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The Georgetown Hoyas succumbed to a barrage of open 3FGs by the VCU Rams while failing to do much of anything on the offensive end, losing in a rout, 74-56.
Storyline #1:
The Rams made 11 or their first 19 shots from behind the arc, including 5 of their first 7 to start the Vesper half, in moving out to a 18 point lead with 11:13 left in the game. Meanwhile, outside of Hollis Thompson [4-6 3FG], the Hoyas managed to shoot 1 for 20 from 3FG for the game (inside of Hollis Thompson, it's too dark to shoot).
Storyline #2:
With less than a minute left in the first half, Georgetown trailed VCU by 6 points when Chris Wright missed the front end of a 1-and-1. Over the next 21 possessions for each team (14+ minutes of game time), the Rams outscored the Hoyas 33-14 and had built an insurmountable 25 point lead with only 7 minutes left in the game. Eight of the Hoyas' 21 possessions during that stretch resulted in a turnover.
Storyline #3:
The Hoyas ended the game with only three more field goals made [20] than turnovers committed [17].
But the stat of the night for Hoya fans is likely what time they turned the game off.
At this point, Coach John Thompson III has a public relations problem that he's going to have to deal with: the reputation of having teams that either implode [2009, 2011] or suffer a bad upset in their final game of the season [2008, 2010]. One of those is a tough label to shake, but the combination can be - dare I say - professionally fatal. How JT3 deals with tonight's embarrassing effort, and the implications it has for his career, will be interesting to say the least.
As for the players, it should be noted that the four seniors - Austin Freeman, Chris Wright, Julian Vaughn and Ryan Dougherty - have all been outstanding representatives of the university both as players and as students. At different times, they all brought excitement and joy to Hoya fans this season (remember Ryan's layup against Appalachian State?).
I do feel sorry for those guys, because the legacy of flaming out by the end of the season is likely the one that most fans will associate with them, rather than any successes that they had. I'm quite certain that they are at least as upset about the way Georgetown's season (and their careers) ended as any fan.
With the graduation of the three senior starters, the Hoyas will enter next season with few expectations of success. Hollis Thompson comported himself well tonight and it looks like it will be his team to lead for the next two years
For the last time this season, let's run the numbers:
TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE . Home Visitor . Georgetown Virginia Commonwealth . 1st Half 2nd Half Total 1st Half 2nd Half Total Pace 30 33 62 Points 24 32 56 35 39 74 Effic. 81.2 97.5 89.8 118.4 118.9 118.7 eFG% 38.0 48.1 43.3 52.2 57.1 54.5 TO% 30.5 24.4 27.3 10.2 9.1 9.6 OR% 44.4 25.0 35.3 31.2 18.8 25.0 FTA/FGA 28.0 22.2 25.0 73.9 104.8 88.6 Assist Rate 77.8 45.5 60.0 66.7 88.9 77.8 Block Rate 9.1 0.0 5.3 15.4 15.4 15.4 Steal Rate 6.8 3.0 4.8 10.2 12.2 11.2 2FG% 61.5 53.8 57.7 27.3 37.5 31.6 3FG% 8.3 28.6 19.2 50.0 46.2 48.0 FT% 71.4 100.0 84.6 64.7 68.2 66.7
Final thoughts and the full stats breakdown tomorrow.
