Sorry if that was too obvious, but Georgetown was able to turn the page on a woeful January with a ten-point win at the Verizon Center tonight.
Not to go all Sports Guy (or Ray Floriani) on you, but I'll be writing this recap while watching the replay on ESPN360 - I wasn't able to watch or listen live thanks to a crazy-insane schedule these days. And thanks to SFHoya99 for writing a couple of nice posts here while I struggle to keep up.
Thoughts after first TV timeout [GU 2, RU 2]:
- A. Freeman is drifting on his jump shot.
- C. Wright can get by his man at will, but then what?
- D. Summers is trying too hard (2 fouls).
- Rutgers turns the ball over frequently.
Thoughts after 2nd TV timeout [GU 11, RU 10]:
- Rutgers finds its outside shot [RU 2/5 3FG in the 1st half]
- N. Mescheriakov looks promising, with very good hustle
- A. Freeman creates offense by driving and passing (still misses a 3FG)
- Bob Wentzel tells us that JTIII has installed a precision offense at Georgetown that eschews offensive rebounds for outside shots (G'town was 8th nationally in Off. Reb % [40.2] in 2007). The Hoyas off. rebounding problems are personnel-driven, not scheme-driven.
Thoughts after 3rd TV timeout [GU 19, RU 14]:
- Mescheriakov misses a wide-open 3FG, which he has to take [G'town ended the 1st half 2/9 3FG].
- J. Vaughn commits a "venial sin" of fouling a 3FG shooter. Wentzel +1.
- Vaughn and Mescheriakov seem to play behind their man in the post on defense. Monroe fronts his man.
- Freeman generates more offense by driving then kicking to Clark for a 3FG [Freeman with 3 assists in the 1st half].
- The announcers point out that G'town has 3 freshmen and 2 sophomores on the court. With Summers sitting with 2 fouls, anytime Sapp needs a rest only frosh and sophs are available.
- Dare I say, free Henry Sims [Sims led the team in Net Pts. for the 1st half (+4.0)].
Thoughts after 4th TV timeout [GU 22, RU 16]:
- Georgetown had 3 shots blocked on one possession (2 on Wright, 1 on Sims) - I wonder how many the official scorer will record [three, it turns out].
- Rutgers with more turnovers (11 so far) [RU 38.8% TO Rate in the 1st half].
- Wright with another drive without a plan [Wright had only 1 TO in the 1st half].
Thoughts heading into the half [GU 27, RU 18]:
- Sims with a nice backdoor pass to Freeman, who is called for a charge. Was that the 1st backdoor pass of the game?
- Monroe ended the half with consecutive assists. He ended the half +13 (+/-), leading the Hoyas.
- I'd like to say that Georgetown played a great defensive half, but I think most of the credit comes from Rutgers [RU: 58.1 Off. Eff. in the 1st half].
- Georgetown ended the half with an off. eff. of 87.2 - not very good, but with Rutgers struggles it doesn't have to be.
- 30 possessions for the half, but it felt even slower.
2nd half, thoughts after 1st TV timeout [GU 35, RU 21]:
- J. Sapp bails out the offense with a 3FG with 1 sec left on the shot clock. A quiet 9 points so far for Sapp.
- Rutgers turns the ball over their first two possessions of this half.
2nd half, thoughts after 2nd TV timeout [GU 45, RU 26]:
- Clark and Mescheriakov hit back-to-back 3FGs, causing a Rutgers timeout. Georgetown has now shot 4/5 3FG to start the second half, and pulled ahead by 20. This kind of outside shooting cures many ills.
- This game is starting to put me to sleep.
2nd half, thought after 3rd TV timeout [GU 49, RU 36]:
- M. Rosario has decided to use most possessions now [38% Poss. Used this half].
- The losing streak may have left some scars. The Hoyas are up 49-29 and look depressed. Maybe they're just disinterested. Sparse crowd, too.
- Rosario with a 7-0 run by himself as Georgetown's offensive execution starts to get sloppy.
2nd half, thoughts after 4th TV timeout [GU 56, RU 42]:
- I realized during the break that G'town will score only 8 more points the rest of the way.
- Wright breakaway lay-up - six points left.
- Mescheriakov with a spin in the post - four points left.
- Freeman doesn't drift on a 3FG and it goes in. One point left.
