Sunday, February 20, 2011

Recap: Georgetown 61, USF 55

With Austin Freeman struggling for the third game in a row and for the fourth time in five outings, Chris Wright and the rest of the Georgetown Hoyas did enough to make ensure the victory last night over the South Florida Bulls, 61-55.


Sickness refuses to release its steely grip from the HP crew, so another brief recap is all you'll get.





Let's run the numbers:

TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE
 
.            Visitor                         Home      
.            Georgetown                      USF         
.            1st Half  2nd Half   Total      1st Half  2nd Half   Total
Pace            26        26        52

Points          28        33        61          26        29        55   

Effic.        107.1     125.7     116.4        99.4     110.4     105.0  
 
eFG%           60.0      56.5      58.1        31.8      50.0      39.8  
TO%            22.9      15.2      19.1        11.5      19.0      15.3  
OR%            20.0      45.5      33.3        50.0      38.5      45.9  
FTA/FGA        20.0      34.8      27.9        18.2      11.5      15.3  
 
Assist Rate    80.0      58.3      68.2        60.0      53.8      56.5  
Block Rate     12.5      13.0      12.8         7.7       5.9       6.7  
Steal Rate      3.8      11.4       7.6         7.6       3.8       5.7  
 
2FG%           46.2      58.8      53.3        37.5      56.5      46.8  
3FG%           57.1      33.3      46.2        11.1       0.0       8.3  
FT%           100.0      87.5      91.7        83.3     100.0      88.9

The stat that most Hoya fans will probably take away from last night's game is the 17-7 offensive rebounding margin that the Bulls enjoyed.  There are a couple of problems with this stat that have nothing to do with Georgetown's rebounding effort:
  • Last night's game is just another data point towards the great "rebounding margin is dead" revolution.  Sure, USF gathered ten more offensive rebounds than the Hoyas, but they also missed a ton more shots.  The Bulls grabbed those 17 off. rebounds on 37 available misses [46%].  It was bad, but the Hoyas have allowed worse this season, at Rutgers.
  • The Bulls made their bones on offensive rebounds in the first half, gathering 12 in the Lift-off half.  But they were only able to convert those 12 second chances into 9 points.  The gaudy rebounding stats just weren't a big help to them; their care with the ball [3 TOs on 28 possessions] was the bigger problem for the Hoyas.
Now this isn't to say that the Hoyas defensive rebounding isn't troubling - USF did convert their 5 OREB into 8 points in the second half, which means they earned a point for every off. rebound overall in the game.

Georgetown's defense overall was lousy in the game, and this was a carry-over from the UConn game.  If the defense is indeed reverting to its mid-season form, the Hoyas are in trouble, especially with Freeman looking so hesitant with his vanished outside shooting touch.

The Cincinnati Bearcats arrive at the Verizon Center on Wednesday playing for their NCAA lives, having just pulled off two convincing wins in their last two games.  Without an improved defense and the return of their offensive leader, the Hoyas will have a big test ahead of them.


INDIVIDUAL NET POINTS STATS

Georgetown            Off     %           Pts      Def           Pts   
Player                Poss  Poss  O.Rtg   Prod     Poss  D.Rtg  Allow    Net Pts
Vaughn, Julian         34   13.6  204.0    9.4      36   118.5    8.5      +2.4  
Lubick, Nate           34   14.7  139.2    7.0      36   107.8    7.8      +0.4  
Wright, Chris          46   36.8  140.2   23.7      47    95.5    9.0     +11.2  
Freeman, Austin        44   21.4   53.7    5.1      44    99.5    8.8      -4.0  
Clark, Jason           40   13.3  108.4    5.8      42    85.2    7.2      -0.1  
Thompson, Hollis       26   19.6   95.0    4.8      25   105.4    5.3      -0.5  
Starks, Markel          6    0.0    -      0.0       6   141.3    1.7      -1.7  
Sims, Henry            18    9.2   97.0    1.6      17    67.6    2.3      -0.1  
Benimon, Jerrelle      12   25.0   37.5    1.1      12    95.0    2.3      -1.4  
TOTALS                 52         114.7   58.6      53    99.5   52.7      +6.9  

USF                   Off     %           Pts      Def           Pts   
Player                Poss  Poss  O.Rtg   Prod     Poss  D.Rtg  Allow    Net Pts
GILCHRIST, Augustus    42   30.7  135.6   17.5      40   126.9   10.2      +4.2  
FAMOUS, Jarrid         18   24.7   65.3    2.9      18    96.0    3.5      -1.0  
ROBERTSON, Hugh        45   24.4   73.1    8.0      46   108.0    9.9      -2.9  
CRATER, Anthony        46    4.3   99.9    2.0      46   111.5   10.3      -4.2  
NORIEGA, Shaun         15   13.3    0.0    0.0      15   148.4    4.5      -3.7  
ANDERSON Jr, Ron       16   11.8   93.9    1.8      16    87.9    2.8      -0.5  
DORITY, LaVonte         7    2.6  225.0    0.4       6   124.4    1.5      -0.4  
POLAND, Jawanza        37   27.4  102.9   10.4      35   100.3    7.0      +1.8  
BURWELL, Mike           9   15.5   62.3    0.9       8   111.5    1.8      -0.8  
FITZPATRICK, Toarlyn   30   17.4  140.1    7.3      30   123.3    7.4      +0.4  
TOTALS                 53         100.1   51.2      52   113.0   58.8      -7.1

Not much more to add here below the jump.  Chris Wright was fantastic last night, topping his game against Utah St. as his best of the season.

