13 games, 0 starts
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Averages
3.2 minutes
0.2 points
0.6 rebounds
0.08 assists
20% - FG
0% - 3pt
N/A - FT
What exactly is one supposed to say about Igor's season in 2011-12? Eight of his 13 appearances this season were stints of no more than two minutes and the statistics which he registered the most of were personal fouls, rebounds and turnovers, in that order. In the bigger picture of things, he never seemed to really click with anything within the system here.
Positives: He filled in with 10 minutes of play (nearly a quarter of his season total) when injuries had USU shorthanded against Idaho State. It also has to go mentioned that he did indeed score two points on the road at Louisiana Tech in nine minutes of play in that game. Maybe the biggest thing is that USU was 12-1 in games he appeared in, with the only loss being on the road at New Mexico State. Really though, all of this is a reach as far as finding positives.
Negatives: On a team that suffered a career-ending injury to one big man, had another senior big man playing injured most of the year, and a starting power forward with size that could generously be called "marginal", having another contributing upperclassman down low could have gone a long way. Igor never was able to provide any contribution though.
Summary: As Jordan Stone's game progressed, Igor's role sunk entirely to that of the team's Rudy. That role though is the kind that should generally be held by an underclassman walk-on player, not a JUCO transfer big man on a team with a shortage of experience bigs. Given that he was offered a scholarship, you can't fault him for taking the chance to come to USU to play, but the real mistake it seems was ever trying to fit the square peg into a round hole.
Final grade: Incomplete
Any harsher judgment would just be unfair.
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