Let's run the numbers:
TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE
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. GU AU
. 1st Half 2nd Half Total 1st Half 2nd Half Total
Pace 28 30 58
Effic. 140.6 108.7 124.2 42.2 121.9 83.4
eFG% 66.0 78.1 70.7 24.0 53.7 39.4
TO% 17.6 32.9 25.5 42.2 26.4 34.0
OR% 36.4 28.6 33.3 45.0 56.2 50.0
FT Rate 32.0 68.8 46.3 0.0 37.0 19.2
Assist Rate 42.9 80.0 58.3 40.0 76.9 66.7
Block Rate 38.5 6.2 20.7 7.7 0.0 4.8
Steal Rate 14.1 9.9 11.9 0.0 19.8 10.2
2FG% 69.2 62.5 66.7 23.1 62.5 44.8
3FG% 41.7 62.5 50.0 16.7 27.3 21.7
FT% 87.5 72.7 78.9 - 80.0 80.0
Sure enough, after hearing how Georgetown was playing at a significantly faster pace this season, the Hoyas played a real grinder today, a full 5 possessions slower than their previous pace nadir (v. Maryland).
The 1st half was the best defensive half the Hoyas have played this season, or last season for that matter (I only have games broken out by half going back that far). The previous best half defensively was . . . the 2nd half against Louisville (60.8) playing for the Big East regular season title - obviously against stiffer competition [Edited: Whoops - it was actually the 2nd half against Fairfield - stoopid math].
To put the difference in efficiency during the 1st half into context, on average every time the teams traded possessions today, the Hoyas were ahead by another point.
Georgetown shot the ball extremely well, making fully half of all 3FGA (10/20) and also 14/21 2FGs. Can't really hope for much better.
Meanwhile, the Eagles had a miserable time trying to score before intermission, having 5 of 13 2FGA blocked in the 1st half, and making 5/23 3FGs all game. American came into the game shooting a respectable 33% from 3.
The main glaring shortcoming for the Hoyas today is - all together now - rebounding. G'town allowed half of all available Eagles misses (18/36) to be rebounded by their opponent. American is not an exceptionally strong rebounding team (288th out of 344 teams coming into the game).
INDIVIDUAL NET POINTS STATS
GU Off Poss Individ Def Individ
Player Poss Used ORtg Pts Prod Poss DRtg Pts Allow Net Pts
Summers, DaJuan 34 11.1 128.5 14.3 32 81.4 5.2 +9.1
Wright, Chris 41 9.0 164.2 14.7 40 72.2 5.8 +8.9
Monroe, Greg 38 12.4 94.1 11.6 37 62.5 4.6 +7.0
Freeman, Austin 36 5.8 193.1 11.2 34 62.8 4.3 +7.0
Sapp, Jessie 39 5.1 167.8 8.6 39 53.4 4.2 +4.4
Mescheriakov, Nikita 17 3.6 49.5 1.8 16 116.3 3.7 -1.9
Jansen, Bryon 1 0.0 - 0.0 2 100.0 0.4 -0.4
Clark, Jason 31 3.2 51.3 1.7 31 103.8 6.4 -4.8
Vaughn, Julian 18 4.7 82.9 3.9 18 121.9 4.4 -0.5
Sims, Henry 19 0.0 - 0.0 20 97.4 3.9 -3.9
Wattad, Omar 21 3.0 64.9 1.9 21 82.7 3.5 -1.6
TOTALS 59 57.9 120.5 69.7 58 79.9 46.4 +23.3
AU Off Poss Individ Def Individ
Player Poss Used ORtg Pts Prod Poss DRtg Pts Allow Net Pts
Mercer, Derrick 56 8.9 73.4 6.5 58 124.3 14.4 -7.9
Markusovic, Frane 9 2.0 0.0 0.0 10 210.0 4.2 -4.2
Carr, Garrison 47 12.4 62.0 7.7 48 122.6 11.8 -4.1
Gilmore, Brian 52 9.4 91.2 8.6 52 123.3 12.8 -4.3
Borden, Frank 26 6.4 103.1 6.6 27 109.7 5.9 +0.7
Wilson, Matthew 23 4.0 92.6 3.7 23 99.1 4.6 -0.9
Hendra, Nick 22 3.8 57.3 2.2 21 117.5 4.9 -2.8
Luptak, Steve 2 1.0 0.0 0.0 1 0.0 0.0 +0.0
Hill, Joe 2 0.0 - 0.0 1 0.0 0.0 +0.0
Lumpkins, Stephen 10 4.9 130.4 6.4 11 106.4 2.3 +4.0
Nichols, Jordan 41 3.3 79.9 2.7 43 104.6 9.0 -6.3
TOTALS 58 56.1 79.0 44.3 59 118.6 70.0 -25.6
Four of the five starters today were highly efficient, with only G. Monroe failing to break the 100 threshold; it's the first time this season that Mr. Monroe failed to score less than a point per possession used. Monroe's 4 turnovers were the main problem.
