Saturday, January 8, 2011

Recap: West Virginia 65, Georgetown 59

Today may end up serving as a clarifying game, where excuses for losses end and fans come to recognize that this year's Georgetown team is simply flawed.  Make no mistake - this was a bad loss, as the Hoyas were about a 5 point favorite coming in (or about a 3:1 favorite, if you prefer).

While the lack of defensive ability is well-documented, this is the second consecutive game where the Hoyas' once vaunted offense self-destructed by turning the ball over too many times, with a -5 turnover margin today [18 to 13], including four straight to end the game.  Georgetown was also man-handled on the glass today, allowing West Virginia to grab 44% [=15/34] of their misses while tracking down only 19% [=4/21] of their own.

This also marks at least the third game this year where an opponent had a career game against the Hoyas to lead his team to victory.


Recognizing Georgetown's defensive issues, this loss was entirely about offense.  We expected West Virginia to score about 1.05 points per possession at Verizon coming into the game, and that's just about the figure they hit.  But we'd also expect Georgetown to score about 1.15 points per possession today, and they weren't close.  This is almost exactly the same performance we saw against Notre Dame, once we adjust for opponent and venue.

The most glaring issue for the Hoyas today and throughout the season is that when Austin Freeman and Chris Wright aren't making shots, the game is lost.  It's unclear if (and unlikely that) there are some underlying health issues for Austin, but the pair have simply not performed up to their reputation in Georgetown's four losses.
.               Wins             Losses
.           ORate   TS %      ORate   TS %
Freeman     144.5   72.9       86.5   47.9
Wright      114.3   59.5       72.9   33.5
. TS % = True shooting percentage
In Georgetown's losses, the rest of the team (everyone but Wright and Freeman) have managed a TS% = 65 and an Off. Rating = 116.

And on that note, just a stats dump will have to suffice for the game. My schedule is a bit swamped right now.  Hope to get the stats pages updated tonight.


Let's run the numbers:

TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE
 
.            Home                            Visitor   
.            Georgetown                      West Virginia         
.            1st Half  2nd Half   Total      1st Half  2nd Half   Total
Pace            28        35        62
 
Effic.         90.7      97.9      94.8       105.2     103.7     104.4  
 
eFG%           55.3      56.0      55.7        46.3      46.0      46.2  
TO%            32.7      25.9      28.9        18.1      23.0      20.9  
OR%            22.2      16.7      19.0        43.8      44.4      44.1  
FTA/FGA        21.1      28.0      25.0        22.2      72.0      46.2  

Assist Rate    60.0      33.3      45.5        81.8      50.0      66.7  
Block Rate      5.3      22.2      13.5        14.3      15.4      14.8  
Steal Rate     10.9      14.4      12.9         3.6      17.3      11.2  
 
2FG%           64.3      61.5      63.0        42.1      38.9      40.5  
3FG%           20.0      33.3      29.4        37.5      42.9      40.0  
FT%           100.0      85.7      90.9        66.7      72.2      70.8





INDIVIDUAL NET POINTS STATS

Georgetown            Off     %           Pts      Def           Pts   
Player                Poss  Poss  O.Rtg   Prod     Poss  D.Rtg  Allow    Net Pts
Thompson, Hollis       33    9.3  135.0    4.2      31    79.4    4.9      +0.5  
Wright, Chris          54   33.7   52.2    9.5      53   101.7   10.8      -5.1  
Freeman, Austin        52   16.4  113.9    9.7      52   107.9   11.2      -0.5  
Clark, Jason           47   26.6  119.4   14.9      46   102.5    9.4      +3.8  
Vaughn, Julian         45   15.7   94.0    6.6      44   123.1   10.8      -3.1  
Starks, Markel         13   37.2   91.6    4.4      12    40.0    1.0      +3.0  
Sanford, Vee            3    0.0    -      0.0       4   148.0    1.2      -1.2  
Sims, Henry            17   14.3  117.5    2.8      17    91.5    3.1      +0.2  
Benimon, Jerrelle      10   20.0    0.0    0.0      10   167.6    3.4      -3.4  
Lubick, Nate           36    8.9  139.1    4.4      36    90.6    6.5      -0.3  
TOTALS                 62          91.6   56.7      61   102.2   62.3      -6.0  

West Virginia         Off     %           Pts      Def           Pts   
Player                Poss  Poss  O.Rtg   Prod     Poss  D.Rtg  Allow    Net Pts
Mitchell, Casey        54   29.7  127.0   20.4      54   105.4   11.4      +6.2  
Jones, Kevin           57   23.5  121.4   16.3      58   100.9   11.7      +3.6  
Kilicli, Deniz         17   20.8   95.5    3.4      20   117.4    4.7      -1.0  
Bryant, Darryl         52   22.2   73.3    8.4      53    93.5    9.9      -1.9  
Flowers, John          38   18.0   65.0    4.4      41    77.6    6.4      -1.4  
Thorougman, Cam        37   10.3   43.1    1.6      35    65.7    4.6      -1.9  
Mazulla, Joe           44   12.1  113.9    6.1      44    86.6    7.6      -0.0  
Jennings, Danny         6    0.0    -      1.0       5   120.0    1.2      -0.2  
TOTALS                 61         101.9   61.6      62    92.7   57.5      +4.9



