Saturday, January 23, 2010

Recap: Georgetown 88, Rutgers 63

Georgetown used a 12-0 run in the first half and a 15-0 run in the second to easily defeat the Rutgers Scarlet Knights today at the Verizon Center.

Let's run the numbers:

TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE
 
.            Home                            Visitor   
.            Georgetown                      Rutgers         
.            1st Half  2nd Half   Total      1st Half  2nd Half   Total
Pace            33        36        68
 
Effic.        140.7     117.1     128.8        88.7      94.8      92.2  
 
eFG%           70.0      72.9      71.3        52.1      50.0      50.9  
TO%             9.2      27.9      19.0        30.6      13.9      22.0  
OR%            16.7      50.0      31.8        31.2      20.0      25.0  
FT Rate        13.3      62.5      35.2        29.2       6.1      15.8  

Assist Rate    66.7      56.2      61.8        90.0      35.7      58.3  
Block Rate     10.0      11.1      10.7         5.3      10.5       7.9  
Steal Rate     15.3       8.4      11.7         6.1       8.4       7.3  
 
2FG%           63.2      68.4      65.8        50.0      50.0      50.0  
3FG%           54.5      60.0      56.2        35.7      33.3      34.5  
FT%           100.0      46.7      57.9        57.1      50.0      55.6

The Hoyas had a very strong offensive half to start the game, committing only 3 turnovers (to Rutgers' 10) on the way to a 17-point lead at the break.

Georgetown had an excellent selective shooting performance in the Lift-off half [1/1 dunks, 10/13 layups and tip-ins, 1/5 2FG jumpers and 6/11 3FGs] while limiting the Scarlet Knights to only 10 2FGAs (5 made).  The Hoyas weren't rebounding particularly strongly in the half, but Rutgers could only turn their five offensive rebounds into 4 points.

The Vesper half was another lopsided affair, as G'town pulled out to a 33-point lead before Coach Thompson emptied the bench after the final media timeout.  The Hoyas were more sloppy with the ball in the 2nd half - even ignoring their 3 turnovers in the final four possessions during garbage time, they had 7 turnovers in 30 possessions (23%).  However, they managed to do a much better job protecting the glass at both ends, gathering fully half of their own misses (5/10).  And they actually shot better in the Vesper half [2/3 dunks, 6/9 layups, 5/7 2FG jumpers, 3/5 3FGs].

The Hoyas also shot better than 50% from behind the arc for the third time in four games (also vs. Pittsburgh and Seton Hall).

In fact, Georgetown has improved their outside shooting from 35.8% (= 57/159) out-of-conference to 44.7% (= 55/123) during their first eight conference games.  Frankly this worries me, as I just don't think 45% shooting for 3FGA is sustainable for the rest of the season.

Here's how the Hoyas have shot the ball in-conference play historically (courtesy of StatSheet.com):
.                      Conf.      Best
Season     GU 3FG%   Avg 3FG%   Team 3FG%
2004-05     34.5       34.1       39.4
2005-06     35.1       35.0       41.6
2006-07     37.0       33.9       37.9
2007-08     34.6       34.3       40.7
2008-09     33.0       33.9       38.9
2009-10     44.7       33.6       45.6
Notre Dame has lead the Big East in 3FG% each of the past five seasons, but never shot 42% over the course of an entire conference season.  Right now, Marquette is the league leader, and the Hoyas and Warriors are the only teams shooting better than 41% for the year in-conference.


INDIVIDUAL NET POINTS STATS

Georgetown            Off     %           Pts      Def           Pts   
Player                Poss  Poss  O.Rtg   Prod     Poss  D.Rtg  Allow    Net Pts
Wright, Chris          55   26.3  110.5   16.0      51    83.8    8.6      +5.6  
Monroe, Greg           55   29.5  148.9   24.2      55    85.8    9.4     +12.5  
Freeman, Austin        46   22.5  124.6   12.9      45    99.3    8.9      +3.3  
Clark, Jason           38   14.6  142.5    7.9      37    89.0    6.6      +2.2  
Vaughn, Julian         34   25.3  163.1   14.0      31   102.6    6.4      +6.4  
Thompson, Hollis       42    9.8  136.7    5.6      42    78.6    6.6      +0.7  
Sanford, Vee           15   12.9   97.0    1.9      16   123.9    4.0      -1.3  
Dougherty, Ryan         3   33.3    0.0    0.0       4   113.3    0.9      -1.0  
Benimon, Jerrelle      30    9.0   97.1    2.6      30    69.0    4.1      -0.4  
STEPKA, Stephen         2    0.0    -      0.0       3   137.8    0.8      -0.8  
Sims, Henry            15   22.8  110.5    3.8      16    90.9    2.9      +0.8  
TOTALS                 67         130.0   88.9      66    89.7   59.2     +28.1  

