reclegend22 wrote:
Perhaps no one here remembers Jon's performance against eighth-ranked Wake Forest, of the best conference in basketball fame, last February. His line that night: 30 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 5-of-10 shooting from three in a big win for Duke.
Or Jon's numbers against #7 Xavier last December in the Meadowlands. That day Jon only went for 23 points on 9-of-11 shooting, including 5-of-7 from behind the arc. He opened that game on a roll as hot, if not hotter, than the one he did last night against GW. He was scorching.
Get that Wisconsin stuff out of here. One game means nothing. Jon is a big game performer. He holds the Duke record for most points in a player's first game against Carolina. Jon set that in February '07, when he dropped 26 on the fifth-ranked Heels (the famous "40-0" team), including hitting four triples. Duke lost the game that night, 79-73, but stayed close due to the freshman Scheyer's unbelievably veteran game.
2009 ACC championship game? Scheyer: 29 points on 6-of-10 shooting, including 4-of-6 from three. ACC Champion. ACC Tournament MVP.
Big. Game. Performer.
He is inconsistent. Anyone with his style of play is bound to get hot for a game every once in awhile. LOL at Jon Scheyer being a big game performer...unless I am missing something and big game performer means going 3 for 18 in a loss in the sweet sixteen, the biggest game he has played in to date.
He is as much to blame as anyone for Duke's "live and die by the three" mantra that has resulted in their lack of success in the NCAA tournament lately.