Saturday, November 12, 2011

Recap: Georgetown 83, Savannah State 54

Is this thing still on?


After Alan and I swore a blood oath (okay, perhaps not; but we did exchange several e-mails) that we'd put together an in-depth season preview for our reader, we dropped the ball.

So . . . you're going to have to rely upon one of the other season previews for your Georgetown Hoyas now floating in the ether. A not-very comprehensive list:

And with that, the Georgetown Hoyas basketball season tipped off today at noon at the Verizon Center, where the good guys used a 20-2 run early in the second half to put away the over-matched Savannah State Tigers, 83-54.

Meanwhile, I was at the zoo enjoying a surprisingly warm mid-November day with my family, so I didn't see any of the game. Not a second of it. So the stats will have to suffice for tonight.


Let's run the numbers:

TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE
 
.            Home                            Visitor   
.            Georgetown                      Savannah State         
.            1st Half  2nd Half   Total      1st Half  2nd Half   Total
Pace            33        32        65
 
Points          32        51        83          24        30        54   

Effic.         97.0     159.0     126.9        72.7      93.5      82.6  
 
eFG%           70.5      77.6      74.5        38.9      40.3      39.7  
TO%            24.2      18.7      21.4        21.2      28.1      24.5  
OR%             9.1      66.7      35.0        19.0      54.5      37.2  
FTA/FGA        27.3      20.7      23.5        29.6      25.8      27.6  

Assist Rate    57.1      70.0      64.7        75.0      50.0      60.0  
Block Rate     17.6      30.4      25.0         0.0       0.0       0.0  
Steal Rate     15.2       9.4      12.2         9.1       9.4       9.2  
 
2FG%           73.3      71.4      72.2        17.6      47.8      35.0  
3FG%           42.9      62.5      53.3        50.0      12.5      33.3  
FT%            16.7     100.0      58.3        37.5      62.5      50.0


INDIVIDUAL NET POINTS STATS

Georgetown            Off     %           Pts      Def           Pts   
Player                Poss  Poss  O.Rtg   Prod     Poss  D.Rtg  Allow    Net Pts
Thompson, Hollis       38   22.6  188.2   16.2      40    93.9    7.5      +8.4  
Starks, Markel         37   21.9  100.3    8.1      36    82.3    5.9      +1.8  
Sims, Henry            37   37.3  170.5   23.5      38    80.4    6.1     +14.9  
Clark, Jason           47   17.8  116.9    9.8      48    70.7    6.8      +3.4  
Lubick, Nate           41   18.9  129.8   10.1      42    75.3    6.3      +4.0  
Whittington, Greg      27   17.8  155.9    7.5      27    71.3    3.9      +3.9  
Hopkins, Mikael        17   34.1   99.2    5.8      16   108.9    3.5      +0.9  
Porter, Otto           40   15.0  149.6    9.0      40    62.8    5.0      +4.6  
Bowen, Aaron            6    7.3  233.3    1.0       7    60.0    0.8      +0.5  
Caprio, John            5    8.3  250.0    1.0       4    35.0    0.3      +0.8  
Trawick, Jabril        20   25.2  104.3    5.3      22    83.0    3.6      +1.3  
TOTALS                 63         140.7   97.2      64    77.8   49.8     +43.8  

