Morozumi2-3 at 2023 Insitu Players Open

Karuizawa, Japan

SKIP
Yusuke
Morozumi

Third
Yuta
Matsumura

Second
Ryotaro
Shukuya

Lead
Kosuke
Morozumi

Games:	5
Record:	2W - 3L
PF/G:	6.41
PA/G:	6.67
Hammer Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Defense:	0.30
Force Efficiency:	0.54
Steal Efficiency:	0.26

Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) finished 2-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Morozumi lost 5-4 to Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN), then responded with a 6-5 win over Sam Mooibroek (Whitby, ON). Morozumi won 7-3 against Daniel Hocevar (Toronto, ON). Morozumi went on to lose 6-3 against Brendan Bottcher (Calgary, AB). Morozumi lost 7-5 to Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Morozumi earned 5.250 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 12 of the event schedule, Morozumi did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 23rd to 24th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 149.344 total points. Morozumi ranks 9th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 71.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	55	35	0	0.611	19-7	11-8	6-5	3-1	1-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	622	532	433	8.55	6.96	1.59	4.86	4.24	1.76	1.64	0.90

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	307	385	107	28	13-3	29-6	76-13	1.25	0.35	0.42	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	315	147	326	28	2-3	11-27	24-67	0.47	1.03	0.50	0.30

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