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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