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The Hoyas played solid second-half defense and rode the hard work of Julian Vaughn and Hollis Thompson to an eight-point win in Syracuse, 64-56. This was the first win for Coach John Thompson III in Syracuse, and Georgetown's first since 2002.
I'm sick as a dog right now, so you're getting an exceptionally brief recap tonight. Try the usual suspects (link, link, link, link) for someone who can muster a bit more energy.
Let's run the numbers:
TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE . Visitor Home . Georgetown Syracuse . 1st Half 2nd Half Total 1st Half 2nd Half Total Pace 28 31 59 Points 29 35 64 31 25 56 Effic. 102.3 114.7 108.8 109.4 81.9 95.2 eFG% 51.9 55.8 53.8 48.1 38.6 43.8 TO% 21.2 22.9 22.1 21.2 26.2 23.8 OR% 35.3 57.1 45.2 43.8 26.7 35.5 FTA/FGA 11.1 38.5 24.5 26.9 50.0 37.5 Assist Rate 81.8 84.6 83.3 63.6 62.5 63.2 Block Rate 0.0 13.3 6.2 33.3 35.3 34.4 Steal Rate 7.1 6.6 6.8 10.6 13.1 11.9 2FG% 33.3 58.8 46.9 47.1 46.7 46.9 3FG% 50.0 33.3 42.9 33.3 14.3 25.0 FT% 33.3 60.0 53.8 85.7 72.7 77.8
Sometimes when I watch a game, I need to double check the rankings to make sure that the teams I'm watching are really that good. That's usually the case when the game is being dominated by the defenses, and that's what happened in the second half tonight, until Georgetown found its groove late against the 2-3 zone by getting the ball to the FT line and looking opposite.
The Orange, meanwhile, suddenly abandoned their best strategy - pounding the ball inside - and started settling for outside shots. When they finally found Rick Jackson on the left block with two minutes left, and promptly watched Chris Wright smack his shot out of bounds, they had gone from a 4 point lead with 6 minutes to go to trailing by 6.
And with that the game was over.
This was an important win for Georgetown, not just for the usual significance of beating Syracuse, but because the Hoyas did it defensively, by forcing turnovers and getting the Orange to settle for jumpshots. This is the fourth game in the last five that Georgetown's defensive performance has been a big positive [+5 points (or better) than expected], and may indicate that last Saturday's ugly win over Providence may indeed have been an aberration.
The Hoyas will have another opportunity to make believers out of the skeptics when Marquette and their conference leading offense (yeah, they've got a better offense than Pittsburgh) arrive at the Verizon Center on Sunday.
INDIVIDUAL NET POINTS STATS Georgetown Off % Pts Def Pts Player Poss Poss O.Rtg Prod Poss D.Rtg Allow Net Pts Vaughn, Julian 36 27.4 125.3 12.4 39 83.0 6.5 +5.0 Lubick, Nate 28 17.1 34.1 1.6 33 108.6 7.2 -4.5 Wright, Chris 54 14.5 133.3 10.4 56 86.7 9.7 +2.2 Freeman, Austin 54 28.4 81.1 12.4 56 96.3 10.8 -0.3 Clark, Jason 43 20.3 126.4 11.0 44 89.1 7.8 +3.2 Thompson, Hollis 37 10.3 191.1 7.3 35 60.1 4.2 +4.0 Starks, Markel 13 13.0 156.1 2.6 15 114.3 3.4 -0.0 Sims, Henry 17 24.1 35.6 1.5 16 104.3 3.3 -2.3 Benimon, Jerrelle 8 0.0 - 0.0 6 40.0 0.5 -0.5 TOTALS 58 105.6 59.2 60 89.0 53.4 +7.9 Syracuse Off % Pts Def Pts Player Poss Poss O.Rtg Prod Poss D.Rtg Allow Net Pts JACKSON, Rick 47 19.7 71.9 6.7 44 101.1 8.9 -2.5 JOSEPH, Kris 60 21.4 86.5 11.1 58 111.5 12.9 -2.5 MELO, Fab 4 58.6 44.0 1.0 3 200.0 1.2 -1.9 JARDINE, Scoop 53 17.9 88.2 8.4 51 97.7 10.0 -1.2 TRICHE, Brandon 39 19.3 98.7 7.4 35 129.5 9.1 -2.0 WAITERS, Dion 31 12.5 97.5 3.8 31 87.5 5.4 -0.6 FAIR, C.J 42 23.7 100.0 9.9 41 107.2 8.8 +0.2 KEITA, Baye Moussa 24 19.1 114.8 5.3 27 101.4 5.5 +0.2 TOTALS 60 89.5 53.6 58 106.5 61.7 -9.0
The star of the game was Julian Vaughn. Despite some foul troubles, Vaughn was just too much for Syracuse tonight as he scored on a number of hookers in the lane [5/8 2FG] while forcing Rick Jackson [1/6 2FG] out of his comfort zone.
