Analysis: Georgetown 78, American 51

After trailing 19-13 with 12:53 left in the 1st half, Georgetown outscored the Eagles 65-32 the rest of the way to roll to an easy victory. A home game against Fordham University awaits on Monday afternoon.

Here's the tempo-free box score:

	Offense				Defense
	1st Half	2nd Half	Total		1st Half	2nd Half	Total
Pace	29	35	64
Eff.	129.0	115.2	121.5		95.1	66.2	79.5
eFG%	85.7%	55.6%	68.8%		58.3%	39.1%	48.9%
TO%	23.8%	20.2%	21.8%		27.2%	37.4%	32.7%
OR%	0.0%	35.7%	22.7%		23.1%	31.6%	28.1%
FTA/FGA					0.0%	43.5%	21.3%
FTM/FGA	9.5%	37.0%	25.0%
Assist Rate	73.3%	64.3%	69.0%		81.8%	71.4%	77.8%
Block Rate	18.2%	4.8%	9.4%		14.3%	20.0%	16.7%
Steal Rate	17.0%	11.5%	14.0%		13.6%	17.3%	15.6%

  American vs Georgetown  
  12/29/07 1:00 pm at Verizon Center  
  Final score: Georgetown 78, American 51
     
  American                Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF  
  Mercer, Derrick        37:49  - 25 17/48 2 -6  4 -7  1 -2  13/44 5 /11 2 /61 5 /60 0 /30 2 /30 5 /21  2   
  Carr, Garrison         33:18  - 22 16/45 0 -2  5 -7  1 -3  9 /41 2 /12 1 /53 3 /53 0 /26 0 /25 1 /18  1   
  Guibunda, Cornelio     16:13  + 2  4 /27 2 -2  0 -0  0 -0  2 /22 2 /8  0 /25 1 /25 3 /17 1 /13 1 /11  4   
  Simon, Bryce           19:24  - 15 0 /26 0 -4  0 -1  0 -0  5 /25 2 /10 1 /29 2 /29 0 /14 0 /16 3 /10  2   
  Lay, Travis            23:50  - 10 7 /35 3 -7  0 -0  1 -1  7 /33 0 /11 3 /38 2 /37 0 /20 2 /19 3 /14  0   
  Markusovic, Frane      06:34  - 7  0 /6  0 -0  0 -0  0 -0  0 /5  0 /1  0 /11 0 /11 0 /1  0 /6  1 /4   2   
  Gilmore, Brian         16:10  - 17 0 /16 0 -0  0 -3  0 -0  3 /14 1 /4  1 /26 2 /26 0 /12 0 /13 0 /8   2   
  Borden, Frank          14:34  - 15 2 /13 1 -2  0 -2  0 -0  4 /13 0 /3  1 /26 2 /24 0 /11 1 /11 0 /7   3   
  Hendra, Nick           10:29  + 0  2 /15 0 -1  0 -1  2 -4  2 /12 2 /4  0 /17 4 /17 0 /11 0 /10 2 /8   1   
  Luptak, Steve          02:15  - 2  3 /3  0 -0  1 -2  0 -0  2 /3  0 /0  0 /3  0 /3  0 /2  0 /2  0 /1   0   
  Penny, Romone          02:11  - 2  0 /3  0 -0  0 -0  0 -0  0 /3  0 /1  0 /3  0 /3  0 /2  0 /2  0 /1   0   
  Nichols, Jordan        17:13  - 22 0 /18 0 -0  0 -0  0 -0  0 /20 0 /7  0 /28 0 /27 0 /14 1 /13 0 /7   2   
  TOTALS                 40:00       51    8 -24 10-23 5 -10    47 14/18 9 /64 21/63 3 /32 9 /32 17/22  19  
                                           0.333 0.435 0.500       0.778 0.141 0.333 0.094 0.281 0.773      
    
  Georgetown              Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF  
  Wallace, Jonathan      21:09  + 14 11/46 1 -1  3 -4  0 -0  5 /22 1 /13 2 /32 0 /35 0 /16 0 /8  1 /17  1   
  Summers, DaJuan        19:51  + 12 16/44 5 -5  1 -4  3 -3  9 /24 1 /11 1 /30 3 /34 0 /12 0 /10 0 /13  3   
  Sapp, Jessie           23:00  + 18 3 /46 0 -2  1 -2  0 -0  4 /25 2 /16 2 /38 3 /39 1 /19 0 /10 4 /22  0   
  Ewing, Patrick         17:10  + 11 4 /30 0 -0  1 -1  1 -2  1 /17 3 /10 1 /27 2 /26 1 /18 0 /6  2 /17  1   
  Hibbert, Roy           19:44  + 7  14/38 6 -9  0 -0  2 -4  9 /22 1 /7  0 /32 1 /32 1 /16 1 /11 0 /18  0   
  Macklin, Vernon        20:16  + 20 8 /40 4 -5  0 -0  0 -1  5 /26 3 /12 0 /31 1 /32 1 /8  1 /11 2 /14  3   
  Wright, Chris          20:43  + 14 13/38 3 -3  1 -1  4 -4  4 /26 4 /10 2 /33 3 /32 0 /8  0 /12 3 /13  2   
  Rivers, Jeremiah       20:29  + 21 0 /40 0 -2  0 -1  0 -0  3 /29 1 /15 1 /33 0 /32 0 /8  0 /15 1 /16  0   
  Jansen, Bryon          02:15  + 2  0 /5  0 -0  0 -0  0 -0  0 /3  0 /2  0 /3  1 /3  0 /1  1 /1  0 /2   0   
  Freeman, Austin        24:05  + 13 4 /43 1 -4  0 -1  2 -2  5 /28 3 /14 0 /37 0 /37 0 /11 1 /16 4 /18  3   
  Crawford, Tyler        07:45  + 1  2 /13 1 -1  0 -1  0 -0  2 /13 1 /4  1 /14 0 /13 0 /2  1 /8  2 /7   0   
  Wattad, Omar           03:33  + 2  3 /7  0 -0  1 -1  0 -0  1 /5  0 /2  0 /5  0 /5  0 /1  0 /2  0 /3   0   
  TOTALS                 40:00       78    21-32 8 -16 12-16    48 20/29 10/63 14/64 4 /24 5 /22 23/32  13  
                                           0.656 0.500 0.750       0.690 0.159 0.219 0.167 0.227 0.719      
     
  Efficiency: Georgetown 1.219, American 0.810
  eFG%: Georgetown 0.688, American 0.489
  Substitutions: Georgetown 24, American 31
     
  2-pt Shot Selection:  
  Dunks: Georgetown 5-5, American 0-0
  Layups/Tips: Georgetown 13-19, American 5-8
  Jumpers: Georgetown 3-8, American 3-16

• Georgetown's performance at the FT line, 12-16 [75%], was their best so far this season. Previous best was 21-31 [68%] against Radford.
• The 85.7% eFG in the 1st half was the Hoyas' best shooting half of the season.
• Georgetown failed to get an offensive rebound in the 1st half; American got all 8 opportunities on their defensive glass.
• The 64 possession game was right at Georgetown's adj. pace so far this season. Last year, the Hoyas averaged 60 possessions a game.

Plus/minus stats are now updated through the American game. Split stats won't update until after Fordham.