Most of the rest of the team simply got out of his way and let him do his thing (only Freeman and Jerrelle Benimon used more than 20% of available possessions besides Wright).


That's all for this game.  Stats pages are woefully behind (other than the BE snapshot), but I'll try to get everything caught up tonight.


HD BOX SCORE

Georgetown vs USF
02-19-11 7:00 PM at Tampa, Fla. - Sun Dome
Final score: Georgetown 61, USF 55

Georgetown              Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
Vaughn, Julian         26:04  - 4   8/39  3- 4  0- 0  2- 2  4/23  3/10  0/36  0/34  2/31  1/10  2/24   3
Lubick, Nate           27:53  + 6   5/44  1- 2  1- 1  0- 0  3/30  2/14  0/36  2/34  1/30  3/14  2/25   1
Wright, Chris          34:20  +10  26/57  6- 9  2- 3  8- 8 12/36  4/12  1/47  3/46  0/41  1/16  2/33   0
Freeman, Austin        34:17  + 6   4/57  2- 6  0- 4  0- 0 10/36  2/18  0/44  2/44  0/43  0/16  8/34   2
Clark, Jason           30:30  + 9  10/50  2- 3  2- 3  0- 0  6/36  1/15  2/42  1/40  0/36  0/17  3/27   2
Thompson, Hollis       18:40  + 4   7/27  2- 4  1- 1  0- 0  5/22  1/ 6  0/25  1/26  2/25  0/13  0/22   1
Starks, Markel         05:45  - 4   0/ 4  0- 0  0- 1  0- 0  1/ 4  0/ 2  0/ 6  0/ 6  0/ 6  0/ 2  0/ 4   1
Sims, Henry            13:56  +10   0/22  0- 1  0- 0  0- 0  1/20  1/ 9  0/17  0/18  1/16  1/11  2/13   2
Benimon, Jerrelle      08:35  - 7   1/ 5  0- 1  0- 0  1- 2  1/ 8  1/ 2  1/12  1/12  0/ 7  0/ 6  0/ 3   0
TOTALS                 40:00       61    16-30  6-13 11-12    43 15/22  4/53 10/52  6/47  7/21 20/37  12
.                                        0.533 0.462 0.917       0.682 0.075 0.192 0.128 0.333 0.541    

USF                     Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
GILCHRIST, Augustus    32:17  - 4  22/47 10-15  0- 1  2- 3 16/50  0/ 9  0/40  2/42  0/21  5/32  2/13   1
FAMOUS, Jarrid         12:30  - 4   2/14  1- 6  0- 0  0- 0  6/17  0/ 6  0/18  0/18  0/14  2/11  2/13   0
ROBERTSON, Hugh        34:02  -17  10/39  4- 8  0- 3  2- 2 11/50  0/13  2/46  2/45  2/27  2/33  2/18   2
CRATER, Anthony        34:46  -11   0/43  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/50  7/19  1/46  1/46  0/27  0/32  1/19   0
NORIEGA, Shaun         11:24  - 8   0/14  0- 0  0- 3  0- 0  3/17  0/ 7  0/15  0/15  0/ 7  0/11  0/ 5   1
ANDERSON Jr, Ron       12:35  - 1   2/14  1- 2  0- 0  0- 0  2/16  1/ 5  0/16  0/16  0/ 9  0/10  1/ 6   3
DORITY, LaVonte        05:14  + 5   0/12  0- 1  0- 0  0- 0  1/ 9  1/ 4  0/ 6  0/ 7  0/ 3  0/ 5  0/ 2   0
POLAND, Jawanza        27:19  + 8  12/43  4- 8  0- 3  4- 4 11/43  3/13  0/35  3/37  0/21  2/27  2/16   2
BURWELL, Mike          07:15  + 5   0/14  0- 1  0- 1  0- 0  2/ 8  1/ 5  0/ 8  0/ 9  0/ 5  0/ 3  0/ 3   1
FITZPATRICK, Toarlyn   22:38  - 3   7/35  2- 6  1- 1  0- 0  7/35  0/11  0/30  0/30  0/16  3/21  3/10   3
TOTALS                 40:00       55    22-47  1-12  8- 9    59 13/23  3/52  8/53  2/30 17/37 14/21  13
.                                        0.468 0.083 0.889       0.565 0.058 0.151 0.067 0.459 0.667    

Efficiency: Georgetown 1.173, USF 1.038
eFG%: Georgetown 0.581, USF 0.398
Substitutions: Georgetown 31, USF 35

2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Georgetown 0-0, USF 3-3
Layups/Tips: Georgetown 13-20, USF 11-25
Jumpers: Georgetown 3-10, USF 8-19

Fast break pts (% FG pts): Georgetown 6 (12.0), USF 2 (4.3)
Pts (eff.) after steal: Georgetown 2 (50.0), USF 4 (133.3)
Seconds per poss: Georgetown 20.9, USF 24.7



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