Edited to add:
- Doesn't look like I'll have time to add much, so I'll just round up some links and quotes from the blogosphere. As always, see HoyaTalk and HoyaSaxa for discussions and links from the traditional media.
HoyaHoops
The Hoyas missed shots from close range, failed to collect defensive rebounds, and turned the ball over at critical times. Marquette meanwhile continued their remarkably consistent play and pulled away in the final moments.
Cracked Sidewalks
The game was a see-saw battle through the first 32 minutes. The final 8, Marquette slowly outlasted Georgetown, playing tight defense, nurturing a 2 point lead into a 4 point lead, into a 6 point lead, outscoring GTown 17-10 over the final stretch, not counting an uncontested 3 as time expired and the game decided.
Georgetown sinks to 5-9 in the Big East, their NCAA chances slipping away, despite their schedule, which is the 3rd toughest in the country. One could see them winning the NIT with their talent, unless they go on a serious run in the BET.
Robert Churchwell's Revenge
Greg Monroe is an ultra-talented 6-foot-10 center for whom the Marquette Golden Eagles had no answer today. If the Georgetown Hoyas had wanted to, and if Monroe had been up for it, they could have run the entire second-half offense through him and won this game. He wasn't in foul trouble, the defense was working, and there were plenty of half-court sets, even some transition opportunities, that called for Monroe to forcefully take the ball to the basket and score.
But that doesn't work when all the guy wants to do is pass. It doesn't work when the offense works to get the big man the ball inside only to watch him dish it off at the last minute when the right play would be to shoot a hook shot, or even dunk the ball and scream the roof off the place like a real, monster big man does.
It doesn't work when there's nobody to get in Greg Monroe's ear and shout, "Okay! We get it! You're a great passer! But for God's sake, man! You're 6-foot-10! Freaking SCORE already!"
Yet Another Basketball Blog
I knew it was going to be a long day for Georgetown when a fan shouted “[obsenity] Marquette” during the national anthem. There’s just no good karma coming out of that one.
CasualHoya
We didn't play that poorly today.
If anyone wants to see me jump off the Key Bridge, I suggest you head to Georgetown immediately.
Hire Esherick
If I hear another person talk about how we can get into the Tourney by winning here and doing a backflip there, I am to throw my shoe at them.
Maybe even both shoes if the person is funny looking.
Let's run the numbers:
TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE
. Home Visitor
. GU Marquette
. 1st Half 2nd Half Total 1st Half 2nd Half Total
Pace 31 30 62
Effic. 138.9 90.4 114.9 138.9 109.8 124.4
eFG% 64.1 50.0 58.2 70.0 40.0 55.0
TO% 12.6 25.8 19.1 15.8 3.2 9.6
OR% 43.8 15.4 31.0 30.8 42.1 37.5
FT Rate 12.5 30.4 20.0 10.0 50.0 30.0
Assist Rate 47.1 36.4 42.9 50.0 63.6 55.2
Block Rate 11.1 10.0 10.5 9.5 0.0 5.4
Steal Rate 9.5 0.0 4.8 6.3 16.2 11.2
2FG% 47.6 62.5 54.1 66.7 45.0 55.3
3FG% 63.6 14.3 44.4 50.0 20.0 36.4
FT% 75.0 71.4 72.7 66.7 66.7 66.7
INDIVIDUAL NET POINTS STATS
GU Off Poss Individ Def Individ
Player Poss Used ORtg Pts Prod Poss DRtg Pts Allow Net Pts
