Monday, February 11, 2008

Analysis: Georgetown 55, Villanova 53

Yes, it was a foul - the ghost of Sam Jefferson was exorcised today.

Let's run the numbers:



Offense


Defense

1st Half 2nd Half Total
1st Half 2nd Half Total
Pace 33 31 64











Eff. 83.8 87.6 85.6
86.8 77.9 82.5








eFG% 42.0 60.0 48.8
44.2 12.9 27.2
TO% 24.0 32.4 28.0
21.0 13.0 17.1
OR% 21.1 0.0 13.8
22.2 41.4 34.0
FTA/FGA 44.0 86.7 60.0
34.6 58.1 47.4
FTM/FGA 28.0 60.0 40.0
23.1 51.6 38.6








Assist Rate 55.6 85.7 68.8
60.0 25.0 50.0
Block Rate 15.4 0.0 10.0
25.0 11.1 17.6
Steal Rate 6.0 9.7 7.8
9.0 9.7 9.3








2FG% 46.2 42.9 45.0
43.8 22.2 32.4
3FG% 25.0 50.0 35.0
30.0 0.0 13.0
FT% 63.6 69.2 66.7
66.7 88.9 81.5

  Villanova vs Georgetown  
02/11/08 7:00 at Verizon Center
Final score: Georgetown 55, Villanova 53

Villanova Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
REYNOLDS, Scottie 38:13 - 1 24/51 4 -8 2 -5 10-13 13/55 0 /7 1 /61 1 /62 0 /19 0 /47 2 /27 1
DRUMMOND, Casiem 21:26 - 2 1 /27 0 -4 0 -0 1 -2 4 /32 0 /9 0 /32 0 /31 1 /14 3 /25 2 /14 5
FISHER, Corey 26:52 - 7 4 /33 1 -10 0 -6 2 -2 16/44 4 /10 0 /44 3 /45 0 /16 1 /36 1 /21 0
ANDERSON, Dwayne 27:44 - 8 6 /32 3 -5 0 -4 0 -0 9 /44 1 /8 1 /47 0 /45 0 /16 3 /37 7 /23 5
CUNNINGHAM, Dante 29:30 - 6 9 /36 1 -2 0 -0 7 -8 2 /47 0 /8 0 /46 1 /46 0 /12 4 /40 6 /17 3
PENA, Antonio 19:28 + 8 2 /30 0 -2 0 -0 2 -2 2 /25 1 /7 2 /36 2 /36 0 /6 1 /21 2 /17 3
REDDING, Reggie 04:37 + 1 0 /6 0 -1 0 -2 0 -0 3 /6 0 /1 0 /8 1 /9 0 /3 0 /7 0 /4 0
CLARK, Shane 14:05 - 1 0 /21 0 -0 0 -1 0 -0 1 /14 1 /4 0 /25 1 /24 1 /8 0 /11 2 /14 2
STOKES, Corey 18:02 + 8 7 /29 2 -2 1 -5 0 -0 7 /18 0 /2 0 /30 2 /31 0 /6 1 /15 1 /13 5
TCHUISI, Frank 00:03 - 2 0 /0 0 -0 0 -0 0 -0 0 /0 0 /0 0 /1 0 /1 0 /0 0 /1 0 /0 0
TOTALS 40:00 53 11-34 3 -23 22-27 57 7 /14 4 /66 11/66 2 /20 16/47 25/29 24
0.324 0.130 0.815 0.500 0.061 0.167 0.100 0.340 0.862

