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This was probably a bad game for Memphis's Coach Pastner to schedule if he was interested in getting a win: bringing in a disciplined team of upperclassmen, led by two senior McD All-Americans, to face his talented but very raw group just wasn't going to end well. But as a teaching point ("That was a backdoor cut. That was another backdoor cut . . . Don't do a chin-up on the rim when you're down by 10."), it could pay dividends for the Tigers down the road.
Let's run the numbers:
TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE . Visitor Home . Georgetown Memphis . 1st Half 2nd Half Total 1st Half 2nd Half Total Pace 35 36 71 Effic. 115.6 127.7 121.7 104.1 91.6 97.6 eFG% 58.1 64.8 61.2 45.5 42.4 43.9 TO% 17.3 13.9 15.6 23.1 16.7 19.8 OR% 26.7 33.3 29.6 50.0 31.8 40.5 FTA/FGA 22.6 59.3 39.7 18.2 24.2 21.2 Assist Rate 68.8 41.2 54.5 53.8 61.5 57.7 Block Rate 20.0 18.2 19.1 16.0 4.5 10.6 Steal Rate 14.5 8.3 11.3 14.5 8.3 11.3 2FG% 48.0 72.7 59.6 36.0 50.0 42.6 3FG% 66.7 20.0 45.5 50.0 18.2 31.6 FT% 57.1 68.8 65.2 100.0 62.5 78.6
Georgetown's offense is starting to remind me of a football team. The two main weapons (outside shooting and back cuts) are like passing and running schemes, and one can be used to set up the other. Last night, the Hoyas started with the aerial assault, shooting 4/6 from behind the arc during the Lift-off half and forcing the Tigers to come out and guard. That was likely the adjustment made during halftime, so Georgetown started attacking the basket. Memphis was able to block 4 of 15 inside shots in the first half, but only 1 of 15 inside shots in the second.
Memphis was able to keep in contact in the first half with offensive rebounding [10 on 20 opportunities, resulting in 8 points] and outside shooting [4/8 3FG]. It was basically a two-man team: Will Barton and Will Coleman were a combined 7/13 2FG and 2/4 3FG for 22 points, with 4 OR / 6 DR. The rest of Memphis chipped in 14 points.
As the lead grew in the Vesper half, the Tiger offense began to lose discipline and settled for 3FGs [2/11]. Meanwhile, Coach Thompson's obvious adjustment at halftime - tightening up the defensive glass - kinda, sorta worked. Memphis was able to grab only 7 of their 22 misses, but still managed to generate 10 second-chance points]. Unfortunately for the Tigers, that was about all that was working.
INDIVIDUAL NET POINTS STATS Georgetown Off % Pts Def Pts Player Poss Poss O.Rtg Prod Poss D.Rtg Allow Net Pts Thompson, Hollis 32 15.2 175.0 8.5 33 92.6 6.1 +3.2 Vaughn, Julian 39 33.0 131.6 16.9 41 94.9 7.8 +6.9 Wright, Chris 63 27.7 91.6 16.0 61 101.2 12.3 +1.0 Freeman, Austin 65 19.7 147.5 18.9 61 89.7 10.9 +7.7 Clark, Jason 46 13.5 137.0 8.5 46 110.1 10.1 +0.0 Starks, Markel 8 25.0 0.0 0.0 10 115.6 2.3 -2.3 Sanford, Vee 11 24.3 156.4 4.2 11 81.8 1.8 +2.2 Sims, Henry 31 19.9 76.3 4.7 28 75.3 4.2 +0.3 Benimon, Jerrelle 35 10.4 142.9 5.2 34 105.4 7.2 -0.3 Lubick, Nate 20 7.0 51.6 0.7 20 62.3 2.5 -1.0 TOTALS 70 119.3 83.7 69 94.7 65.3 +17.7 Memphis Off % Pts Def Pts Player Poss Poss O.Rtg Prod Poss D.Rtg Allow Net Pts COLEMAN, Will 49 14.6 146.1 10.4 52 110.4 11.5 +0.7 WITHERSPOON, Wesley 33 28.7 44.1 4.2 35 124.3 8.7 -6.1 JACKSON, Joe 49 20.4 83.9 8.4 51 112.8 11.5 -3.0 CARMOUCHE, Charles 39 16.6 16.8 1.1 40 101.9 8.2 -6.3 BARTON, Will 64 23.5 104.7 15.7 64 129.7 16.6 -2.3 BARTON, Antonio 29 13.4 116.6 4.5 28 153.0 8.6 -2.7 CRAWFORD, Chris 42 17.3 85.1 6.2 42 95.8 8.0 -1.3 BLACK, Tarik 18 26.7 158.4 7.6 16 73.0 2.3 +4.7 BARHAM, Drew 5 40.0 0.0 0.0 5 160.0 1.6 -2.4 TSAFACK, Hippolyte 3 0.0 - 0.0 2 120.0 0.5 -0.5 STEPHENS, D.J 14 16.5 205.5 4.7 15 133.3 4.0 +1.2 TOTALS 69 92.0 62.9 70 116.4 81.5 -17.8
When he gets it going, Austin Freeman can score so effortlessly that Hoya fans just start to take it for granted. Tonight, he also gets credit for his defense, as his main cover - Carmouche - didn't score a point. That was enough to earn star of the game.
Julian Vaughn did a nice job answering his critics tonight, and was the main beneficiary of the outside-inside game. Once Memphis decided to stop doubling down in the second half, Vaughn started to get his [4/5 2FG in the 2nd half]. He also was the leader [4] of the Hoya block party [9], and grabbed 4 offensive rebounds in only 14 opportunities (he's 5th nationally in OR%).
