Someone else's highlight clip.
Thanks to the vagaries of the sports monopoly - which is showing several Pop Warner games, by the way - the game wasn't available on-line until a pirate stream popped up for the second half (at least, that's when I found it).
The game was a bit of a disappointment, in that Utah State went into halftime with major foul trouble that only got worse as the Vesper half unfolded. With my lousy video stream playing on an old 15" screen (did I mention that my fancy high-res monitor crapped out this morning?), I have no idea if the officials were calling it fairly, but then end result was an eviscerated Utah State team that simply didn't have its normal firepower to stay with the Hoyas.
Let's run the numbers:
TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE . Home Visitor . Georgetown Utah State . 1st Half 2nd Half Total 1st Half 2nd Half Total Pace 29 30 59 Effic. 114.2 116.7 115.4 100.4 73.3 86.6 eFG% 40.0 66.7 54.5 56.5 42.0 49.0 TO% 13.8 20.0 17.0 27.7 23.3 25.5 OR% 36.4 33.3 34.8 30.8 23.5 26.7 FTA/FGA 95.0 33.3 61.4 21.7 12.0 16.7 Assist Rate 50.0 46.7 47.8 63.6 55.6 60.0 Block Rate 15.4 5.6 9.7 17.6 5.6 11.4 Steal Rate 17.3 6.7 11.9 10.4 6.7 8.5 2FG% 47.1 72.2 60.0 53.8 33.3 41.9 3FG% 0.0 33.3 22.2 40.0 42.9 41.2 FT% 89.5 37.5 74.1 60.0 33.3 50.0
The games was played at a glacial pace today, even by Utah State's standards. It was a bit of the shock seeing such a slow game after coming off the high of the Missouri offensive showcase, but it matched well with the interwebs chatter coming into the game that Stew Morrill would want to limit possessions in an attempt to give his team a better chance at pulling the upset.
HireEsherick is a weenie.
That didn't work.The Hoyas didn't shoot the ball particularly well in the Lift-Off half, making none of their three 3FG attempts and only 2/5 2FG jumpers. Even inside, Georgetown wasn't particularly efficiency [6/12 on layups and tip-ins]. But G'town did a good job holding onto the basketball [4 turnovers on 28 possessions] and had a seemingly endless procession to the free-throw line, shooting 17/19 FTs on 14 Aggie fouls.
USU hung tough throughout the first half, but were simply committing too many turnovers of their own to stay competitive. Indeed, with the score tied at 13, the Aggies had three turnovers in four possessions and watched Georgetown move ahead 22-13. After tying the game at 26, the Aggies turned the ball over on three straight possessions and the Hoyas led by seven.
A bit of this should be credited with Georgetown's pressure on the ball - the announcers were describing it as a means to speed up the game, but in fact it served mostly to stifle the Aggie offense.
The game broke open as USU continued to accrue fouls early in the second half, and simply couldn't hang on to the basketball long enough to get shots at the basket. Following the aforementioned tie score at 26 with 1:43 left in the first half, the next 14 possessions saw eight turnovers by USU (four on steals) and suddenly the Hoya lead was 19 points with 13:44 left in the game. Everyone but Orrin Hatch was speechless.
