Analysis: Memphis 85, Georgetown 71

. . . and it wasn't that close.

After a nice run of 8 wins to open the season, Georgetown hit its first bump in the road in the form of an old-fashioned ass-whipping courtesy of the Memphis Tigers.

With 4:41 left in the 1st half, Patrick Ewing beat the entire Memphis team down the court after a Memphis made basket and was able to convert a layup against 2 defender coming late. The score was 35-27 G'town.

Memphis proceeded to hit another gear, especially offensively, and close out the half on a 16-5 run to lead going into the lockerroom. The Hoyas had 8 possessions after Ewing's layup, shooting 1-3 2FG, 1-2 3FG, 2-4 FT, 1 OR, 2 TO, while the Tigers line was 4-4 2FG, 1-3 3FG, 3-3 FT, 2 OR, 2 Steal on 9 possessions.

This pattern occurred twice more in the 2nd half:

• (15:41 - 10:37) Memphis 13 pts. on 7 poss., GU 4 pts. on 6 poss.
• GU: 2-3 2FG, 0-1 3FG, 0-2 FT, 1 TO, 1OR
• Mem: 4-9 2FG, 1-1 3FG, 1 S, 3 OR

• (8:20 - 4:18) Memphis 14 pts. on 8 poss., GU 4 pts. on 7 poss.
• GU: 1-4 2FG, 0-2 3FG, 2-4 FT, 1 TO, 2 OR
• Mem: 4-6 2FG, 4-6 FT, 1 OR
  

And that, as they say, was the game.


Here's the tempo-free box for the game:

	Offense				Defense
	1st Half	2nd Half	Total		1st Half	2nd Half	Total
Pace	36	33	70
Eff.	109.6	92.9	101.6		117.8	125.9	121.7
eFG%	61.1%	40.6%	50.0%		57.6%	41.7%	50.0%
TO%	19.2%	15.0%	17.2%		19.2%	12.0%	15.7%
OR%	26.7%	35.0%	31.4%		43.8%	54.5%	50.0%
FTA/FGA					21.2%	73.3%	46.0%
FTM/FGA	25.9%	15.6%	20.3%
Assist Rate	73.3%	30.8%	53.6%		64.7%	41.7%	55.2%
Block Rate	10.5%	11.5%	11.1%		13.6%	7.7%	10.4%
Steal Rate	8.2%	3.0%	5.7%		13.7%	6.0%	10.0%

Georgetown vs Memphis  
12/22/07 11:00 am at Memphis, Tenn. (FedExForum)  
Final score: Memphis 85, Georgetown 71

Georgetown              Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF  
Summers, DaJuan        32:48  - 13 13/58 2 -5  2 -6  3 -9  11/51 1 /19 1 /59 0 /58 1 /40 1 /31 5 /35  2   
Ewing, Patrick         20:18  - 11 10/31 3 -3  0 -1  4 -4  4 /23 1 /8  1 /34 1 /34 0 /24 2 /14 2 /18  3   
Hibbert, Roy           27:09  - 9  6 /47 3 -8  0 -0  0 -0  8 /42 2 /15 0 /49 3 /50 2 /31 2 /25 4 /28  4   
Wallace, Jonathan      24:26  + 4  8 /50 3 -4  0 -1  2 -2  5 /42 6 /17 0 /41 0 /44 0 /26 0 /23 1 /24  3   
Sapp, Jessie           23:50  - 22 5 /31 2 -6  0 -2  1 -1  8 /30 1 /10 2 /45 3 /41 0 /31 1 /21 0 /25  3   
Macklin, Vernon        11:57  - 2  4 /24 2 -3  0 -0  0 -4  3 /16 0 /8  0 /18 0 /19 2 /16 1 /9  1 /11  0   
Wright, Chris          16:34  - 6  9 /33 4 -6  0 -1  1 -1  7 /27 3 /8  2 /28 0 /31 0 /20 0 /17 0 /13  3   
Rivers, Jeremiah       16:26  - 8  2 /29 1 -4  0 -0  0 -0  4 /20 0 /11 0 /27 2 /27 0 /22 0 /10 2 /17  1   
Freeman, Austin        26:04  - 3  14/52 5 -6  1 -3  1 -2  9 /43 1 /16 1 /44 2 /45 0 /30 2 /24 2 /24  2   
Crawford, Tyler        00:28  + 0  0 /0  0 -0  0 -0  0 -0  0 /1  0 /0  0 /0  0 /1  0 /0  0 /1  0 /0   0   
TOTALS                 40:00       71    25-45 3 -14 12-23    59 15/28 7 /69 12/70 5 /48 11/35 19/38  21  
.                                        0.556 0.214 0.522       0.536 0.101 0.171 0.104 0.314 0.500      

