Let's run the numbers:
TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE . Home Visitor . Georgetown Lafayette . 1st Half 2nd Half Total 1st Half 2nd Half Total Pace 36 31 66 Effic. 126.4 168.2 146.2 87.1 106.7 96.4 eFG% 53.2 87.5 69.5 53.6 48.2 50.9 TO% 16.9 16.2 16.6 30.9 16.2 24.1 OR% 37.5 55.6 44.0 29.4 38.9 34.3 FT Rate 38.7 21.4 30.5 7.1 28.6 17.9 Assist Rate 53.3 76.2 66.7 75.0 58.3 66.7 Block Rate 7.1 12.5 10.0 5.3 5.0 5.1 Steal Rate 11.2 9.7 10.5 14.0 16.2 15.1 2FG% 63.2 70.0 66.7 42.9 56.2 50.0 3FG% 25.0 87.5 50.0 42.9 25.0 34.6 FT% 100.0 50.0 83.3 50.0 75.0 70.0
The game pace was the fastest so far this season, nosing out the Tulane game by a possession. This wasn't garbage-time slop, as the quick pace was during the 1st half. Certainly Lafayette's 12 first-half turnovers helped, but it was actually the Hoyas pushing the action, as they averaged less than 15 seconds per possession in the Lift-Off half.
For a time the Leopards were able to keep in the game on the strength of their outside shooting, trailing only by 6 points with 5:10 left in the first half. Unfortunately for them, the Georgetown closed out the half on a 13-2 run to settle comfortably ahead.
Georgetown made all 12 free throws in the 1st half, hopefully putting an end to that meme before it even gets started.
The 2nd half was easily the best offensive half for the Hoyas all season, thanks in large part to the ludicrous 7/8 3FG shooting (Jason Clark was 3/3 on 3FG in the Vesper half). Once the lead ballooned to 20 points, Georgetown seemed content to trade baskets with Lafayette for a good stretch, but I'd chalk that defensive lapse to indifference rather than any systematic problem.
INDIVIDUAL NET POINTS STATS Georgetown Off % Pts Def Pts Player Poss Poss O.Rtg Prod Poss D.Rtg Allow Net Pts Wright, Chris 54 22.4 121.1 14.7 55 97.1 10.7 +3.4 Monroe, Greg 51 28.2 130.2 18.7 50 86.0 8.6 +8.2 Freeman, Austin 49 16.2 149.4 11.8 50 95.6 9.6 +3.3 Clark, Jason 54 22.8 136.7 16.8 52 74.4 7.7 +8.4 Vaughn, Julian 37 22.9 122.6 10.4 36 69.9 5.0 +4.9 Thompson, Hollis 31 8.2 257.3 6.5 32 121.8 7.8 +1.1 Mescheriakov, Nikita 13 3.2 264.1 1.1 11 164.6 3.6 -1.1 Sanford, Vee 11 22.4 228.5 5.6 12 102.9 2.5 +3.1 Dougherty, Ryan 5 0.0 - 0.0 5 110.0 1.1 -1.1 STEPKA, Stephen 4 9.4 200.0 0.8 4 65.0 0.5 +0.4 Sims, Henry 21 14.2 139.3 4.2 23 73.9 3.4 +1.4 TOTALS 66 141.6 90.6 66 91.7 60.5 +31.5 Lafayette Off % Pts Def Pts Player Poss Poss O.Rtg Prod Poss D.Rtg Allow Net Pts Karl, Jeff 35 27.0 87.1 8.2 34 117.9 8.0 -1.3 Gruner, Michael 44 10.6 174.4 8.1 46 128.0 11.8 -0.7 Willen, Ryan 37 19.4 79.8 5.7 33 144.3 9.5 -4.2 Benbow, Darion 28 26.9 71.2 5.4 32 126.7 8.1 -3.5 Mintz, Jared 43 27.1 114.8 13.4 41 139.4 11.4 -0.5 Wheeler, Ben 26 15.6 157.2 6.4 23 130.4 6.0 +0.7 Moore, Andy 9 12.7 30.4 0.3 9 178.4 3.2 -2.3 Mower, Jim 28 27.8 102.7 8.0 27 159.2 8.6 -2.5 Johnson, Tony 28 7.7 133.9 2.9 30 143.1 8.6 -2.9 Giese, Levi 12 22.1 48.8 1.3 13 153.6 4.0 -2.7 Delaney, Rob 7 10.1 200.0 1.4 7 177.1 2.5 -0.5 Petkovich, Nick 7 14.3 0.0 0.0 7 162.3 2.3 -1.9 Orchowski, Alex 7 0.0 - 0.0 7 181.0 2.5 -2.5 Pelham, J.D 16 14.6 33.4 0.8 17 151.3 5.1 -3.6 Koltun, Marek 3 66.7 0.0 0.0 4 110.0 0.9 -1.5 TOTALS 66 96.3 61.9 66 140.2 92.5 -29.8
We saw signs that Hollis Thompson was starting to get into the groove in the last game against Savannah St., but Mr. Thompson went off this afternoon with perfect shooting (2/2 2FG, 4/4 3FG) and no turnovers. He's still rather shy in using possessions (<10% today) which may indicate even more room for growth as he continues to gain confidence.
