Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Saints Roll; Break a Turnover Record?

Siena rolled to a 77-49 victory on Monday night over Canisius, their second 28-point victory over the Golden Griffins in the last eight days.

While there were a lot of impressive numbers - 10 players that scored, 50% (14-for-28) shooting in the first half and 13 steals, but it was the number 4 that stood out.

The Saints only committed four turnovers through the entire 40 minutes. That's one turnover every 10 minutes.

Ironically enough the first thing Siena did was turn the ball over when Ronald Moore gave the ball away, 17 seconds into the game.

In the second half, the Saints only gave the ball away once.

I've been looking to see if this stat - 4 turnovers in a game - is anywhere near a record.

The record for fewest turnovers in an NBA game came in 2006 when the Milwaukee Bucks only turned the ball over twice in a April 1 game against Indiana.

Before that three turnovers had been accomplished seven times.

As for a college record, I'm having a little more trouble. I have found out four turnovers is not a record.

In the 2004 SEC Tournament Vanderbilt had only three turnovers against Florida, but I couldn't find anything lower, although with all of the different colleges and number of games, I would assume it is lower.

I will continue to look for it and update once I know or what I can find out.

Siena looked pretty good and with the win, the Saints remained on top of the MAAC.

There were some other big decisions Monday evening. Rider moved into a tie for second place with a 5-point win over Iona and how about Marist laying a 19-point decision to Niagara. Suddenly, the Purple Eagles have lost two in a row and look somewhat shaky.

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