Maryland plus-minus: Long Island

Three games, as Maryland guard Pe’Shon Howard cautioned the media horde after Friday’s 91-74 defeat of Long Island, is hardly a lot to judge.

He made reference of that when the Dez Wells‘ comfort level against Long Island was compared to two other games … the point being, the two previous outings was hardly a huge sample size.

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And he referenced the three games to date when asked about Nick Faust‘s early struggles this season.

So, OK, it’s just three games. No sweeping proclamations here.

Still … the Terrapins (2-1) have played exceptionally well when Seth Allen is on the floor.

As in, a point every two minutes better than their opponents, which is a pretty decent clip.

Maryland is 0.3 points per minute better than the opposition, so it’s not like there aren’t other guys playing well. Alex Len, for instance, is at a robust plus-0.48 points per minute.

That said, Allen is thriving. He scored a team-high 19 points against the Blackbirds, drilling five 3-pointers along the way. At plus-33, he has the second best raw plus-minus on the team behind Len.

It doesn’t mean Allen should be starting. But it also means that it shouldn’t be a shock Allen played the final 14:01 on Friday. He’s fit in about as well as could be imagined, even if it only through three games.

The full plus-minus chart:

Player	LIU	Season	Per Min.
0-Mitchell	0	+6	0.12
2-Aronhalt	0	+5	0.23
4-Allen	+12	+33	0.50
5-Faust	+7	+13	0.18
10-Layman	-1	+5	0.12
12-Lipinski	DNP	0	0.00
15-Barks	DNP	+1	0.50
21-Howard	+18	+31	0.37
23-Auslander	DNP	+1	0.50
24-Susskind	DNP	+1	0.50
25-Len	+13	+42	0.48
32-Wells	+21	+22	0.27
35-Padgett	+8	+18	0.34
44-Cleare	+7	+2	0.05

—- Patrick Stevens