Rutgers               Off     %           Pts      Def           Pts   
Player                Poss  Poss  O.Rtg   Prod     Poss  D.Rtg  Allow    Net Pts
ROSARIO, Mike          43   43.8   76.8   14.5      45   146.7   13.2      -5.9  
NDIAYE, Hamady         57   18.4  112.8   11.9      59   139.4   16.4      -3.7  
BEATTY, James          59   13.2   75.8    5.9      61   116.5   14.2      -5.7  
MILLER, Dane           47   18.2   42.7    3.7      48   143.6   13.8      -9.4  
MITCHELL, Jonathan     53   17.6  148.2   13.8      53   112.0   11.9      +2.6  
JOHNSON, Austin        13    1.1  300.0    0.4      14   165.2    4.6      -2.0  
JACKSON, Patrick       15   20.0    0.0    0.0      16    69.4    2.2      -2.2  
COBURN, Mike           34   16.1  163.5    9.0      31   124.3    7.7      +1.7  
OKAM, Brian             9   17.9   76.1    1.2       8    30.0    0.5      +0.7  
TOTALS                 66          92.4   60.3      67   126.2   84.6     -23.4

This was the Greg Monroe show, as he used nearly 30% of available possessions while posting an offensive rating just shy of 150.  Monroe was a model of high-usage efficiency, making 9/11 2FG, 1/1 3FG and co-leading the team with 6 assists and 3 off. rebounds.  And he put up that high ORating while still committing 4 turnovers in the game - there's still room for improvement, gosh darn it.  A quick look at the historical record indicates that he's only had one better performance, his second-ever college game last season against Drexel (I have no recollection of that game, but that's why I write these things down).

His front-court partner in crime - Julian Vaughn - also had a solid game against the apparently overwhelmed Rutgers' big men.  Vaughn also missed only 1 shot, and made 4/4 FTs in the game, bringing him over 50% shooting for the season (21/39) after starting out the year 1/10 from the line.  More importantly, he's been able to improve his assist rate (13.5 to 16.2) while decreasing his turnover rate (23.9 to 17.3) from out-of-conference to in-conference.  Julian had a 30% turnover rate last season, so this is a huge leap for him.

Chris Wright had a couple of issues out there today (4 turnovers, 2 shot attempts blocked) but still managed to look good by shooting a scintillating 4/5 from deep while dropping six dimes.

Austin Freeman and Jason Clark struggled just a bit from outside (2/7 3FG combined) but were otherwise solid.  Well, actually Freeman missed two more FTs today, dropping him down to 88.5% for the season and jeopardizing his standing in the 180-shooter club - he's currently 52.6% FG, 46.3% 3FG, 88.5% FT (= 187.4%).  Yeah, I'm now tracking this.

The bench contributed 16 points to the cause, with Thompson and Benimon (today's defensive star) seeing significant time in the first half while the outcome was still in doubt.  Vee Sanford saw his most playing time (16 possessions) since the early season.  Henry Sims didn't get into the game until well into the 2nd half, and may have officially fallen out of the rotation.  However, he comported himself quite well when he did get in, with two sweet drives on consecutive plays (with assists from Monroe on each) and a just-missed alley-oop.


HD BOX SCORE

Rutgers vs Georgetown
01/23/10 12:00 at Verizon Center
Final score: Georgetown 88, Rutgers 63

