Friday, November 13, 2009

Recap: Georgetown 74, Tulane 58

The Hoyas tipped off the 2009-10 season in style tonight, shaking off last season's disappointment and a likely food-coma to pull away from the might Green Wave in the second half.

It's a little strange firing up the HD Box score program after the long off-season and sitting down to write a recap. Forgive some rust.

Let's run the numbers:

TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE

.            Visitor                         Home  
.            Georgetown                      Tulane     
.            1st Half  2nd Half   Total      1st Half  2nd Half   Total
Pace            31        34        65

Effic.        104.7     123.2     114.1        88.3      90.9      89.4

eFG%           51.9      67.3      59.4        42.9      47.6      44.9
TO%            29.4      17.6      23.1        19.6      20.5      20.0
OR%            50.0      30.8      41.4        33.3      14.3      25.0
FT Rate        22.2      46.2      34.0        17.9      76.2      42.9

Assist Rate    50.0      68.8      60.7        72.7      44.4      60.0
Block Rate     17.6       7.1      12.9        11.8      10.5      11.1
Steal Rate      9.8      11.7      10.8        16.4       8.8      12.3

2FG%           47.1      68.4      58.3        52.9      50.0      51.6
3FG%           40.0      42.9      41.2        18.2      28.6      22.2
FT%            66.7      58.3      61.1        60.0      68.8      66.7

There were 64 possessions in the game, with a faster pace in the second half - I think the extra possessions in the Vesper half were accumulated during garbage time in the last five minutes or so.

For those of us watching the Tulane video stream (or at least parts), there was a noticeable improvement in the Hoyas play in the second half, not just the pace - this came on the offensive end, as the Hoyas posted nearly identical defensive efficiencies in both halves of the game.

The Hoyas seemed to come out with some jitters early in the game, most apparent in Chris Wright's four turnovers in the half (9 total for the team). This lead to a disappointingly high TO rate, but the team managed "only" six second half turnovers - none by Wright as they got their sea legs after 20 minutes of play.

The team rebounded well against undersized Tulane, with a strong offensive rebounding performance in the 1st half and excellent defensive rebounding in the 2nd.

The team also shot well from the outside, making ≥40% from deep in each half. That uptick in 2FG shooting in the second half may have been at least partially the result of the strong 3FG shooting, which seemed to open up the interior as the Green Wave defenders were forced to guard out to the arc. Outside shooting is going to be a critical item to watch as the season unfolds, as it serves to open up the cutting lanes.

Tulane probably scored a few more points that you'd have expected from the underlying stats, simply because they made a high percentage of 2-pt jumpers (10/16). The Hoyas did a good job forcing more 2-pt jump shots than layup and dunk attempts, but sometimes you run into a hot-shooting team. Thankfully, Georgetown was dominant in most other facets.


INDIVIDUAL NET POINTS STATS

Georgetown            Off     %           Pts      Def           Pts   
Player                Poss  Poss  O.Rtg   Prod     Poss  D.Rtg  Allow    Net Pts
Vaughn, Julian         34   21.5  138.8   10.2      35    90.1    6.3      +3.7  
Monroe, Greg           57   25.7  121.5   17.8      58    87.6   10.2      +6.3  
Wright, Chris          57   15.8   98.6    8.9      57    70.1    8.0      +1.7  
Freeman, Austin        53   22.6  110.7   13.2      51    77.0    7.9      +4.7  
Clark, Jason           55   16.0  134.1   11.8      53    75.0    8.0      +4.5  
Thompson, Hollis       25   15.4   44.5    1.7      26   107.2    5.6      -3.1  
Mescheriakov, Nikita    5   20.0    0.0    0.0       6   166.7    2.0      -1.8  
Sanford, Vee            2    0.0    -      0.0       3   200.0    1.2      -1.2  
Benimon, Jerrelle       2    0.0    -      0.0       2   250.0    1.0      -1.0  
Sims, Henry            30   20.9  122.0    7.6      29   103.0    6.0      +1.4  
TOTALS                 64         113.3   71.2      64    87.5   56.0     +15.9  

Tulane                Off     %           Pts      Def           Pts   
Player                Poss  Poss  O.Rtg   Prod     Poss  D.Rtg  Allow    Net Pts
MCQUEEN, Asim          49   17.8   73.0    6.4      48   112.5   10.8      -3.9  
HOLMES, Aaron          45   17.0   95.6    7.3      47   114.4   10.8      -2.4  
HOGAN, Geoff           24   10.4  115.0    2.9      23   114.0    5.2      -1.2  
RICHARD, Kris          57   24.1  101.9   14.0      56   116.6   13.1      -0.5  
SIMS, Kevin            54   13.9   53.9    4.0      53   123.0   13.0      -7.1  
BOOKER, David          44   24.8  102.4   11.2      46    99.6    9.2      +1.2  
ROGERS, Trent          12   46.1   56.7    3.1      13   112.3    2.9      -1.4  
TIMMONS, Kendall       13    1.8  225.0    0.5      13   103.1    2.7      -0.9  
MAYHANE, Johnny        15   25.5  117.3    4.5      15    86.7    2.6      +1.5  
VIANNEY, Eric           7   20.0   57.1    0.8       6    53.8    0.6      +0.1  
TOTALS                 64          88.2   54.7      64   110.8   70.9     -15.3  

The individual net points stats show the story, with the returning players (except Mescheriakov) all coming out strong. Wright just missed joining five teammates with a +100 offensive rating for the game (one less turnover would have done it), but made up for it with the top rated defense in the game - 5 steals will go a long way towards making amends.