Summers, DaJuan 48 15.3 66.7 10.2 47 115.0 10.8 -0.6
Wright, Chris 55 12.8 127.5 16.3 56 109.0 12.2 +4.1
Mescheriakov, Nikita 22 2.5 52.8 1.3 24 137.9 6.6 -5.3
Monroe, Greg 56 11.3 145.5 16.5 57 121.6 13.9 +2.6
Freeman, Austin 56 8.1 144.4 11.8 54 117.7 12.7 -1.0
Clark, Jason 22 5.3 130.6 6.9 20 127.5 5.1 +1.8
Sapp, Jessie 47 6.0 84.7 5.1 48 113.2 10.9 -5.8
Vaughn, Julian 7 0.8 200.0 1.5 6 100.0 1.2 +0.3
Sims, Henry 2 0.0 - 0.0 3 133.3 0.8 -0.8
TOTALS 63 62.1 112.1 69.6 63 117.7 74.2 -4.6
Marquette Off Poss Individ Def Individ
Player Poss Used ORtg Pts Prod Poss DRtg Pts Allow Net Pts
JAMES, Dominic 63 10.2 64.7 6.6 63 101.1 12.7 -6.2
BURKE, Dwight 27 2.7 133.5 3.6 26 119.6 6.2 -2.6
MCNEAL, Jerel 63 18.5 115.7 21.4 63 107.6 13.6 +7.9
MATTHEWS, Wesley 61 11.1 157.7 17.5 60 106.1 12.7 +4.7
HAYWARD, Lazar 60 15.7 118.5 18.5 59 112.5 13.3 +5.3
CUBILLAN, David 3 0.0 - 0.0 5 149.3 1.5 -1.5
BUTLER, Jimmy 38 3.4 203.5 6.8 39 114.4 8.9 -2.1
TOTALS 63 61.5 121.1 74.5 63 109.4 68.9 +5.5
HD BOX SCORE
Marquette vs GU
02/21/09 2:00 at Verizon Center
Final score: Marquette 78, GU 72
Marquette Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
JAMES, Dominic 40:00 + 6 6/78 2- 7 0- 2 2- 4 9/60 3/27 4/63 2/63 0/37 0/34 1/30 4
BURKE, Dwight 18:09 - 4 2/29 1- 1 0- 0 0- 2 1/23 0/ 9 0/26 0/27 0/17 2/15 2/12 4
MCNEAL, Jerel 40:00 + 6 22/78 7-11 2- 6 2- 4 17/60 7/20 1/63 2/63 0/37 1/34 5/30 3
MATTHEWS, Wesley 38:34 + 9 23/76 4- 8 5- 8 0- 0 16/58 3/19 2/60 0/61 1/37 2/32 1/29 1
HAYWARD, Lazar 36:58 + 6 17/74 4- 7 1- 6 6- 6 13/56 2/22 0/59 2/60 0/34 4/32 7/29 2
CUBILLAN, David 02:49 - 3 0/ 4 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 4 0/ 2 0/ 5 0/ 3 0/ 1 0/ 2 0/ 0 0
BUTLER, Jimmy 23:30 +10 8/51 3- 4 0- 0 2- 2 4/39 1/17 0/39 0/38 1/22 1/21 4/20 3
TOTALS 40:00 78 21-38 8-22 12-18 60 16/29 7/63 6/63 2/37 12/32 20/29 17
. 0.553 0.364 0.667 0.552 0.111 0.095 0.054 0.375 0.690
GU Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
Summers, DaJuan 30:42 + 2 12/59 3- 7 2- 4 0- 0 11/39 0/18 0/47 5/48 0/26 1/19 3/26 5
Wright, Chris 34:33 - 1 17/66 2- 6 2- 5 7- 7 11/50 4/21 1/56 1/55 0/33 0/28 2/32 1
Mescheriakov, Nikita 15:03 -10 3/23 0- 0 1- 1 0- 0 1/15 1/ 8 0/24 2/22 0/16 0/ 8 0/13 5
Monroe, Greg 35:26 - 4 13/68 6- 9 0- 0 1- 3 9/48 2/20 1/57 0/56 3/33 4/25 4/31 1
Freeman, Austin 34:53 + 5 16/70 5- 5 2- 5 0- 1 10/52 2/20 0/54 2/56 0/30 0/27 5/28 1
Clark, Jason 14:08 - 1 6/25 3- 5 0- 1 0- 0 6/19 1/ 7 0/20 1/22 1/15 2/11 1/10 3
Sapp, Jessie 28:50 -15 3/45 0- 3 1- 2 0- 0 5/44 2/17 1/48 1/47 0/28 2/26 4/25 1
Vaughn, Julian 04:34 - 2 2/ 4 1- 2 0- 0 0- 0 2/ 7 0/ 1 0/ 6 0/ 7 0/ 5 0/ 5 0/ 3 0
Sims, Henry 01:51 - 4 0/ 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 1 0/ 0 0/ 3 0/ 2 0/ 4 0/ 1 0/ 2 0
TOTALS 40:00 72 20-37 8-18 8-11 55 12/28 3/63 12/63 4/38 9/29 20/32 17
. 0.541 0.444 0.727 0.429 0.048 0.190 0.105 0.310 0.625
Efficiency: Marquette 1.238, GU 1.143
eFG%: Marquette 0.550, GU 0.582
Substitutions: Marquette 18, GU 28
2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Marquette 0-0, GU 3-3
Layups/Tips: Marquette 15-20, GU 11-20
Jumpers: Marquette 6-18, GU 6-14
Fast break pts: Marquette 4 (0.061), GU 4 (0.062)
Seconds per off. poss: Marquette 18.8, GU 19.3
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