It only took two conference games to realize that it won't.
Georgetown came out today and gave a defensive effort that may have yielded a loss to 14 other Big East teams, but luckily for them they were playing that 15th conference opponent: the currently woeful DePaul Blue Demons. The Hoyas walked away with an 11-point victory that was - at best - a head-scratcher.
Let's run the numbers:
TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE . Home Visitor . Georgetown DePaul . 1st Half 2nd Half Total 1st Half 2nd Half Total Pace 32 41 73 Effic. 112.7 122.8 118.3 90.8 113.0 103.1 eFG% 51.7 62.1 56.8 37.0 48.8 44.0 TO% 18.8 19.7 19.3 21.9 9.8 15.1 OR% 41.2 35.3 38.2 44.4 43.5 43.9 FTA/FGA 20.0 69.0 44.1 48.1 27.5 35.8 Assist Rate 57.1 52.9 54.8 40.0 52.6 48.3 Block Rate 4.2 8.6 6.8 4.5 4.3 4.4 Steal Rate 6.3 7.4 6.9 18.8 14.7 16.5 2FG% 50.0 65.2 57.8 41.7 51.4 47.5 3FG% 37.5 33.3 35.7 0.0 20.0 12.5 FT% 83.3 70.0 73.1 69.2 63.6 66.7
One of the main reasons that Georgetown's defense was so awful today was its offense - or rather a specific part of its offense, the dread live-ball turnover. Coming into today's game, the Hoyas had committed turnovers on >20% of their possessions only twice in the past six games: at Temple and at Notre Dame.
But to be a bit more stats-wonky about things, take a look at Georgetown's defensive performance so far this season: the team has had three terrible defensive games. One was against Loyola, where almost the entire second half was devoted to letting the bench play, so I'll ignore it (the defense was fine in the first half). The other two were at Missouri and today. In both of those games, Georgetown allowed their opponent to steal the ball more than 16% of offensive possessions; the Tigers turned 15 steals into 24 points, while today the Blue Demons turned 12 steals into 16 points.
To put this another way:
Georgetown has allowed a steal rate above 15% only one other game this season - at Temple.. poss. after steal other possessions Opponent Count Def. Eff. Count Def. Eff. Missouri 15 160 69 113 DePaul 12 133 58 102
Meanwhile, during the second half today when DePaul seemed able to score at will, the Hoyas were only able to force 4 turnovers. By getting so many trips down the court with a scoring attempt, the Blue Demons were inevitably going to improve their offensive efficiency.
Another stat of interest today was the dreaded rebounding issue. DePaul attacked the offensive glass with abandon today, gather 18 rebounds on 41 opportunities [44%]. But a strange thing happened. In spite of those 18 offensive rebounds, the Blue Demons managed only managed 11 second-chance points. At least for today, Georgetown's rebounding problems weren't a big driver of the poor defense.
So did anything go right?
The offense was actually just a hair less efficient then we'd expect, thanks to strong 2-pt shooting, especially by Jason Clark. Julian Vaughn and friends gathered 13 offensive rebounds, which the Hoyas managed to convert into 19 points.
And, in the end, the Hoyas walked off the court with a conference win.
INDIVIDUAL NET POINTS STATS Georgetown Off % Pts Def Pts Player Poss Poss O.Rtg Prod Poss D.Rtg Allow Net Pts Thompson, Hollis 44 14.6 119.3 7.6 45 93.2 8.4 +0.5 Wright, Chris 60 25.7 116.7 18.0 60 91.7 11.0 +5.4 Freeman, Austin 56 19.5 163.6 17.8 55 92.0 10.1 +7.8 Clark, Jason 62 20.9 130.2 16.8 61 99.4 12.1 +4.3 Vaughn, Julian 45 19.6 125.2 11.0 43 93.3 8.0 +2.9 Starks, Markel 15 8.2 46.3 0.6 15 157.4 4.7 -2.8 Sanford, Vee 7 64.3 88.9 4.0 7 120.0 1.7 +0.5 Sims, Henry 16 28.9 116.4 5.4 17 34.5 1.2 +4.0 Benimon, Jerrelle 23 15.8 92.3 3.3 23 122.3 5.6 -1.7 Ayegba, Moses 2 0.0 - 0.0 3 200.0 1.2 -1.2 Lubick, Nate 20 7.0 57.6 0.8 21 156.0 6.6 -3.6 TOTALS 70 122.3 85.5 70 100.9 70.6 +14.9 DePaul Off % Pts Def Pts Player Poss Poss O.Rtg Prod Poss D.Rtg Allow Net Pts STOVALL, Mike 35 25.7 44.1 4.0 36 93.0 6.7 -3.6 KELLY, Jeremiah 58 5.4 156.8 4.9 57 110.7 12.6 -3.1 MELVIN, Cleveland 64 27.7 116.4 20.6 64 120.3 15.4 +2.3 YOUNG, Brandon 63 13.5 115.5 9.9 62 108.5 13.5 -1.5 FABER, Krys 23 16.6 41.5 1.6 24 105.6 5.1 -3.0 BIZOUKAS, Michael 19 6.5 38.8 0.5 21 122.1 5.1 -2.8 FREELAND, Tony 53 36.1 128.6 24.6 52 126.7 13.2 +5.9 DREW, Jimmy 35 15.4 89.3 4.8 34 135.0 9.2 -3.4 TOTALS 70 104.2 70.8 70 115.3 80.7 -8.8
In the past four games, the Big Three have struggled from outside the arc [11/40]. Well, that's not really fair, since Austin Freeman [7/14] has done his part. And, Austin has shot pretty darn well from inside [24/32] as well. And not to shabby at the line, either [11/13]. I've said it before, but I wonder if Hoya fans realize just how proficient a shooter Freeman is. He's today's star-of-the-game.
