Let's run the numbers:
TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE . Home Visitor . Georgetown Harvard . 1st Half 2nd Half Total 1st Half 2nd Half Total Pace 37 40 78 Effic. 118.7 103.7 110.9 89.0 91.4 90.3 eFG% 50.0 57.6 53.8 52.2 41.7 46.2 TO% 21.6 29.6 25.8 32.4 22.2 27.1 OR% 47.4 40.0 44.1 25.0 30.0 28.1 FT Rate 36.4 18.2 27.3 43.5 46.7 45.3 Assist Rate 53.3 44.4 48.5 45.5 54.5 50.0 Block Rate 16.7 25.0 21.1 8.3 3.8 6.0 Steal Rate 21.6 17.3 19.3 13.5 9.9 11.6 2FG% 50.0 61.5 56.0 50.0 40.0 44.7 3FG% 33.3 28.6 31.2 40.0 30.0 33.3 FT% 91.7 66.7 83.3 90.0 85.7 87.5
The game was played at a manic pace today, second only to the Washington game for the fastest of the year. Harvard prefers a lot of possessions and got their wish - however, they weren't necessarily dictating tempo as each team's time of possession was ~15.5 seconds. Probably more a function of all those turnovers.
The first half looks to be the more statistically dominant for the Hoyas, but it should be noted that the score was tied at 33-33 with 3:31 left before Georgetown made an 11-0 run to close out the half. The run was the result of Greg Monroe, well, going nuts: 1 layup, 1 assist, 1 off. reb., 2 def. reb., 2 blocks and 2 steals (one of which came immediately after he committed a turnover himself) and a charge drawn (h/t Craig Stouffer).
During the second half, the Hoyas were able to build the lead up to 24 points midway through the half, before a stretch of 4 turnovers in 7 possessions allowed Harvard to close the lead back to 15 points. The margin bounced between 12 and 18 points the rest of the way.
That second half turnover rate might work against an Ivy-league opponent, but would likely allow most Big East teams back into a game. At this point, I don't have any reason to think that turnovers won't be a problem in conference play.
INDIVIDUAL NET POINTS STATS Georgetown Off % Pts Def Pts Player Poss Poss O.Rtg Prod Poss D.Rtg Allow Net Pts Wright, Chris 70 31.8 126.5 28.1 70 80.7 11.3 +13.5 Monroe, Greg 67 21.1 131.6 18.6 67 73.9 9.9 +8.4 Freeman, Austin 65 26.0 108.8 18.4 67 95.2 12.8 +4.0 Clark, Jason 41 13.9 116.5 6.7 41 85.4 7.0 +0.7 Vaughn, Julian 40 12.0 121.2 5.8 42 101.0 8.5 -0.8 Thompson, Hollis 52 5.6 67.8 2.0 51 93.4 9.5 -4.1 Sanford, Vee 14 27.3 21.4 0.8 14 48.6 1.4 -0.8 Dougherty, Ryan 2 50.0 0.0 0.0 2 100.0 0.4 -0.7 Benimon, Jerrelle 19 8.6 79.3 1.3 17 132.7 4.5 -2.0 STEPKA, Stephen 1 100.0 0.0 0.0 0 90.9 0.0 -0.5 Sims, Henry 14 21.4 66.7 2.0 14 73.8 2.1 -0.1 TOTALS 77 108.5 83.8 77 87.4 67.3 +16.3 Harvard Off % Pts Def Pts Player Poss Poss O.Rtg Prod Poss D.Rtg Allow Net Pts Webster, Christian 52 18.1 71.8 6.8 53 98.5 10.4 -3.1 Lin, Jeremy 64 24.1 103.3 15.9 63 104.6 13.2 +1.3 McNally, Oliver 48 29.0 77.2 10.8 48 88.0 8.5 +0.4 Miller, Doug 39 11.3 137.5 6.0 38 108.0 8.2 -0.4 Wright, Keith 46 17.3 101.3 8.1 46 94.9 8.7 -0.1 Curry, Brandyn 47 9.1 172.4 7.3 46 101.4 9.3 +0.5 Georgatos, Jeff 2 0.0 - 0.0 2 80.0 0.3 -0.3 Giger, Dee 20 30.8 79.8 4.9 21 151.3 6.4 -2.9 Casey, Kyle 41 24.9 62.9 6.4 42 109.5 9.2 -3.8 Magnarelli, Pat 26 19.4 61.6 3.1 26 126.8 6.6 -3.4 TOTALS 77 90.3 69.3 77 104.9 80.8 -11.4
Obviously, today was the Chris Wright show, as he scored the most points by a player in the JTIII-era. It may have taken him 21 shots to get there, but it's awfully hard to criticize his decision-making in the second half, where he took and made 2 3FG, and converted 6 of 7 layup attempts. He had 6 steals and 4 assists to go along with all those points, but he also committed 4 turnovers in the game, holding down his efficiency stats a bit. Nonetheless, putting up a 120+ ORating game while using more than 30% of available possessions is impressive.
Greg Monroe led the team in offensive efficiency, and also was strongest on defense among the main six rotation players. He used less than 22% of possessions for the third consecutive game, and I think he may be changing his role a bit in the offense after getting out to a dramatically high-usage start to the season. He's posted 100+ ORatings in those 3 games.
Austin Freeman used more than 25% of possessions while on the court and was modestly efficient while doing so, but his defense looks a bit suspect (in spite of the 3 steals). Jason Clark and Julian Vaughn had quiet offensive days, but Vaughn's defensive rating was poor. Clark somehow managed to foul out in 41 possessions played.
