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):
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.. 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
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-------
Stats pages will be updated tomorrow morning (hopefully).
Awesome post! Thank you for doing this every game, I love it.
ReplyDeleteJust 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?
Yes, that's it exactly. I just re-labeled the columns to make it more clear (hopefully).
ReplyDelete"Best Team" refers to the highest 3% percentage for any team in-conference each season.