Friday, January 15, 2010

Recap: Georgetown 85, Seton Hall 73

Editors note:  This recap was written by Alan Greene (ignore the byline at the bottom)
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Well, that felt a bit like vintage III-era Georgetown.

No, not just the domination -- this was an 18-point game with 47 seconds left -- but the manner in which it occurred.

There were several devastating runs driven by a combination of exceptional half-court D and a flurry of made buckets. There was a second-half run by the opponent that was calmly refuted.

The typical Thompson-era weaknesses also appeared. Georgetown turned the ball over on almost 24% of its possessions, and gave up offensive rebounds at an alarming rate.

In other ways it felt different. For one, the defense was not particularly good. Yes, the numbers below are a little deceptive as Seton Hall scored eight points late when everything was decided, but overall the defense was not strong.

Part of that was the aforementioned offensive boards, but part of it was giving up a surprising number of easy buckets down low. The Hoyas did block 16% of Seton Hall's 2s, but it didn't keep the Hall from making layups.

On offense, Julian Vaughn gave the team a nice low post threat that felt like a throwback, and there was definitely a Jon Wallace-style feel to the team's three-point shooting, but stylistically it is interesting to see the little differences.

For one, Georgetown scored 22 fast break points. The Green-Wallace-Hibbert Hoyas might've taken four or five Big East games to generate that many.

The team still brings its big men to the top of the key to open the lane and sets screens constantly. In the past, these shots often came from step-back threes and back cuts. Those still happen; but now the team has added a couple of highly effective wrinkles: the screen/pick and roll and the dribble drive.

In the end, though, the similarities outweighed the differences. The Hoyas won because their combination of generating easy shots and excellent shooting overcame their turnovers and poor rebounding.

The difference between mirroring 05-06 and 06-07 could be how well the Hoyas can fix those last two issues.

Let's run the numbers:

TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE 

Home                            Visitor   
Georgetown                      Seton Hall         
.            1st Half  2nd Half   Total      1st Half  2nd Half   Total
Pace            34        33        68 

Effic.        128.5     122.7     125.5        81.8     134.6     107.8   

eFG%           76.1      76.2      76.1        42.0      47.4      45.2  
TO%            23.4      23.9      23.6        29.2       6.0      17.7  
OR%            33.3      36.4      35.0        31.2      52.4      43.2  
FT Rate        56.5      66.7      61.4        32.0      31.6      31.7  

Assist Rate    43.8      64.3      53.3        50.0      47.1      48.1  
Block Rate     11.1      19.4      16.3         5.6      13.3       9.1  
Steal Rate     26.3       3.0      14.8        11.7      15.0      13.3   

2FG%           72.2      66.7      69.7        50.0      48.4      49.0  
3FG%           60.0      66.7      63.6        14.3      28.6      21.4  
FT%            69.2      64.3      66.7        87.5      75.0      80.0


At some point, a television announcer will see enough Hoya games (or Sports Information will send him or her a memo) to notice how much better the Hoyas are when Greg Monroe is on the floor, no matter how many shots he takes. He attracts defensive attention, facilitates and he's becoming absolutely devastating on defense, which is why he clocks in with the second best net points for the game.

Austin Freeman had an excellent game shooting, but five turnovers held down his overall effectiveness a bit.

Julian Vaughn, like most of the Hoyas, struggled a bit with rebounding today. He just couldn't seem to get a handle on anything. However, he showed off a series of excellent low post moves. Some plays he was merely physical; on another he had a great spin move in the lane that showed off some nice footwork.

Jerelle Benimon struggled in his short time on the floor, picking up some fouls and getting out-rebounded. But he wasn't out of place and his FT stroke was nice.

A series of folks thought this might be a bit of a breakout game for Henry Sims due to matchups. To a certain extent, they were right. Sims swatted a couple of shots, grabbed a key defensive board in the middle of the Seton Hall run and several offensive boards. He couldn't finish on offense, though, as he was a little weak with the ball.

I'm not sure if I'm allowed to do this, but I'm taking the easy way out and picking both Chris Wright and Jason Clark as my players of the game.

