After watching the first half on-line, I had to pull the plug and head off to the CU Buffs vs. Idaho St. Bengals game ("Who ever heard of a tiger in Idaho?" my wife asked 5 minutes in), so I only saw the Hoyas and Monarchs as two incredibly tight basketball teams seemingly planning to miss every shot. Since I didn't catch the exciting second half, this recap will be brief [edited to add: and Dan Hanner did a nice write up of the game].
TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE . Visitor Home . Georgetown Old Dominion . 1st Half 2nd Half Total 1st Half 2nd Half Total Pace 33 32 65 Effic. 58.3 135.5 96.0 76.7 107.2 91.4 eFG% 36.5 61.7 50.0 37.5 50.0 43.3 TO% 33.7 6.3 20.1 30.7 6.3 18.6 OR% 35.0 16.7 26.3 47.4 23.5 36.1 FTA/FGA 15.4 30.0 23.2 28.6 62.5 44.2 Assist Rate 33.3 73.3 58.3 60.0 81.8 71.4 Block Rate 4.2 0.0 2.5 25.0 31.6 28.6 Steal Rate 6.1 12.6 9.3 21.5 6.3 13.9 2FG% 50.0 42.1 45.7 37.5 56.2 45.0 3FG% 10.0 63.6 38.1 25.0 25.0 25.0 FT% 0.0 66.7 46.2 50.0 66.7 60.9
The pace was three possessions faster than last season's blizzard game, thanks mostly to ODU not grinding the game to a halt in the second half. The Monarchs are actually a bit slower-paced team than the Hoyas, so those 65 possessions mostly splits the difference between what each time would normally like to run.
Sometimes it really is great defense, and sometimes the offense just stinks. The first half was certainly a case of the offense just stinking. Other than Jason Clark, there just wasn't much working for Georgetown. As Chris Wright and Austin Freeman warmed up in the second half, the offense began to click and the efficiency soared.
While I was bemoaning rebounding in HoyaChat during the first half, it was more of a case of many turnovers hampering the Hoyas offense. Of course, Old Dominion was being just as careless with the ball, which helped to turn the Lift-Off half into a quagmire. The difference was the steals rate - the Monarchs were simply throwing the ball away, but they were also forcing Georgetown to give the ball up.
Both teams held onto the ball in the second half, and I think this was the untold story of the game - ODU's defense was relying on two things in the first half: forcing the Hoyas to throw away possessions, and hope they missed those shots they got. The Hoyas starting making their attempts in the Vesper half, but they also weren't being forced into lost possessions anymore. That combination lead to the big boost in Georgetown's offensive efficiency, and the comeback was underway.
One surprising stat for me tonight is the block rate for the Monarchs throughout the game. I'm not sure if this was a case of game-planning an overly aggressive interior defense by ODU, but they averaged 8.4% blocks last season. This may be a sign that Georgetown's inside game is not physically up to the challenge right now.
INDIVIDUAL NET POINTS STATS Georgetown Off % Pts Def Pts Player Poss Poss O.Rtg Prod Poss D.Rtg Allow Net Pts Thompson, Hollis 49 11.5 63.1 3.5 48 89.6 8.6 -3.3 Freeman, Austin 58 20.3 119.0 14.0 57 84.9 9.7 +4.1 Vaughn, Julian 54 25.3 74.4 10.2 52 99.1 10.3 -1.8 Wright, Chris 58 20.2 112.8 13.2 56 88.5 9.9 +3.1 Clark, Jason 54 26.3 114.4 16.3 53 84.9 9.0 +5.7 Starks, Markel 4 0.0 - 0.0 5 60.0 0.6 -0.6 Sims, Henry 12 31.4 40.9 1.5 13 51.4 1.3 -0.1 Benimon, Jerrelle 10 10.0 0.0 0.0 9 111.9 2.0 -1.6 Lubick, Nate 31 7.3 29.4 0.7 32 57.9 3.7 -1.8 TOTALS 66 92.8 59.3 65 84.9 55.2 +4.7 Old Dominion Off % Pts Def Pts Player Poss Poss O.Rtg Prod Poss D.Rtg Allow Net Pts Hassell, Frank 49 24.4 92.7 11.1 50 97.7 9.8 +0.3 Carter, Keyon 49 12.8 112.9 7.1 49 97.2 9.5 -0.7 Finney, Ben 51 25.1 99.0 12.7 50 78.5 7.9 +3.7 James, Darius 47 13.1 85.1 5.3 49 113.8 11.2 -3.8 Bazemore, Kent 56 21.6 90.4 10.9 56 92.5 10.4 +0.2 Wright, Nick 12 25.0 0.0 0.0 15 82.0 2.5 -2.5 Iliadis, Trian 18 21.1 71.0 2.7 17 42.6 1.4 +1.2 Cooper, Chris 27 18.3 138.0 6.8 26 86.1 4.5 +2.4 De Lancey, Marquel 16 18.8 0.0 0.0 18 61.0 2.2 -2.0 TOTALS 65 88.3 56.5 66 89.8 59.3 -1.9
Austin Freeman and Chris Wright were the stars of the second half, but Jason Clark wins the star of the game honors for playing two good halves of basketball and keeping the Hoyas within contact until help arrived.
