Oh, you want to hear some more? In that case, let's run the numbers:
TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE . Visitor Home . Georgetown Marquette . 1st Half 2nd Half Total 1st Half 2nd Half Total Pace 32 32 64 Effic. 116.7 132.7 124.5 107.3 71.0 88.7 eFG% 53.2 66.0 58.9 50.0 34.6 42.6 TO% 15.8 12.3 14.0 9.5 9.3 9.3 OR% 41.2 30.8 36.7 18.8 13.2 FTA/FGA 22.6 56.0 37.5 25.0 42.3 33.3 Assist Rate 60.0 40.0 50.0 58.3 25.0 45.0 Block Rate 6.2 16.7 11.8 4.2 0.0 2.3 Steal Rate 9.5 0.0 4.7 3.2 12.3 7.8 2FG% 50.0 60.0 54.5 50.0 33.3 41.2 3FG% 42.9 60.0 50.0 33.3 25.0 30.0 FT% 57.1 71.4 66.7 85.7 45.5 61.1
The prevailing expectation coming into the game was that the Golden Eagles could win the game by shooting the Hoyas out of the gym from behind the arc, just like they did up in Milwaukee. But that's not what happened then, and it's not what happened last night.
As Alan pointed out in January, Marquette pulled out the first match-up by controlling two aspects of the game: turnovers and rebounding. They were +3 in first-half turnover margin, and then gathered 8 of 18 own missed shots in the second half to hang on a small lead throughout. So what happened last night?
The Lift-off half indicated that Georgetown was going to correct one of the deficiencies: rebounding. Marquette did an excellent job taking care of the ball once again (+2 in turnover margin) but the Hoyas controlled their defensive glass, allowing only 3 offensive rebounds (of 16 available Marquette misses) and two second-chance points.
The Hoyas offense was fairly simply: pound it inside. Georgetown made 11/19 dunks, layups and tip-ins (and only 1/6 2FG jumpers) as Monroe and Vaughn combined to shoot 8/11 on 2FG. This gave some open looks from deep, and several players made one (Wright, Thompson, Vaughn [!]).
My concern for the second half was whether Buzz Williams was going to send everyone to crash the glass on missed shots and turn last night into a replay of the first game. Turns out, I needn't worry.
Marquette missed a lot of shots in the Vesper half - there were 22 available missed shots - but only grabbed 2 of their misses. And while the Hoyas bigs cooled off (Monroe and Vaughn made 2/8 2FG), the guards stepped up with a combined 10/12 2FG, 2/4 3FG to run away with the game.
INDIVIDUAL NET POINTS STATS Georgetown Off % Pts Def Pts Player Poss Poss O.Rtg Prod Poss D.Rtg Allow Net Pts Wright, Chris 60 22.0 100.7 13.3 60 85.9 10.3 +2.5 Monroe, Greg 58 34.6 118.9 23.9 56 84.1 9.4 +10.7 Freeman, Austin 57 14.6 151.5 12.6 57 87.1 9.9 +4.0 Clark, Jason 57 12.3 175.7 12.3 59 83.5 9.8 +4.5 Vaughn, Julian 43 16.5 116.4 8.2 42 65.4 5.5 +3.2 Thompson, Hollis 25 11.1 150.8 4.2 26 113.7 5.9 -0.3 Sanford, Vee 6 50.0 66.7 2.0 7 63.6 0.9 +0.6 Dougherty, Ryan 2 0.0 - 0.0 3 71.1 0.4 -0.4 Benimon, Jerrelle 9 16.6 72.8 1.1 10 130.0 2.6 -1.2 STEPKA, Stephen 1 0.0 - 0.0 2 100.0 0.4 -0.4 Sims, Henry 2 0.0 - 0.0 3 71.1 0.4 -0.4 TOTALS 64 123.3 77.6 65 85.6 55.7 +23.2 Marquette Off % Pts Def Pts Player Poss Poss O.Rtg Prod Poss D.Rtg Allow Net Pts JOHNSON-ODOM, Darius 51 20.7 50.7 5.3 53 142.7 15.1 -9.7 ACKER, Maurice 60 19.2 129.7 15.0 60 119.4 14.3 +0.9 CUBILLAN, David 56 9.8 70.4 3.9 56 121.4 13.6 -6.3 HAYWARD, Lazar 55 27.7 86.2 13.1 54 99.8 10.8 +0.2 BUTLER, Jimmy 62 21.2 115.0 15.1 61 121.8 14.9 -0.3 CADOUGAN, Junior 5 43.3 61.5 1.3 4 90.0 0.7 -0.0 WILLIAMS, Erik 3 0.0 - 0.0 2 120.0 0.5 -0.5 FULCE, Joseph 11 9.1 0.0 0.0 10 140.0 2.8 -2.1 BUYCKS, Dwight 22 17.8 23.4 0.9 20 83.6 3.3 -2.4 TOTALS 65 86.7 54.7 64 118.8 76.0 -20.9
Greg Monroe had a tremendous game tonight (duh). He was 3 assists short of the first triple-double in Georgetown history [23 pts / 12 reb / 7 assists], and he was efficient [ORat = 119] while using 35% of available possessions. The MSM is going wild over him right now, so I'll just leave it there. But I will note that his FT shooting is giving me heartburn - at this point, I think that's the biggest hole in his game.