A. Freeman was amazingly efficient on offense today, despite the apparently disappointing 1/2 2FG, 0-2 3FG effort. How did he do it?
- Six assists, no turnovers
- 5/5 on FT shooting
- Two of his three missed FGs today were rebounded by a fellow Hoya (yes, I actually track that), so he's actually only penalized for 1 miss ending a possession.
J. Sapp took better care of the basketball today, with only 1 TO in ~5 possessions used today (TO Rate = 19.6%), so I guess he took SFHoya99's scolding to task. He also shot a sparkling 4/5 from 3FG today (starting to run out of positive modifiers here).
C. Wright scored a career high 22 points today, but that's not how we roll here at H.P.; to us, he produced almost 15 points on only 9 possessions used - outstanding either way. He also made all 3 of his FTs, as he slowly atones for his 3/8 FT shooting from the season-opener.
And the player of the game goes to . . . DaJuan Summers, for his first POTG this season. How did he do it, when three other starters were more efficient offensively and all 4 were better defensively? Usage. Summers burned 11.1 possessions in 34 offensive possessions played today (Poss % = 32.6) for a Harangody-like workload. This allowed him to produce more than 14 points in those 34 possessions played. And, since he was defending for only 32 possessions today, the actual points he allowed is less than his more defensively efficient teammates who played more.
The bench is still struggling to score, putting up only 8 points total (or 9.3 total points produced, if you're so inclined) in an average of 21 possessions played (ignoring B. Jansen). What's troubling to me is passivity of J. Clark (3.2 poss used in 31 played = 10.3%) and especially H. Sims (0.0 / 19 = 0.0%) in the extended garbage time today. It would have been nice to see Sims attempt at least 1 shot in 19 trips down the court - yes, even a three. On the other hand, N. Mescheriakov nailed his first career 3FG today, so the sky's the limit.
Up next is the Savannah State Tigers, led by former Hoya Horace Broadnax. While a weak offensive team so far this season, Savannah has been surprisingly strong on defense thanks to their ability to force turnovers at a ludicrously high 30.2% rate. That will be the stat to keep an eye on this Monday.
HD BOX SCORE
AU vs GU
12/06/08 1:00 at Verizon Center
Final score: GU 73, AU 49
AU Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
Mercer, Derrick 39:20 -26 9/47 3- 6 1- 4 0- 0 10/51 1/14 0/58 3/56 0/21 0/35 3/19 3
Markusovic, Frane 06:41 -21 0/ 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 4 0/ 0 0/10 2/ 9 0/ 2 1/ 4 2/ 2 1
Carr, Garrison 33:26 -30 9/36 1- 6 1-11 4- 4 17/42 1/11 3/48 4/47 0/19 1/30 0/16 0
Gilmore, Brian 35:25 -24 8/40 2- 2 1- 3 1- 1 5/45 4/12 0/52 5/52 0/19 3/31 3/18 2
Borden, Frank 16:58 - 9 8/23 2- 2 1- 3 1- 2 5/20 1/ 6 1/27 2/26 0/ 6 2/13 1/ 8 3
Wilson, Matthew 15:13 + 6 2/29 0- 1 0- 1 2- 2 2/22 3/10 0/23 1/23 0/ 6 1/13 0/ 5 3
Hendra, Nick 15:03 -13 3/12 0- 2 1- 1 0- 0 3/21 1/ 3 0/21 1/22 0/11 1/17 0/ 9 0
Luptak, Steve 00:40 + 2 0/ 2 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 1 0/ 0 0/ 1 1/ 2 0/ 0 0/ 1 0/ 0 0
Hill, Joe 00:40 + 2 0/ 2 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 1 0/ 0 0/ 1 0/ 2 0/ 0 0/ 1 0/ 0 0
Lumpkins, Stephen 08:25 - 1 6/12 3- 6 0- 0 0- 1 6/13 1/ 2 1/11 0/10 1/ 4 3/ 9 0/ 3 0
Nichols, Jordan 28:09 - 6 4/42 2- 4 0- 0 0- 0 4/40 0/14 1/43 1/41 0/17 0/26 3/15 2