Chris Wright walked into the lockerroom at halftime with the following line over the past game and a half:
The natives were getting restless. Other than setting up his teammates, there wasn't a lot going right for Chris on the offensive end. But to his credit, Wright decided that his shooting touch [3/18 since that wondrous shot against Missouri] is just not there, and got to work by driving to the rim for hoop and/or harm. Smart. Here's his second half today:2FG-FGA 3FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN . 1-7 0-6 1-3 0 2 2 5 3 11 4 0 1 53
2FG-FGA 3FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN . 5-8 0-1 7-10 0 0 0 0 17 2 2 0 1 17
Jason Clark has been receiving even more grief recently than Mr. Wright, both for his missing touch from deep [2/15 last four games] and for a perceived lack of defense. But, much like Chris, he adjusted his game today to take advantage of a porous DePaul interior defense, making 9/12 on 2FG to rack up 21 points.
Henry Sims had a tough time staying on the floor [5 fouls in 17 possessions], but was real force defensively when he was in there.
HD BOX SCORE
DePaul vs Georgetown
01/01/11 1:00 at Verizon Center
Final score: Georgetown 86, DePaul 75
DePaul Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
STOVALL, Mike 19:46 - 8 4/29 1- 7 0- 2 2- 2 9/35 1/11 2/36 3/35 0/18 1/25 2/17 0
KELLY, Jeremiah 33:31 -14 3/57 0- 2 1- 3 0- 0 5/53 4/20 3/57 0/58 0/40 2/36 3/29 3
MELVIN, Cleveland 35:34 - 7 29/73 13-19 0- 0 3- 7 19/61 1/15 1/64 2/64 2/43 2/35 5/33 4
YOUNG, Brandon 35:37 - 8 9/67 4- 9 0- 1 1- 1 10/61 4/22 4/62 3/63 0/38 2/38 3/27 3
FABER, Krys 14:46 -20 2/ 9 1- 4 0- 0 0- 1 4/24 0/ 3 1/24 0/23 0/16 1/22 4/11 4
BIZOUKAS, Michael 10:52 + 0 0/26 0- 1 0- 0 0- 0 1/20 1/11 0/21 0/19 0/12 0/ 8 1/12 2
FREELAND, Tony 29:40 + 5 24/68 8-16 0- 0 8-11 16/49 0/18 0/52 1/53 0/31 6/25 2/24 1
DREW, Jimmy 20:14 - 3 4/46 1- 1 0- 2 2- 2 3/32 3/16 1/34 1/35 0/27 0/16 1/17 4
TOTALS 40:00 75 28-59 1- 8 16-24 67 14/29 12/70 11/70 2/45 18/41 21/34 21
. 0.475 0.125 0.667 0.483 0.171 0.157 0.044 0.439 0.618
Georgetown Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
Thompson, Hollis 25:38 +11 7/58 1- 3 1- 2 2- 2 5/40 1/19 1/45 1/44 0/37 2/22 3/26 1
Wright, Chris 35:05 +21 17/79 5-10 0- 2 7-10 12/52 7/23 2/60 3/60 0/49 0/30 1/39 1
Freeman, Austin 31:16 +18 21/69 5- 7 3- 5 2- 2 12/47 4/17 0/55 0/56 0/44 2/28 4/37 3
Clark, Jason 34:55 +15 21/75 9-12 0- 3 3- 5 15/54 1/19 0/61 4/62 0/46 1/31 3/36 2
Vaughn, Julian 24:16 + 9 9/54 2- 5 0- 0 5- 6 5/36 1/16 0/43 0/45 2/40 3/21 7/25 4
Starks, Markel 08:01 - 9 0/17 0- 3 0- 0 0- 0 3/12 0/ 6 1/15 0/15 0/15 1/ 6 0/ 3 1
Sanford, Vee 04:13 - 5 3/ 5 0- 0 1- 2 0- 0 2/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 7 2/ 7 0/ 8 0/ 1 0/ 3 0
Sims, Henry 10:19 + 9 4/21 2- 3 0- 0 0- 1 3/16 1/ 7 0/17 1/16 1/10 2/10 5/11 5
Benimon, Jerrelle 13:57 + 3 2/29 1- 1 0- 0 0- 0 1/19 1/10 0/23 2/23 1/20 2/11 0/18 1
Ayegba, Moses 01:11 - 6 0/ 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 0 0/ 0 0/ 3 0/ 2 0/ 4 0/ 0 0/ 1 0
Lubick, Nate 11:09 -11 2/23 1- 1 0- 0 0- 0 1/16 0/ 6 0/21 1/20 0/22 0/10 0/ 6 2
TOTALS 40:00 86 26-45 5-14 19-26 59 17/31 5/70 14/70 4/59 13/34 23/41 20
. 0.578 0.357 0.731 0.548 0.071 0.200 0.068 0.382 0.561
Efficiency: Georgetown 1.229, DePaul 1.071
eFG%: Georgetown 0.568, DePaul 0.440
Substitutions: Georgetown 30, DePaul 35
2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Georgetown 4-4, DePaul 2-3
Layups/Tips: Georgetown 20-33, DePaul 18-35
Jumpers: Georgetown 2-8, DePaul 8-21
Fast break pts (% FG pts): Georgetown 10 (14.9), DePaul 12 (20.3)
Pts (eff.) after steal: Georgetown 4 (80.0), DePaul 16 (133.3)
Seconds per poss: Georgetown 16.1, DePaul 18.1
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