Rutgers                 Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
ROSARIO, Mike          26:30  -27  15/39  3- 8  3-10  0- 0 18/37  2/ 9  0/45  2/43  0/26  1/24  0/14   1
NDIAYE, Hamady         35:18  -27  10/57  4- 7  0- 0  2- 3  7/48  3/17  0/59  2/57  3/35  3/29  4/18   3
BEATTY, James          35:31  -17   7/60  0- 0  2- 3  1- 3  3/51  3/21  3/61  4/59  0/35  1/31  1/19   0
MILLER, Dane           28:04  -30   0/42  0- 1  0- 5  0- 0  6/40  5/16  0/48  4/47  0/29  1/25  3/16   3
MITCHELL, Jonathan     31:33  - 7  21/55  3- 7  5- 8  0- 0 15/48  0/14  1/53  0/53  0/30  1/29  3/18   0
JOHNSON, Austin        08:27  -18   0/ 8  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 9  1/ 2  0/14  0/13  0/ 8  0/ 7  1/ 4   3
JACKSON, Patrick       09:42  +11   0/21  0- 0  0- 3  0- 0  3/14  0/ 8  0/16  1/15  0/ 6  0/ 8  2/ 6   1
COBURN, Mike           20:13  -12  10/27  4- 4  0- 0  2- 3  4/29  0/ 6  1/31  1/34  0/18  0/20  0/11   3
OKAM, Brian            04:42  + 2   0/ 6  0- 1  0- 0  0- 0  1/ 9  0/ 3  0/ 8  0/ 9  0/ 3  2/ 7  1/ 4   1
TOTALS                 40:00       63    14-28 10-29  5- 9    57 14/24  5/67 15/66  3/38  9/36 15/22  15
.                                        0.500 0.345 0.556       0.583 0.075 0.227 0.079 0.250 0.682    

Georgetown              Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
Wright, Chris          31:31  +35  16/81  1- 5  4- 5  2- 3 10/47  6/27  1/51  4/55  0/21  0/15  4/27   2
Monroe, Greg           32:54  +20  21/74  9-11  1- 1  0- 0 12/47  6/21  1/55  4/55  1/24  3/17 11/30   1
Freeman, Austin        27:03  +21  14/65  5- 7  1- 4  1- 3 11/41  3/20  0/45  0/46  0/17  0/15  2/23   1
Clark, Jason           22:11  +19   9/54  2- 3  1- 3  2- 2  6/35  2/18  1/37  1/38  0/17  0/14  2/19   2
Vaughn, Julian         20:19  +20  12/52  4- 5  0- 0  4- 4  5/31  3/15  0/31  1/34  0/11  3/11  2/14   1
Thompson, Hollis       26:17  +19   8/55  1- 2  2- 3  0- 2  5/29  0/17  2/42  0/42  0/16  0/12  1/25   1
Sanford, Vee           09:58  -11   2/ 9  1- 1  0- 0  0- 0  1/ 8  0/ 2  0/16  1/15  0/ 9  0/ 7  0/10   2
Dougherty, Ryan        01:48  - 4   0/ 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 1  0/ 0  0/ 4  1/ 3  0/ 2  0/ 2  0/ 2   1
Benimon, Jerrelle      17:29  +11   1/35  0- 0  0- 0  1- 2  0/21  1/12  2/30  1/30  1/11  1/11  2/18   1
STEPKA, Stephen        01:12  - 4   0/ 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 1  0/ 0  0/ 3  0/ 2  0/ 2  0/ 1  0/ 2   0
Sims, Henry            09:18  - 1   5/15  2- 4  0- 0  1- 4  4/ 9  0/ 4  1/16  0/15  1/10  0/ 5  0/10   0
TOTALS                 40:00       88    25-38  9-16 11-20    54 21/34  8/66 13/67  3/28  7/22 27/36  12
.                                        0.658 0.562 0.550       0.618 0.121 0.194 0.107 0.318 0.750    

Efficiency: Georgetown 1.313, Rutgers 0.955
eFG%: Georgetown 0.713, Rutgers 0.509
Substitutions: Georgetown 22, Rutgers 20

2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Georgetown 3-4, Rutgers 2-2
Layups/Tips: Georgetown 16-22, Rutgers 6-12
Jumpers: Georgetown 6-12, Rutgers 6-14

Fast break pts (% FG pts): Georgetown 10 (13.0), Rutgers 4 (6.9)
Pts (eff.) after steal: Georgetown 6 (75.0), Rutgers 5 (100.0)
Seconds per poss: Georgetown 18.6, Rutgers 17.5

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Stats pages will be updated tomorrow morning (hopefully).

2 comments:

  1. Awesome post! Thank you for doing this every game, I love it.

    Just one question on the 3 point %. Great comparison to other teams and really an encouraging stat going into the Cuse's zone. What is the "Conf. 3FG%? Is that the entire conference?

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  2. Yes, that's it exactly. I just re-labeled the columns to make it more clear (hopefully).

    "Best Team" refers to the highest 3% percentage for any team in-conference each season.

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