Julian Vaughn deserves some accolades after getting a lot of heat around here for struggling in February. He made some shots, including the aforementioned "No-no-no-no-yes" 3FG, but the real story was his defense. He's credited with only two blocks - it sure seemed like he had more - but was a real problem for Marquette all night. For the last ten minutes of the game, it seemed that he had decided that the Eagles just weren't going to get a shot off in the paint. His 6 defensive rebounds (of 28 available misses while he was in the game) were his most in a game since DePaul.
The stat line for Chris Wright looks ordinary for him, but his was the tale of two halves. After struggling in the Lift-off half [ORat = 62, 18% Poss], Wright found another gear after halftime [ORat = 128, 27% Poss] to ensure the win.
At this point, I've decided that Austin Freeman is just not going to make an outside shot in this tournament [0/7 3FG combined]. I think he has too, as he attempted only one in the game, instead driving and taking mid-range shots. I can't emphasize enough that Freeman is just an offensive machine, even when he can't find his shooting touch.
With Freeman's outside shot gone missing, Jason Clark continues to make enough to keep the defense honest. He's also become decidedly more aggressive, as he took more 2FG than 3FG for the first time since the Providence game - so much for that one-dimensional comment I made.
Hollis Thompson was able to contribute offensively tonight, but his defense was surprisingly inadequate. He'll need to play a stronger game against Da'Sean Butler and the rest of West Virginia's long players, as they may be too quick for Julian Vaughn to cover.
HD BOX SCORE
Georgetown vs Marquette
03/12/10 7:00 pm at New York, NY/MSG
Final score: Georgetown 80, Marquette 57
Georgetown Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
Wright, Chris 37:11 +23 15/76 4- 9 1- 2 4- 6 11/55 2/24 1/60 1/60 0/33 1/30 3/35 1
Monroe, Greg 34:18 +22 23/70 8-14 1- 1 4- 8 15/51 7/18 0/56 3/58 3/30 2/28 10/33 1
Freeman, Austin 36:02 +24 12/71 5- 8 0- 1 2- 2 9/52 3/22 0/57 1/57 0/31 2/29 6/34 3
Clark, Jason 36:07 +23 15/74 4- 6 2- 4 1- 1 10/54 3/23 1/59 1/57 0/29 1/29 4/35 1
Vaughn, Julian 25:28 +34 8/63 2- 5 1- 1 1- 2 6/40 1/22 0/42 1/43 2/25 2/17 6/28 4
Thompson, Hollis 16:46 - 5 5/27 1- 2 1- 1 0- 0 3/19 0/ 7 0/26 1/25 0/11 1/12 1/12 5
Sanford, Vee 03:54 - 4 2/ 2 0- 0 0- 1 2- 2 1/ 2 0/ 0 1/ 7 1/ 6 0/ 4 0/ 2 0/ 4 1
Dougherty, Ryan 01:39 + 0 0/ 2 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 1 0/ 0 0/ 3 0/ 2 0/ 1 0/ 1 0/ 2 0
Benimon, Jerrelle 06:11 - 2 0/11 0- 1 0- 1 0- 0 2/10 0/ 4 0/10 0/ 9 0/ 4 1/ 6 1/ 4 2
