Let's run the number:
TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE
. Home Visitor
. GU PC
. 1st Half 2nd Half Total 1st Half 2nd Half Total
Pace 29 43 73
Effic. 110.6 112.6 111.4 120.6 89.6 101.9
eFG% 55.8 61.1 58.5 55.0 45.6 50.0
TO% 23.5 25.3 24.4 20.1 18.4 19.0
OR% 53.8 37.5 44.8 41.2 25.0 31.7
FT Rate 23.1 85.2 54.7 16.7 38.2 28.1
Assist Rate 61.5 75.0 69.0 42.9 84.6 63.0
Block Rate 14.3 15.0 14.6 5.6 0.0 2.5
Steal Rate 10.1 11.5 10.9 6.7 11.5 9.5
2FG% 55.6 68.2 62.5 42.9 40.0 41.5
3FG% 37.5 20.0 30.8 55.6 35.7 43.5
FT% 66.7 69.6 69.0 60.0 61.5 61.1
The first thing I noticed is the dramatic difference in pace between the two halves: there were nearly 50% more possessions in the 2nd half. I went and looked at the play-by-play to see if the Friars were giving fouls with lots of time left in the Vesper half to extend the game (i.e. increase possessions), but I see only four fouls given in the last 1:00 of play. I do notice that offensive rebounds dropped quite a bit from 1st to 2nd half for both teams, so this may have contributed.
Providence had a strong offensive first half today, thanks to making 5/9 3FGs. Providence is not a particularly good outside shooting team (31% 3FG coming in), so their early marksmanship was likely a surprise to both teams. Meanwhile, the Hoyas countered by gathering more than half of their own available misses (7/13 OR), which lead to the second straight game with strong offensive rebounding overall.
The second half was most notable to G'town fans for a 6:41 stretch where the Hoyas outscored the Friars 21-2. For all but the 1st two points of that stretch, Georgetown ran a lineup of C. Wright (So), J. Clark (Fr), A. Freeman (So), H. Sims (Fr) and G. Monroe (Fr), and all five players scored at least 2 points during the run.
Providence didn't quit, but actually fought back to a single possession game (76-73, 1:18) before succumbing, but I'll again point out that hot outside shooting (4/6 3FG during that stretch) was the main engine that brought them, and the Friars missed their last 3FGA in the final minute.
INDIVIDUAL NET POINTS STATS
GU Off Poss Individ Def Individ
Player Poss Used ORtg Pts Prod Poss DRtg Pts Allow Net Pts
Summers, DaJuan 46 9.3 112.5 10.5 45 129.2 11.6 -1.2
Wright, Chris 61 15.2 77.0 11.7 62 103.5 12.8 -1.1
Monroe, Greg 65 13.5 120.8 16.4 65 74.1 9.6 +6.7
Freeman, Austin 60 10.2 165.1 16.8 62 101.9 12.6 +4.2
Sapp, Jessie 47 10.6 90.8 9.6 44 81.0 7.1 +2.5
Clark, Jason 42 8.2 126.7 10.5 45 115.1 10.4 +0.1
Vaughn, Julian 7 0.0 - 0.0 7 163.1 2.3 -2.3
Sims, Henry 24 3.4 107.3 3.6 26 73.3 3.8 -0.2
Wattad, Omar 8 0.0 - 0.0 9 102.5 1.8 -1.8
TOTALS 72 70.4 112.2 79.1 73 98.9 72.2 +6.9
PC Off Poss Individ Def Individ
Player Poss Used ORtg Pts Prod Poss DRtg Pts Allow Net Pts
XAVIER, Jeff 51 6.8 103.4 7.1 54 107.8 11.6 -4.6
CURRY, Sharaud 63 9.0 117.6 10.6 61 106.6 13.0 -2.4
MCDERMOTT, Geoff 52 14.9 49.8 7.4 54 90.6 9.8 -2.4
EFEJUKU, Weyinmi 57 13.1 101.2 13.2 54 106.3 11.5 +1.7
KALE, Jonathan 25 1.6 205.1 3.3 29 105.1 6.1 -2.8
KELLOGG, Alex 1 0.0 - 0.0 1 300.0 0.6 -0.6
BROOKS, Marshon 44 12.7 118.2 15.0 43 104.4 9.0 +6.0
MCKENZIE, Brian 41 4.8 105.8 5.1 36 110.1 7.9 -2.8
HANKE, Randall 31 8.8 115.5 10.1 28 126.5 7.1 +3.0
TOTALS 73 71.7 100.1 71.8 72 106.4 76.6 -4.8
D. Summers again struggled to stay in the game with foul difficulties, and played only 46 possessions. Except for 3 turnovers, his offensive game was strong in all facets (2/4 2FG, 1/2 3FG, 5/6 FT, 2 OR). However, the play-by-play indicates that he struggled on the defensive end.
