Credit the Orange for forcing the latter, though the Hoyas played their own role. After getting out to a quick 14-0 start, Jim Boeheim made the simple adjustment of extending the zone on the shooters (and specifically Austin Freeman), forcing the Hoyas to either take deeper threes or to try and attack the seams in their 2-3 zone.
The Hoyas were tricky. They did neither.
Instead, the Hoyas committed turnovers on 7 of their next 13 possessions and watched their lead shrink to two points. In fact, that was the start of a 48 possession stretch (from 16:36 in the 1st half to 6:27 in the 2nd half) where Georgetown committed 19 turnovers - that's a TO rate = 39.6%. Which generally makes folks think of Bill Paxton in "Aliens": Game over.
However, it was worse than that. On most possessions, the Hoyas refused to attack the zone, often tossing the ball back and forth across the top. In the early going, this often led to a poor shot or a lazy turnover as they became predictable.
The few times the ball did go to the holes in the zone, the result was often a turnover. Much credit should go to Syracuse's length. They kept the Hoya guards from attempting many passes -- even skip passes across the zone rarely occurred, presumably because of worries about Syracuse's height and quickness.
When the team didn't turn it over, generally good things happened, though Syracuse's size often posed an additional problem in terms of converting down low.
It was ugly, and there's really no getting around it.
The good news is that the Hoyas really aren't this bad, and I'm not sure this game even says that much about the Hoyas-Orange rematch at Verizon later this year. Hopefully it turns into a learning experience and motivates the team. Because there's not much else good there.
Let's run the numbers:
TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE . Visitor Home . Georgetown Syracuse . 1st Half 2nd Half Total 1st Half 2nd Half Total Pace 31 38 68 Effic. 94.2 71.9 82.1 110.4 103.8 107.0 eFG% 60.4 42.0 51.0 60.4 54.8 57.8 TO% 32.5 24.0 27.8 16.2 26.6 22.0 OR% 25.0 10.0 15.6 9.1 35.7 24.0 FTA/FGA 0.0 44.0 22.4 25.0 104.8 62.2 Assist Rate 66.7 66.7 66.7 76.9 72.7 75.0 Block Rate 11.1 0.0 5.9 14.3 42.9 28.6 Steal Rate 3.2 21.3 13.2 22.7 16.0 19.1 2FG% 50.0 42.9 46.4 55.6 62.5 58.8 3FG% 50.0 27.3 38.1 50.0 20.0 36.4 FT% 0.0 54.5 54.5 83.3 72.7 75.0
The only thing to note here is that no one had a good game. Oh, Austin Freeman and Jason Clark shot relatively well, but no one played well.
The guards refused to test the zone with any consistency, despite better results when they did. The bigs barely saw the ball, but turned it over often when they did and failed to grab any offensive boards to make it easier on them.
Defensively, the team wasn't strong but became an absolute sieve when the bench came in. And the offense got worse.
There's nothing much to see here.
On the other side, it doesn't help when you hit a game where Rautins is on fire and somehow Scoop Jardine is making shots all over the place. I wasn't impressed with the defense watching it, but the results actually weren't all that poor, considering how good Syracuse has been and the fact that the game was at the Dome.
