Recap: Georgetown 69, South Florida 49

First, let me say "Hats off" to Mex Carey and his crack staff in the athletic department for posting a full stats package for today's game.  Most games played at MSG don't have this info, but the Georgetown website got the stats posted, and now I can post my interpretations.

For perhaps the first time this season, I'll write up the recap as a live blog.  And by "live" blog, I mean on a 10.5 hour time delay.

1st half
Opening tip to 15:44 (GU 4, USF 4):

• Lots of fans disguised as empty seats to start the game.
• Vaughn had a textbook post-up to start the game, then bobbled away a great pass from Monroe the next time down.  He has a nice block on defense in response.  It's the Julian Vaughn show.
• Freeman bodies up on Jones (whom he's guarding on a switch) which results in a miss and a fastbreak layup for Wright.  Next time down, Clark guards Jones and gets taken inside for a layup.
• Lots of turnovers so far:  2 for each team, on 7 possessions each.

15:44 - 11:48 (GU 14, USF 7)

• Who is this reporter on the sidelines?  I've never seen her before.
• Gilchrist looks like a good player - he just made a 15-foot jumper.  That'll be the only shot he makes this half.
• Clark is working very hard on defense so far guarding Jones.
• Monroe with a nice drive, and then a nice defensive rebound.  Sets up Wright, who gets the hoop and the harm (a bit of a wild drive in real time, but looked in control on the replay).
• Vee Sanford sighting!  He appears to have secured a rotation spot.  Benimon up-and-under on a great pass from Monroe.  Fear the Hoyas bench.
• Wright tries the same driving layup, this time no good.  I'd have to see that one again before I decide he was out of control.  But I think he was.
• Fran Fraschilla is getting hungry.

 11:48 -7:13 (GU 19, USF 9)

• Good interior defense by the Hoyas, but USF cleans up a blocked shot for a layup.
• Jason Clark confused the NBA line for the college line, but still made the shot.
• Freeman just had a ridiculous block on Jones after getting beat baseline.  He has such deceptive athleticism.
• Monroe picked up a cheap foul chasing his own missed shot.  A bit of a frustration foul there.  Hoyas switch to a 2-3 zone once Monroe comes out.
• Freeman with a great backdoor pass to Wright.  "Their cuts are like drives" says Doris Burke; she's used that line before.
• Jones with an airball from deep.  USF will shoot 2/12 on jumpers in the Lift-off half, including 0/4 3FG.

7:13 - 3:33 (GU 24, USF 12)

• With the slow pace and lousy outside shooting by the Bulls, this can't be entertaining to watch for any non-Georgetown fan.
• Monroe back in, and the Hoyas go to a match-up 2/3 zone.  Whoops, he's back out already.  Did he sneak into the game when no one was looking?
• Karl Hess just pointed about 4 different directions on a ball tipped out of bounds.  Finally, Hoyas ball (and I think the wrong call).
• Freeman struggling to find his shot.  Missed a baseline jumper earlier, now missed a 3FG.
• Clark with a between-the-legs dribble into a deep 3FG.  Who says he's only a spot-up shooter?  Oh yeah, that was me.
• Uh-oh, Jones is finally done trying to set up his teammates.  Two consecutive drives for the foul, the second with a made basket.  If this team had a quality designated shooter (some scrub who could make 40%+ from deep), they'd be a bit more dangerous.  Jones looks like he's all alone out there.

3:33 - Halftime (GU 31 - USF 19)

• Jason Clark cannot be stopped.  Streaky shooter, but feeling it today.
• Jones has decided to go it alone.  Two great drives.
• Monroe back in.  Fraschilla hates the move, then Greg grabs a rebound and scores on a drive.
• Jones attacks Monroe for another 2 points (followed his own shot).  Kid looks like a pro.
• Worst halftime interview in college basketball:  John Thompson III.  Never shows his cards.

Second half after a milk-and-cookies break.