C. Wright's overall slump continued for the 3rd straight game, even as he seemed to regain his shooting touch from the field (5/7 2FG, 2/3 3FG). Unfortunately, he coupled that with 0/2 FT and 6 turnovers.
Fellow slumper A. Freeman had a strong game today, even as his outside shot still eludes him (0/2 3FG), by making 7/9 2FG, 4/6 FT, 3 OR and 0 TOs). Freeman was the most efficient offensive player for the Hoyas today.
J. Sapp was also a positive contributor (in limited possessions) today, but he did it not with efficiency but with quantity. Sapp had a high usage rate (10.6/47 = 22.5%) for the first time since the Maryland game (his only other >20% usage game). Mr. Sapp struggled from the floor (1/4 2FG, 0/2 3FG), but contributed 5 assists to 3 turnovers. He also played his signature strong defense today (5 DR, 3 S, 1 Bk).
And the Player of the Game is . . . Greg Monroe. His stat line is just remarkable, so I'll just reprint it here:
GU Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
Monroe, Greg 35:05 +12 13/76 5- 7 0- 0 3- 3 7/50 8/23 5/65 5/65 2/35 3/28 8/35 3Reading through it, several thought come to mind:- He was strong both offensively (5/7 2FG, 3/3 FT, 8 A [!], 3 OR) and defensively (5 S [!], 2 Bk, 8 DR).
- His 5 turnovers are a bit problematic, but should be viewed in the context that he serves as a (the?) primary distributor in the half-court offense.
- Hoyas fans should just enjoy his performances while they can.
Today's tip-of-the-cap goes to M. Brooks, who played a nice all-around game today and looks to be having a strong season (ORtg = 122.8) in somewhat limited minutes - I suppose W. Efejuku blocks him from starting?
HD BOX SCORE
PC vs GU
01/10/09 1:00 at Verizon Center
Final score: GU 82, PC 75
PC Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
XAVIER, Jeff 27:45 - 3 10/58 2- 2 2- 6 0- 0 8/44 1/17 0/54 1/51 0/32 0/27 0/25 3
CURRY, Sharaud 32:47 -11 6/57 0- 5 2- 4 0- 0 9/55 9/19 2/61 3/63 0/31 1/36 0/23 3
MCDERMOTT, Geoff 27:28 - 8 5/51 1- 8 0- 0 3- 6 8/41 2/18 2/54 3/52 1/34 2/25 6/24 4
EFEJUKU, Weyinmi 30:19 -10 13/54 4-10 1- 3 2- 2 13/51 2/14 3/54 2/57 0/31 3/35 1/23 1
KALE, Jonathan 16:27 - 8 4/25 2- 3 0- 0 0- 2 3/21 1/ 8 0/29 0/25 0/16 0/14 2/14 4
KELLOGG, Alex 00:54 - 3 0/ 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 1 0/ 0 0/ 1 0/ 1 0/ 0 0/ 1 0/ 0 0
BROOKS, Marshon 23:31 + 1 18/47 3- 5 2- 6 6- 8 11/40 2/10 0/43 1/44 0/20 1/29 3/18 3
MCKENZIE, Brian 22:10 + 2 9/41 0- 1 3- 4 0- 0 5/37 0/12 0/36 1/41 0/17 1/23 1/14 1
HANKE, Randall 18:39 + 5 10/42 5- 7 0- 0 0- 0 7/30 0/10 0/28 2/31 0/19 4/15 2/ 9 0
TOTALS 40:00 75 17-41 10-23 11-18 64 17/27 7/72 13/73 1/40 13/41 16/29 19
