Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Recap: Georgetown 79, Providence 70

In spite of a 14 minute stretch in the middle of the game where they were outscored 32-18, the Hoyas were able to pull out a 9-point victory over the Providence Friars at the Dunk tonight.

Let's run the numbers:

TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE
 
.            Visitor                         Home      
.            Georgetown                      Providence College         
.            1st Half  2nd Half   Total      1st Half  2nd Half   Total
Pace            32        38        69

Effic.         97.7     127.8     113.7       104.0      98.5     100.8  
 
eFG%           48.3      60.7      54.3        43.1      37.5      40.2  
TO%            22.1      10.6      15.8        18.9      21.3      20.2  
OR%            35.7      26.7      31.0        50.0      50.0      50.0  
FTA/FGA         6.7      67.9      36.2        48.3      59.4      54.1  
 
Assist Rate    69.2      64.7      66.7        45.5      50.0      47.6  
Block Rate     10.5      13.3      11.8        14.3      11.5      12.8  
Steal Rate      3.2       8.0       5.8        18.9       2.7      10.1  
 
2FG%           47.6      65.4      57.4        42.1      40.0      41.2  
3FG%           33.3       0.0      27.3        30.0      23.5      25.9  
FT%           100.0      73.7      76.2        57.1      68.4      63.6

I'm not overly motivated tonight, so just a few bullet-point style thoughts:
  • Georgetown did not do a very good job on the defensive glass tonight.  Aren't you glad I fired up my stats program to tell you that?  Well, it's true.  Fully half of all Friar missed shots ended up right back with them.  This was the worst defensive rebounding effort by the Hoyas this year (previous worse against Duke).  But if you account for the fact that Providence was the 7th best offensive rebounding team in the nation coming into the game . . . this was still the worst defensive rebounding effort of the year.
  • Having said that, this was actually the best defensive performance for the Hoyas since the start of conference play.  Why?  They forced the Friars into a ton of missed shots - missed jump shots actually.  Provy was 7/27 [26%] on 3FG, but also made only 1/13 2-pt jump shots.  That's a combined 8/40 [20%] on all jumpers, and they took a lot of them.  Jump shots made up 40/61 [66%] of their total shot attempts from the field.
  • Meanwhile, the Hoyas recognized the weakness in the Friar defense and began to pound the ball inside:  in the 2nd half, the Hoyas shot 14/18 on dunks, layups and tip-ins while only attempting 10 jump shots [3/8 2FG, 0/2 3FG].  This is the same pattern that they used in their last game against Villanova - taking outside shots in the 1st half, then pounding it inside in the 2nd half. 
  • The four second-half turnovers on 38 possessions was also important to boost offensive efficiency in the 2nd half.


INDIVIDUAL NET POINTS STATS

Georgetown            Off     %           Pts      Def           Pts   
Player                Poss  Poss  O.Rtg   Prod     Poss  D.Rtg  Allow    Net Pts
Vaughn, Julian         47   26.8  130.2   16.4      49   105.7   10.4      +4.6  
Monroe, Greg           57   23.9  128.5   17.5      56    90.1   10.1      +6.3  
Wright, Chris          65   21.4  133.4   18.6      66    92.4   12.2      +6.0  
Freeman, Austin        65   16.8  115.0   12.6      64    99.9   12.8      +0.7  
Clark, Jason           54   17.2   70.9    6.6      55   112.6   12.4      -4.8  
Thompson, Hollis       36   14.1   81.8    4.2      38    66.5    5.1      -0.1  
Benimon, Jerrelle       8   15.5   38.5    0.5       9    92.4    1.7      -0.9  
Sims, Henry             8   12.5    0.0    0.0       8    90.9    1.5      -1.2  
TOTALS                 68         112.7   76.2      69    95.6   66.0     +11.0  

Providence College    Off     %           Pts      Def           Pts   
Player                Poss  Poss  O.Rtg   Prod     Poss  D.Rtg  Allow    Net Pts
BROOKS, Marshon        43   26.4  105.0   11.9      42   121.3   10.2      -0.1  
PETERSON, Jamine       57   34.8  101.2   20.1      58   129.8   15.1      -0.3  
DIXON, Bilal           57   18.6  113.6   12.0      58   113.7   13.2      -0.6  
CURRY, Sharaud         58   18.7   89.8    9.7      55   102.0   11.2      -1.4  
MCKENZIE, Brian        45    8.3  142.8    5.4      48    99.1    9.5      -1.3  
MONDY, Duke            20    0.7  233.3    0.3      19   111.4    4.2      -1.9  
WRIGHT, Kyle            4   43.8  128.6    2.2       3     0.0    0.0      +2.2  
COUNCIL, Vincent       46   12.8   52.0    3.1      44   120.6   10.6      -5.8  
PERMENTER, Russ        13   11.1   69.6    1.0      12    83.0    2.0      -0.6  
HALL, Ray               2   25.0  200.0    1.0       1     0.0    0.0      +1.0  
TOTALS                 69         101.0   66.8      68   111.8   76.0      -8.3


Keno Davis employed a very strange defensive strategy against Greg Monroe in the Vesper half tonight.  He had his big defenders sag off Monroe so he couldn't drive or get position in deep, daring him to shoot.  But he didn't.

