Friday, December 24, 2010

Recap: Georgetown 86, Memphis 69

Georgetown went down to Memphis and put up a big second half to pull away last night, 86-69.

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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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