INDIVIDUAL NET POINTS STATS Georgetown Off % Pts Def Pts Player Poss Poss O.Rtg Prod Poss D.Rtg Allow Net Pts Thompson, Hollis 24 20.6 138.0 6.8 24 84.5 4.1 +2.7 Wright, Chris 44 29.2 129.6 16.7 42 56.4 4.7 +10.7 Freeman, Austin 45 19.7 97.9 8.7 44 87.1 7.7 +1.0 Clark, Jason 43 18.0 82.3 6.4 45 79.8 7.2 -0.3 Vaughn, Julian 21 27.5 133.3 7.7 20 68.8 2.8 +4.3 Starks, Markel 14 21.4 0.0 0.0 14 106.8 3.0 -3.1 Sanford, Vee 15 6.0 200.0 1.8 15 96.0 2.9 -0.1 Dougherty, Ryan 0 - - 0.0 1 0.0 0.0 +0.0 Sims, Henry 37 18.7 114.9 7.9 37 102.8 7.6 +0.6 Benimon, Jerrelle 23 9.2 106.8 2.3 22 79.6 3.5 -0.3 Caprio, John 0 - - 0.0 1 0.0 0.0 +0.0 Lubick, Nate 24 19.7 115.6 5.5 25 92.6 4.6 +1.0 TOTALS 58 110.1 63.7 58 82.8 48.0 +15.8 Utah State Off % Pts Def Pts Player Poss Poss O.Rtg Prod Poss D.Rtg Allow Net Pts Pane, Brockeith 26 18.7 35.8 1.7 26 126.2 6.6 -4.6 Williams, Pooh 37 28.1 73.7 7.7 37 128.6 9.5 -3.8 Jardine, Brady 34 24.0 67.8 5.5 35 124.1 8.7 -3.9 Newbold, Tyler 37 7.1 163.8 4.3 39 114.6 8.9 -1.7 Wesley, Tai 27 29.2 104.6 8.3 27 53.0 2.9 +4.7 Brown, Brad 2 0.0 - 0.0 1 0.0 0.0 +0.0 Farris, E.J 28 17.1 101.9 4.9 28 104.3 5.8 -0.5 Walker III, James 4 0.0 - 0.0 4 150.0 1.2 -1.2 Grim, Morgan 6 51.5 81.0 2.5 7 95.5 1.3 +0.4 Green, Brian 40 19.6 96.9 7.6 39 115.0 9.0 -1.4 Bendall, Nate 40 18.2 76.4 5.6 38 118.5 9.0 -3.3 Formisano, Matt 9 0.0 - 0.0 9 188.9 3.4 -3.4 TOTALS 58 84.3 48.0 58 114.4 66.3 -17.9
Chris Wright had himself a ballgame, in spite of the three turnovers. His constant pressure on the Aggie backcourt was too much [4 steals], and he made his living today at the FT line and in the paint. His aggression was a key with the outside shots not falling today.
Austin Freeman and Jason Clark were a combined 0/3 from behind the arc. I demand a recount.
Hollis Thompson seemed quiet today, but was very efficient with only one miss from the field and 4 rebounds and an assist.
Julian Vaughn managed to avoid foul trouble, and was rewarded with a highly efficient game, although not a ton of playing time. The other bigs (Sims and Lubick) also managed positive contributions.
With the game well in hand during the second half today, Coach Thompson was able to go deep into his bench for extended minutes, with 10 players getting at least 14 possessions (~25% of the game). Even Dougherty and Caprio got on the court at the end, but no sign of Aaron Bowen. Anyone know why?
For USU, the net points box shows how important the many fouls on Tai Wesley were, as he managed to produce nearly +5 points for his team in only 27 possessions played.
HD BOX SCORE
Utah State vs Georgetown
12/04/10 12:00 at Verizon Center
Final score: Georgetown 68, Utah State 51
Utah State Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
Pane, Brockeith 18:20 -12 2/21 1- 5 0- 1 0- 0 6/22 0/ 8 0/26 1/27 0/16 0/14 2/11 4
Williams, Pooh 25:59 -14 9/32 3- 4 1- 4 0- 0 8/26 0/ 9 0/37 4/38 0/23 0/14 0/17 2
