Gene's Blog: A number of numbers are interesting for Toms

The college fall sports season is officially in the books. On the NCAA gridiron, the Dawgs and Jackrabbits ruled FBS and FCS.

Year two of Division I play continues to provide interesting moments at St. Thomas. Tommie Football was picked for third place out of 11 in the Pioneer and took first place at 8-0. St. Thomas Men's Hoops was picked for eighth place out of 10 in the Summit League and currently sits alone in second place with a 4-2 start.

With seven weeks left in the regular seasons, Men's Basketball and Men's and Women's Hockey have already surpassed last season's victory totals.

Plus, both Tommie hockey teams are among the nation's most improved programs from last season across several metrics.

Here are some quick final numbers for Tommie football after its conference champion season, and also a look at some interesting January numbers for Tommie hoops and hockey.

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5
Games this weekend for St. Thomas hockey and hoops against national top-15 ranked or first-place teams

0
Tommie MBB losses so far this season when leading at halftime (10-0 when leading, 1-0 when tied, 2-6 when trailing)

17
Consecutive home- and neutral-court wins for Tommie Men's Basketball

10
Consecutive home-court wins for Tommie Men's Basketball

9-0
Home-court record for Tommie Men's Basketball so far in 2022-23, tied for sixth best home mark so far in Division I

6
Division I universities with 10 or more football wins last fall and 13 or more men's basketball wins so far this winter (TCU, Tennessee, Alabama, Clemson, Kansas State and St. Thomas)

91
Percent of free throws made this season by Tommie Men's Basketball senior guard Riley Miller, 14th best in Division I

45
Percent of 3-pointers made this season by Tommie Men's Basketball senior guard Riley Miller, 18th best in Division I

3
Division I men's players this season with 60 or more made threes while converting at a 45-percent or better clip (Liberty's Darius McGhee, 82; Tommie senior Riley Miller, 65; Belmont's Drew Friberg, 61)

74
Consecutive starts for Riley Miller (team 47-27 in those games)

.724
Tommies' home win percentage with Riley Miller in starting five (21-8)

2
Minnesota governors who have served during Riley Miller's five-year Tommie playing era (Mark Dayton, Tim Walz)

15.2
Per-game scoring average this season by Tommie Men's Basketball guard Andrew Rohde, seventh best among Division I freshmen

1.94
Per-game assist-to-turnover ratio this season by Tommie Men's Basketball guard Andrew Rohde, tied for ninth best among Division I freshmen

77.9
Free-throw percentage by Tommie Men's Basketball, 13th best in Division I of 363 teams

10.3
Turnovers per game by Tommie Men's Basketball, 16th fewest in Division I

38.4
Three-point percentage by Tommie Men's Basketball, 22nd best in Division I

47.4
Field-goal percentage by Tommie Men's Basketball, 48th best in Division I

45
Percent of 3-pointers made this season by Tommie Women's Basketball guard Maggie Negaard, 26th best in Division I

6
Tommie Women's Hoops losses by 10 or less points, three in overtime

19-2
Home record for Tommie Football and Men's and Women's Basketball so far this school year

8
Opponents held under 62 points, in 16 games, for Tommie Women's Basketball

91
Percent of free throws made this season by Tommie Women's Basketball guard Maggie Negaard (30-of-33)

13
Games with foes held to three or less goals, in 22 total contests, for Tommie Women's Hockey

17-5
Scoring advantage for Tommie Women's Hockey over current five-game unbeaten streak (4-0-1 record)

4-0-1
Current run for Women's Hockey over its last five games, tied for longest unbeaten streak in Tommies' D-I era for any women's team (2022 Women's Soccer, 3-0-2)

3
Tommie men's teams to build win streaks of four or more games during 2022 calendar year (Football, 10; Baseball, Men's Basketball, four each)

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26
Consecutive home-field wins for Tommie Football, longest streak among 260 teams in FCS or FBS (St. Thomas 26, Alabama 20, Montana State 20)

10
Consecutive wins for Tommie Football to end 2022 season, fourth longest current streak among 260 FCS or FBSteams (Georgia 17, South Dakota State 14, Troy 11, St. Thomas 10)

10
Consecutive conference wins for Tommie Football since late 2021, fourth longest conference streak in FCS or FBS

6
Blocked kicks this season for Tommie Football, tied for seventh most in in FCS or FBS

4
Blocked kicks converted into touchdowns this season for Tommie Football, most in all four levels of NCAA football

31
Punts by Tommie Football in 11 games, tied for fifth fewest in FCS or FBS

291
Yards per game allowed in 2022 by Tommie Football, ninth best in FCS or FBS

26.4
Kickoff return average for Tommie Football, eighth best in FCS or FBS

69.4
Percentage of scores allowed on defense in red zone by Tommie Football, tied for eighth best in FCS or FBS

5
Red Zone rushing TDs allowed by Tommie Football, tied for third fewest in in FCS or FBS

96.5
Rushing yards allowed per game by Tommie Football, tied for 10th fewest in FCS or FBS

30
Third down conversion rate allowed on defense in 2022 by Tommie Football, tie for 10th best in FCS or FBS

48.2
Third-down conversion rate by Tommie Football in 2022, tie for 10th in FCS

1.1
Sacks allowed per game in 2022 by Tommie Football, 12th fewest in FCS

17.2
Points per game allowed in 2022 by Tommie Defense, 12th fewest in FCS or FBS

8
Tackles for loss per game recorded in 2002 by Tommie Football, 15th best

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Gene's Blog is a sports column penned by Tommie sports information director Gene McGivern. Gene is working his 29th season at St. Thomas and 35th overall with Twin Cities college athletics teams. He blogs periodically on various topics regarding the Tommies and college sports.

If you have comments or questions, e-mail Gene at ejmcgivern@stthomas.edu

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