Season Recap: Acaden Lewis – Yahoo Sports

Season averages:

Points – 12.2

Rebounds – 3.0

Assists – 5.3

Steals – 1.9

Field goal percentage – 45.6%

Three point percentage – 27%

Free throw percentage – 58.3%

Assist-to-turnover ratio – 2.41/1

Season Highs:

Points – 26 at Georgetown

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Rebounds – 7 vs Georgetown and at Xavier

Assists – 12 vs Xavier

Steals – 5 at Butler

Threes made – 3 at Georgetown

Overall thoughts:

It’s uncomfortable to think where Villanova would have been this year had Lewis not committed on May 1. In all likelihood, the Wildcats would have had to start Chris Jeffrey out of the gates with Devin Askew’s injury. Throughout the year, Lewis was Villanova’s first or second most irreplaceable player.

The freshman from Washington, DC started every game for the Wildcats this year and averaged over 30 minutes per game. Lewis was selected to the All-Big East second team and was second in the conference in assists per game. The 6’2” freshman was the straw that stirred the Villanova drink, and his floor game combined perfectly with both Duke Brennan and Matt Hodge off of screens. Lewis has some of the best court vision that I’ve seen from a freshman in recent memory. When getting downhill, Lewis is able to finish with either hand near the rim at a high level. I couldn’t get enough of his layup package. Dare I say it was Kyrie-esque.

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Lewis’ first season drew a number of parallels to Ryan Arcidiacono’s freshman campaign. Lewis came to Villanova in a down time, started immediately as a freshman, and led the Wildcats back to the tournament. Unfortunately, another parallel is that the Wildcats lost in the 8/9 game. Hopefully, those parallels continue into year two with a jump to a high seed in the tournament.

Where Lewis needs to improve dramatically is in his free-throw and three-point shooting. He rightfully has designs on playing in the NBA someday, and being able to shoot is a must for any shorter guard. Lewis was better as a catch-and-shoot player than off the…

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