer look into Lipscomb's stats, efficiency ratings, projected lineups and more ahead of Saturday's game, which is set to tipoff at 5:00 p.m. CT on SEC Network Plus:
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Lipscomb statistical rankings (per game)
~ Scoring offense: 80.3 (75th nationally)
~ Scoring defense: 74.9 points allowed (265th nationally)
~ Assists: 14.3 (125th nationally)
~ Field goal percentage: 47.9% (60th nationally)
~ 3-point percentage: 36.0% (89th nationally)
~ Free throw percentage: 73.4% (88th nationally)
~ Rebounds: 34.67 (260th nationally)
~ Blocks: 3.8 (131st nationally)
~ Steals: 6.9 (170th nationally)
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Lipscomb projected starting five
#2 - G Will Pruitt - Jr., 6'3", 195 lbs.
Stats per game: 29.8 min, 11.8 points, 5.4 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 0.8 steals, 1.9 turnovers, 0.0 blocks, 48.0 fg%, 28.0 3fg%
#22 - G Joe Anderson - Jr., 6'0", 175 lbs.
Stats per game: 26.0 min, 5.8 points, 3.3 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 1.6 steals, 1.4 turnovers, 0.3 blocks, 46.4 fg%, 36.4 3fg%
#0 - G A.J. McGinnis - Jr., 6'4", 177 lbs.
Stats per game: 28.1 min, 12.4 points, 2.7 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 0.6 steals, 1.3 turnovers, 0.2 blocks, 46.6 fg%, 40.0 3fg%
#5 - G Cody Head - Fr., 6' 3”, 170 lbs.
Stats per game: 13.8 min, 5.6 points, 2.1 rebounds, 0.8 assists, 0.6 steals, 0.4 turnovers, 0.1 blocks, 56.5 fg%, 41.2 3fg%
#11 - C Owen McCormack - Sr., 6'9", 230 lbs.
Stats per game: 20.8 min, 8.8 points, 4.0 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 0.7 steals, 1.9 turnovers, 0.6 blocks, 46.2 fg%, 34.9 3fg%
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2023-24 KenPom efficiency ratings comparison (out of 363 teams)
Lipscomb (162nd)
~ Adjusted offensive efficiency: 105.1 points per 100 possessions (166th)
~ Adjusted defensive efficiency: 104.8 points per 100 possessions (177th)
~ Effective field goal percentage: 53.6% (64th)
~ Turnover percentage: 17.2% (137th)
~ Offensive rebounding percentage: 23.3% (328th)
~ Free throw rate: 29.1% (268th)
~ Adjusted tempo: 71.5 possessions per 40 minutes (71st)
~ Average offensive possession length: 15.5 seconds (33rd)
~ Average defensive possession length: 17.4 seconds (213th)
Arkansas (46th)
~ Adjusted offensive efficiency: 112.3 points per 100 possessions (51st)
~ Adjusted defensive efficiency: 98.5 points per 100 possessions (56th)
~ Effective field goal percentage: 52.7% (89th)
~ Turnover percentage: 16.1% (88th)
~ Offensive rebounding percentage: 27.4% (244th)
~ Free throw rate: 49.1% (3rd)
~ Adjusted tempo: 70.7 possessions per 40 minutes (95th)
~ Average offensive possession length: 16.9 seconds (142nd)
~ Average defensive possession length: 16.3 seconds (39th)
*Click here for an explanation on what each rating takes into account.
EvanMiya analytics comparison (out of 363 teams)
EvanMiya Analytics| Category | Lipscomb | Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| Overall Rank | 150 | 45 |
| Roster Rank | 115 | 54 |
| Offensive Rank | 143 | 46 |
| Defensive Rank | 172 | 56 |
| Injury Rank (ranking after accounting for injuries) | 155 | 48 |
| Tempo Rank: | 59 | 80 |
Notes:
• This will be the third meeting between Arkansas and Lipscomb with the Razorbacks winning the previous two encounters.• The first meeting was 19 years ago — almost to the day — on Dec. 20, 2004, in Bud Walton Arena. Arkansas won, 83-54, thanks to four Hogs in double figures including Jonathon Modica (16), Darian Townes (15), Olu Famutimi (15) and Ronnie Brewer (13). Stats across the board were pretty even except to key areas. Arkansas shot 53.5% from the field compared to 36.4% by the Bisons and Lipscomb committed 21 turnovers with just eight Razorback steals.
• The last meeting came in Coach Musselman’s second year on Dec. 5, 2020, in Bud Walton Arena. The Razorbacks won 86-50 as Moses Moody had 18 points (7-of-8 FG) and eight rebounds in just 24 minutes played. Once again, Arkansas had a better shooting percentage — 50% to 25.4% (15-of-59) — and Lipscomb was just 15-of27 (55.6%) at the line. Ahsan Asadullah led the Bisons with just 10 points.
• Arkansas is 17-10 all-time in North Little Rock and 13-10 Simmons Bank Arena.
• The arena in North Little Rock opened for the 1999-00 season but Arkansas did play in the city four times in the early history of the program, including the sixth game ever on Dec 31, 1923, versus North Little Rock HS.
• The Razorbacks have played in NLR in 21 of the last 22 years with a 20-year streak of playing in North Little Rock snapped in Dec. 2020 due to COVID. The only other year Arkansas did not play in NLR was the 2000-01 season.
• Arkansas is 79-21 when playing across the river in Little Rock, but has not played there since Dec. 30, 1992.
• Despite playing each other just three short years ago, only one player on either roster is still around ... Arkansas senior Davonte Davis. Davis, then a freshman, played 15 minutes and was 2-of-2 from the field. In typical Devo fashion, he added three rebounds, an assist and a steal.
