There was an ugly incident in Newark, NJ on Sunday, masquerading as a college basketball game. In the end, the Seton Hall Pirates played less-poorly to pull out a five point win, their first against Georgetown since 2004.
Let's run the numbers:
TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE
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. GU Seton Hall
. 1st Half 2nd Half Total 1st Half 2nd Half Total
Pace 30 32 62
Effic. 88.1 101.6 95.4 84.8 120.0 103.3
eFG% 42.0 29.6 35.6 39.3 46.2 42.6
TO% 35.9 18.5 27.0 19.6 9.2 14.3
OR% 53.3 50.0 51.5 29.4 45.0 37.8
FT Rate 28.0 74.1 51.9 14.3 88.5 50.0
Assist Rate 60.0 57.1 58.8 54.5 66.7 60.9
Block Rate 5.6 0.0 2.4 6.7 20.0 13.3
Steal Rate 9.8 3.1 6.4 16.3 6.2 11.1
2FG% 60.0 33.3 46.7 61.1 52.2 56.1
3FG% 10.0 16.7 13.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
FT% 85.7 85.0 85.2 100.0 65.2 70.4
Well, the Hoyas made their free throws and got half of their own missed shots . . . and that's about all the good news from yesterday.
If you tuned in to the game to watch a shooting exhibition, you came away disappointed. Georgetown made 3/22 3 FG (2/5 by J. Sapp, 1/17 by everyone else) - not to be outdone, Seton Hall went 0/13 3FG (0/10 by J. Hazell). While some of those missed shots were rushed as the shot clock was winding down, a number were open shots in the rhythm of the offense. The Hoyas also shot poorly from outside against WVU (2/16 3FG), and as I pointed out in that game recap, the offense tends to break down when there is no scoring from beyond the arc.
The Hoyas also were very sloppy with the ball in the 1st half, committing 12 turnovers on 32 offensive possessions. The fact that they lead at the half is attributable to their defense, and to making 2 pt. jumpers (5/8) rather than inside shots (4/7 on dunks, layups and tip-ins), which is usually not a sustainable strategy.
It wasn't, but not in the way you'd expect.
Georgetown was able to get more 2-pt shots from close in during the 2nd half, but many consisted of out-of-control drives: the Hoyas were 3/10 on dunks, layups and tip-ins in the 2nd half, and 2/5 on 2-pt jumpers. Coupled with more cold outside shooting (2/12 3FG, both made by Sapp), G'town became dependent upon getting to the FT line (17/20 FT), but couldn't make enough defensive stops to win 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 54 17.6 64.1 11.3 50 105.3 10.5 +0.8
Monroe, Greg 56 7.2 180.1 13.0 55 98.5 10.8 +2.2
Wright, Chris 60 12.2 76.3 9.3 59 99.0 11.7 -2.4
Freeman, Austin 43 8.7 64.1 5.5 44 90.6 8.0 -2.4
Sapp, Jessie 57 8.2 97.0 8.0 57 87.2 9.9 -2.0
Mescheriakov, Nikita 4 0.1 200.0 0.1 5 120.0 1.2 -1.1
Clark, Jason 22 3.5 29.5 1.0 21 98.4 4.1 -3.1
Vaughn, Julian 9 1.2 200.0 2.5 9 77.6 1.4 +1.1
Wattad, Omar 20 5.0 85.3 4.3 20 77.3 3.1 +1.2
TOTALS 65 63.8 86.5 55.2 64 95.0 60.8 -5.6
Seton Hall Off Poss Individ Def Individ
Player Poss Used ORtg Pts Prod Poss DRtg Pts Allow Net Pts
MITCHELL, Robert 64 13.4 133.3 17.9 65 94.2 12.2 +5.6
GARCIA, John 40 7.2 80.9 5.9 40 63.4 5.1 +0.8
HARVEY, Eugene 50 7.9 71.7 5.7 49 101.8 10.0 -4.3
HAZELL, Jeremy 59 23.1 90.5 20.9 60 77.4 9.3 +11.6
GAUSE, Paul 55 7.9 96.4 7.6 57 89.5 10.2 -2.6
THEODORE, Jordan 28 2.1 205.3 4.2 29 77.0 4.5 -0.2
DAVIS, Mike 3 0.0 - 0.0 5 200.0 2.0 -2.0
CAJUSTE, Matt 5 0.0 - 0.0 3 141.7 0.9 -0.9
WALTERS, Brandon 16 1.5 48.6 0.7 17 114.5 3.9 -3.2
TOTALS 64 63.0 99.7 62.8 65 89.2 58.0 +4.8
Jessie Sapp was modestly efficient in the game, and did so while using 14% of available possessions (8.2/57). He was also the most effective defensive starter for the Hoyas. Hopefully, this is a sign that he's coming out of his mid-season funk.
Greg Monroe (Player of the Game) was his usual efficient offensive self, although in suprisingly few possessions used (13%). This was the first time since the Savannah St. game that Monroe used less than 20% of the possessions he played; also, Greg finished with no assists in the game - he had had at least 1 assist in each half played since the game against FIU.