Julian Vaughn posted a particularly strong opening night, thanks in no small part to 4 offensive rebounds grabbed on only 17 opportunities. I had mentioned in his season preview article that he seems to have a talent for offensive rebounding, and if he can keep that rate up he'll make it awfully difficult for Henry Sims to displace him from the starting line-up.

Clark (3/6 3FG), Sims (2/2 2FG, 2 OR) and Freeman (4/6 2FG, 2/3 3FG) all looked at mid-season comfort. Hollis Thompson did not, appearing a bit passive throughout the game. That was to be expected for his first collegiate game, and I'll expect it will take most of the fall semester for Thompson to grow comfortable in game situations.

The player of the game was . . . Greg Monroe, making his triumphant return to his home town. While not a spectacular game by his standards, Monroe looked comfortable stepping up to use 25% of available possessions while keeping a high efficiency and playing his typical strong defense (2 blocks, 8 DR). I hope his family and friends had a great time watching him play in person.


HD BOX SCORE

Georgetown vs Tulane
11/13/09 8:15 p.m. at Fogelman Arena, New Orleans, LA
Final score: Georgetown 74, Tulane 58

Georgetown              Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
Vaughn, Julian         24:02  +14   7/43  2- 5  1- 1  0- 2  6/31  2/13  0/35  1/34  2/20  4/17  1/24   2
Monroe, Greg           35:25  +16  18/66  7-12  0- 2  4- 6 14/48  2/18  0/58  1/57  2/29  3/27  8/30   2
Wright, Chris          35:24  +17  11/66  4- 7  1- 3  0- 0 10/48  2/20  5/57  4/57  0/29  0/27  2/29   1
Freeman, Austin        32:03  +23  16/66  4- 6  2- 3  2- 2  9/43  5/19  1/51  4/53  0/27  0/21  6/28   4
Clark, Jason           34:35  +27  13/68  1- 2  3- 6  2- 2  8/45  5/21  1/53  2/55  0/27  0/23  4/30   3
Thompson, Hollis       16:07  - 5   2/24  1- 2  0- 2  0- 0  4/22  1/ 8  0/26  1/25  0/11  0/15  1/ 8   3
Mescheriakov, Nikita   03:25  - 8   0/ 2  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 6  0/ 1  0/ 6  1/ 5  0/ 2  0/ 5  0/ 1   2
Sanford, Vee           01:15  - 6   0/ 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 1  0/ 0  0/ 3  0/ 2  0/ 0  0/ 1  0/ 1   0
Benimon, Jerrelle      01:14  - 5   0/ 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 1  0/ 0  0/ 2  0/ 2  0/ 0  0/ 1  0/ 0   0
Sims, Henry            16:30  + 7   7/35  2- 2  0- 0  3- 6  2/20  0/12  0/29  1/30  0/10  2/ 8  2/ 9   1
TOTALS                 40:00       74    21-36  7-17 11-18    53 17/28  7/64 15/64  4/31 12/29 24/32  18
.                                        0.583 0.412 0.611       0.607 0.109 0.234 0.129 0.414 0.750   

Tulane                  Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
MCQUEEN, Asim          29:27  -10   7/47  3- 9  0- 0  1- 2  9/39  0/14  1/48  0/49  0/28  1/23  0/21   3
HOLMES, Aaron          19:27  -24   8/36  2- 5  0- 1  4- 8  6/36  0/ 9  2/47  1/45  2/23  1/28  2/18   0
HOGAN, Geoff           04:51  - 7   2/18  0- 1  0- 0  2- 2  1/15  1/ 4  0/23  0/24  0/ 9  1/13  1/ 9   3
RICHARD, Kris          34:10  -10  15/53  4- 5  1- 7  4- 4 12/41  1/13  0/56  1/57  1/32  1/25  3/25   4
SIMS, Kevin            33:16  -13   3/49  0- 2  0- 4  3- 3  6/43  3/16  0/53  3/54  0/27  0/30  1/24   0
BOOKER, David          28:32  -13  14/43  4- 6  2- 2  0- 2  8/35  2/ 9  3/46  3/44  1/27  2/23  7/20   4
ROGERS, Trent          08:20  - 2   4/13  2- 2  0- 1  0- 0  3/10  1/ 4  0/13  3/12  0/10  0/ 5  1/ 8   1
TIMMONS, Kendall       08:31  - 5   0/ 9  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 9  1/ 4  0/13  0/13  0/ 9  0/ 5  0/ 8   2
MAYHANE, Johnny        09:19  - 2   5/14  1- 1  1- 2  0- 0  3/11  2/ 3  2/15  1/15  0/10  0/ 6  0/ 7   0
VIANNEY, Eric          04:37  + 6   0/ 8  0- 0  0- 1  0- 0  1/ 6  1/ 4  0/ 6  0/ 7  0/ 5  0/ 2  0/ 5   0
TOTALS                 36:06       58    16-31  4-18 14-21    49 12/20  8/64 13/64  4/36  8/32 17/29  17
.                                        0.516 0.222 0.667       0.600 0.125 0.203 0.111 0.250 0.586   

Efficiency: Georgetown 1.156, Tulane 0.906
eFG%: Georgetown 0.594, Tulane 0.449
Substitutions: Georgetown 26, Tulane 28

2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Georgetown 3-3, Tulane 1-1
Layups/Tips: Georgetown 12-18, Tulane 5-14
Jumpers: Georgetown 6-15, Tulane 10-16

Fast break pts (% FG pts): Georgetown 7 (11.1), Tulane 8 (18.2)
Pts (eff.) after steal: Georgetown 10 (142.9), Tulane 9 (112.5)
Seconds per poss: Georgetown 17.8, Tulane 20.1

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