Savannah State        Off     %           Pts      Def           Pts   
Player                Poss  Poss  O.Rtg   Prod     Poss  D.Rtg  Allow    Net Pts
BLACKMON,Preston       42   14.8   88.6    5.5      38   122.4    9.3      -2.9  
MONTGOMERY,Joshua      25    7.1  200.0    3.6      21   107.0    4.5      +0.4  
SMITH,Cedric           20    9.9  100.0    2.0      20   135.0    5.4      -2.1  
LOUIS,Arnold           49   19.5   83.7    8.0      49   125.8   12.3      -4.2  
SMITH,Jyles            37   32.0   78.4    9.3      37   128.7    9.5      -3.1  
RUDOLPH,Deric          34   27.9  108.8   10.3      30   157.6    9.5      -1.9  
SPEARS,Christopher      4    0.0    -      0.0       4   175.0    1.4      -1.4  
HENDLEY,Patrick        32   18.5   67.8    4.0      31   117.6    7.3      -3.1  
WILSON,Stephen         20   24.4   37.4    1.8      23   136.9    6.3      -4.7  
RICHARDS,Keirre        10   26.3   47.9    1.3      12   123.9    3.0      -1.9  
HASSAN,Rashad          40   28.1   86.3    9.7      41   130.3   10.7      -3.0  
CONNER,Richard          5    0.0    -      0.0       7    21.4    0.3      -0.3  
ANGELO,Davis            2   50.0    0.0    0.0       2   100.0    0.4      -0.7  
TOTALS                 64          83.3   55.4      63   126.8   79.9     -25.9

Henry Sims is part man, part ravenous beast, albeit also part goofy.  Creating 1.7 points per possession used, while using more than 1/3 of the team's possessions while on the floor is also kinda goofy, but in a positive way.  Good omen?




HD BOX SCORE

Savannah State vs Georgetown
11/12/11 12:00 at Verizon Center
Final score: Georgetown 83, Savannah State 54

Savannah State          Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
BLACKMON,Preston       25:28  - 7   3/40  0- 1  1- 3  0- 0  4/37  5/14  1/38  2/42  0/19  1/26  0/10   1
MONTGOMERY,Joshua      14:46  - 4   4/23  2- 2  0- 0  0- 0  2/21  0/ 6  2/21  0/25  0/ 8  0/15  2/ 7   2
SMITH,Cedric           14:15  - 5   2/22  1- 3  0- 0  0- 0  3/21  1/ 9  0/20  0/20  0/14  0/12  0/ 7   0
LOUIS,Arnold           29:38  -28   9/39  1- 5  1- 3  4- 5  8/41  0/12  2/49  2/49  0/26  1/30  5/13   1
SMITH,Jyles            25:29  -15   7/32  3- 7  0- 0  1- 4  7/34  0/10  0/37  2/37  0/21  5/22  2/13   3
RUDOLPH,Deric          20:47  -17  12/30  0- 1  4- 9  0- 0 10/29  1/ 7  0/30  2/34  0/21  0/19  0/10   0
SPEARS,Christopher     02:21  - 6   0/ 1  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 4  0/ 0  0/ 4  0/ 4  0/ 2  0/ 5  0/ 1   0
HENDLEY,Patrick        18:24  - 9   2/28  1- 5  0- 3  0- 0  8/30  4/ 9  0/31  0/32  0/17  1/25  0/10   3
WILSON,Stephen         13:15  -20   2/14  1- 3  0- 0  0- 0  3/18  1/ 4  0/23  4/20  0/15  0/14  0/ 9   3
RICHARDS,Keirre        06:26  -11   2/ 4  0- 0  0- 0  2- 4  0/ 9  0/ 1  0/12  2/10  0/ 6  0/ 9  0/ 3   0
HASSAN,Rashad          25:39  -23  11/31  5-12  0- 0  1- 3 12/39  0/ 6  0/41  1/40  0/26  3/32  1/14   2
CONNER,Richard         02:15  + 2   0/ 6  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 4  0/ 2  1/ 7  0/ 5  0/ 3  0/ 3  0/ 2   1
ANGELO,Davis           01:17  - 2   0/ 0  0- 1  0- 0  0- 0  1/ 3  0/ 0  0/ 2  1/ 2  0/ 2  0/ 3  1/ 1   0
TOTALS                 40:00       54    14-40  6-18  8-16    58 12/20  6/63 16/64  0/36 16/43 13/20  16
.                                        0.350 0.333 0.500       0.600 0.095 0.250 0.000 0.372 0.650    