And . . . that's about it. Hollis Thompson struggled with his shot and became passive. Julian Vaughn was a force on the offensive glass (although I wonder how many of those were from his four shot attempts that were blocked).
The bench was exceptionally quiet. Nate Lubick got some extended run as the main big off the bench, and he and Henry Sims were able to chip in some quality defense.
HD BOX SCORE
Georgetown vs Old Dominion
11-12-10 7:06 p.m. at Ted Constant Convocation Center
Final score: Georgetown 62, Old Dominion 59
Georgetown Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
Thompson, Hollis 29:07 +10 2/58 1- 4 0- 2 0- 0 6/46 3/21 1/48 0/49 0/27 0/29 4/25 4
Freeman, Austin 34:30 + 7 17/55 4- 5 2- 6 3- 6 11/49 3/15 0/57 1/58 0/32 0/34 3/32 2
Vaughn, Julian 32:59 - 1 4/52 2- 9 0- 0 0- 2 9/46 3/18 0/52 3/54 0/33 6/31 1/28 3
Wright, Chris 33:50 - 5 19/50 3- 7 4- 6 1- 2 13/48 1/13 2/56 4/58 0/39 0/33 2/31 4
Clark, Jason 31:45 + 0 18/50 5- 6 2- 6 2- 3 12/43 3/12 2/53 1/54 0/32 2/30 2/32 4
Starks, Markel 03:16 - 3 0/ 0 0- 1 0- 0 0- 0 1/ 4 0/ 0 0/ 5 0/ 4 0/ 1 0/ 4 1/ 1 0
Sims, Henry 07:01 + 4 2/10 1- 3 0- 0 0- 0 3/10 0/ 3 0/13 1/12 0/ 7 0/ 7 0/ 9 1
Benimon, Jerrelle 07:04 - 6 0/ 4 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 9 0/ 2 0/ 9 1/10 0/ 8 0/ 7 0/ 5 1
Lubick, Nate 20:28 + 9 0/31 0- 0 0- 1 0- 0 1/25 1/12 0/32 1/31 1/21 0/15 6/22 3
TOTALS 40:00 62 16-35 8-21 6-13 56 14/24 5/65 13/66 1/40 10/38 23/36 22
. 0.457 0.381 0.462 0.583 0.077 0.197 0.025 0.263 0.639
Old Dominion Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
Hassell, Frank 30:56 + 1 13/47 5-10 0- 0 3- 4 10/41 2/12 0/50 4/49 2/27 2/28 6/29 0
Carter, Keyon 30:32 - 3 9/46 3- 5 1- 2 0- 0 7/37 1/12 1/49 1/49 0/25 2/25 3/29 0
Finney, Ben 32:19 + 4 13/50 2- 5 1- 3 6- 9 8/43 3/15 1/50 1/51 1/27 2/29 8/31 4
James, Darius 30:37 - 7 3/46 1- 3 0- 1 1- 4 4/38 5/15 0/49 1/47 0/25 1/27 2/29 0
Bazemore, Kent 33:34 - 8 13/48 4- 9 1- 5 2- 2 14/43 4/12 3/56 1/56 1/29 0/32 3/30 4
Wright, Nick 07:11 - 5 0/11 0- 1 0- 0 0- 0 1/ 9 0/ 4 1/15 2/12 0/ 5 0/ 6 1/ 8 2
Iliadis, Trian 09:56 + 7 3/16 1- 2 0- 1 1- 2 3/15 0/ 5 2/17 1/18 0/11 0/11 2/11 4
Cooper, Chris 16:05 + 0 5/22 2- 5 0- 0 1- 2 5/22 0/ 6 1/26 0/27 3/15 4/17 1/14 1
De Lancey, Marquel 08:50 - 4 0/ 9 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/12 0/ 3 0/18 3/16 2/11 0/10 1/ 9 2
TOTALS 40:00 59 18-40 3-12 14-23 52 15/21 9/66 14/65 9/35 13/36 28/38 17
. 0.450 0.250 0.609 0.714 0.136 0.215 0.257 0.361 0.737
Efficiency: Georgetown 0.939, Old Dominion 0.908
eFG%: Georgetown 0.500, Old Dominion 0.433
Substitutions: Georgetown 34, Old Dominion 47
2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Georgetown 0-0, Old Dominion 0-0
Layups/Tips: Georgetown 13-21, Old Dominion 11-18
Jumpers: Georgetown 3-14, Old Dominion 7-22
Fast break pts (% FG pts): Georgetown 10 (17.9), Old Dominion 6 (13.3)
Pts (eff.) after steal: Georgetown 7 (140.0), Old Dominion 11 (122.2)
Seconds per poss: Georgetown 17.6, Old Dominion 19.2
Though I don't leave many comments, just want to let you gentlemen know how much I absolutely love Prospectus. So happy that the season is finally upon us. Thanx for your efforts.
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