Sunday, January 3, 2010

Recap: Georgetown 67, DePaul 50

The Hoyas took the court today against DePaul for their last tune-up before their Big East schedule becomes considerably tougher, and cruised to a 17-point victory at the Allstate Arena.

Let's run the numbers:

TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE
 
.            Visitor                         Home      
.            Georgetown                      DePaul         
.            1st Half  2nd Half   Total      1st Half  2nd Half   Total
Pace            27        30        57

Effic.        131.8     105.2     117.8        94.1      82.2      87.9  
 
eFG%           64.6      69.4      66.7        42.3      48.0      45.1  
TO%            15.1      26.3      21.1        15.1      29.6      22.9  
OR%            38.5      14.3      30.0        35.3      26.7      31.2  
FTA/FGA        29.2      61.1      42.9        19.2       8.0      13.7  
 
Assist Rate    76.9      72.7      75.0        70.0      40.0      55.0  
Block Rate      9.5      12.5      10.8         7.7      16.7      12.0  
Steal Rate      3.8      19.7      12.3        15.1      13.2      14.1  
 
2FG%           61.5      66.7      64.0        38.1      37.5      37.8  
3FG%           45.5      50.0      47.1        40.0      44.4      42.9  
FT%            57.1      63.6      61.1        60.0      50.0      57.1

Today's game was not available here in the hinterlands, not even on ESPN360 (much to my, and apparently others, consternation), so this will be much more of a stats dump than recap.

Today's pace was, dare I say, glacial - DePaul came into the game as the slowest-paced team in the Big East, and the Hoyas were willing to oblige.  The Blue Demons also came into the game with the worst offense in the Big East, averaging 0.97 points per possession, and essentially hit that mark once you account for the Hoyas stellar defense so far this year.

Once again, the Hoyas put up a low turnover number (12) that was generated as much by the deliberate pace as an improvement in ball-handling.  While both teams held on to the ball well in the 1st half, the game got sloppy in the Vepser half - I don't believe this was garbage-time nonsense:  Georgetown committed four turnovers in five possessions in the 2nd half (two on steals) that allowed DePaul to cut a 17-point lead to 11 and led to JTIII calling a 30-sec timeout.

The Hoyas next opponent (Marquette) is 23rd nationally (2nd in the Big East) in forcing steals, so Wednesday's game should prove a real test.

Having said that, G'town had a solid offensive game today - they made almost 2/3 of their 2-pt shots thanks in part to only 8 2-pt jumpshots (and they made 4 of those).  After shooting 27% [12/45] from deep in their three games prior to Big East play, the Hoyas have now made 44% to start conference play - 4/10 against the Johnnies and 8/17 today.  Free throw shooting could have been better, but that was an equal opportunity effort - five Hoyas missed seven combined shots - that I'd just as soon chalk that up to happenstance.


INDIVIDUAL NET POINTS STATS

Georgetown            Off     %           Pts      Def           Pts   
Player                Poss  Poss  O.Rtg   Prod     Poss  D.Rtg  Allow    Net Pts
Vaughn, Julian         33   19.8   94.3    6.1      34    74.9    5.1      +1.2  
Monroe, Greg           51   23.7  106.7   12.9      50    74.3    7.4      +4.7  
Wright, Chris          51   27.0  111.0   15.3      50    77.6    7.8      +6.0  
Freeman, Austin        52   14.9  177.8   13.8      52    85.1    8.9      +6.1  
Clark, Jason           45   21.9   99.5    9.8      45    96.0    8.6      +0.7  
Thompson, Hollis       29   10.1  137.0    4.0      29    64.5    3.7      +1.2  
Sanford, Vee            1    0.0    -      0.0       2   180.0    0.7      -0.7  
Benimon, Jerrelle      11    7.5  245.4    2.0      13   117.1    3.0      +0.0  
Sims, Henry            12   14.6   96.0    1.7      10    70.4    1.4      +0.4  
TOTALS                 57         118.3   65.6      57    81.9   46.7     +19.8  

DePaul                Off     %           Pts      Def           Pts   
Player                Poss  Poss  O.Rtg   Prod     Poss  D.Rtg  Allow    Net Pts
HILL, Devin            23   29.0   67.6    4.5      21   113.6    4.8      -1.7  
WALLACE, Eric          45   22.5   89.6    9.1      48   104.3   10.0      -1.2  
KOSHWAL, Mac           56   16.3  140.2   12.8      55   117.9   13.0      +0.9  
STOVALL, Mike          20   24.8   52.4    2.6      21   138.0    5.8      -3.7  
WALKER, Will           55   27.5   62.9    9.5      55   111.1   12.2      -5.0  
ROGERS, Nate            5   20.0    0.0    0.0       6    80.0    1.0      -0.9  
STULA, Mario           15    7.3  300.0    3.3      14   144.8    4.1      +0.5  
KELLY, Jeremiah        36    9.9   85.6    3.1      36    95.8    6.9      -2.1  
FREELAND, Tony         20   10.0   43.1    0.9      20   108.5    4.3      -2.4  
DREW, Jimmy             9   11.1    0.0    0.0       7   150.0    2.1      -1.8  
FABER, Krys             1    0.0    -      0.0       2    60.0    0.2      -0.2  
TOTALS                 57          83.6   45.7      57   112.9   64.4     -17.7

Greg Monroe used ~24% of available possessions today, but took only ~15% of the shots [6/39] while he was on the court, preferring the role of facilitator.  He had another 4 turnovers, but this may just be something that Hoya fans will have to live with so long as Monroe serves as the main handler in half-court sets.