End of the game thoughts [GU 57, RU 47]
- Last Hoya point by Wright at the FT line.
- Game over. Other than some hot outside shooting, the Hoyas looked listless in the 2nd half.
- Rutgers lost this game with tons of turnovers and poor shooting on 2FG (RU was 3/17 on 2FG jumpers).
Let's run the numbers:
TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE
. Home Visitor
. GU Rutgers
. 1st Half 2nd Half Total 1st Half 2nd Half Total
Pace 30 30 61
Effic. 87.2 99.5 93.0 58.1 96.2 76.7
eFG% 37.9 67.5 50.0 36.8 52.0 45.5
TO% 16.2 29.8 22.8 38.8 29.8 34.3
OR% 38.1 16.7 30.3 14.3 35.7 25.0
FT Rate 31.0 30.0 30.6 26.3 12.0 18.2
Assist Rate 70.0 72.7 71.4 33.3 72.7 58.8
Block Rate 0.0 5.9 3.2 20.0 0.0 12.9
Steal Rate 22.6 13.3 17.9 3.2 16.6 9.8
2FG% 40.0 54.5 45.2 28.6 41.2 35.5
3FG% 22.2 55.6 38.9 40.0 50.0 46.2
FT% 55.6 50.0 53.3 80.0 100.0 87.5
INDIVIDUAL NET POINTS STATS
GU Off Poss Individ Def Individ
Player Poss Used ORtg Pts Prod Poss DRtg Pts Allow Net Pts
Summers, DaJuan 25 7.9 59.0 4.7 25 88.0 4.4 +0.3
Wright, Chris 47 7.6 88.7 6.7 49 75.1 7.4 -0.6
Monroe, Greg 53 11.7 103.1 12.0 53 43.8 4.6 +7.4
Freeman, Austin 49 8.0 86.6 6.9 48 74.8 7.2 -0.3
Sapp, Jessie 33 5.3 130.1 7.0 35 89.9 6.3 +0.7
Mescheriakov, Nikita 31 8.0 58.6 4.7 31 86.5 5.4 -0.7
Clark, Jason 30 3.8 123.3 4.7 30 59.1 3.5 +1.1
Vaughn, Julian 2 0.0 - 0.0 3 146.7 0.9 -0.9
Sims, Henry 21 3.7 147.9 5.5 22 83.0 3.7 +1.8
Wattad, Omar 9 2.0 0.0 0.0 9 34.3 0.6 -0.6
TOTALS 60 58.0 89.9 52.1 61 72.0 43.9 +8.2
Rutgers Off Poss Individ Def Individ
Player Poss Used ORtg Pts Prod Poss DRtg Pts Allow Net Pts
Echenique,Gregory 37 4.0 49.1 2.0 37 102.1 7.6 -5.6
Chandler, Corey 30 10.4 9.2 1.0 28 85.7 4.8 -3.8
Farmer, Anthony 45 7.5 110.9 8.3 46 86.2 7.9 +0.4
Rosario, Mike 54 19.3 80.5 15.5 53 92.3 9.8 +5.7
Ndiaye, Hamady 43 4.8 93.1 4.4 41 83.2 6.8 -2.4
Pettis,Earl 36 7.4 123.4 9.1 36 76.6 5.5 +3.6
Inman, J.R 19 2.2 22.0 0.5 18 116.8 4.2 -3.7
Kuhn, Mike 1 0.0 - 0.0 2 0.0 0.0 +0.0
Jackson, Patrick 0 0.0 - 0.0 0 95.0 0.0 +0.0
Coburn, Mike 17 2.6 49.7 1.3 15 104.7 3.1 -1.8
Griffin, Jaron 23 1.6 116.0 1.9 24 88.0 4.2 -2.3
TOTALS 61 59.8 73.5 44.0 60 89.9 54.0 -10.0
HD BOX SCORE
Rutgers vs GU
02/03/09 7:00 at Verizon Center
Final score: GU 57, Rutgers 47
Rutgers Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
Echenique,Gregory 24:26 -19 2/19 1- 4 0- 0 0- 0 4/21 0/ 5 0/37 0/37 2/24 0/15 3/25 1
