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I didn't feel the need to get into specifics of the incident, as HoyaTalk had a couple of first-hand accounts posted (link, link), the HoyaSaxa front page did the full Zapruder-treatment on the available video of the melee, and Casual Hoya had the salient media links.
But time moves on, and there was another game to be played today in Shanghai. And the Hoyas rolled easily today,
Let's run the numbers:
TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE . Visitor Home . Georgetown Liaoning Pace 75 Score 91 69 Eff. 121.1 91.8 eFG% 59.7 45.7 TO% 16.0 18.6 OR% 38.2 18.2 FTA/FGA 15.3 85.1 FTM/FGA 6.9 55.3 Assist Rate 51.3 10.5 Block Rate 9.4 5.6 Steal Rate 17.3 2.7 2FG% 57.4 43.8 3FG% 44.4 33.3 FT% 45.5 65.0 Attempts/Poss. 2FG 0.72 0.43 3FG 0.24 0.20 FT 0.15 0.53
The box score indicates that this was a 40-minute game (four 10-minute quarters), unlike the first two games which were scheduled for 48 minutes. So those 91 points the Hoyas put up were actually more impressive than the 98 they scored against the Brave Dragons.
The game was played at a fast pace again with the Hoyas forcing a ton of steals - hard to say if this is a preview for the upcoming season, but it's something worth watching.
Once again there was a big disparity in fouls and free throws [26 fouls / 11 FTs vs. 11 fouls / 40 FTs for the Hoyas and Dinosaurs, respectively], but this report on HoyaTalk indicates that the officiating was much more even-handed than last time out.
Some simple player stats after the jump . . .
Player Name Min FTM FTA 2FGM 2FGA 3FGM 3FGA % Poss % Shot O Rtg eFG% Thompson, Hollis 19 0 0 1 1 1 2 6.4 8.8 181.1 83.3 Starks, Markel 13 0 0 2 2 0 2 16.5 17.1 93.3 50.0 Sims, Henry 17 0 2 3 5 0 0 20.7 16.3 77.9 60.0 Clark, Jason 17 3 6 4 6 2 5 38.4 35.9 129.0 63.6 Lubick, Nate 20 1 1 1 2 1 1 13.8 8.3 159.7 83.3 Porter, Otto 23 0 0 6 11 0 0 25.5 26.6 112.4 54.5 Hopkins, Mikael 23 1 1 5 7 0 0 12.6 16.9 158.3 71.4 Trawick, Jabril 21 0 0 3 8 1 3 21.1 29.1 86.3 40.9 Whittington, Greg 22 0 0 2 3 0 1 13.5 10.1 88.9 50.0 Bowen, Aaron 18 0 1 2 5 2 2 18.8 21.6 122.3 71.4 Caprio, John 7 0 0 2 4 1 2 49.9 47.6 130.9 58.3
Obligatory bullet points:
- Jason Clark had himself a ballgame today, using a ton of possessions efficiently.
- Nate Lubick seems to be settling into the role of point-forward (6 assists today, 4 in the first game). He only committed two turnovers in the two games, a very good sign.
- John Caprio was not bashful in his limited time on the court
- The Hoyas are now a combined 14/26 on FTs in the official games played. I'm starting to panic.
Love to have you back in action, Brian -- fending out rampant delusion. One thing was happy to see bump in Porter's usage -- after watching him in Kenner League, I think having him over 20 is a must for a young team without a ton of elite scorers. More ball goes through his hands, the better off we're likely to be.
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ReplyDeleteI don't think these games rate much higher than Kenner League for level of competition, so I'm not going to put too much stock in what we see here.
Having said that, it seems that Lubick is playing the point-forward role when he's on the court - will be interesting to see what happens when he's not playing. Might be asking a lot of Porter to run the offense so early.