Georgetown won despite an off-night for Austin Freeman, who struggled a bit with his shot and with turnovers - yes, he lead the team with 14 points, but he burned up too many possessions to get there.. Jason Clark and Chris Wright both were able to cover for Freeman. Wright in particular shines in the advanced stats (Net Points) despite only scoring 6 points on a bad shooting night [1/5 2FG, 1/3 3FG, 1/2 FT], by handing out 9 assists and grabbing 4 def. rebounds.
The Hoyas are now 5-0 since moving Nate Lubick to the starting line-up, but Nate had a tough game tonight. It worked out just fine, though, because the man he replaced - Hollis Thompson - was able to nearly completely offset Lubick struggles. Hollis had been an offensive phenomenon since moving to the bench [Off. Rating = 139] and provides a legitimate scoring threat off the bench without giving away much defense.
Markel Starks is showing some signs.
And that's it for tonight - stats pages won't get updated until tomorrow night.
HD BOX SCORE
Georgetown vs Syracuse
2/9/11 7:03 p.m. at Carrier Dome, Syracuse, N.Y.
Final score: Georgetown 64, Syracuse 56
Georgetown Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
Vaughn, Julian 24:49 + 8 12/46 5- 8 0- 0 2- 6 8/31 1/12 1/39 2/36 0/24 4/16 4/24 4
Lubick, Nate 21:16 -10 2/25 1- 2 0- 1 0- 0 3/30 1/ 9 0/33 2/28 0/15 0/21 1/15 1
Wright, Chris 37:21 +16 6/64 1- 5 1- 3 1- 2 8/51 9/22 0/56 1/54 2/29 1/28 4/30 3
Freeman, Austin 37:33 +10 14/64 4- 9 2- 6 0- 0 15/51 2/18 0/56 3/54 0/27 2/29 2/27 2
Clark, Jason 28:49 + 0 12/43 2- 4 2- 7 2- 2 11/38 5/12 1/44 1/43 0/25 1/24 2/24 1
Thompson, Hollis 23:48 +16 11/43 1- 2 3- 3 0- 0 5/30 2/12 2/35 0/37 0/19 1/16 4/20 2
Starks, Markel 09:54 - 1 6/16 1- 1 1- 1 1- 1 2/10 0/ 4 0/15 1/13 0/11 0/ 4 0/ 7 1
Sims, Henry 10:59 - 2 1/14 0- 1 0- 0 1- 2 1/15 0/ 5 0/16 3/17 0/ 7 1/10 0/ 4 2
Benimon, Jerrelle 05:31 + 3 0/ 5 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 9 0/ 2 0/ 6 0/ 8 0/ 3 0/ 7 1/ 4 1
TOTALS 40:00 64 15-32 9-21 7-13 53 20/24 4/60 13/58 2/32 14/31 20/31 17
. 0.469 0.429 0.538 0.833 0.067 0.224 0.062 0.452 0.645
Syracuse Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
JACKSON, Rick 29:52 - 9 4/39 1- 6 0- 0 2- 3 6/37 1/11 1/44 3/47 3/23 4/27 4/24 4
JOSEPH, Kris 40:00 - 8 14/56 2- 3 2- 7 4- 5 10/48 2/15 1/58 4/60 0/32 0/31 1/31 3
MELO, Fab 02:39 - 3 0/ 3 0- 1 0- 0 0- 0 1/ 5 1/ 1 0/ 3 1/ 4 0/ 1 1/ 4 0/ 2 0
JARDINE, Scoop 34:24 - 6 7/47 2- 6 0- 1 3- 4 7/43 6/14 2/51 2/53 0/28 0/28 2/28 1
TRICHE, Brandon 24:10 -12 11/34 1- 2 2- 5 3- 4 7/30 0/ 8 1/35 1/39 0/18 0/21 0/18 1
WAITERS, Dion 22:26 + 3 4/33 1- 2 0- 3 2- 2 5/26 1/11 2/31 0/31 1/18 0/15 0/16 2
FAIR, C.J 28:28 + 3 12/45 6- 9 0- 0 0- 0 9/35 0/10 0/41 2/42 2/24 3/21 2/23 4
KEITA, Baye Moussa 18:01 - 8 4/23 2- 3 0- 0 0- 0 3/16 1/ 6 0/27 1/24 5/16 2/ 8 2/13 2
TOTALS 40:00 56 15-32 4-16 14-18 48 12/19 7/58 14/60 11/32 11/31 17/31 17
. 0.469 0.250 0.778 0.632 0.121 0.233 0.344 0.355 0.548
Efficiency: Georgetown 1.103, Syracuse 0.933
eFG%: Georgetown 0.538, Syracuse 0.438
Substitutions: Georgetown 28, Syracuse 16
2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Georgetown 1-2, Syracuse 0-0
Layups/Tips: Georgetown 10-17, Syracuse 8-12
Jumpers: Georgetown 4-13, Syracuse 7-20
Fast break pts (% FG pts): Georgetown 6 (10.5), Syracuse 4 (9.5)
Pts (eff.) after steal: Georgetown 3 (75.0), Syracuse 9 (128.6)
Seconds per poss: Georgetown 21.5, Syracuse 18.7
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