. 0.415 0.435 0.611 0.630 0.097 0.178 0.025 0.317 0.552
GU Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
Summers, DaJuan 26:49 -10 12/47 2- 4 1- 2 5- 6 6/36 0/16 0/45 3/46 1/25 2/20 3/24 4
Wright, Chris 33:13 + 5 16/67 5- 7 2- 3 0- 2 10/44 3/18 0/62 6/61 0/36 1/24 3/34 3
Monroe, Greg 35:05 +12 13/76 5- 7 0- 0 3- 3 7/50 8/23 5/65 5/65 2/35 3/28 8/35 3
Freeman, Austin 33:11 +14 18/75 7- 9 0- 2 4- 6 11/45 2/20 0/62 0/60 0/32 3/24 4/35 2
Sapp, Jessie 24:10 + 2 8/46 1- 4 0- 2 6- 8 6/31 5/14 3/44 3/47 1/25 0/21 5/23 4
Clark, Jason 23:44 + 5 10/53 3- 4 1- 4 1- 2 8/31 2/13 0/45 1/42 1/26 2/18 2/26 0
Vaughn, Julian 04:31 - 5 0/ 6 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 3 0/ 1 0/ 7 0/ 7 0/ 5 0/ 2 0/ 5 1
Sims, Henry 13:38 +15 5/35 2- 5 0- 0 1- 2 5/20 0/10 0/26 0/24 1/13 0/ 9 2/16 3
Wattad, Omar 05:39 - 3 0/ 5 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 5 0/ 1 0/ 9 0/ 8 0/ 8 0/ 4 0/ 7 0
TOTALS 40:00 82 25-40 4-13 20-29 53 20/29 8/73 19/72 6/41 13/29 28/41 20
. 0.625 0.308 0.690 0.690 0.110 0.264 0.146 0.448 0.683
Efficiency: GU 1.139, PC 1.027
eFG%: GU 0.585, PC 0.500
Substitutions: GU 33, PC 48
2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: GU 5-5, PC 2-2
Layups/Tips: GU 16-25, PC 12-25
Jumpers: GU 4-10, PC 3-14
Fast break pts: GU 13 (0.210), PC 7 (0.109)
Seconds per off. poss: GU 17.3, PC 16.0
HoyaChris Here:
ReplyDeleteSometimes stat lines lie. While Monroe had 5 turnovers in the box score, at least two (and possibly three) of the turnovers should have been assists if his teamates - especially Henry Sims - were able to catch and finish.
In addition, Monroe had another two or three times when his pass led directly to a Hoya being fouled on a layup attempt.
I cannot remember any Hoya with a triple double. Yesterday should have been that day.
Another reason the pace quickened in the second half was that Georgetown got in its offensive flow/ Providence's defense fell apart.
ReplyDeleteWe attacked the hoop and got our shots quicker. In the first half we had a lot of 30 second possessions where we couldn't find a good shot, and took a three. Sometimes it went in.
You're exactly right HoyaChris. After the game, I was talking with Barker Davis, Bailey Heaps, and Craig Stoeffer from the Examiner and we could count at least 5 times where Greg should have easily gotten another assist but it ended up as either a missed layup or a turnover for Greg. Then in the press conference, Coach looked at the stat sheet and said he thought Greg had more than 8 assists. He thought he had at least 15.
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