- Rebound. Syracuse is mediocre overall, but it's still a huge issue.
- Georgetown had a Total Reb. Pct = 44% (not good)
- Get the ball to Monroe. He tore apart Providence's zone. Let's see what he can do against Syracuse.
- G. Monroe shot only 3/8 FG, but managed 6 assists to 3 turnovers (not bad)
- Contain Johnny Flynn. Flynn wreaks havoc in the lane, draws defenders and fouls. He's simply their best player. But he, like the rest of the Orange, are turnover prone, so there is an opportunity there as well.
- J. Flynn played a nice game tonight. While he had only 14 points on 14 FGA, he also recorded 9 assists to only 2 turnovers (not good)
But Georgetown shot 12/21 3FG against the nation's second best defense against threes, enervating Syracuse's vaunted zone defense, and the rest was history.
Let's run the numbers:
TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE
. Home Visitor
. GU Syracuse
. 1st Half 2nd Half Total 1st Half 2nd Half Total
Pace 36 31 68
Effic. 137.0 120.1 128.4 87.7 132.8 108.0
eFG% 73.3 66.7 70.4 43.5 61.7 52.5
TO% 27.4 6.3 17.5 24.7 19.0 21.9
OR% 63.6 8.3 34.8 40.9 56.2 47.4
FT Rate 30.0 37.5 33.3 35.5 40.0 37.7
Assist Rate 66.7 64.3 65.6 33.3 58.8 48.3
Block Rate 13.0 13.6 13.3 21.4 15.8 18.2
Steal Rate 11.0 9.5 10.2 16.4 0.0 8.8
2FG% 71.4 52.6 60.6 39.1 63.6 51.1
3FG% 50.0 80.0 57.1 37.5 37.5 37.5
FT% 66.7 66.7 66.7 45.5 41.7 43.5
The Orange (née Saltine Warriors) are one of the fastest-paced teams in college, preferring a pace greater than 72 possessions per game. And that pace is exactly what they got in the 1st half, with 36 possessions played. Unfortunately, Syracuse was also down 50-32 at this point, and struggled to maintain the uptempo in the Vesper half, as Georgetown methodically milked the shot clock to reduce possessions, thereby shorten the game.
The first half was a combination breakout for two of the Hoya's recent weaknesses: offensive rebounding and outside shooting. While allowing 8/16 3FG, Syracuse simultaneously lost control of their defensive glass, allowing Georgetown to rebound 7 of 11 available missed shots. Meanwhile, the Orange struggled shooting from in close (6/15 on dunks, layups and tip-ins), and both teams were a bit sloppy with the ball (SU: 10 TO, GU: 11 TO).
After Syracuse opened the second half 13-3 to close the lead to single digits (2 dunks by R. Jackson, a dunk and 2 FT by P. Harris and a 3FG by J. Flynn), the Hoyas responded over the next five minutes with a 14-4 run of their own to regain an 18 point lead, which never shrank below double-digits for the remainder of the game.
Georgetown was clobbered on the glass on both ends during the 2nd half, gathering only 7 of Syracuse's 16 available misses, while rebounding 1/12 on the offensive end. The Hoyas overcame this with more efficient outside shooting (4/5 3FG) and control of the ball (2 turnovers, no steals allowed).
