Green light: The evolution of Avery Anderson’s 3-point shot – Daily O’Collegian

Avery Anderson III couldnt recognize himself after his freshman campaign.

His 3-point shot was gone and his confidence went along with it.

He made a measly 2 of 23 3-point attempts, a whopping 8%.

Anderson was determined to fix his broken shot during the offseason, and gym closures amid the COVID-19 pandemic werent going to stop him.

I was going anywhere I could get shots up because I never shot like that in high school. I dont know what happened, Anderson said. I just knew I had to keep grinding to get back to where I was.

He watched countless hours of film with his father and the father of one of his high school teammates. Together, they noticed Anderson brought the ball up too high before beginning his shooting motion.

They corrected the mistake and brought the ball down to his natural shot pocket around his right shoulder.

His confidence was back and so was his shot.

This season, Anderson hovers around 40% shooting from distance, the benchmark number of an elite shooter.

Coach Mike Boynton said Andersons prior shooting woes were because of a lack of comfort in the offense.

Avery was a ball-dominant, elite, athletic, scoring guard in high school and really all his life, Boynton said. He came here and he had to transition to playing less on the ball.

Now, Boynton believes Anderson has gotten more comfortable playing alongside other ball-dominant guards such as Cade Cunningham.

Anderson said he revels in being the go-to guy when the ball handler needs to find an open shooter.

Im taking pressure off some of the main scorers like Cade and Isaac (Likekele) and giving them another spot to look at if they get double-teamed, Anderson said. They have that kick out when they get double-teamed.

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