The Gang of Four - Monroe, Wright, Freeman and Clark - did their expected thing against light competition, with only a couple of dings: five (5!) turnovers for Greg Monroe and 1/4 3FG shooting for Chris Wright. Both of those stat/player combos will bear further watching, as Monroe's TO rate may become an issue in conference play and Wright's outside shooting may become less important if Clark, Freeman and Thompson can keep up their current clip.
Julian Vaughn was the 6th Hoya in double figures today, and finally made a free throw (1/4 FT). That brings him up to 1/10 FT on the season. Henry Sims had another quiet yet efficient game in limited time. If Vaughn continues to struggle at the FT line, Sims minutes may have to increase.
The rest of the bench (sans an injured Benimon) saw some good run in the 2nd half once the outcome was no longer in doubt - Vee Sanford especially looked good on offense (made his 1st 3FG), and is making the case to slide ahead of Mescheriakov in the rotation.
HD BOX SCORE Lafayette vs Georgetown 11/28/09 12:00 at Verizon Center Final score: Georgetown 97, Lafayette 64 Lafayette Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF Karl, Jeff 19:58 - 6 7/41 2- 2 1- 5 0- 1 7/31 2/11 3/34 1/35 0/21 2/19 1/15 2 Gruner, Michael 26:50 -29 9/35 2- 3 1- 3 2- 3 6/33 1/10 2/46 1/44 0/27 1/22 2/19 1 Willen, Ryan 20:50 - 7 3/43 0- 3 1- 5 0- 0 8/29 2/14 1/33 2/37 0/19 2/16 1/13 1 Benbow, Darion 17:27 -16 4/25 2- 5 0- 0 0- 0 5/20 1/ 7 0/32 3/28 0/20 2/12 3/16 1 Mintz, Jared 23:19 -10 16/50 4- 6 1- 1 5- 6 7/35 1/13 1/41 3/43 0/22 2/19 2/15 3 Wheeler, Ben 14:54 - 8 6/24 3- 4 0- 0 0- 0 4/20 2/ 6 1/23 1/26 0/13 1/12 1/ 7 0 Moore, Andy 05:23 -11 0/ 5 0- 0 0- 1 0- 0 1/ 9 1/ 2 0/ 9 0/ 9 0/ 6 0/ 8 0/ 2 0 Mower, Jim 16:33 -14 12/28 0- 3 4- 7 0- 0 10/26 2/ 7 0/27 0/28 0/14 0/16 0/ 9 4 Johnson, Tony 19:17 -13 3/35 0- 0 1- 1 0- 0 1/27 4/13 2/30 1/28 0/17 0/14 1/11 1 Giese, Levi 07:45 -12 2/ 7 1- 1 0- 1 0- 0 2/10 0/ 2 0/13 1/12 0/ 8 0/ 7 0/ 3 0 Delaney, Rob 04:29 - 8 2/ 4 1- 2 0- 0 0- 0 2/ 9 0/ 1 0/ 7 0/ 7 0/ 4 0/ 7 0/ 1 1 Petkovich, Nick 04:28 - 5 0/ 7 0- 1 0- 1 0- 0 2/ 6 0/ 3 0/ 7 0/ 7 1/ 4 0/ 3 1/ 2 1 Orchowski, Alex 03:58 -12 0/ 2 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 7 0/ 1 0/ 7 0/ 7 0/ 5 0/ 7 0/ 2 2 Pelham, J.D 12:21 -10 0/14 0- 0 0- 1 0- 0 1/18 0/ 6 0/17 1/16 1/13 1/13 0/ 8 3 Koltun, Marek 02:28 - 4 0/ 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 0 0/ 0 0/ 4 2/ 3 0/ 2 0/ 0 0/ 2 0 TOTALS 40:00 64 15-30 9-26 7-10 56 16/24 10/66 17/66 2/39 12/35 14/25 20 . 