Georgetown Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
Wallace, Jonathan 38:29 + 8 15/54 1 -2 3 -8 4 -5 10/38 2 /12 4 /63 5 /64 0 /33 0 /28 0 /48 4
Summers, DaJuan 37:03 + 9 12/54 2 -6 2 -5 2 -2 11/37 2 /12 0 /58 1 /60 2 /33 0 /26 8 /47 3
Freeman, Austin 22:09 - 4 0 /29 0 -1 0 -1 0 -1 2 /22 0 /8 1 /39 0 /39 0 /22 0 /19 3 /25 0
Sapp, Jessie 24:19 + 0 6 /33 1 -1 1 -3 1 -2 4 /27 3 /8 0 /43 4 /41 0 /23 1 /21 4 /33 2
Hibbert, Roy 31:44 + 8 13/45 3 -6 0 -0 7 -12 6 /31 1 /9 0 /51 2 /52 2 /28 0 /24 6 /39 3
Macklin, Vernon 08:16 - 6 2 /10 1 -1 0 -0 0 -0 1 /9 0 /3 1 /15 1 /14 0 /6 1 /6 0 /9 3
Rivers, Jeremiah 15:07 - 4 2 /19 0 -1 0 -0 2 -2 1 /13 1 /5 0 /22 1 /23 0 /10 0 /9 1 /13 4
Crawford, Tyler 03:22 - 5 0 /0 0 -0 0 -2 0 -0 2 /4 0 /0 0 /10 0 /7 0 /2 0 /5 1 /4 0
Ewing, Patrick 19:31 + 4 5 /31 1 -2 1 -1 0 -0 3 /19 2 /7 0 /29 2 /30 2 /13 2 /12 3 /22 5
TOTALS 40:00 55 9 -20 7 -20 16-24 40 11/16 6 /66 17/66 6 /34 4 /29 31/47 24
0.450 0.350 0.667 0.688 0.091 0.258 0.176 0.138 0.660

Efficiency: Georgetown 0.833, Villanova 0.803
eFG%: Georgetown 0.487, Villanova 0.272
Substitutions: Georgetown 28, Villanova 28

2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Georgetown 1-1, Villanova 1-1
Layups/Tips: Georgetown 5-10, Villanova 5-17
Jumpers: Georgetown 3-9, Villanova 5-16

One of the advantages of the tempo-free box score over the regular box score is that you don't have to see just how many fouls there were.

Quick comments before I go to bed:
  • At least the Hoyas' defensive ranking will go up.
  • Villanova's field goal shooting in the 2nd half was comparable to St. John's first half performance against the Hoyas.
  • Georgetown turning the ball over nearly 1 in 3 possessions in the 2nd half was reason #1 why the Wildcats were able to hang around - also note that less than a third of those TOs were due to Villanova steals. Not getting a single offensive rebound (albeit on only 10 opportunities) was reason #2.
  • Georgetown shot a respectable 35% from 3FG for the game, about their season average.
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Edited to add: I just watched the last play a few more times, and I stand by my statement that it was a foul - Stokes bumped Wallace, causing him to step out of bounds - and other officials agree with me. But I wouldn't have minded if Donato had blown his whistle 0.1 seconds later.

2 comments:

  1. Very nice job -- you beat me getting it posted (I will link to your post if you don't mind).

    Don't be so hard on your Hoyas, the (high) turnover rate and (low percentage of) offensive rebounds are actually trademarks of Villanova's defense. For the past several seasons the 'Cats have not defended the field goal attempt very well (typically ranked somewhere near the middle of D1 -- too many teams have had "career" nights from beyond the arc versus the Wildcats this season; their average for the BE season is 39.3%) which they compensate for by limiting scoring opportunities (forcing turnovers) and denying second chance opportunities (low offense rebounding). Steals were actually pretty close to "average" for Nova, the difference you note in the write-up is usually explained by fouls. I have not checked the gamelog yet, but if past performance is a guide on this, opponents can be harried into making bad passes, but many will be offensive fouls, as suggested by Villanova's half-over-half increase in FTA/FGA, not bad passes.

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  2. You're absolutely right that I forgot about offensive fouls in the turnover count.

    For what it's worth, this also may have been an issue in the Seton Hall game from a couple of weeks ago, and I believe that SHU played a similar style of defense against the Hoyas.

    Hey, check your gmail inbox - I sent you a question off-line.

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