Many of Wright's buckets were of the easy layups variety, while Clark made a series of open and not so open jumpers. Clark's shooting was more impressive, but Wright's playmaking was just as important.

But they are mostly getting this award for completely shutting down Jeremy Hazell. Defense is a team endeavor, but Wright and Clark traded off on Hazell and harassed him all night. When the game was still in doubt, Hazell had only nine points.


INDIVIDUAL NET POINTS STATS

Georgetown            Off     %           Pts      Def           Pts   
Player                Poss  Poss  O.Rtg   Prod     Poss  D.Rtg  Allow    Net Pts

Wright, Chris          60   23.8  153.6   21.9      61   100.1   12.2      +8.7  
Monroe, Greg           46   22.3  106.7   10.9      47    71.7    6.7      +3.9  
Freeman, Austin        62   23.3  104.5   15.1      61   100.8   12.3      +1.7  
Clark, Jason           44   23.2  121.2   12.4      44   107.3    9.4      +2.2  
Vaughn, Julian         50   16.4  144.0   11.8      50   107.6   10.8      +2.0  
Thompson, Hollis       30    4.3  250.0    3.2      30   114.1    6.8      -0.9  
Sanford, Vee            5   20.0    0.0    0.0       6   102.2    1.2      -1.1  
Dougherty, Ryan         2  100.0    0.0    0.0       3   166.7    1.0      -2.2  
Benimon, Jerrelle      18    5.6  200.0    2.0      20   125.4    5.0      -1.1  
Sims, Henry            18    4.5  185.7    1.5      18   117.8    4.2      -1.1  
TOTALS                 67         124.3   78.9      68   102.6   69.8     +11.9  

Seton Hall            Off     %           Pts      Def           Pts   
Player                Poss  Poss  O.Rtg   Prod     Poss  D.Rtg  Allow    Net Pts

LAWRENCE, Keon         43   15.0  107.7    6.9      40   125.1   10.0      -2.1  
POPE, Herb             38   35.9   68.2    9.3      37   123.8    9.2      -3.7  
HAZELL, Jeremy         55   23.1   89.2   11.3      54   126.2   13.6      -3.5  
MITCHELL, Robert       41   12.6  165.4    8.5      40   121.2    9.7      +0.5  
HALL, Ferrakohn        31   15.9  122.2    6.0      30   119.8    7.2      -0.5  
THEODORE, Jordan       34   23.0   99.2    7.8      37   115.7    8.6      -1.0  
HARVEY, Eugene         27   20.0  110.3    6.0      26   135.5    7.0      -1.2  
JACKSON, Jamel          4   50.0    0.0    0.0       4    35.0    0.3      -0.5  
GARCIA, John           14    5.9  300.0    2.5      14   132.8    3.7      +0.1  
ROBINSON, Jeff         53   16.4  132.4   11.5      53   122.5   13.0      -0.3  
TOTALS                 68         103.3   69.8      67   122.8   82.3     -12.8

HD BOX SCORE

Seton Hall vs Georgetown
01/14/10 7:00 at Verizon Center

Final score: Georgetown 85, Seton Hall 73

Seton Hall              Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
LAWRENCE, Keon         25:13  - 6   6/48  3- 9  0- 0  0- 0  9/37  4/14  2/40  1/43  0/21  0/20  2/14   0
POPE, Herb             22:17  -12   6/34  3- 9  0- 0  0- 2  9/35  2/10  0/37  4/38  1/19  6/22  4/11   5
HAZELL, Jeremy         32:20  -16  17/55  3- 5  3- 9  2- 2 14/48  0/15  2/54  2/55  0/27  0/29  0/13   1
MITCHELL, Robert       24:08  + 3   8/50  2- 5  0- 2  4- 4  7/43  2/16  0/40  0/41  1/17  2/25  2/15   3
HALL, Ferrakohn        17:17  - 3   8/35  4- 5  0- 0  0- 0  5/27  0/ 9  0/30  1/31  1/15  2/15  1/11   4
THEODORE, Jordan       20:44  -11   8/37  2- 4  0- 1  4- 5  5/34  4/13  3/37  2/34  0/17  0/21  1/ 7   1
HARVEY, Eugene         15:46  - 7   7/27  2- 3  0- 0  3- 4  3/23  0/ 7  0/26  1/27  0/16  0/13  0/10   3
JACKSON, Jamel         01:49  + 1   0/ 2  0- 0  0- 2  0- 0  2/ 4  0/ 1  0/ 4  0/ 4  0/ 1  0/ 3  0/ 1   0
GARCIA, John           08:56  - 8   3/11  1- 1  0- 0  1- 1  1/12  0/ 3  0/14  0/14  0/ 8  0/ 8  0/ 4   2
ROBINSON, Jeff         31:30  - 1  10/66  4- 8  0- 0  2- 2  8/52  1/20  2/53  1/53  0/24  4/29  2/14   2
TOTALS                 40:00       73    24-49  3-14 16-20    63 13/27  9/67 12/68  3/33 16/37 13/20  21
.                                        0.490 0.214 0.800       0.481 0.134 0.176 0.091 0.432 0.650    