INDIVIDUAL NET POINTS STATS Georgetown Off % Pts Def Pts Player Poss Poss O.Rtg Prod Poss D.Rtg Allow Net Pts Vaughn, Julian 18 39.1 57.8 4.1 16 105.8 3.4 -1.3 Lubick, Nate 45 9.5 15.4 0.7 39 123.6 9.6 -6.8 Freeman, Austin 53 24.0 76.1 9.7 50 122.1 12.2 -4.2 Clark, Jason 58 15.2 97.6 8.6 57 121.7 13.9 -3.7 Wright, Chris 53 26.1 41.9 5.8 48 116.8 11.2 -7.9 Thompson, Hollis 50 20.0 184.7 18.5 50 102.2 10.2 +8.3 Sanford, Vee 8 16.4 55.1 0.7 10 84.0 1.7 -0.7 Dougherty, Ryan 0 - - 0.0 0 121.3 0.0 +0.0 Sims, Henry 7 0.0 - 0.0 7 140.1 2.0 -2.0 Benimon, Jerrelle 6 0.0 - 0.0 10 78.0 1.6 -1.6 Starks, Markel 17 20.5 112.5 3.9 18 96.1 3.5 +0.5 TOTALS 63 84.4 51.9 61 113.5 69.2 -17.5 Virginia Commonwealth Off % Pts Def Pts Player Poss Poss O.Rtg Prod Poss D.Rtg Allow Net Pts Skeen, Jamie 58 24.5 106.3 15.1 60 97.5 11.7 +2.3 Haley, D.J 8 12.5 0.0 0.0 8 -22.9 -0.4 +0.3 Rodriguez, Joey 52 25.2 151.1 19.8 52 85.3 8.9 +9.8 Burgess, Bradford 56 18.8 127.2 13.4 56 81.4 9.1 +4.6 Nixon, Ed 37 16.6 83.1 5.1 40 81.5 6.5 -0.7 Theus, Darius 15 19.6 31.9 0.9 18 108.5 3.9 -2.6 Brandenberg, Rob 20 10.0 0.0 0.0 21 31.1 1.3 -1.0 Daniels, Troy 1 100.0 0.0 0.0 2 0.0 0.0 +0.0 Veal, Toby 3 33.3 100.0 1.0 4 100.0 0.8 +0.1 Rozzell, Brandon 45 15.4 216.2 15.0 43 101.1 8.7 +7.1 Hinton, David 0 - - 0.0 0 88.9 0.0 +0.0 Reddic, Juvonte 10 10.0 0.0 0.0 11 122.1 2.7 -2.0 TOTALS 61 117.5 70.4 63 84.5 53.2 +19.0
HD BOX SCORE
Virginia Commonwealth vs Georgetown
3/18/01 9:10 pm at United Center Chicago, IL
Final score: Virginia Commonwealth 74, Georgetown 56
Virginia Commonwealth Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
Skeen, Jamie 38:04 +18 12/74 2- 6 1- 1 5- 9 7/41 2/15 0/60 1/58 0/26 3/29 2/32 1
Haley, D.J 06:28 + 4 0/ 7 0- 1 0- 0 0- 0 1/ 7 0/ 2 1/ 8 0/ 8 0/ 4 0/ 5 1/ 8 1
Rodriguez, Joey 33:36 +21 17/69 1- 3 2- 6 9- 9 9/37 7/14 2/52 2/52 0/20 0/25 2/27 2
Burgess, Bradford 35:35 +23 12/72 1- 3 2- 4 4- 7 7/38 3/15 1/56 0/56 4/24 2/26 6/31 3
Nixon, Ed 23:16 +10 5/42 0- 2 1- 1 2- 2 3/25 1/ 7 1/40 2/37 0/17 1/21 0/23 1
Theus, Darius 10:25 -10 1/ 9 0- 0 0- 0 1- 6 0/11 0/ 3 0/18 0/15 0/ 8 0/10 0/ 9 2
Brandenberg, Rob 13:36 +13 0/21 0- 1 0- 2 0- 0 3/15 0/ 5 0/21 0/20 0/ 6 0/12 3/14 1
Daniels, Troy 01:09 + 0 0/ 0 0- 0 0- 1 0- 0 1/ 1 0/ 0 0/ 2 0/ 1 0/ 0 0/ 1 1/ 2 0
Veal, Toby 02:12 - 3 1/ 1 0- 0 0- 0 1- 2 0/ 2 0/ 0 0/ 4 0/ 3 0/ 1 0/ 2 0/ 1 0
Rozzell, Brandon 28:11 +13 26/61 2- 3 6-10 4- 4 13/34 1/ 8 2/43 0/45 0/21 0/23 2/20 2
Hinton, David 00:24 + 0 0/ 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 0 0/ 0 0/ 0 0/ 0 0/ 0 0/ 0 0/ 0 0
Reddic, Juvonte 07:04 + 1 0/14 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 9 0/ 3 0/11 1/10 0/ 3 0/ 6 0/ 3 3