Georgetown              Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
Thompson, Hollis       25:57  +11  13/51  3- 5  2- 3  1- 1  8/33  4/17  1/40  1/38  1/23  2/13  2/23   1
Starks, Markel         24:06  +17   8/49  0- 1  2- 4  2- 2  5/29  1/17  2/36  2/37  0/23  0/11  0/23   2
Sims, Henry            24:12  +25  19/56  9-11  0- 0  1- 1 11/33  5/15  0/38  2/37  3/24  2/11  4/21   3
Clark, Jason           30:11  +24   9/60  3- 4  1- 3  0- 0  7/39  2/22  2/48  2/47  0/26  0/16  1/27   1
Lubick, Nate           27:41  +18   8/53  4- 6  0- 0  0- 2  6/35  5/19  0/42  1/41  0/26  1/13  6/29   0
Whittington, Greg      17:22  +14   8/33  1- 1  2- 3  0- 2  4/21  0/11  1/27  1/27  1/18  0/ 8  1/22   4
Hopkins, Mikael        09:48  + 0   4/17  2- 3  0- 0  0- 0  3/11  1/ 4  0/16  2/17  2/11  2/ 6  1/11   0
Porter, Otto           24:39  +19   9/51  3- 4  1- 1  0- 0  5/32  1/18  1/40  2/40  3/31  0/12  8/33   3
Bowen, Aaron           03:29  + 4   0/11  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 4  1/ 3  1/ 7  0/ 6  0/ 4  0/ 1  1/ 6   1
Caprio, John           02:17  + 8   0/ 9  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 3  1/ 2  0/ 4  0/ 5  0/ 3  0/ 1  0/ 5   0
Trawick, Jabril        10:18  + 5   5/25  1- 1  0- 1  3- 4  2/15  1/ 8  0/22  1/20  0/11  0/ 8  2/15   3
TOTALS                 40:00       83    26-36  8-15  7-12    51 22/34  8/64 14/63 10/40  7/20 27/43  18
.                                        0.722 0.533 0.583       0.647 0.125 0.222 0.250 0.350 0.628    

Efficiency: Georgetown 1.317, Savannah State 0.844
eFG%: Georgetown 0.745, Savannah State 0.397
Substitutions: Georgetown 35, Savannah State 47

2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Georgetown 4-4, Savannah State 0-1
Layups/Tips: Georgetown 14-18, Savannah State 10-23
Jumpers: Georgetown 8-14, Savannah State 4-16

Fast break pts (% FG pts): Georgetown 10 (13.2), Savannah State 7 (15.2)
Pts (eff.) after steal: Georgetown 14 (175.0), Savannah State 4 (66.7)
Seconds per poss: Georgetown 15.9, Savannah State 21.8

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3 comments:

  1. More convinced that Otto's style of play is falling through the free tempo cracks. It's just silly to assume after watching him that he belongs in KenPom's "limited role" category. As opposed to Hollis who at times goes very silent, it seems like the plays usually go through Otto. I wonder if there was hockey-style assists it would count for some of the discrepancy since it seems he often makes the pass before the assist.

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  2. Well, one game does not a season make, either for Porter or his stats.

    I think we'll get a real measure of the freshmen after three games in Maui.

    And I'm not sure what to make of Porter's eight defensive rebounds - on the one hand it's great, but should a 200 lb. freshman really be leading the team on the defensive glass? Again, way too early for delusion or cynicism.

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  3. Brian, I was thinking EXACTLY the same thing you were about Porter grabbing 8 boards...as a freshman. That sticks out like a sore thumb on this team that has been anemic for years when it comes to cleaning the glass. I went back to see his HS reports and I found lots of games where he got 8, 9, 13, 16, etc. rebounds on any given night. Scouts just said he has a "deadly mid-range game" but just say he is a "good" rebounder. Too early to tell so far. But the last Big East player to have a deadly mid-range game was Richard Hamilton (UCONN) and we've seen how he's turned out.

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