Monday, January 31, 2011

Recap: Georgetown 62, Louisville 59

Picture from here.
I believe the expression is "adjustments were made at halftime."

After a defensive battle in the first half, the Hoyas broke the game open early in the second half only to watch the Louisville Cardinals crawl back in, and then take a lead of their own.

But Georgetown was not to be denied tonight, thanks to a Herculean effort by Chris Wright and a clutch 3FG by Hollis Thompson.

The Hoyas pulled it out in the end, 62-59.

Full Recap by Alan to follow.


Let's run the numbers:


TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE 
.            Home                            Visitor   
.            Georgetown                      Louisville         
.            1st Half  2nd Half   Total      1st Half  2nd Half   Total
Pace            33        31        64 

Points          22        40        62          18        41        59   

Effic.         67.5     127.9      96.9        55.3     131.1      92.2   
eFG%           34.5      82.4      52.2        29.6      53.3      42.1  
TO%            24.6      25.6      25.0        33.8      16.0      25.0  
OR%            30.0      16.7      26.9        31.6      50.0      40.0  
FTA/FGA        13.8      88.2      41.3        11.1      36.7      24.6  

Assist Rate    55.6      46.2      50.0        42.9      76.9      65.0  
Block Rate     21.1       6.7      14.7        10.5       7.1       9.1  
Steal Rate     18.4       9.6      14.1        12.3      12.8      12.5   


2FG%           36.8      78.6      54.5        26.3      46.7      35.3  
3FG%           20.0      66.7      30.8        25.0      40.0      34.8  
FT%            50.0      80.0      73.7        66.7      81.8      78.6


The first half featured some excellent defense. On Louisville's end, they came out in a matchup zone that seemed to confound the Hoyas. Faced with this indeterminate defense that seemed to switch to man at times, the Hoyas became tentative and spent much of their offensive sets passing the ball around the perimeter before jacking up an ill-advised shot. Add in the usual smattering of sloppy turnovers, questionable offensive foul calls and some missed lay-ins and you can see how Georgetown ended up with only 22 points.

On the other side, though, Georgetown was fantastic in the first half. The guards stayed in front of Peyton Siva, who has been unstoppable of late. They were also extremely active in forcing turnovers -- there were a lot of slapped balls. The result was only 18 points for Louisville.

The second half was completely different. Both teams made adjustments; both teams began to shoot a bit better. On the Louisville side, either Pitino saw a weakness in the corner of the defense or the Hoyas got a bit tired. Either way, Louisville came back due to a series of threes, mostly from the corner. They also crashed the boards with impunity.

Georgetown began to jump-start its offense at the end of the first half, and it did it primarily in two ways. One, by getting Chris Wright out on the break, where he repeatedly creating easy points when nothing else was becoming easy. And secondly, by getting the ball into Julian Vaughn. Toss in the free throws down the stretch, and that's enough to overcome a bad set of turnovers at the end. Again.

Interestingly, Georgetown's good defense in the last couple of games has been by forcing jump shots instead of allowing lay-ins. This game, they did force jump shots, but the Hoyas allowed many more close shots than they had in previous games. Much of this seems due to the strong offensive rebounding by Louisville.

Where Louisville may have lost the game is that they couldn't make those close in shots, shooting only 8-16. Georgetown shot 13-19 in similar shots.


INDIVIDUAL NET POINTS STATS

Georgetown            Off     %           Pts      Def           Pts   
Player                Poss  Poss  O.Rtg   Prod     Poss  D.Rtg  Allow    Net Pts
Wright, Chris          59   26.3  136.6   21.2      59    83.3    9.8      +9.8  
Freeman, Austin        57   27.7   78.0   12.3      58    79.9    9.3      +1.4  
Clark, Jason           51   20.9   32.6    3.5      48    83.0    8.0      -4.9  
Vaughn, Julian         42   10.0  200.9    8.5      41    84.0    6.9      +3.2  
Lubick, Nate           39   16.7   63.6    4.1      35    99.7    7.0      -2.6  
Thompson, Hollis       35   16.0   81.5    4.6      35    90.0    6.3      -1.1  
Starks, Markel         10   10.0  200.0    2.0       8   164.3    2.6      -0.1  
Sanford, Vee            1    0.0    -      0.0       2    10.0    0.0      -0.0  
Sims, Henry            23   14.9   87.3    3.0      23   110.2    5.1      -1.4  
Benimon, Jerelle        8   14.6   28.6    0.3      11    54.8    1.2      -0.6  
TOTALS                 65          93.1   59.4      64    87.8   56.2      +3.3  

Louisville            Off     %           Pts      Def           Pts   
Player                Poss  Poss  O.Rtg   Prod     Poss  D.Rtg  Allow    Net Pts
KNOWLES, Preston       53   15.7  106.2    8.8      53   106.5   11.3      -1.2  
SIVA, Peyton           48   25.7   46.6    5.7      47    81.8    7.7      -3.1  
SMITH, Chris           48   21.1   95.0    9.6      52    74.9    7.8      +1.9  
KURIC, Kyle            59   13.9   83.8    6.9      59   100.4   11.8      -3.2  
JENNINGS, Terrence     43   27.9  136.2   16.3      45    90.9    8.2      +6.8  
GOODE, George          21   23.9   84.0    4.2      20   106.9    4.3      -0.6  
SMITH, Russ            12   22.7   60.4    1.6      15    88.4    2.7      -0.9  
MARRA, Mike            31   18.1   69.8    3.9      28    88.6    5.0      -1.0  
VAN TREESE, Stephan     5    0.0    -      0.0       6   106.8    1.3      -1.3  
TOTALS                 64          88.9   57.2      65    92.2   60.0      -2.5

As for stars of the game, can we give them all to Chris Wright? Well, offensively, at least. When the team was struggling, he found easy baskets. And late in the game, he made a crazy-we-really-needed-that shot that outdid Austin Freeman's game-saving shot from Saturday.

