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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
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:
ReplyDelete3-3 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.