0.500 0.346 0.700 0.667 0.152 0.258 0.051 0.343 0.560 Georgetown Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF Wright, Chris 31:35 +18 14/73 5- 9 0- 4 4- 4 13/46 4/22 1/55 2/54 0/22 0/20 2/23 1 Monroe, Greg 29:37 +24 13/71 4- 7 0- 1 5- 5 8/44 6/22 1/50 5/51 1/26 3/18 6/24 1 Freeman, Austin 29:42 +16 12/66 4- 7 1- 2 1- 1 9/43 1/20 1/50 0/49 0/24 1/18 2/25 0 Clark, Jason 30:13 +29 19/76 3- 4 3- 6 4- 4 10/47 6/22 3/52 1/54 0/24 1/19 4/26 1 Vaughn, Julian 21:01 +27 11/54 5- 6 0- 0 1- 4 6/34 2/17 1/36 2/37 0/ 9 2/14 3/14 3 Thompson, Hollis 21:21 +15 16/55 2- 2 4- 4 0- 0 6/28 1/11 0/32 0/31 0/17 1/11 2/22 1 Sims, Henry 14:00 +12 2/30 1- 1 0- 1 0- 0 2/19 2/11 0/23 1/21 2/13 1/ 9 2/18 2 Mescheriakov, Nikita 09:32 + 3 3/21 0- 0 1- 1 0- 0 1/13 1/ 6 0/11 0/13 0/ 6 0/ 7 0/ 7 5 Sanford, Vee 07:13 +12 5/23 1- 1 1- 1 0- 0 2/11 1/ 7 0/12 0/11 0/ 4 1/ 4 0/ 8 0 Dougherty, Ryan 03:12 + 4 0/ 9 0- 1 0- 0 0- 0 1/ 6 0/ 4 0/ 5 0/ 5 0/ 3 0/ 3 0/ 4 0 STEPKA, Stephen 02:34 + 5 2/ 7 1- 1 0- 0 0- 0 1/ 4 0/ 2 0/ 4 0/ 4 0/ 2 0/ 2 0/ 4 0 TOTALS 40:00 97 26-39 10-20 15-18 59 24/36 7/66 11/66 3/30 11/25 23/35 14 . 0.667 0.500 0.833 0.667 0.106 0.167 0.100 0.440 0.657 Efficiency: Georgetown 1.470, Lafayette 0.970 eFG%: Georgetown 0.695, Lafayette 0.509 Substitutions: Georgetown 24, Lafayette 66 2-pt Shot Selection: Dunks: Georgetown 3-4, Lafayette 0-0 Layups/Tips: Georgetown 18-25, Lafayette 7-12 Jumpers: Georgetown 5-10, Lafayette 8-18 Fast break pts (% FG pts): Georgetown 8 (9.8), Lafayette 0 (0.0) Pts (eff.) after steal: Georgetown 15 (214.3), Lafayette 7 (70.0) Seconds per poss: Georgetown 15.8, Lafayette 20.6
The Hoyas have a fast turn-around, with Jeremy Goode and the Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers coming in to Verizon on Monday night.
Season team and player stats will be updated after Monday's game.
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I've been doing some programming over the long weekend. I'm adding some capabilities to my play-by-play parser. Not sure where it's all headed, but it does let me make some new pretty graphics and such.
For example:
HoyaChris here,
ReplyDeleteAre you sure that you have calculated Hollis correctly in terms of points produced? 16 points on six shots with no turnovers is pretty good.
I think so. Are you concerned that I'm only crediting him with 6.5 points produced when he scored 16 points in the game?
ReplyDeleteIt turns out that all 6 of his made FGs were assisted, so the passer gets partial credit for those points. Of course, the passer also gets partial credit for the possession used. That split in points/poss. used between the passer and scorer is based upon the scorer's shooting accuracy (eFG%), with higher eFG% giving more weight to the passer.
If you think about it for a minute, it makes sense: you want to reward a player who passes to accurate shooters (or who creates layups and dunks with his passes) and punish players for passing to bad shooters. And since Thompson was 2/2 2FG, 4/4 3FG, his eFG% was well above 100% which really skews his points towards the passer. It's a bit of statistical fluke here, but is self-correcting over the course of many games.
I wouldn't worry as much about points produced as his off. rating (257), which means he was producing >2.5 points for each possession he used.