2nd half
20:00 - 15:15 (GU 40 - USF 31)

• Dave Pasch makes a big point about USF's 10 offensive rebounds (officially 9) in the 1st half, but that was on a whopping 23 opportunities - a ton of missed shots.
• Bulls come out with 2 blocks and 4 points to get it an 8-point deficit.
• Wright misses a lot of fast break layups trying to draw fouls.
• Julian Vaughn was called for a foul while backing away from his man.  Literally no contact.
• And again.  Well, on the replay, he gave a little push down low with his left hand.  Maybe last time too?  Down to a 6-point game.
• Freeman can't buy a shot, but he draws some free throws.
• Hoyas interior defense is getting torched off of Jones' passing.
• Hollis Thompson makes a 3FG.  Georgetown's bench will score 8 points in the game, which is 8 more than the last game (against Cinci).
• The soundtrack ESPN came up with is not good.  Maybe I'm just getting old.

15:15 - 11:28 (GU 48 - USF 36)

• Wright hits a 20-foot jumper on a designed play.
• In his mind, Greg Monroe has never committed a foul.  Doris Burke has his back this time.
• Five minute monitor break, which changes nothing (checking Wright's jumper).  The arena is completely dead.
• Jones is now throwing his body as Monroe or any other Hoya to draw fouls.  He's the Dwyane Wade of the Big East.
• What a great fast break:  Monroe to Wright to Freeman.  I think Monroe is the best on the team at running the break.

11:28 -  7:30 (GU 53 - USF 39)

• Monroe picks up his fourth foul on a moving screen. Fran and Doris point out that the call is usually the fault of the ball-handler.
• Wright with a big 3FG after a long possession where the offense looks stagnant.
• Vaughn fouls out on another moving screen.  Apparantly the officials decided at halftime to make that a point of emphasis.
• Sims now in.  Doris Burke has a crush on him.

7:30 - 3:50 (GU 63 - USF 46)

• Henry Sims with a spectacular block - of course he had his hand through the rim to get it.  Burke and Fraschilla explain why that wasn't the baseline official's missed call.  For some reason, I can't imagine Dick Vitale bothering to explain that.
• Clark hits another 3FG from straight away - that's his shot.  Better save some for tomorrow.
• I'm barely hanging in, and I'm a Hoya fan.  This is a tough game to watch.
• Monroe gets clobbered by Jones and Gilchrist - no foul.  Gets his own miss and does get the call (and one).  Contact lens on the floor!
• Monroe pulls out the spinning drive once again, finishing with his right hand.  And one.

3:50 - End of game (GU 69 - USF 49)

• Will this game ever end? 
• Vee Sanford had his jumpshot blocked.  He shoots down too low - that'll need to be corrected over the summer.
• Dave Pasch letting his Syracuse show, talking about Michael Graham and Jim Boeheim.
• South Florida makes a three, finally!
• Game over.

Let's run the numbers:

TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE
 
.            Home                            Visitor   
.            Georgetown                      South Florida         
.            1st Half  2nd Half   Total      1st Half  2nd Half   Total
Pace            29        33        62
 
Effic.        107.4     115.1     111.6        65.8      90.9      79.2  
 
eFG%           51.9      51.6      51.7        26.7      34.0      30.0  
TO%            13.9      18.2      16.2        17.3      21.2      19.4  
OR%            20.0      44.4      33.3        41.7      40.0      40.9  
FT Rate        11.1      18.8      15.3        23.3      72.0      45.5  

Assist Rate    58.3      46.7      51.9        37.5      62.5      50.0  
Block Rate     16.0      15.0      15.6         5.6      14.8      11.1  
Steal Rate      6.9      15.1      11.3         3.5       6.1       4.9  
 
2FG%           44.4      44.4      44.4        32.0      35.0      33.3  
3FG%           44.4      60.0      50.0         0.0      20.0      10.0  
FT%           100.0      83.3      88.9        42.9      72.2      64.0

