Analysis: Pittsburgh 69, Georgetown 60

The simple analysis is that when the Hoyas shoot 3-20 on 3FGs, and one of those was a half-court buzzer beater, they're going to have a hard time beating just about anyone.

Let's run the numbers:

		Offense				Defense
	1st Half	2nd Half	Total		1st Half	2nd Half	Total
Pace	27	31	59
Eff.	95.0	108.3	102.1		98.6	133.8	117.4
eFG%	54.5%	41.7%	47.1%		38.3%	55.8%	46.4%
TO%	18.3%	15.9%	17.0%		18.3%	9.6%	13.6%
OR%	9.1%	47.4%	33.3%		45.8%	37.5%	42.5%
FTA/FGA	9.1%	36.7%	25.0%		26.7%	69.2%	46.4%
FTM/FGA	9.1%	30.0%	21.2%		13.3%	50.0%	30.4%
Assist Rate	81.8%	50.0%	65.2%		40.0%	69.2%	56.5%
Block Rate	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%		22.7%	11.8%	17.9%
Steal Rate	7.3%	12.7%	10.2%		7.3%	0.0%	3.4%
2FG%	69.2%	57.9%	62.5%		31.8%	58.8%	43.6%
3FG%	22.2%	9.1%	15.0%		37.5%	33.3%	35.3%
FT%	100.0%	81.8%	84.6%		50.0%	72.2%	65.4%

  Georgetown vs PITT  
  01/14/08 7:00 PM at Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh, PA  
  Final score: PITT 69, Georgetown 60
     
  Georgetown              Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF  
  Wallace, Jonathan      33:59  - 6  14/52 3 -4  2 -7  2 -2  11/43 0 /15 0 /49 2 /49 0 /31 1 /24 1 /33  4   
  Summers, DaJuan        23:33  - 14 0 /28 0 -3  0 -4  0 -0  7 /26 5 /11 2 /34 2 /34 0 /23 0 /15 4 /23  5   
  Hibbert, Roy           29:18  - 7  12/44 3 -7  0 -0  6 -7  7 /39 2 /13 0 /44 2 /44 1 /26 4 /24 6 /27  1   
  Freeman, Austin        29:09  - 5  8 /43 4 -4  0 -4  0 -0  8 /39 3 /12 0 /42 0 /44 0 /25 1 /24 3 /26  2   
  Sapp, Jessie           31:33  - 10 5 /46 1 -3  1 -4  0 -0  7 /43 3 /15 0 /48 4 /48 1 /30 1 /27 3 /33  4   
  Macklin, Vernon        12:09  - 5  10/17 5 -5  0 -0  0 -0  5 /14 0 /2  0 /17 0 /15 2 /13 0 /7  0 /13  3   
  Rivers, Jeremiah       17:36  - 2  2 /31 1 -2  0 -0  0 -0  2 /24 1 /12 0 /28 0 /25 0 /22 0 /11 1 /19  0   
  Crawford, Tyler        02:53  + 3  2 /8  0 -0  0 -0  2 -2  0 /3  0 /2  0 /3  0 /3  0 /3  0 /1  0 /2   0   
  Ewing, Patrick         19:50  + 1  7 /31 3 -4  0 -1  1 -2  5 /29 1 /10 0 /30 0 /28 3 /22 1 /17 4 /24  2   
  TOTALS                 40:00       60    20-32 3 -20 11-13    52 15/23 2 /59 10/58 7 /39 10/30 23/40  21  
                                           0.625 0.150 0.846       0.652 0.034 0.172 0.179 0.333 0.575      
    
  PITT                    Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF  
  BROWN, Gilbert         30:38  + 6  2 /53 1 -4  0 -1  0 -1  5 /43 3 /17 0 /46 0 /45 0 /25 2 /29 2 /25  1   
  YOUNG, Sam             35:53  + 12 9 /64 3 -10 0 -3  3 -4  13/48 2 /18 1 /51 1 /53 0 /28 2 /33 4 /28  2   
  BLAIR, DeJuan          33:25  + 11 15/57 6 -12 0 -0  3 -6  12/50 0 /14 1 /50 3 /52 0 /27 4 /37 5 /26  4   
  BENJAMIN, Keith        34:48  + 11 18/63 3 -4  2 -6  6 -8  10/47 2 /16 2 /53 0 /53 0 /28 0 /32 3 /29  1   
  RAMON, Ronald          36:55  + 13 18/66 2 -3  4 -6  2 -2  9 /51 4 /16 1 /53 1 /56 0 /28 0 /36 2 /27  0   
  BIGGS, Tyrell          19:36  - 1  7 /32 2 -4  0 -0  3 -5  4 /28 0 /7  1 /26 3 /27 0 /16 3 /23 0 /11  1   
  WANAMAKER, Brad        06:55  - 4  0 /8  0 -2  0 -1  0 -0  3 /12 2 /3  0 /8  0 /8  0 /6  1 /10 1 /3   0   
  McGHEE, Gary           01:50  - 3  0 /2  0 -0  0 -0  0 -0  0 /1  0 /1  0 /3  0 /1  0 /2  0 /0  0 /1   3   
  TOTALS                 40:00       69    17-39 6 -17 17-26    56 13/23 6 /58 8 /59 0 /32 17/40 20/30  12  
                                           0.436 0.353 0.654       0.565 0.103 0.136 0.000 0.425 0.667      
     
  Efficiency: PITT 1.169, Georgetown 1.034
  eFG%: PITT 0.464, Georgetown 0.471
  Substitutions: PITT 20, Georgetown 32
     
  2-pt Shot Selection:  
  Dunks: PITT 1-1, Georgetown 1-1
  Layups/Tips: PITT 11-19, Georgetown 11-18
  Jumpers: PITT 5-19, Georgetown 8-13

From the tempo-free box score, another conclusion can be reached - once again, it was the defense that failed Georgetown. Allowing the Panthers to score 42 points on 31 possessions doomed any aspirations that the Hoyas had to stage a comeback in the 2nd half.

Some other points:

• Jon Wallace has made 3-14 3FGs in his last 2 games; in his previous 4 games, he was 13-16 3FG.

• Vernon Macklin managed to shoot 5-5 2FG for 10 points to go along with 2 blocks and 0 (!) rebounds, his best offensive perfomance of the season.

• Georgetown's 2FG% for the game was ~4% points better than their season average (58.4%); their 3FG% was ~25% points worse than their season average (39.7%).