Jason Clark and Hollis Thompson played well in light usage, although Hollis' pride may never recover from that DJ Stephen's facial.
Chris Wright reverted into Bad Chris last night. Far too many drives into the paint without any idea of how it would turn out. He ended the game with only two assists - a big tell that he wasn't sticking to this year's game plan.
The star of the bench players was Vee Sanford, although both Benimon and Sims played well. He is scoring so efficiently this year (1.6 points per possession used tonight) that I keep saying he can't keep it up, but he does. And he may have the prettiest teardrop since Mark Jackson.
HD BOX SCORE Georgetown vs Memphis 12/23/10 7:00 p.m. at Memphis, Tenn. (FedExForum) Final score: Georgetown 86, Memphis 69 Georgetown Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF Thompson, Hollis 20:05 +20 9/49 2- 4 1- 2 2- 3 6/29 2/18 0/33 0/32 0/17 0/ 9 2/22 2 Vaughn, Julian 23:08 +10 15/54 7- 9 0- 1 1- 3 10/32 2/13 1/41 2/39 4/25 4/14 6/23 4 Wright, Chris 34:56 +15 19/78 6-14 1- 2 4- 7 16/53 2/23 1/61 3/63 0/41 0/26 2/36 0 Freeman, Austin 36:19 +23 24/82 7- 9 2- 3 4- 4 12/53 4/22 1/61 2/65 0/44 0/24 5/39 1 Clark, Jason 25:35 +11 8/59 3- 4 0- 1 2- 2 5/40 2/21 0/46 1/46 0/31 0/16 0/29 4 Starks, Markel 05:30 - 5 0/ 6 0- 0 0- 1 0- 0 1/ 5 0/ 2 0/10 1/ 8 0/ 6 0/ 3 0/ 5 0 Sanford, Vee 06:43 + 2 5/14 1- 2 1- 1 0- 0 3/10 0/ 2 2/11 0/11 0/11 0/ 7 0/ 6 0 Sims, Henry 16:52 + 7 2/32 0- 2 0- 0 2- 4 2/26 5/13 2/28 1/31 3/22 0/14 2/19 2 Benimon, Jerrelle 20:01 + 3 4/40 2- 2 0- 0 0- 0 2/25 1/12 0/34 1/35 2/23 2/14 4/19 2 Lubick, Nate 10:51 - 1 0/16 0- 1 0- 0 0- 0 1/17 0/ 6 1/20 0/20 0/15 1/13 3/12 3 TOTALS 40:00 86 28-47 5-11 15-23 58 18/33 8/69 11/70 9/47 8/27 25/42 18 . 0.596 0.455 0.652 0.545 0.116 0.157 0.191 0.296 0.595 Memphis Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF COLEMAN, Will 28:20 -15 12/47 5- 8 0- 0 2- 2 8/43 1/13 1/52 1/49 0/38 2/26 4/26 3 WITHERSPOON, Wesley 19:25 -14 3/32 1- 3 0- 2 1- 2 5/25 0/ 9 1/35 3/33 0/21 2/15 1/10 2 JACKSON, Joe 27:09 -12 6/49 1- 7 0- 1 4- 4 8/44 3/16 2/51 4/49 0/34 3/27 2/21 0 CARMOUCHE, Charles 21:23 - 7 0/38 0- 4 0- 0 0- 0 4/30 2/12 1/40 2/39 1/26 0/18 3/19 4 BARTON, Will 37:43 -20 18/63 5-10 2- 7 2- 2 17/64 3/18 0/64 1/64 0/44 2/41 5/25 1 BARTON, Antonio 18:05 -14 5/28 1- 3 1- 2 0- 0 5/34 4/10 0/28 0/29 0/20 0/24 0/ 6 2 CRAWFORD, Chris 25:00 - 4 9/42 0- 3 3- 5 0- 0 8/45 2/14 2/42 2/42 2/29 1/30 2/20 2 BLACK, Tarik 08:39 + 5 10/20 5- 6 0- 0 0- 1 6/19 0/ 4 1/16 1/18 2/10 2/11 0/ 6 0 BARHAM, Drew 02:19 + 0 0/ 8 0- 0 0- 2 0- 0 2/ 8 0/ 4 0/ 5 0/ 5 0/ 2 0/ 5 0/ 0 1 TSAFACK, Hippolyte 01:53 + 0 0/ 2 0- 1 0- 0 0- 0 1/ 2 0/ 0 0/ 2 0/ 3 0/ 0 0/ 2 0/ 0 1 STEPHENS, D.J 10:04 - 4 6/16 2- 2 0- 0 2- 3 2/16 0/ 4 0/15 0/14 0/11 1/11 1/ 7 2 TOTALS 40:00 69 20-47 6-19 11-14 66 15/26 8/70 14/69 5/47 17/42 19/27 18 . 0.426 0.316 0.786 0.577 0.114 0.203 0.106 0.405 0.704 Efficiency: Georgetown 1.229, Memphis 1.000 eFG%: Georgetown 0.612, Memphis 0.439 Substitutions: Georgetown 37, Memphis 39 2-pt Shot Selection: Dunks: Georgetown 0-0, Memphis 5-5 Layups/Tips: Georgetown 19-30, Memphis 9-25 Jumpers: Georgetown 9-17, Memphis 6-17 Fast break pts (% FG pts): Georgetown 11 (15.5), Memphis 9 (15.5) Pts (eff.) after steal: Georgetown 5 (62.5), Memphis 9 (112.5) Seconds per poss: Georgetown 17.3, Memphis 17.4
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