INDIVIDUAL NET POINTS STATS

Georgetown            Off     %           Pts      Def           Pts   
Player                Poss  Poss  O.Rtg   Prod     Poss  D.Rtg  Allow    Net Pts
Wright, Chris          55   19.7  132.6   14.4      54    75.8    8.2      +6.2  
Monroe, Greg           43   32.4  114.8   16.0      39    70.5    5.5      +8.3  
Freeman, Austin        60   22.6   70.5    9.6      57    83.0    9.5      -0.8  
Clark, Jason           53   14.8  160.5   12.6      53    63.8    6.8      +6.7  
Vaughn, Julian         25   33.5   83.8    7.0      27   100.8    5.4      +0.1  
Thompson, Hollis       25    7.1  119.2    2.1      23    51.5    2.4      +0.5  
Sanford, Vee            6   16.7    0.0    0.0       6   115.2    1.4      -1.3  
Dougherty, Ryan         2   50.0    0.0    0.0       3   126.7    0.8      -1.0  
Benimon, Jerrelle      36    9.6  158.3    5.4      36    67.7    4.9      +1.8  
STEPKA, Stephen         1    0.0    -      0.0       2   150.0    0.6      -0.6  
Sims, Henry             9    9.0  100.0    0.8      10    68.6    1.4      -0.2  
TOTALS                 63         108.5   67.9      62    75.4   46.7     +20.8  

South Florida         Off     %           Pts      Def           Pts   
Player                Poss  Poss  O.Rtg   Prod     Poss  D.Rtg  Allow    Net Pts
HOWARD, Chris          54    8.6   96.9    4.5      55   116.4   12.8      -4.6  
JONES, Dominique       60   34.2   81.2   16.7      62   107.7   13.4      -1.1  
FAMOUS, Jarrid         25   35.7   86.8    7.7      30    73.2    4.4      +2.3  
FITZPATRICK, Toarlyn   45    9.3   59.5    2.5      44   106.1    9.3      -4.4  
MERCER, Mike           53   12.9   49.2    3.4      55   105.6   11.6      -6.1  
CRATER, Anthony        24    8.3    0.0    0.0      22   125.7    5.5      -4.0  
RIVAS, Alex             5    4.0  300.0    0.6       5    75.7    0.8      +0.1  
KARDOK, Ryan            5    2.9  300.0    0.4       4    63.8    0.5      +0.1  
NORIEGA, Shaun          2   12.5  300.0    0.8       1     0.0    0.0      +0.8  
BURWELL, Mike           2   50.0    0.0    0.0       1     0.0    0.0      +0.0  
GILCHRIST, Augustus    35   36.2   74.8    9.5      36   118.1    8.5      -2.3  
TOTALS                 62          75.0   46.0      63   106.0   66.8     -20.2

HD BOX SCORE

South Florida vs Georgetown
3/10/10 12:00 pm at New York, NY/MSG
Final score: Georgetown 69, South Florida 49