HD BOX SCORE

West Virginia vs Georgetown
01/08/11 11:00 at Verizon Center
Final score: West Virginia 65, Georgetown 59

West Virginia           Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
Mitchell, Casey        35:07  - 4  28/53  6-12  4- 7  4- 5 19/47  2/ 7  1/54  2/54  2/24  2/34  1/17   0
Jones, Kevin           36:00  + 5  15/60  4- 9  1- 3  4- 6 12/46  3/14  0/58  0/57  1/25  5/30  3/21   0
Kilicli, Deniz         11:55  - 9   2/14  1- 3  0- 0  0- 0  3/17  1/ 4  0/20  2/17  0/ 9  3/12  1/ 9   4
Bryant, Darryl         34:24  + 9   9/60  3- 9  0- 3  3- 5 12/46  3/17  1/53  2/52  0/23  0/30  3/19   2
Flowers, John          26:10  +10   5/46  1- 4  1- 2  0- 0  6/35  2/14  1/41  2/38  0/18  0/21  5/14   4
Thorougman, Cam        22:42  +11   0/36  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/29  0/11  2/35  3/37  1/14  2/21  1/12   3
Mazulla, Joe           29:34  + 1   5/43  0- 0  0- 0  5- 6  0/35  3/13  2/44  2/44  0/19  1/25  1/13   2
Jennings, Danny        04:08  + 7   1/13  0- 0  0- 0  1- 2  0/ 5  0/ 4  0/ 5  0/ 6  0/ 3  1/ 2  0/ 0   0
TOTALS                 40:00       65    15-37  6-15 17-24    52 14/21  7/62 13/61  4/27 15/34 17/21  15
.                                        0.405 0.400 0.708       0.667 0.113 0.213 0.148 0.441 0.810    

Georgetown              Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
Thompson, Hollis       20:35  + 1   6/32  3- 3  0- 1  0- 0  4/27  0/11  2/31  0/33  1/21  0/13  3/19   5
Wright, Chris          34:11  -12   9/49  2- 6  1- 7  2- 2 13/38  2/14  3/53  5/54  0/33  0/20  3/28   2
Freeman, Austin        32:50  -11  11/44  1- 2  2- 6  3- 4  8/36  1/13  0/52  1/52  0/32  0/19  2/32   4
Clark, Jason           31:18  - 4  16/51  6- 8  1- 2  1- 1 10/36  1/12  2/46  4/47  1/26  0/17  5/25   2
Vaughn, Julian         29:24  - 7   4/44  2- 3  0- 0  0- 0  3/33  3/14  0/44  3/45  1/27  2/16  1/22   2
Starks, Markel         08:28  +13   5/17  1- 2  1- 1  0- 0  3/10  1/ 5  1/12  2/13  0/ 5  0/ 2  0/ 9   1
Sanford, Vee           03:05  - 6   0/ 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 2  0/ 0  0/ 4  0/ 3  0/ 5  0/ 2  0/ 2   0
Sims, Henry            10:36  + 1   4/15  1- 1  0- 0  2- 2  1/11  0/ 5  0/17  1/17  1/10  0/ 5  1/13   1
Benimon, Jerrelle      06:49  - 4   0/12  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 6  0/ 5  0/10  2/10  0/ 5  0/ 1  0/ 4   0
Lubick, Nate           22:44  - 1   4/31  1- 2  0- 0  2- 2  2/21  2/ 9  0/36  0/36  1/21  0/10  3/21   3
TOTALS                 40:00       59    17-27  5-17 10-11    44 10/22  8/61 18/62  5/37  4/21 19/34  20
.                                        0.630 0.294 0.909       0.455 0.131 0.290 0.135 0.190 0.559    

Efficiency: West Virginia 1.066, Georgetown 0.952
eFG%: West Virginia 0.462, Georgetown 0.557
Substitutions: West Virginia 23, Georgetown 34

2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: West Virginia 0-0, Georgetown 2-2
Layups/Tips: West Virginia 8-16, Georgetown 11-17
Jumpers: West Virginia 7-21, Georgetown 4-8

Fast break pts (% FG pts): West Virginia 8 (16.7), Georgetown 13 (26.5)
Pts (eff.) after steal: West Virginia 8 (114.3), Georgetown 10 (125.0)
Seconds per poss: West Virginia 22.9, Georgetown 16.2



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