Table 2.  Discriminant variables between winning and losing teams in under-20 league during the 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 seasons. Results are the structure coefficients (SC) of the discriminant functions.

Game-related statistics

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

2-pt field goal made

. 48 *

.46 *

.52 *

2-pt field goals missed

-.16

-.22

-.16

3-pt field goal made

. 26

.22

.34 *

3-pt field goals missed

-.03

-.11

-.08

Free throw made

. 16

.11

.25

Free throws missed

.04

-.07

.13

Defensive rebounds

. 40 *

.43 *

.49 *

Offensive rebounds

.15

.03

.17

Assists

. 38 *

.40 *

.39 *

Steals

-.25

.21

.21

Turnovers

-.07

-.11

-.00

Blocks made

.11

.13

.27

Blocks received

-.11

-.14

-.16

Fouls committed

-.04

-.12

-.07

Fouls received

.11

.04

.21

Eigenvalue

1.07

1.08

1.11

Wilk's Lambda

.48

.47

.47

Canonical Correlation

.72

.72

.72

Chi-squared

98.23

99.85

100.61

Significance

<.001

<.001

<.001

Reclassification

85.4%

88.3%

88.2%

* SC ³ |.30|.