The Numbers
Base numbers aside, there are a couple of advanced stats that favor Okorie as well.
Stanford’s Ebuka Okorie has had an electric freshman season for Stanford, bolstering his play yet again as the season goes on.
Okorie is averaging: 23.3 PPG 3.7 RPG 3.6 APG while shooting 46% FG, 36.3% 3PT (5.8 3PA) 83.5% FT (7.4 FTA)
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Assured and assertive when attacking the lane, he draws fouls at a 45.5% rate (making 83.2% of his free-throw attempts). Although he’s had a couple of clunkers this season, his true shooting percentage (.587) looks fine, especially when considering his usage rate (31.0%). Notably, both Okorie’s true shooting percentage and usage rate are higher than Houston Cougars freshman point guard Kingston Flemings, a likely lottery pick in the upcoming draft. Okorie’s offensive rating (126.8) and offensive box plus-minus (8.7) help underscore his impact.
On the flip side, Okorie has a high steal rate. At 6-foot-2, he’s also a more capable shot-blocker than one would expect. This has led to him having a +2.2 defensive box plus-minus despite his 110.3 defensive rating. At the same time, defensive rating can be a noisy stat as it factors in the team’s play as a whole. With that in mind, the Cardinals rank 190th (out of 365 teams) in defensive rating (106.9).