STEPKA, Stephen 00:45 + 0 0/ 2 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 0 0/ 0 0/ 2 0/ 1 0/ 1 0/ 0 1/ 1 0
Sims, Henry 01:39 + 0 0/ 2 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 1 0/ 0 0/ 3 0/ 2 0/ 1 0/ 1 0/ 2 0
TOTALS 40:00 80 24-45 6-12 14-21 57 16/30 3/65 9/64 5/34 12/31 33/38 18
. 0.533 0.500 0.667 0.533 0.046 0.141 0.147 0.387 0.868
Marquette Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
JOHNSON-ODOM, Darius 33:20 -29 4/45 1- 5 0- 3 2- 2 8/43 3/14 0/53 1/51 1/39 0/31 2/24 3
ACKER, Maurice 37:13 -23 16/54 5- 8 2- 3 0- 3 11/51 2/12 1/60 0/60 0/45 0/35 2/29 2
CUBILLAN, David 34:10 -21 3/49 0- 0 1- 3 0- 0 3/46 4/16 0/56 2/56 0/40 0/32 3/27 3
HAYWARD, Lazar 34:29 -15 15/50 3- 9 2- 7 3- 3 16/44 0/12 3/54 2/55 0/38 0/30 3/27 5
BUTLER, Jimmy 38:19 -23 17/52 5-11 1- 1 4- 5 12/51 0/12 0/61 1/62 0/43 2/37 3/30 2
CADOUGAN, Junior 02:47 + 0 1/ 3 0- 0 0- 0 1- 2 0/ 3 0/ 1 0/ 4 1/ 5 0/ 0 1/ 3 0/ 2 2
WILLIAMS, Erik 01:39 + 0 0/ 2 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 3 0/ 1 0/ 2 0/ 3 0/ 0 0/ 2 0/ 1 0
FULCE, Joseph 05:32 - 2 0/12 0- 0 0- 1 0- 0 1/11 0/ 5 0/10 0/11 0/ 5 0/ 7 1/ 4 0
BUYCKS, Dwight 12:31 - 2 1/18 0- 1 0- 2 1- 3 3/18 0/ 7 1/20 0/22 0/15 0/13 2/11 1
TOTALS 40:00 57 14-34 6-20 11-18 54 9/20 5/64 7/65 1/45 5/38 19/31 18
. 0.412 0.300 0.611 0.450 0.078 0.108 0.022 0.132 0.613
Efficiency: Georgetown 1.250, Marquette 0.877
eFG%: Georgetown 0.579, Marquette 0.426
Substitutions: Georgetown 26, Marquette 24
2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Georgetown 2-2, Marquette 1-1
Layups/Tips: Georgetown 20-35, Marquette 9-20
Jumpers: Georgetown 2-8, Marquette 4-13
Fast break pts (% FG pts): Georgetown 4 (6.1), Marquette 5 (10.9)
Pts (eff.) after steal: Georgetown 2 (66.7), Marquette 6 (120.0)
Seconds per poss: Georgetown 19.8, Marquette 17.4
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Stats pages will be updated after the BET.
The chart at the bottom is wildly fun for the divergence.
ReplyDeleteOn Hollis, I think a big reason he gets knocked for defense was his propensity to foul. I will refrain from too much criticism of the refs, but several of Hollis' fouls were pretty questionable.
Re: Hollis -
ReplyDeleteWell, Vaughn also fouls a ton: four last night.
For better or worse, I do track FTs made after fouls committed, so fouling a bad FT shooter (e.g. Onuaku) can be rewarded while fouling a good FT shooter, or worse someone attempting a 3FG, can be punished.
The problem is that there is enough variability (read: luck) game-to-game that sometimes a player can commit "bad" fouls and still get rewarded, or commit "good" fouls and get punished.
I'm too lazy to look, but I'd bet some of that happened last night with Thompson and Vaughn.