Hollis Thompson is an interesting case for plus/minus versus net efficiency. The plus/minus stat, which cares only how the team played while he was on the court, loved him today with a +14 (second on the team). The net efficiency stats, which track his contribution to the team while he was on the court, was not impressed at all, giving him the lowest score on the team. As I couldn't watch the video stream of the game (I was at work, remember?), I'll leave it up to my intrepid reader to decide which metric does a better job capturing Thompson's performance today.
Henry Sims, Vee Sanford and Jerrelle Benimon all got a bit of run today, although none did much on offense. Sims and especially Sanford look to have played well defensively while on the court though.
That wraps up most of the out-of-conference schedule (except for Duke). The Hoyas kick off the conference schedule against St. John's on New Year's Eve.
HD BOX SCORE
Harvard vs Georgetown
12/23/09 12:00 at Verizon Center
Final score: Georgetown 86, Harvard 70
Harvard Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
Webster, Christian 28:25 -13 8/42 0- 2 1- 5 5- 6 7/37 0/12 1/53 3/52 0/37 0/24 1/27 1
Lin, Jeremy 33:07 -13 15/60 5- 7 1- 3 2- 2 10/48 4/15 3/63 6/64 1/42 1/28 3/29 2
McNally, Oliver 24:13 - 3 11/45 2- 5 1- 4 4- 4 9/35 1/13 2/48 4/48 0/27 1/20 3/20 3
Miller, Doug 20:14 - 4 5/36 2- 4 0- 0 1- 2 4/31 1/11 0/38 0/39 0/21 2/19 2/13 3
Wright, Keith 25:15 - 9 8/37 4- 8 0- 0 0- 0 8/34 0/ 8 0/46 1/46 2/32 3/22 5/23 1
Curry, Brandyn 23:29 - 6 7/45 0- 1 1- 1 4- 4 2/28 4/10 2/46 0/47 0/28 0/18 1/19 1
Georgatos, Jeff 01:17 + 0 0/ 2 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 1 0/ 0 0/ 2 0/ 2 0/ 3 0/ 1 0/ 1 0
Giger, Dee 10:46 -13 5/18 0- 1 1- 1 2- 2 2/11 1/ 4 0/21 3/20 0/16 1/ 6 0/ 7 0
Casey, Kyle 20:13 - 6 8/45 3- 6 0- 1 2- 2 7/24 0/10 1/42 3/41 0/25 0/12 3/20 4
Magnarelli, Pat 13:01 -13 3/20 1- 4 0- 0 1- 2 4/16 0/ 5 0/26 1/26 0/19 1/10 1/11 1
TOTALS 40:00 70 17-38 5-15 21-24 53 11/22 9/77 21/77 3/50 9/32 19/34 16
. 0.447 0.333 0.875 0.500 0.117 0.273 0.060 0.281 0.559
Georgetown Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
Wright, Chris 35:32 +13 34/78 11-16 2- 5 6- 7 21/58 4/17 6/70 4/70 1/36 2/30 4/29 2
Monroe, Greg 34:27 +12 16/74 7-10 0- 1 2- 2 11/59 2/21 4/67 3/67 5/36 6/33 10/28 1
Freeman, Austin 33:45 + 9 21/73 7-14 1- 3 4- 5 17/57 2/20 3/67 4/65 0/33 2/31 2/26 2
Clark, Jason 21:37 +16 8/49 1- 2 2- 3 0- 0 5/35 3/16 0/41 3/41 0/25 1/17 1/17 5
Vaughn, Julian 23:00 + 4 4/44 2- 5 0- 0 0- 0 5/37 2/15 0/42 1/40 1/21 2/19 2/17 1
Thompson, Hollis 25:49 +14 0/59 0- 1 0- 2 0- 0 3/44 2/23 1/51 0/52 0/22 1/22 1/22 4
Sanford, Vee 08:05 + 6 1/14 0- 0 0- 2 1- 2 2/12 0/ 5 1/14 2/14 0/ 6 0/ 7 1/ 7 1
Dougherty, Ryan 01:17 + 0 0/ 2 0- 1 0- 0 0- 0 1/ 3 0/ 1 0/ 2 0/ 2 0/ 0 0/ 1 0/ 1 0
Benimon, Jerrelle 08:18 - 3 0/18 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/15 1/ 7 0/17 1/19 1/ 6 1/ 8 0/ 7 1
STEPKA, Stephen 00:39 + 0 0/ 0 0- 1 0- 0 0- 0 1/ 2 0/ 0 0/ 0 0/ 1 0/ 0 0/ 1 0/ 0 0
Sims, Henry 07:31 + 9 2/19 0- 0 0- 0 2- 2 0/ 8 0/ 7 0/14 2/14 0/ 5 0/ 1 1/ 6 2
TOTALS 40:00 86 28-50 5-16 15-18 66 16/33 15/77 20/77 8/38 15/34 23/32 19
. 0.560 0.312 0.833 0.485 0.195 0.260 0.211 0.441 0.719
Efficiency: Georgetown 1.117, Harvard 0.909
eFG%: Georgetown 0.538, Harvard 0.462
Substitutions: Georgetown 30, Harvard 34
2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Georgetown 1-1, Harvard 3-3
Layups/Tips: Georgetown 25-42, Harvard 14-30
Jumpers: Georgetown 2-7, Harvard 0-5
Fast break pts (% FG pts): Georgetown 14 (19.7), Harvard 14 (28.6)
Pts (eff.) after steal: Georgetown 25 (166.7), Harvard 12 (133.3)
Seconds per poss: Georgetown 15.7, Harvard 15.4
Stats pages will be updated tomorrow.
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