INDIVIDUAL NET POINTS STATS
GU Off Poss Individ Def Individ
Player Poss Used ORtg Pts Prod Poss DRtg Pts Allow Net Pts
Summers, DaJuan 60 17.7 104.1 18.4 60 106.0 12.7 +5.7
Wright, Chris 41 3.1 158.1 4.9 43 104.2 9.0 -4.0
Monroe, Greg 49 14.1 91.8 13.0 50 101.1 10.1 +2.9
Freeman, Austin 60 10.0 158.2 15.8 61 109.2 13.3 +2.5
Sapp, Jessie 35 5.3 93.9 5.0 34 100.8 6.9 -1.8
Mescheriakov, Nikita 3 0.5 300.0 1.5 3 100.0 0.6 +0.9
Clark, Jason 40 4.3 183.9 7.9 41 105.2 8.6 -0.7
Vaughn, Julian 18 6.6 178.1 11.7 18 92.0 3.3 +8.4
Sims, Henry 20 2.8 178.2 4.9 21 62.0 2.6 +2.3
Wattad, Omar 9 2.0 141.2 2.9 9 116.1 2.1 +0.8
TOTALS 67 66.4 129.5 86.0 68 101.8 69.2 +16.8
Syracuse Off Poss Individ Def Individ
Player Poss Used ORtg Pts Prod Poss DRtg Pts Allow Net Pts
JACKSON, Rick 45 13.8 108.6 15.0 42 111.9 9.4 +5.6
RAUTINS, Andy 15 3.0 0.0 0.0 15 134.5 4.0 -4.0
FLYNN, Jonny 64 13.6 111.2 15.1 65 132.0 17.2 -2.0
HARRIS, Paul 61 10.9 139.6 15.2 61 118.8 14.5 +0.8
ONUAKU, Arinze 52 9.9 102.4 10.1 52 110.8 11.5 -1.4
PRESUTTI, Jake 1 0.0 - 0.0 0 131.3 0.0 +0.0
ONGENAET, Kristof 18 2.4 122.6 3.0 17 149.1 5.1 -2.1
DEVENDORF, Eric 60 12.7 111.3 14.2 60 131.1 15.7 -1.6
REESE, Brandon 1 0.0 - 0.0 0 131.3 0.0 +0.0
JOSEPH, Kris 23 2.0 0.0 0.0 23 133.0 6.1 -6.1
TOTALS 68 68.4 106.2 72.7 67 124.7 83.5 -10.9
D. Summers and A. Freeman led the starters in possessions played (60), and both gave strong positive contributions. Summers was the high possession user (17.7/60 = 30%) amongst the starters, and turned his into more than 18 points produced via adequate efficiency (104). He is penalized a bit for committing 4 turnovers during the game. Freeman was much more efficient (158) in getting his points, thanks in large part to his 4/5 3FG shooting; he had shot 1/10 3FG in the Hoyas previous four conference games, so this was a nice turnaround (or simply a regression towards the mean).
C. Wright and J. Sapp both played relatively passive games, using a combined 8.4 poss. in 76 poss. played. Wright was efficient on offense (no turnovers, 3/4 FG), while Sapp's offensive slump continues for yet another game. He is still making the hustle plays (3 S, 3 Off. Reb), but it would be nice to see Onions shake out of his funk.
G. Monroe may not have matched last game's statistics, but he lead the team with 6 assists and also had 2 blocks and 6 Def. Reb.
But today's recap must salute the much-maligned bench, which received contributions from all 5 of it's scholarship reserves (no, H. Thompson doesn't count).
- J. Clark shot 3/3 2FG, 2/3 3FG to lead the bench in scoring
- H. Sims turned in his second straight strong game, this time with 3 points, 2 assists and by far the most efficient defensive game. I haven't checked, but I wonder if he played quite a bit teamed with Monroe, giving Syracuse problems with their combined length.
- O. Wattad made a three in the 2nd half to re-establish an 18 point lead for G'town, from which they were able to dictate the pace and control the game.
- N. Mescheriakov lived up to his billing as the Belarusian Assassain with two made 3FGs in only 3 possessions played (all in the 1st half).
Today's H.P. tip-of-the-cap goes to R. Jackson, who managed 8/10 2FG shooting today (along with an ugly 1/8 FT) and 4 off. rebounds. Shades of Vernon Macklin?
Well, that's it for me - time to re-watch the 1st half.
