{"id":17237,"date":"2018-12-16T11:11:46","date_gmt":"2018-12-16T16:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sportswtbu.com\/?p=17237"},"modified":"2020-01-09T17:30:38","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T22:30:38","slug":"mens-basketball-whats-next-for-max-mahoney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2018\/12\/16\/mens-basketball-whats-next-for-max-mahoney\/","title":{"rendered":"Men&#8217;s Basketball: What&#8217;s next for Max Mahoney?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By: Greg Levinsky<\/p>\n<p>Scoring 20-plus points in three-straight games, Boston University junior forward Max Mahoney appears unstoppable in the paint. Averaging a team-best 16.1 points per game to go with 5.2 rebounds and a stellar 67.9 percent field goal percentage, there&#8217;s a question that must be posed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Max Mahoney is the first Terrier to reach double-digits. Catch the action on NESN and the Patriot League Network &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wT8TU1RPRW\">https:\/\/t.co\/wT8TU1RPRW<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoBU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GoBU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Chw4ygvssH\">pic.twitter.com\/Chw4ygvssH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BU Men&#8217;s Basketball (@TerrierMBB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TerrierMBB\/status\/1074017919825137664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s next for the 6-foot-8 Mahoney?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Maybe stretching it out a little more,&#8221; Mahoney said. &#8220;I can play out to 15 feet pretty comfortable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Previously, Mahoney&#8217;s main knock was free-throw shooting. He&#8217;s just above a 55 percent shooter for his career, but Mahoney seems to have found his stroke. He&#8217;s gone 13-of-15 (86.7 percent) from the charity stripe over the past five games to up his season&#8217;s mark to a respectable 65.8 percent.<\/p>\n<p>One interesting note. Mahoney has never once pulled up from beyond the arc in his nearly 1,200 minutes of collegiate play. He hasn&#8217;t even hoisted a 3-ball to beat a halftime or shot clock buzzer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Working in my jumper more would be one thing,&#8221; Mahoney said. &#8220;Just to expand my game and make people guard me in a different way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment17190\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment17190\" style=\"width: 5194px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17190\" src=\"https:\/\/wtbusportstrial.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/12\/IMG_2203.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2203\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment17190\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mahoney scored 22 points at Dartmouth. Photo by Greg Levinsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Head coach Joe Jones agreed, but emphasized conditioning as another key to the elevation of Mahoney&#8217;s game.\u00a0Jones wants Mahoney to exceed his average of 24.0 minutes per game and work up to around 30 minutes per game.<\/p>\n<p>Mahoney&#8217;s season-high is 27 minutes. He&#8217;s played at least 20 minutes in 10 of his 11 appearances.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He gets tired quick,&#8221; Jones said. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know if he&#8217;s ever going to play more than [30 minutes], but can he stretch it out a bit little longer?&#8221; I don&#8217;t know if he&#8217;s ever going to get there because we have to take him out. He gets exhausted. His stamina is the thing I would say would allow him to be better.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a pretty simple two-fold approach to a more effective Mahoney: jumpers and stamina.<\/p>\n<p>Greg Levinsky can be reached at glevinsk@bu.edu. Follow him on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/GregLevinsky\">@GregLevinsky\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Greg Levinsky Scoring 20-plus points in three-straight games, Boston University junior forward Max Mahoney appears unstoppable in the paint. Averaging a team-best 16.1 points per game to go with 5.2 rebounds and a stellar 67.9 percent field goal percentage, there&#8217;s a question that must be posed. 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