Alex Len didn’t score a point for Maryland in its 61-50 defeat of Georgia Tech on Sunday.
The Terrapins still fared better with him on the floor than anyone else.
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Maryland held a 15-point margin when the 7-foot-1 freshman was playing. Put another way, the Terps were outscored 25-21 when he wasn’t on the floor.
OK, put in one more compelling way: Maryland allowed half of Georgia Tech’s points in the 12 minutes Len wasn’t on the floor.
While this isn’t the best metric in a vacuum, here are Len’s plus-minus totals in his first six games:
Albany: +4
Samford: +7
Cornell: +16
at N.C. State: +9
Wake Forest: +1
Georgia Tech: +15
How much better Maryland is with Len in its rotation still remains to be seen. He wasn’t much of a factor offensively Sunday, taking only three shots. He still was a factor defensively, grabbing nine rebounds and blocking three shots.
One things there’s little question about: The Terps are better when Len’s on the floor. Six games worth of data certainly backs up the assertion.
The full plus-minus chart:
| Player |
GT
|
ACC
|
Per Min.
|
Season |
Per Min.
|
| 4-Susskind |
DNP
|
—-
|
—-
|
-3 |
-0.50 |
| 5-Faust |
+5 |
-20
|
-0.40 |
-9 |
-0.02 |
| 10-Weijs |
0 |
+6 |
0.40 |
+31 |
0.15 |
| 11-Parker |
0 |
-2 |
-0.06 |
-2 |
-0.007 |
| 12-Stoglin |
+7 |
+16
|
0.17 |
+76 |
0.15 |
13-Richmond
|
DNP |
—-
|
—- |
-2 |
-0.17 |
| 14-Mosley |
+14 |
+27
|
0.29 |
+26 |
0.05 |
| 15-Barks |
DNP |
—- |
—-
|
+1 |
0.13 |
| 21-Howard |
+11 |
+20 |
0.20 |
+38 |
0.17 |
| 22-Dillard |
DNP |
—- |
—- |
-5 |
-5.00 |
| 23-Auslander |
DNP |
—-
|
—- |
-7 |
-0.09 |
| 24-Thomas |
DNP |
—-
|
—- |
-14 |
-0.24 |
| 25-Len |
+15 |
+20 |
0.23 |
+52 |
0.32 |
| 30-Pankey |
-5 |
-16
|
-0.32 |
-68 |
-0.20 |
| 35-Padgett |
+8 |
+4
|
0.05 |
+31 |
0.08 |
—- Patrick Stevens