Julian Vaughn played well in limited minutes, and Omar Wattad game some serviceable relief.
And that's about it for the Hoyas.
Today's tip-of-the-cap goes to Robert "Stix" Mitchell, one of only three positive contributors for the Pirates. While J. Hazell got his through quantity (39% poss used!), Mitchell shot an efficient 8/11 on 2FG to produce 18 points for Seton Hall.
HD BOX SCORE
GU vs Seton Hall
01/25/09 2:00 p.m. at Newark, N.J. - Prudential Center
Final score: Seton Hall 65, GU 60
GU Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
Summers, DaJuan 30:24 - 4 12/49 0- 2 1- 6 9-11 8/39 0/12 0/50 6/54 1/34 2/26 4/30 3
Monroe, Greg 33:00 - 5 17/53 6- 7 0- 0 5- 7 7/43 0/ 8 0/55 1/56 0/35 2/30 5/30 2
Wright, Chris 36:03 -11 11/51 2- 7 0- 3 7- 7 10/47 3/11 1/59 3/60 0/38 0/34 2/33 3
Freeman, Austin 25:27 - 9 4/36 1- 6 0- 3 2- 2 9/35 1/ 9 2/44 3/43 0/26 3/24 1/23 4
Sapp, Jessie 36:04 + 3 8/58 1- 3 2- 5 0- 0 8/48 4/14 0/57 3/57 0/37 2/31 7/36 3
Mescheriakov, Nikita 03:55 + 0 2/ 6 1- 1 0- 1 0- 0 2/ 8 0/ 2 0/ 5 0/ 4 0/ 3 0/ 6 0/ 2 0
Clark, Jason 13:52 - 3 0/16 0- 0 0- 1 0- 0 1/13 1/ 5 0/21 2/22 0/12 1/ 8 0/10 1
Vaughn, Julian 07:00 + 0 4/ 7 2- 2 0- 0 0- 0 2/ 9 0/ 1 0/ 9 0/ 9 0/ 6 0/ 5 1/ 7 2
Wattad, Omar 14:15 + 4 2/24 1- 2 0- 3 0- 0 5/18 1/ 6 1/20 1/20 0/14 3/11 1/14 4
TOTALS 40:00 60 14-30 3-22 23-27 52 10/17 4/64 20/65 1/41 17/33 23/37 22
. 0.467 0.136 0.852 0.588 0.062 0.308 0.024 0.515 0.622
Seton Hall Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
MITCHELL, Robert 40:00 + 5 20/65 8-11 0- 1 4- 6 12/54 3/15 0/65 2/64 2/30 4/37 3/35 2
GARCIA, John 24:43 +14 5/44 2- 5 0- 0 1- 1 5/39 2/15 1/40 3/40 1/14 2/25 4/16 5
HARVEY, Eugene 30:58 + 0 7/49 3- 6 0- 0 1- 2 6/40 2/14 0/49 3/50 0/23 0/28 2/28 1
HAZELL, Jeremy 37:20 + 6 23/61 5-11 0-10 13-17 21/51 1/16 3/60 2/59 0/29 3/36 4/34 2
GAUSE, Paul 33:50 - 3 6/51 3- 6 0- 1 0- 0 7/48 5/16 2/57 2/55 0/27 2/35 2/30 2
THEODORE, Jordan 17:52 +12 4/34 2- 2 0- 1 0- 0 3/23 1/10 1/29 0/28 0/11 1/12 0/13 0
DAVIS, Mike 02:02 - 9 0/ 1 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 0 0/ 0 0/ 5 0/ 3 0/ 3 0/ 1 0/ 3 5
CAJUSTE, Matt 03:42 + 2 0/ 6 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 4 0/ 2 0/ 3 0/ 5 0/ 4 0/ 2 0/ 6 0
WALTERS, Brandon 09:33 - 2 0/14 0- 0 0- 0 0- 1 0/11 0/ 4 0/17 0/16 1/ 9 1/ 9 0/10 3
TOTALS 40:00 65 23-41 0-13 19-27 54 14/23 7/65 12/64 4/30 14/37 16/33 20
. 0.561 0.000 0.704 0.609 0.108 0.188 0.133 0.378 0.485
Efficiency: Seton Hall 1.016, GU 0.923
eFG%: Seton Hall 0.426, GU 0.356
Substitutions: Seton Hall 24, GU 24
2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Seton Hall 0-0, GU 0-0
Layups/Tips: Seton Hall 16-28, GU 7-17
Jumpers: Seton Hall 7-13, GU 7-13
Fast break pts: Seton Hall 14 (0.304), GU 0 (0.000)
Seconds per off. poss: Seton Hall 18.5, GU 18.9
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As I mentioned at the top, I'm super busy these days and the updates of stats and Big East HD box scores are falling behind. I'll try to make a push to get caught up tonight, but things may be lagging for a week or so until I can get some free time.
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