Instead, Chris Wright and Julian Vaughn took turns cutting straight for the hoop, while Austin Freeman and either Jason Clark or Hollis Thompson camped outside to keep the defense honest.  And Monroe would hit the cutter with a picture-perfect pass nearly every time, for an easy layup (Wright) or dunk (Vaughn).  Monroe had 9 assists in the 2nd half, while Wright and Vaughn combined for 31 points on 12/15 shooting on 2FGs.  In fact, the Hoyas made 14 FGs while Greg was on the court in the second half, and he assisted 9 of those.  As Len Elmore said while calling the game, giving Monroe such great sight-lines for passing to cutters was suicide.

Thompson and especially Clark struggled shooting the ball today, although Hollis was able to contribute some solid defense.  Jerrelle Benimon and Henry Sims (!) saw some action in the Lift-off half when Monroe picked up his second foul, and while both proved fine as defensive subs, neither were much help towards the cause on offense.



HD BOX SCORE

Georgetown vs Providence College
2/9/10 7:03 p.m. at Providence, R.I. - Dunkin' Donuts Center
Final score: Georgetown 79, Providence College 70

Georgetown              Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
Vaughn, Julian         28:26  +10  19/63  9-13  0- 0  1- 2 13/37  2/16  1/49  2/47  2/27  1/16  1/33   3
Monroe, Greg           31:40  +19  12/72  4- 6  0- 0  4- 5  6/47 12/23  0/56  4/57  1/26  1/24  6/37   2
Wright, Chris          38:53  +12  21/79  6- 8  1- 4  6- 8 12/56  3/23  2/66  2/65  0/33  2/29  2/45   3
Freeman, Austin        37:01  + 9  17/76  6-10  1- 2  2- 2 12/55  2/22  1/64  1/65  0/32  0/28  2/40   4
Clark, Jason           30:55  - 2   6/60  1- 5  1- 4  1- 2  9/47  1/19  0/55  1/54  1/30  1/29  4/37   4
Thompson, Hollis       21:56  + 4   4/34  1- 4  0- 1  2- 2  5/30  0/12  0/38  0/36  0/10  1/18  3/24   4
Benimon, Jerrelle      06:13  - 5   0/ 4  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 9  0/ 2  0/ 9  1/ 8  0/ 6  1/ 6  0/ 7   2
Sims, Henry            04:56  - 2   0/ 7  0- 1  0- 0  0- 0  1/ 9  0/ 3  0/ 8  0/ 8  0/ 6  0/ 5  1/ 7   2
TOTALS                 40:00       79    27-47  3-11 16-21    58 20/30  4/69 11/68  4/34  9/29 22/44  24
.                                        0.574 0.273 0.762       0.667 0.058 0.162 0.118 0.310 0.500    

Providence College      Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
BROOKS, Marshon        23:41  + 2  18/53  2- 3  2- 7  8- 8 10/39  0/12  0/42  3/43  0/29  0/26  2/22   5
PETERSON, Jamine       32:41  -13  23/60  5-12  3- 8  4- 9 20/53  1/11  0/58  3/57  3/40  5/40  2/24   2
DIXON, Bilal           34:48  - 9   6/57  2- 7  0- 0  2- 4  7/49  3/14  0/58  2/57  2/43  8/38  8/28   4
CURRY, Sharaud         33:37  + 0  12/60  3- 5  1- 7  3- 4 12/53  1/14  2/55  2/58  0/39  1/40  1/26   2
MCKENZIE, Brian        28:02  - 6   6/47  1- 1  1- 3  1- 2  4/42  1/12  2/48  1/45  0/31  2/33  4/23   2
MONDY, Duke            10:51  - 7   0/16  0- 1  0- 0  0- 0  1/19  1/ 6  1/19  0/20  0/11  0/14  0/ 6   2
WRIGHT, Kyle           02:27  + 5   0/ 5  0- 0  0- 1  0- 0  1/ 2  1/ 1  0/ 3  0/ 4  0/ 2  0/ 1  0/ 3   0
COUNCIL, Vincent       24:59  -17   3/40  0- 3  0- 1  3- 6  4/35  2/11  1/44  1/46  0/31  0/28  1/16   1
PERMENTER, Russ        07:32  - 3   0/ 9  0- 1  0- 0  0- 0  1/12  0/ 3  1/12  1/13  1/ 8  2/10  1/ 6   2
HALL, Ray              01:22  + 3   2/ 3  1- 1  0- 0  0- 0  1/ 1  0/ 0  0/ 1  0/ 2  0/ 1  0/ 0  0/ 1   1
TOTALS                 40:00       70    14-34  7-27 21-33    61 10/21  7/68 14/69  6/47 22/44 20/29  21
.                                        0.412 0.259 0.636       0.476 0.103 0.203 0.128 0.500 0.690    

Efficiency: Georgetown 1.162, Providence College 1.014
eFG%: Georgetown 0.543, Providence College 0.402
Substitutions: Georgetown 25, Providence College 43

2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Georgetown 2-2, Providence College 0-0
Layups/Tips: Georgetown 18-28, Providence College 13-21
Jumpers: Georgetown 7-17, Providence College 1-13

Fast break pts (% FG pts): Georgetown 10 (15.9), Providence College 2 (4.1)
Pts (eff.) after steal: Georgetown 7 (175.0), Providence College 7 (100.0)
Seconds per poss: Georgetown 16.0, Providence College 18.8


 


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There's been some chatter about a play in the 2nd half where the Hoyas got their passing on. I've uploaded it here for your viewing pleasure. All five Hoyas touched the ball in rapid succession to set up a layup.




Stats pages will be updated tomorrow.

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