Jardine, Brady 24:00 - 8 5/35 2- 4 0- 0 1- 3 4/24 1/12 0/35 4/35 0/20 1/12 4/15 4
Newbold, Tyler 26:59 -16 6/31 0- 0 2- 3 0- 0 3/29 2/10 2/40 0/39 1/22 1/19 1/14 2
Wesley, Tai 21:09 + 1 8/23 3- 4 0- 0 2- 4 4/25 1/ 6 2/28 3/29 2/19 2/17 3/16 5
Brown, Brad 00:50 + 0 0/ 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 2 0/ 0 0/ 1 0/ 2 0/ 0 0/ 2 0/ 1 0
Farris, E.J 19:17 + 1 6/30 0- 0 2- 3 0- 0 3/23 1/ 9 0/29 2/29 0/17 2/12 1/12 3
Walker III, James 02:23 - 6 0/ 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 3 0/ 0 0/ 4 0/ 4 0/ 2 0/ 4 0/ 2 0
Grim, Morgan 04:43 - 1 2/ 5 1- 4 0- 0 0- 0 4/ 7 1/ 1 0/ 8 1/ 7 0/ 4 1/ 5 0/ 3 1
Green, Brian 26:12 - 4 6/39 0- 4 2- 6 0- 0 10/39 6/13 0/40 0/41 0/25 0/25 0/18 0
Bendall, Nate 26:06 -12 7/36 3- 6 0- 0 1- 1 6/35 0/11 1/38 2/40 1/24 1/22 3/15 3
Formisano, Matt 04:02 -14 0/ 3 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 5 0/ 1 0/ 9 0/ 9 0/ 3 0/ 4 0/ 1 0
TOTALS 40:00 51 13-31 7-17 4- 8 48 12/20 5/59 17/60 4/35 8/30 15/23 24
. 0.419 0.412 0.500 0.600 0.085 0.283 0.114 0.267 0.652
Georgetown Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
Thompson, Hollis 16:49 + 9 7/29 2- 3 1- 1 0- 1 4/17 1/ 7 0/26 0/25 0/17 1/ 9 3/12 1
Wright, Chris 30:25 +23 21/56 5- 6 1- 3 8-10 9/33 2/11 4/43 3/44 0/18 0/18 3/21 1
Freeman, Austin 31:09 +19 9/57 4- 9 0- 2 1- 1 11/36 2/15 0/45 1/45 0/19 0/19 2/21 1
Clark, Jason 31:15 +16 7/54 2- 5 0- 1 3- 3 6/33 1/16 1/47 2/44 0/24 0/19 3/24 1
Vaughn, Julian 14:34 + 9 8/25 3- 3 0- 0 2- 4 3/16 1/ 7 0/22 1/22 2/14 1/ 8 4/11 2
Starks, Markel 08:42 - 6 0/ 9 0- 1 0- 1 0- 0 2/10 0/ 4 0/15 1/15 0/12 0/ 8 1/ 9 1
Sanford, Vee 09:35 + 1 2/17 0- 1 0- 0 2- 2 1/12 0/ 7 1/15 0/15 0/ 8 0/ 5 0/ 6 0
Dougherty, Ryan 00:32 + 0 0/ 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 0 0/ 0 0/ 1 0/ 0 0/ 1 0/ 0 0/ 1 0
Sims, Henry 24:54 + 8 4/43 1- 3 0- 0 2- 2 3/28 3/12 0/37 1/37 1/16 3/17 3/18 1
Benimon, Jerrelle 14:35 +11 4/30 2- 2 0- 0 0- 0 2/17 1/ 7 1/22 1/23 0/ 7 0/ 9 1/10 2
Caprio, John 00:32 + 0 0/ 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 0 0/ 0 0/ 1 0/ 0 0/ 1 0/ 0 0/ 1 0
Lubick, Nate 16:58 - 5 6/20 2- 2 0- 1 2- 4 3/18 0/ 6 0/26 0/25 0/18 1/13 2/16 3
TOTALS 40:00 68 21-35 2- 9 20-27 44 11/23 7/60 10/59 3/31 8/23 22/30 13
. 0.600 0.222 0.741 0.478 0.117 0.169 0.097 0.348 0.733
Efficiency: Georgetown 1.153, Utah State 0.850
eFG%: Georgetown 0.545, Utah State 0.490
Substitutions: Georgetown 32, Utah State 29
2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Georgetown 0-0, Utah State 0-0
Layups/Tips: Georgetown 18-25, Utah State 7-12
Jumpers: Georgetown 3-10, Utah State 6-19
Fast break pts (% FG pts): Georgetown 9 (18.8), Utah State 2 (4.3)
Pts (eff.) after steal: Georgetown 13 (185.7), Utah State 5 (100.0)
Seconds per poss: Georgetown 18.8, Utah State 20.5
Good job Hoyas!
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