INDIVIDUAL NET POINTS STATS Georgetown Off % Pts Def Pts Player Poss Poss O.Rtg Prod Poss D.Rtg Allow Net Pts Vaughn, Julian 38 13.9 73.7 3.9 40 85.2 6.8 -1.8 Monroe, Greg 48 25.4 52.2 6.4 47 103.5 9.7 -4.8 Wright, Chris 66 18.5 83.2 10.2 67 105.6 14.2 -3.4 Freeman, Austin 68 29.0 99.8 19.7 67 101.1 13.5 +2.9 Clark, Jason 58 21.8 104.5 13.2 56 96.3 10.8 +1.7 Thompson, Hollis 26 8.6 23.5 0.5 24 108.3 5.2 -3.3 Sanford, Vee 5 26.2 59.5 0.8 5 96.0 1.0 -0.3 Benimon, Jerrelle 36 8.9 13.8 0.4 34 114.5 7.8 -5.3 Sims, Henry 5 20.0 0.0 0.0 5 140.0 1.4 -1.4 TOTALS 70 78.9 55.1 69 102.0 70.4 -15.6 Syracuse Off % Pts Def Pts Player Poss Poss O.Rtg Prod Poss D.Rtg Allow Net Pts JACKSON, Rick 36 22.4 100.7 8.1 38 78.8 6.0 +1.9 JOHNSON, Wes 66 25.7 80.9 13.7 66 70.8 9.4 +3.0 ONUAKU, Arinze 42 18.5 85.9 6.7 43 88.9 7.6 -0.6 RAUTINS, Andy 66 19.6 128.4 16.6 67 64.9 8.7 +8.0 TRICHE, Brandon 43 16.4 73.8 5.2 45 98.8 8.9 -2.7 JARDINE, Scoop 34 16.4 144.7 8.1 31 80.9 5.0 +3.3 REESE, Brandon 0 0.0 - 0.0 1 300.0 0.6 -0.6 JOSEPH, Kris 58 14.5 142.9 12.0 59 72.4 8.5 +4.7 TOTALS 69 105.5 70.4 70 78.2 54.7 +17.4
HD BOX SCORE
Georgetown vs Syracuse
1/25/10 7:03 p.m. at Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY
Final score: Syracuse 73, Georgetown 56
Georgetown Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
Vaughn, Julian 24:37 + 1 3/36 1- 2 0- 0 1- 2 2/25 1/12 1/40 2/38 0/24 1/15 2/21 3
Monroe, Greg 28:34 -15 8/38 4- 7 0- 0 0- 0 7/33 0/10 1/47 7/48 1/26 0/22 4/16 5
Wright, Chris 37:33 -22 7/48 3- 4 0- 6 1- 3 10/46 7/15 1/67 1/66 1/33 0/32 2/23 4
Freeman, Austin 38:37 -17 23/54 5-11 4- 7 1- 2 18/47 0/11 2/67 3/68 0/32 3/31 3/24 1
Clark, Jason 33:05 - 6 15/52 0- 3 4- 7 3- 4 10/42 3/15 2/56 2/58 0/26 1/27 2/22 3
Thompson, Hollis 14:45 - 8 0/20 0- 0 0- 1 0- 0 1/19 1/ 8 1/24 1/26 0/13 0/11 1/ 7 1
Sanford, Vee 01:19 - 1 0/ 5 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 4 1/ 2 1/ 5 1/ 5 0/ 0 0/ 2 0/ 0 0
Benimon, Jerrelle 18:52 -15 0/22 0- 1 0- 0 0- 0 1/25 1/ 9 0/34 2/36 0/13 0/18 2/10 2
Sims, Henry 02:38 - 2 0/ 5 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 4 0/ 2 0/ 5 1/ 5 0/ 3 0/ 2 1/ 2 1
TOTALS 40:00 56 13-28 8-21 6-11 49 14/21 9/69 20/70 2/34 5/32 19/25 20
. 0.464 0.381 0.545 0.667 0.130 0.286 0.059 0.156 0.760
Syracuse Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
JACKSON, Rick 20:29 + 7 8/38 4- 8 0- 0 0- 2 8/22 1/ 9 1/38 1/36 3/15 2/12 2/19 2
JOHNSON, Wes 38:51 +20 14/71 4- 7 1- 2 3- 3 9/45 2/19 3/66 7/66 4/27 1/25 8/30 0
ONUAKU, Arinze 25:42 + 6 7/42 3- 7 0- 0 1- 3 7/31 1/13 0/43 1/42 0/15 1/17 6/18 3
RAUTINS, Andy 38:10 +22 15/73 0- 2 2- 6 9-10 8/43 6/22 6/67 1/66 0/27 0/23 1/32 2
TRICHE, Brandon 24:42 + 3 5/44 1- 1 0- 1 3- 4 2/25 2/12 0/45 3/43 0/17 0/15 3/22 2
JARDINE, Scoop 18:23 +13 9/35 3- 3 1- 1 0- 0 4/22 4/ 7 0/31 2/34 0/13 0/12 2/12 0
REESE, Brandon 00:20 - 3 0/ 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 0 0/ 0 0/ 1 0/ 0 0/ 0 0/ 0 0/ 0 0
JOSEPH, Kris 33:23 +17 15/62 5- 6 0- 1 5- 6 7/37 2/14 3/59 0/58 1/26 0/21 2/27 0
TOTALS 40:00 73 20-34 4-11 21-28 45 18/24 13/70 15/69 8/28 6/25 27/32 9
. 0.588 0.364 0.750 0.750 0.186 0.217 0.286 0.240 0.844
Efficiency: Syracuse 1.058, Georgetown 0.800
eFG%: Syracuse 0.578, Georgetown 0.510
Substitutions: Syracuse 20, Georgetown 27
2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Syracuse 4-5, Georgetown 1-1
Layups/Tips: Syracuse 11-13, Georgetown 9-16
Jumpers: Syracuse 5-16, Georgetown 3-11
Fast break pts (% FG pts): Syracuse 10 (19.2), Georgetown 11 (22.0)
Pts (eff.) after steal: Syracuse 13 (100.0), Georgetown 13 (144.4)
Seconds per poss: Syracuse 15.8, Georgetown 19.0
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