TOTALS 40:00 49 13-29 5-23 8-10 52 12/18 6/59 20/58 1/21 18/36 12/18 14
. 0.448 0.217 0.800 0.667 0.102 0.345 0.048 0.500 0.667
GU Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
Summers, DaJuan 22:22 +14 14/43 3- 4 2- 3 2- 4 7/23 0/ 8 1/32 2/34 1/16 3/11 2/20 2
Wright, Chris 27:12 +30 22/60 5- 6 3- 4 3- 3 10/32 0/12 1/40 2/41 0/18 0/14 2/27 1
Monroe, Greg 27:04 +26 8/53 3- 6 0- 1 2- 3 7/28 4/15 1/37 4/38 2/18 1/11 4/19 0
Freeman, Austin 23:01 +23 7/48 1- 2 0- 2 5- 5 4/28 6/16 2/34 0/36 1/14 0/11 2/19 1
Sapp, Jessie 27:32 +30 14/54 1- 1 4- 5 0- 0 6/32 1/13 1/39 1/39 0/19 0/15 4/22 2
Mescheriakov, Nikita 10:45 + 4 3/22 0- 0 1- 2 0- 0 2/11 0/ 6 0/16 2/17 0/ 8 0/ 5 0/ 7 3
Jansen, Bryon 00:40 - 2 0/ 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 0 0/ 0 0/ 2 0/ 1 0/ 0 0/ 0 0/ 1 0
Clark, Jason 22:27 - 2 1/29 0- 0 0- 1 1- 2 1/18 1/ 9 0/31 2/31 0/18 0/11 1/21 2
Vaughn, Julian 10:57 - 6 2/16 0- 1 0- 1 2- 2 2/10 2/ 5 0/18 2/18 1/ 9 0/ 6 1/12 1
Sims, Henry 13:08 + 0 0/17 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/10 0/ 5 0/20 0/19 1/12 0/ 6 0/19 1
Wattad, Omar 14:52 + 3 2/23 1- 1 0- 1 0- 0 2/13 0/ 7 1/21 1/21 0/13 0/ 5 1/13 1
TOTALS 40:00 73 14-21 10-20 15-19 41 14/24 7/58 16/59 6/29 6/18 18/36 14
. 0.667 0.500 0.789 0.583 0.121 0.271 0.207 0.333 0.500
Efficiency: GU 1.237, AU 0.845
eFG%: GU 0.707, AU 0.394
Substitutions: GU 26, AU 19
2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: GU 0-0, AU 0-0
Layups/Tips: GU 9-10, AU 3-10
Jumpers: GU 5-11, AU 10-19
Fast break pts: GU 6 (0.103), AU 0 (0.000)
Seconds per off. poss: GU 19.3, AU 21.9
Lots of jumpers this game-I think 11 is more than they've had in any 2 of the previous games combined. I'm a little surprised, but it does indicate the Hoyas weren't doing a great job executing the offense and did well mostly because the Hoyas' 3s were falling and AU's outside shots weren't.
ReplyDeleteHey Tom,
ReplyDeleteYou're right that there were a lot of 2-pt jumpers, but I think your memory is a bit clouded by the OSC. Here's the amount per game for the 1st 6 games (make/take):
6/8, 3/9, 1/3, 2/6, 2/3 and 5/11
Or, perhaps better is the percentage of 2-pt j's to all FGA:
16%, 17%, 8%, 12%, 6%, 27%
That second way does bring it out more. I went back and looked, and those jumpers weren't all in garbage time, as G'town was only 2/4 on 2-pt J's in the 2nd half.
Having said all that, 5/11 on 2-pt jumpers isn't horrible, since it's equivalent to shooting 30% on 3FGs, which is about what the Hoyas have done this year.
I think JTIII was much more upset about the 50% DReb performance. It may not manifest itself against Memphis, which is not nearly as strong at rebounding this year, but Pitt, UConn, WVU, and Duke (surprisingly) could really punish the Hoyas on the glass, and that's just the next 10 games.
another great write up CO Hoya! looking fwd to seeing how our numbers look this weekend against Memphis.
ReplyDeleteCO,
ReplyDeleteYou're right, I was thinking back on just the OSC games, and didn't bother to check Jacksonville and Drexel. I wonder how much emphasis JT3 puts on getting good (close) shots against better teams, and how much of it is just more skilled teams being better at guarding mid-range jump shots (a perhaps sub-optimal defensive strategy?).
I agree with you about the rebounding likely being a greater cause for concern for JT3, and particularly AU's 6 dead ball ORs, as I posted on HT.