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12-10-21 12:16 PM - Post#331128    
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Observations on Boothby vs Va Tech are somewhat unfair due to the athleticism of the opponent. At this point in his career, Boothby is pretty much limited to catch and shoot from 3 point range. He was 2-3 vs Va Tech, and is now the second ranked 3pt shooter nationally at 57.45% (27-47). He had 1 rebound and 1 assist in 21 minutes vs Va Tech and only shot 3's.

At this point in his career Boothy reminds me of Harvard's Laurent Rivard. Boothby has taken 51 shots, 47 of them 3's. In Rivard's Junior (199 of 216) and Senior (186 of 210), Laurent tended to only take 3's but for transition baskets if I recall correctly. Rivard appears to have developed into a better athlete, but was an inch or two shorter than the 6'7" Boothby.

Maybe an even better comparison is Penn's Sam Jones (2014 - 2018). Like Rivard, Jones didn't shoot 3's almost exclusively until his Junior season. As a Junior, Jones attempted 65 3's out of 71 shots and as a senior 42 of 43. Jones played 20 minutes per game his first two seasons, similar to Boothby, but his usage dropped to 10 mpg as a junior and 4 mpg as a senior. Rivard was more versatile and thus played more minutes (25mpg to 34 mpg).

Boothby, in a small sample, is shooting 57.5% on 3's while Rivard was at 41% career and Jones 37.5%.
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