Chris Wright cooled off a bit after a great two-game stretch, although an off. rating of 110 while using 27% of possessions - and shooting 5/5 on 2FGs - is nothing to sneeze at.  As I said last game, if he can cut down his turnover rate, he may become a great player, not just a very good one.

In yesterday's post about shot selection, I noted that Austin Freeman and Jason Clark had cooled off on outside shots, and they proceeded to shoot a combined 6/11 on 3FGs.  Just wait to read all the horrible things I'll say about them before the next game.


HD BOX SCORE

Georgetown vs DePaul
01-03-10 1:00 pm at Allstate Arena - Rosemont, Ill.
Final score: Georgetown 67, DePaul 50

Georgetown              Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
Vaughn, Julian         22:55  + 0   5/30  1- 3  0- 0  3- 4  3/21  1/10  1/34  1/33  1/22  1/10  6/19   1
Monroe, Greg           35:08  +23  10/65  3- 6  0- 0  4- 5  6/39  5/20  2/50  4/51  3/30  1/17  3/29   3
Wright, Chris          34:46  +17  18/58  5- 5  2- 5  2- 3 10/37  3/13  1/50  4/51  0/31  0/18  3/28   0
Freeman, Austin        37:01  +13  17/60  4- 7  3- 5  0- 0 12/38  4/15  1/52  0/52  0/36  0/17  3/31   0
Clark, Jason           30:39  +11  13/52  1- 2  3- 6  2- 4  8/33  2/14  0/45  2/45  0/29  0/15  2/27   3
Thompson, Hollis       20:52  +11   4/36  2- 2  0- 1  0- 0  3/21  1/11  2/29  0/29  0/19  0/ 9  4/13   1
Sanford, Vee           00:53  - 1   0/ 2  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 1  0/ 1  0/ 2  0/ 1  0/ 0  0/ 0  0/ 0   0
Dougherty, Ryan        00:15  + 0   0/ 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 0  0/ 0  0/ 0  0/ 0  0/ 0  0/ 0  0/ 0   0
Benimon, Jerrelle      08:37  + 2   0/17  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/11  1/ 6  0/13  0/11  0/11  1/ 5  0/ 7   0
Sims, Henry            08:54  + 9   0/15  0- 0  0- 0  0- 2  0/ 9  1/ 6  0/10  0/12  0/ 7  1/ 4  0/ 6   0
TOTALS                 40:00       67    16-25  8-17 11-18    42 18/24  7/57 12/57  4/37  5/19 22/32   8
.                                        0.640 0.471 0.611       0.750 0.123 0.211 0.108 0.263 0.688    

DePaul                  Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
HILL, Devin            13:39  - 9   5/16  1- 2  1- 2  0- 0  4/19  0/ 4  0/21  3/23  0/10  1/13  0/ 5   3
WALLACE, Eric          33:00  -14   8/42  4- 9  0- 0  0- 0  9/42  1/13  2/48  2/45  1/21  3/26  2/17   2
KOSHWAL, Mac           38:47  -18  16/48  8-12  0- 0  0- 1 12/51  1/12  1/55  0/56  1/23  3/32  5/17   1
STOVALL, Mike          15:32  -14   3/16  0- 4  1- 2  0- 0  6/20  2/ 5  0/21  0/20  0/11  0/15  0/ 8   1
WALKER, Will           38:22  -14   9/48  1- 6  2- 8  1- 2 14/48  4/16  1/55  4/55  0/24  0/30  1/19   2
ROGERS, Nate           04:09  + 0   0/ 4  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 3  0/ 2  0/ 6  1/ 5  0/ 3  0/ 1  1/ 2   0
STULA, Mario           09:42  - 4   6/14  0- 0  2- 2  0- 0  2/15  0/ 4  0/14  0/15  0/ 6  0/ 9  0/ 5   1
KELLY, Jeremiah        25:40  -12   2/31  0- 2  0- 0  2- 2  2/33  3/12  4/36  1/36  0/16  0/22  3/15   0
FREELAND, Tony         14:32  - 3   1/17  0- 2  0- 0  1- 2  2/16  0/ 7  0/20  1/20  1/ 7  0/ 9  0/ 5   2
DREW, Jimmy            05:24  + 2   0/12  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 8  0/ 5  0/ 7  1/ 9  0/ 2  0/ 3  0/ 0   0
FABER, Krys            01:13  + 1   0/ 2  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 0  0/ 0  0/ 2  0/ 1  0/ 2  0/ 0  0/ 2   0
TOTALS                 40:00       50    14-37  6-14  4- 7    51 11/20  8/57 13/57  3/25 10/32 14/19  12
.                                        0.378 0.429 0.571       0.550 0.140 0.228 0.120 0.312 0.737    

Efficiency: Georgetown 1.175, DePaul 0.877
eFG%: Georgetown 0.667, DePaul 0.451
Substitutions: Georgetown 21, DePaul 25

2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Georgetown 0-0, DePaul 5-6
Layups/Tips: Georgetown 12-17, DePaul 8-14
Jumpers: Georgetown 4-8, DePaul 1-17

Fast break pts (% FG pts): Georgetown 4 (7.1), DePaul 6 (13.0)
Pts (eff.) after steal: Georgetown 10 (142.9), DePaul 9 (112.5)
Seconds per poss: Georgetown 20.2, DePaul 21.8




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Stats pages will get updated late tonight or tomorrow.

Speaking of which, I finally started the Individual Net Points page for this season, which is still a work in progress.  Net points is a single number to describe how each player performed in each game - I think it's vastly superior to plus/minus stats, but is still a simplistic way to describe a player statistically.  You're really better off looking at the HD box score line or, perish the thought, watching the actual game.

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