HD BOX SCORE
Syracuse vs GU
01/14/09 7:00 at Verizon Center
Final score: GU 88, Syracuse 74
Syracuse Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
JACKSON, Rick 26:55 - 9 17/45 8-10 0- 0 1- 8 10/42 1/11 2/42 4/45 1/25 4/29 3/19 2
RAUTINS, Andy 09:09 -10 0/10 0- 1 0- 2 0- 0 3/15 0/ 4 0/15 1/15 1/ 5 0/14 1/ 8 0
FLYNN, Jonny 37:32 -21 14/67 4- 9 2- 5 0- 1 14/57 9/20 1/65 2/64 0/33 1/35 0/21 1
HARRIS, Paul 36:52 -13 15/66 5-10 0- 2 5- 6 12/56 1/21 2/61 1/61 1/31 5/36 6/23 2
ONUAKU, Arinze 29:58 - 9 6/55 3- 6 0- 0 0- 2 6/47 1/18 1/52 2/52 1/24 7/30 4/19 3
PRESUTTI, Jake 00:47 + 2 0/ 2 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 1 0/ 1 0/ 0 0/ 1 0/ 0 0/ 1 0/ 0 0
ONGENAET, Kristof 09:39 - 2 2/24 0- 0 0- 0 2- 2 0/16 1/ 8 0/17 1/18 0/ 4 1/10 0/ 2 3
DEVENDORF, Eric 35:14 - 8 20/70 3- 8 4- 7 2- 4 15/52 1/20 0/60 3/60 0/29 0/31 0/17 4
REESE, Brandon 00:47 + 2 0/ 2 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 1 0/ 1 0/ 0 0/ 1 0/ 0 0/ 1 0/ 0 0
JOSEPH, Kris 13:07 - 2 0/29 0- 1 0- 0 0- 0 1/18 0/12 0/23 2/23 1/14 0/ 8 0/ 6 2
TOTALS 40:00 74 23-45 6-16 10-23 61 14/29 6/67 16/68 5/33 18/38 15/23 17
. 0.511 0.375 0.435 0.483 0.090 0.235 0.152 0.474 0.652
GU Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
Summers, DaJuan 34:14 +10 21/75 5- 8 2- 5 5- 8 13/47 3/21 1/60 4/60 3/39 0/21 4/33 3
Wright, Chris 27:05 + 5 7/52 2- 2 1- 2 0- 0 4/36 1/16 1/43 0/41 0/30 0/19 1/30 3
Monroe, Greg 28:27 + 7 10/61 3- 8 0- 0 4- 4 8/42 6/19 0/50 3/49 2/37 1/21 6/30 3
Freeman, Austin 35:07 + 7 19/73 3- 5 4- 5 1- 2 10/48 3/20 0/61 2/60 0/45 1/22 2/36 1
Sapp, Jessie 19:06 - 1 2/39 1- 2 0- 2 0- 0 4/32 1/13 3/34 2/35 0/28 3/18 0/19 1
Mescheriakov, Nikita 01:57 + 5 6/ 8 0- 0 2- 2 0- 0 2/ 2 0/ 0 0/ 3 0/ 3 0/ 0 0/ 0 0/ 2 0
Clark, Jason 25:20 +14 12/60 3- 3 2- 3 0- 0 6/30 0/17 0/41 1/40 0/21 0/ 8 1/20 2
Vaughn, Julian 11:33 + 7 5/27 2- 3 0- 0 1- 2 3/12 4/ 8 1/18 1/18 0/ 8 1/ 2 1/ 9 3
Sims, Henry 11:21 +13 3/31 1- 2 0- 0 1- 2 2/14 2/10 1/21 0/20 1/13 1/ 2 2/13 1
Wattad, Omar 05:50 + 3 3/14 0- 0 1- 2 0- 0 2/ 7 1/ 4 0/ 9 0/ 9 0/ 4 0/ 2 1/ 3 0
TOTALS 40:00 88 20-33 12-21 12-18 54 21/32 7/68 13/67 6/45 8/23 20/38 17
. 0.606 0.571 0.667 0.656 0.103 0.194 0.133 0.348 0.526
Efficiency: GU 1.313, Syracuse 1.088
eFG%: GU 0.704, Syracuse 0.525
Substitutions: GU 28, Syracuse 23
2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: GU 3-3, Syracuse 6-7
Layups/Tips: GU 10-16, Syracuse 14-27
Jumpers: GU 7-14, Syracuse 3-11
Fast break pts: GU 4 (0.053), Syracuse 11 (0.172)
Seconds per off. poss: GU 20.7, Syracuse 15.4
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