Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Recap: Georgetown 86, Harvard 70

The Hoyas ended the early part of their schedule with a matinee game at the Verizon Center against the Crimson of Harvard, and walked away with an 86-70 victory.  Since it was a noon start on a weekday, looks like I'll be about the last one to post a recap (some of us have to work two days before Christmas).

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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