Georgetown              Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
Wright, Chris          37:10  +14  21/77  8-12  1- 2  2- 5 14/42  6/19  3/61  0/60  1/45  1/20  0/34   2
Monroe, Greg           28:54  +21   8/69  2- 4  0- 0  4- 6  4/33  4/23  3/47  3/46  1/31  0/11  9/28   4
Freeman, Austin        36:41  +16  16/79  5- 6  1- 2  3- 4  8/41  4/21  1/61  5/62  0/45  0/20  4/33   1
Clark, Jason           27:50  +13  20/61  1- 2  4- 4  6- 7  6/31  0/17  1/44  3/44  1/37  0/15  2/27   3
Vaughn, Julian         30:41  +10  13/60  6- 6  0- 1  1- 3  7/35  2/17  0/50  1/50  2/39  1/17  3/27   2
Thompson, Hollis       16:31  + 3   5/38  1- 1  1- 1  0- 0  2/18  0/11  1/30  0/30  1/18  0/ 5  1/16   1
Sanford, Vee           01:49  - 4   0/ 4  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 1  0/ 1  1/ 6  1/ 5  0/ 2  0/ 0  0/ 2   0
Dougherty, Ryan        00:38  - 5   0/ 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 0  0/ 0  0/ 3  2/ 2  0/ 1  0/ 0  0/ 1   0
Benimon, Jerrelle      10:02  + 2   2/24  0- 0  0- 0  2- 2  0/10  0/ 8  0/20  0/18  0/11  0/ 2  0/ 9   3
Sims, Henry            09:44  -10   0/13  0- 2  0- 1  0- 0  3/ 9  0/ 3  0/18  0/18  2/16  3/10  1/ 8   0
TOTALS                 40:00       85    23-33  7-11 18-27    44 16/30 10/68 16/67  8/49  7/20 21/37  16
.                                        0.697 0.636 0.667       0.533 0.147 0.239 0.163 0.350 0.568    

Efficiency: Georgetown 1.269, Seton Hall 1.074
eFG%: Georgetown 0.761, Seton Hall 0.452
Substitutions: Georgetown 24, Seton Hall 33

2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Georgetown 4-4, Seton Hall 1-1
Layups/Tips: Georgetown 15-21, Seton Hall 19-28
Jumpers: Georgetown 4-8, Seton Hall 4-20

Fast break pts (% FG pts): Georgetown 22 (32.8), Seton Hall 8 (14.0)
Pts (eff.) after steal: Georgetown 16 (160.0), Seton Hall 12 (133.3)
Seconds per poss: Georgetown 16.2, Seton Hall 19.4





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Stats pages will be updated tomorrow night

1 comment:

  1. I'd love to see the numbers run at the 39th minute of the game, since the last minute (in which III put in the end of the bench, and Gonzo decided this was the time for Hazell to get his points and pretend he hadn't shot SHU out of the game) featured:

    3-3 shooting for the Hall (2-2 from 3)
    2 turnovers by Georgetown (both charged to Dougherty)

    Not that this makes a huge difference in the end, but it definitely changes the TO rate from 21.5% to 21.8% and lowers our defensive efficiency (and raises SHU's eFG) from where they were in the "true" game.

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