South Florida           Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
HOWARD, Chris          35:53  -18   5/44  2- 5  0- 0  1- 2  5/49  3/13  0/55  1/54  1/41  0/36  3/30   4
JONES, Dominique       39:17  -23  21/46  6-13  0- 3  9-14 16/53  4/ 9  1/62  6/60  1/45  1/41  4/33   3
FAMOUS, Jarrid         15:34  + 2   7/24  2- 8  0- 0  3- 4  8/24  0/ 5  0/30  1/25  0/21  4/18  3/14   3
FITZPATRICK, Toarlyn   29:02  -18   2/33  1- 2  0- 0  0- 1  2/33  0/10  1/44  1/45  3/32  2/25  2/26   1
MERCER, Mike           35:10  -20   2/41  1- 9  0- 0  0- 0  9/50  0/12  0/55  1/53  0/41  3/40  4/31   2
CRATER, Anthony        14:25  -13   0/14  0- 0  0- 2  0- 0  2/20  0/ 5  0/22  0/24  0/17  0/16  0/ 9   0
RIVAS, Alex            03:24  - 2   0/ 3  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 5  0/ 1  0/ 5  0/ 5  0/ 3  1/ 4  2/ 3   0
KARDOK, Ryan           02:44  - 1   0/ 3  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 4  1/ 1  1/ 4  0/ 5  0/ 4  0/ 3  0/ 3   0
NORIEGA, Shaun         00:43  + 3   3/ 3  0- 0  1- 1  0- 0  1/ 2  0/ 0  0/ 1  0/ 2  0/ 0  0/ 1  0/ 0   0
BURWELL, Mike          00:43  + 3   0/ 3  0- 0  0- 1  0- 0  1/ 2  0/ 1  0/ 1  0/ 2  0/ 0  0/ 1  0/ 0   0
GILCHRIST, Augustus    23:05  -13   9/31  3- 9  0- 2  3- 3 11/33  0/ 7  0/36  3/35  0/21  5/25  3/16   2
TOTALS                 40:00       49    15-46  1- 9 16-24    55  8/16  3/63 13/62  5/45 18/42 22/33  15
.                                        0.326 0.111 0.667       0.500 0.048 0.210 0.111 0.429 0.667    

Georgetown              Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
Wright, Chris          34:21  +16  15/59  4-12  2- 2  1- 1 14/50  4/17  0/54  0/55  0/38  1/28  5/34   4
Monroe, Greg           24:17  +19  16/49  7-14  0- 0  2- 2 14/41  2/13  0/39  4/43  1/29  2/21  5/24   4
Freeman, Austin        37:18  +24   8/67  3- 9  0- 3  2- 2 12/56  4/23  0/57  2/60  1/42  1/31  1/38   0
Clark, Jason           35:07  +20  16/62  2- 4  4- 6  0- 0 10/54  2/18  3/53  0/53  0/41  1/30  5/35   1
Vaughn, Julian         16:58  - 4   6/21  2- 2  0- 0  2- 2  2/22  1/ 6  0/27  5/25  3/20  2/14  0/15   5
Thompson, Hollis       16:23  +17   3/33  0- 1  1- 1  0- 0  2/24  1/12  1/23  0/25  0/21  0/12  1/20   4
Sanford, Vee           03:39  - 2   0/ 4  0- 0  0- 2  0- 0  2/ 5  0/ 2  0/ 6  0/ 6  0/ 6  0/ 3  0/ 7   0
Dougherty, Ryan        01:04  - 1   0/ 2  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 1  0/ 1  0/ 3  1/ 2  0/ 1  0/ 0  0/ 2   0
Benimon, Jerrelle      23:58  +15   4/41  2- 3  0- 0  0- 0  3/34  1/13  1/36  0/36  1/24  3/20  2/25   2
STEPKA, Stephen        00:43  - 3   0/ 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 0  0/ 0  0/ 2  0/ 1  0/ 0  0/ 0  0/ 1   0
Sims, Henry            06:12  - 1   1/ 7  0- 0  0- 0  1- 2  0/ 8  0/ 3  0/10  0/ 9  1/ 8  0/ 6  2/ 9   1
TOTALS                 40:00       69    20-45  7-14  8- 9    59 15/27  5/62 12/63  7/46 11/33 24/42  21
.                                        0.444 0.500 0.889       0.556 0.081 0.190 0.152 0.333 0.571    

Efficiency: Georgetown 1.095, South Florida 0.790
eFG%: Georgetown 0.517, South Florida 0.300
Substitutions: Georgetown 37, South Florida 32

2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Georgetown 0-0, South Florida 4-6
Layups/Tips: Georgetown 16-35, South Florida 9-28
Jumpers: Georgetown 4-10, South Florida 2-12

Fast break pts (% FG pts): Georgetown 11 (18.0), South Florida 0 (0.0)
Pts (eff.) after steal: Georgetown 8 (160.0), South Florida 1 (33.3)
Seconds per poss: Georgetown 18.3, South Florida 20.2