Julian Vaughn was the other star, offensively and defensively. His minutes seemed limited by what seems to be a persistent injury. But when he was in, he was perfect from the field and was the strongest defender we had in the post today.

The rest of the players will have negative scores, but they each contributed defensively. Jason Clark was a disaster on offense, but he was a demon on defense, especially in the first half. Austin Freeman had a surprisingly poor offensive day, but it was primarily turnover based.

Now, onto Providence!
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 Stats pages will be updated tomorrow.


HD BOX SCORE

Louisville vs Georgetown
01/31/11 
7:00 at Verizon Center
Final score: Georgetown 62, Louisville 59

Louisville              Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
KNOWLES, Preston       33:42  -11  11/44  0- 5  3- 9  2- 3 14/48  1/11  1/53  1/53  1/29  1/33  1/23   1
SIVA, Peyton           28:55  - 3   5/39  0- 2  1- 3  2- 2  5/38  3/12  2/47  7/48  0/23  0/24  3/20   2
SMITH, Chris           31:01  + 4   7/49  1- 5  1- 3  2- 2  8/46  4/16  3/52  1/48  0/22  3/27  4/21   2
KURIC, Kyle            36:40  - 2   9/53  1- 3  2- 4  1- 3  7/53  2/15  0/59  3/59  1/29  1/34  3/23   2
JENNINGS, Terrence     24:54  + 5  18/45  8-12  0- 0  2- 2 12/38  0/ 8  0/45  1/43  0/21  4/22  3/16   2
GOODE, George          15:01  - 8   4/14  1- 3  0- 0  2- 2  3/18  0/ 3  0/20  1/21  0/12  2/14  2/10   1
SMITH, Russ            08:10  + 3   0/18  0- 3  0- 0  0- 0  3/14  1/ 6  1/15  1/12  1/ 8  1/ 8  1/ 5   2
MARRA, Mike            18:17  - 2   5/27  1- 1  1- 4  0- 0  5/26  2/ 7  1/28  1/31  0/17  0/16  2/ 9   1
VAN TREESE, Stephan    03:20  - 1   0/ 6  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 4  0/ 2  0/ 6  0/ 5  0/ 4  0/ 2  0/ 3   4
TOTALS                 40:00       59    12-34  8-23 11-14    57 13/20  8/65 16/64  3/33 14/35 19/26  17
.                                        0.353 0.348 0.786       0.650 0.123 0.250 0.091 0.400 0.731    

Georgetown              Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
Wright, Chris          35:54  + 5  24/57  8-11  0- 3  8- 8 14/41  3/12  1/59  2/59  0/30  0/23  5/32   1
Freeman, Austin        34:59  + 4  13/54  3- 6  2- 5  1- 2 11/40  3/15  3/58  6/57  0/30  1/22  2/31   2
Clark, Jason           30:34  + 6   2/49  0- 4  0- 2  2- 2  6/35  1/18  1/48  3/51  0/30  1/19  4/33   1
Vaughn, Julian         25:58  + 8  10/42  4- 4  0- 0  2- 2  4/30  1/10  0/41  0/42  4/23  1/17  4/28   1
Lubick, Nate           21:54  - 2   3/34  1- 3  0- 0  1- 3  3/30  0/11  1/35  1/39  1/19  2/19  1/20   1
Thompson, Hollis       23:29  + 3   6/36  0- 2  2- 3  0- 0  5/23  1/10  1/35  2/35  0/20  0/12  1/22   1
Starks, Markel         06:26  - 2   2/11  1- 1  0- 0  0- 0  1/ 7  0/ 2  0/ 8  0/10  0/ 5  0/ 4  0/ 5   0
Sanford, Vee           01:58  + 0   0/ 1  0- 1  0- 0  0- 0  1/ 2  0/ 0  1/ 2  0/ 1  0/ 0  0/ 2  0/ 0   0
Sims, Henry            13:57  - 5   2/20  1- 1  0- 0  0- 2  1/16  2/ 7  0/23  1/23  0/11  0/ 9  1/ 8   2
Benimon, Jerelle       04:51  - 2   0/ 6  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 6  0/ 3  1/11  1/ 8  0/ 2  1/ 3  1/ 1   3
TOTALS                 40:00       62    18-33  4-13 14-19    46 11/22  9/64 16/65  5/34  7/26 21/35  12
.                                        0.545 0.308 0.737       0.500 0.141 0.246 0.147 0.269 0.600    

Efficiency: Georgetown 0.954, Louisville 0.922
eFG%: Georgetown 0.522, Louisville 0.421
Substitutions: Georgetown 32, Louisville 33

2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Georgetown 0-0, Louisville 3-3
Layups/Tips: Georgetown 13-19, Louisville 5-13
Jumpers: Georgetown 5-14, Louisville 4-18

Fast break pts (% FG pts): Georgetown 6 (12.5), Louisville 4 (8.3)
Pts (eff.) after steal: Georgetown 10 (111.1), Louisville 6 (75.0)
Seconds per poss: Georgetown 16.8, Louisville 20.4



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