TOTALS 40:00 74 6-19 12-25 26-39 44 14/18 7/63 6/61 4/26 8/32 22/34 16
. 0.316 0.480 0.667 0.778 0.111 0.098 0.154 0.250 0.647
Georgetown Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
Vaughn, Julian 13:23 - 6 2/16 1- 3 0- 0 0- 0 3/19 1/ 5 0/16 4/18 0/ 7 4/13 4/10 3
Lubick, Nate 26:23 - 9 0/40 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/33 0/13 0/39 4/45 0/11 1/21 4/20 4
Freeman, Austin 32:56 -20 10/47 3- 7 0- 7 4- 4 14/44 2/13 0/50 0/53 0/14 1/29 5/24 4
Clark, Jason 36:30 -20 9/51 4- 5 0- 3 1- 1 8/50 2/15 1/57 3/58 0/17 1/32 1/30 4
Wright, Chris 32:57 -15 6/41 3- 7 0- 6 0- 1 13/42 3/11 0/48 4/53 0/15 0/30 2/28 4
Thompson, Hollis 31:34 -12 26/46 4- 4 4- 6 6- 7 10/40 1/ 9 2/50 2/50 0/14 2/25 5/25 4
Sanford, Vee 05:03 - 3 0/ 7 0- 0 0- 1 0- 0 1/ 6 1/ 3 0/10 0/ 8 0/ 2 0/ 5 1/ 5 1
Dougherty, Ryan 00:24 + 0 0/ 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 0 0/ 0 0/ 0 0/ 0 0/ 0 0/ 0 0/ 0 0
Sims, Henry 04:31 - 4 0/ 5 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 6 0/ 2 0/ 7 0/ 7 1/ 3 0/ 5 0/ 4 0
Benimon, Jerrelle 04:09 - 5 0/ 5 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 6 0/ 2 0/10 0/ 6 0/ 3 0/ 4 1/ 5 1
Starks, Markel 12:10 + 4 3/22 0- 0 1- 3 0- 0 3/14 2/ 7 0/18 0/17 0/ 9 0/ 6 1/ 9 1
TOTALS 40:00 56 15-26 5-26 11-13 52 12/20 3/61 17/63 1/19 12/34 24/32 26
. 0.577 0.192 0.846 0.600 0.049 0.270 0.053 0.353 0.750
Efficiency: Virginia Commonwealth 1.213, Georgetown 0.889
eFG%: Virginia Commonwealth 0.545, Georgetown 0.433
Substitutions: Virginia Commonwealth 36, Georgetown 53
2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Virginia Commonwealth 0-0, Georgetown 1-1
Layups/Tips: Virginia Commonwealth 6-14, Georgetown 11-16
Jumpers: Virginia Commonwealth 0-5, Georgetown 3-9
Fast break pts (% FG pts): Virginia Commonwealth 3 (6.2), Georgetown 7 (15.6)
Pts (eff.) after steal: Virginia Commonwealth 6 (85.7), Georgetown 5 (166.7)
Seconds per poss: Virginia Commonwealth 21.0, Georgetown 17.3
Way to go VCU! Congratulations on the impressive win! I guess the Rams really do belong in the tournament after all! That means three 11-seeds defeated 6-seeds this year, and that is the third time that has happened in the Round of 64.
ReplyDeleteI'm afraid to check Casual. Thanks for being a the rock of sanity all season. Here's to next year...
ReplyDeleteAre we going to get another post as a season recap? I'd especially like to see what happened down the stretch with players like Austin, Jason and Julian. They seemed to wear down big time compared to the 10-1 start.
ReplyDeleteOh, eventually. I haven't had much free time these days - stats pages aren't even finalized yet.
ReplyDeleteLook for something next week.
Cheers and thanks for reading!