Memphis                 Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF  
DOZIER, Robert         36:15  + 17 19/81 5 -11 1 -1  6 -6  12/57 1 /21 1 /66 0 /63 0 /43 3 /35 3 /34  3   
DORSEY, Joey           27:54  + 8  11/51 5 -10 0 -0  1 -4  10/42 0 /11 0 /46 3 /46 3 /32 8 /31 5 /25  4   
ANDERSON, Antonio      32:26  + 13 7 /70 2 -4  1 -4  0 -0  8 /51 5 /19 2 /58 1 /57 1 /36 1 /34 3 /29  3   
DOUGLAS-ROBERTS, C     36:04  + 17 24/81 6 -11 1 -2  9 -12 13/58 2 /21 1 /65 2 /64 1 /42 2 /35 6 /33  1   
ROSE, Derrick          36:17  + 18 18/82 3 -9  2 -6  6 -7  15/59 6 /23 0 /65 4 /63 0 /43 1 /35 2 /34  0   
TAGGART, Shawn         07:41  - 9  4 /10 2 -2  0 -0  0 -0  2 /10 0 /3  0 /13 0 /14 0 /7  1 /5  0 /5   3   
KEMP, Willie           07:25  + 4  2 /15 1 -1  0 -0  0 -0  1 /13 2 /6  0 /11 0 /12 0 /7  0 /6  1 /6   0   
NILES, Pierre          03:37  + 1  0 /13 0 -0  0 -0  0 -0  0 /7  0 /4  0 /8  0 /6  0 /4  0 /3  0 /2   1   
ALLEN, Andre           05:27  - 4  0 /5  0 -0  0 -1  0 -0  1 /6  0 /1  0 /7  0 /7  0 /4  0 /6  0 /2   0   
MACK, Doneal           03:24  - 2  0 /6  0 -0  0 -0  0 -0  0 /5  0 /3  0 /6  1 /6  0 /3  0 /2  0 /2   0   
ROBINSON, Jeff         03:20  + 5  0 /9  0 -0  0 -1  0 -0  1 /7  0 /4  0 /5  0 /6  0 /4  0 /3  1 /3   0   
BAILEY, Hashim         00:10  + 2  0 /2  0 -0  0 -0  0 -0  0 /0  0 /0  0 /0  0 /1  0 /0  0 /0  0 /0   0   
TOTALS                 40:00       85    24-48 5 -15 22-29    63 16/29 4 /70 11/69 5 /45 19/38 24/35  15  
.                                        0.500 0.333 0.759       0.552 0.057 0.159 0.111 0.500 0.686      

Efficiency: Memphis 1.232, Georgetown 1.014
eFG%: Memphis 0.500, Georgetown 0.500
Substitutions: Memphis 24, Georgetown 37

2-pt Shot Selection:  
Dunks: Memphis 4-4, Georgetown 2-2
Layups/Tips: Memphis 12-21, Georgetown 18-32
Jumpers: Memphis 8-23, Georgetown 5-11

• The 70-possession pace was tilted slightly towards the Tigers liking - Georgetown had an adj. pace of ~64 coming into the game, Memphis at ~75 - but not an up-and-down track meet by any stretch.
• At first glance, shooting accuracy does not appear to be a big difference - both teams shot 50% eFG for the game. However, the Hoyas came into the game leading the nation at 60.2 eFG%, while the Tigers "only" shot at 53.9% before the tip. In effect, Memphis was able to drag G'town shooting accuracy down to their level.
• Georgetown shot 11-23 (48%) FT for the game, somewhat below their season average [58.0%] while Memphis was 22-29 (76%), well above theirs [57.6%].
• Memphis, and in large part Joey Dorsey, rebounded half of their own misses.
• In spite of the beatdown, Georgetown turned the ball over less than 20% of the time, which is generally considered the good/bad breakpoint.

Well, that's about all for tonight. Don't think I'll have the heart to put together a highlight package for this one. I'll try to post Ray Floriani's Rutgers/UNC game report tomorrow.