Chandler, Corey 19:27 - 8 0/18 0- 3 0- 0 0- 0 3/17 1/ 6 0/28 8/30 0/15 1/12 2/18 1
Farmer, Anthony 30:18 -11 7/32 2- 6 1- 2 0- 0 8/33 5/ 8 1/46 1/45 0/28 0/22 2/30 1
Rosario, Mike 34:25 -11 20/41 3- 9 4- 8 2- 2 17/40 1/ 8 2/53 5/54 1/29 1/25 2/29 2
Ndiaye, Hamady 28:17 + 4 7/38 2- 2 0- 0 3- 3 2/33 0/12 0/41 3/43 1/18 0/20 5/20 2
Pettis,Earl 23:46 - 3 8/33 3- 4 0- 0 2- 3 4/28 1/ 9 3/36 2/36 0/17 2/17 3/16 3
Inman, J.R 12:03 -11 0/11 0- 2 0- 0 0- 0 2/12 0/ 3 0/18 0/19 0/ 9 1/10 4/ 8 3
Kuhn, Mike 01:04 + 0 0/ 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 2 0/ 0 0/ 2 0/ 1 0/ 0 0/ 2 0/ 1 0
Jackson, Patrick 00:04 - 1 0/ 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 0 0/ 0 0/ 0 0/ 0 0/ 0 0/ 0 0/ 0 0
Coburn, Mike 11:00 + 3 0/17 0- 1 0- 0 0- 0 1/12 2/ 7 0/15 2/17 0/ 4 0/ 6 1/ 5 0
Griffin, Jaron 15:10 + 7 3/26 0- 0 1- 3 0- 0 3/22 0/10 0/24 0/23 0/11 0/11 1/13 2
TOTALS 40:00 47 11-31 6-13 7- 8 44 10/17 6/60 21/61 4/31 7/28 23/33 15
. 0.355 0.462 0.875 0.588 0.100 0.344 0.129 0.250 0.697
GU Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
Summers, DaJuan 16:41 - 3 5/22 1- 3 1- 3 0- 0 6/20 1/ 6 1/25 3/25 0/14 1/15 2/10 3
Wright, Chris 31:55 + 8 5/45 2- 7 0- 2 1- 2 9/38 3/14 2/49 1/47 0/27 1/26 0/21 1
Monroe, Greg 34:44 +20 10/53 4- 8 0- 0 2- 5 8/45 6/16 4/53 2/53 0/27 1/29 6/26 0
Freeman, Austin 32:21 + 7 7/45 1- 3 1- 3 2- 2 6/41 3/14 1/48 2/49 0/23 0/28 4/21 2
Sapp, Jessie 21:57 + 1 11/32 2- 3 2- 2 1- 2 5/30 0/ 9 0/35 1/33 0/17 1/19 3/15 1
Mescheriakov, Nikita 20:03 + 1 7/27 2- 2 1- 5 0- 0 7/23 0/ 7 1/31 2/31 0/17 0/14 0/15 5
Clark, Jason 20:22 + 6 6/29 0- 0 2- 3 0- 0 3/22 2/ 9 2/30 2/30 1/17 1/15 2/17 1
Vaughn, Julian 01:52 - 4 0/ 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 1 0/ 0 0/ 3 0/ 2 0/ 1 0/ 1 0/ 1 2
Sims, Henry 13:58 + 3 6/19 2- 4 0- 0 2- 4 4/17 0/ 4 0/22 0/21 0/ 8 2/13 1/ 8 1
Wattad, Omar 06:07 +11 0/13 0- 1 0- 0 0- 0 1/ 8 0/ 5 0/ 9 1/ 9 0/ 4 0/ 5 0/ 6 0
TOTALS 40:00 57 14-31 7-18 8-15 49 15/21 11/61 14/60 1/31 10/33 21/28 16
. 0.452 0.389 0.533 0.714 0.180 0.233 0.032 0.303 0.750
Efficiency: GU 0.950, Rutgers 0.770
eFG%: GU 0.500, Rutgers 0.455
Substitutions: GU 27, Rutgers 27
2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: GU 0-0, Rutgers 2-2
Layups/Tips: GU 11-21, Rutgers 6-12
Jumpers: GU 3-10, Rutgers 3-17
Fast break pts: GU 2 (0.041), Rutgers 4 (0.100)
Seconds per off. poss: GU 20.3, Rutgers 20.0
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