Monday, November 14, 2011

Recap: Georgetown 86, UNC Greensboro 45

In their final tune-up before heading out to Hawaii for the Maui Invitational, the Hoyas put on a defensive clinic in the lift-off half at the Verizon Center and cruised to an easy victory tonight over the UNC Greensboro Spartans, 86-45.

During the opening 20 minutes, Georgetown was able to force 14 turnovers in 35 defensive possessions while limiting the Spartans to only 1/10 shooting from behind the arc.

Meanwhile, after shooting out the lights in the first game of the season, Georgetown returned to more pedestrian level tonight, making just a third [9/27] of their 3FG attempts and just above half [21/40] of their shots from inside the arc.  The biggest driver of the regression towards the mean is the difference in 2FG jump-shooting between Saturday [8/14] and tonight [1/11].

None of that applies to Hollis Thompson, however.  Hollis is now shooting 5/9 2FG, 7/9 3FG on this young season.  Dare I say, en fuego.

Coach Thompson has taken advantage of the relatively light competition by getting extra court time for the first year players.  After logging a combined 65 minutes against the Savannah St. Tigers, the youngsters (Porter, Whittington, Trawick, Hopkins, Bowen, Adams) played a total of 106 minutes tonight, actually getting more court time than the returning players.

And so the Hoyas can now look forward to a week of classes and practice before next Monday's tilt with the Kansas Jayhawks at the Lahaina Civic Center.

Let's run the numbers:

TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE
 
.            Home                            Visitor   
.            Georgetown                      UNC Greensboro         
.            1st Half  2nd Half   Total      1st Half  2nd Half   Total
Pace            34        35        69
 
Points          41        45        86          16        29        45   

Effic.        121.4     127.1     124.3        47.4      81.9      65.0  
 
eFG%           44.1      59.1      51.5        25.0      42.9      34.3  
TO%            11.8      16.9      14.4        41.5      22.6      31.8  
OR%            47.6      50.0      48.7        38.9      31.6      35.1  
FTA/FGA        35.3      30.3      32.8        23.1      42.9      33.3  

Assist Rate    53.8      58.8      56.7        66.7      40.0      50.0  
Block Rate      6.2       6.2       6.2        15.0       0.0       7.5  
Steal Rate     17.8      11.3      14.4         0.0       2.8       1.4  
 
2FG%           45.0      60.0      52.5        31.2      37.5      34.4  
3FG%           28.6      38.5      33.3        10.0      33.3      22.7  
FT%            91.7      60.0      77.3        50.0      41.7      44.4 

When you get an e-mail from a real basketball blogger asking how good Georgetown's defense (or how bad UNC Greensboro's offense) actually was in the first half, that's a sign that things were a bit one-sided.  It turns out that the Spartan's 0.47 points per possession in the first half was the lowest allowed in a half by the Hoyas since allowing the Temple Owls to score only 0.44 ppp in that brutal game at Verizon two years ago.

That will have to do for tonight.  Nothing here below the jump but the normal stats dump.


INDIVIDUAL NET POINTS STATS

Georgetown            Off     %           Pts      Def           Pts   
Player                Poss  Poss  O.Rtg   Prod     Poss  D.Rtg  Allow    Net Pts
Thompson, Hollis       33   30.0  184.1   18.2      33    75.3    5.0     +12.0  
Starks, Markel         30   13.6  220.0    8.9      30    58.8    3.5      +6.0  
Sims, Henry            28   27.9  131.5   10.3      30    36.4    2.2      +7.7  
Clark, Jason           35   44.6  119.9   18.7      36    36.8    2.6     +14.5  
Lubick, Nate           32    8.9  204.0    5.8      32    49.1    3.1      +3.5  
Adams, Tyler           11   21.0   27.0    0.6      12   103.8    2.5      -1.8  
Whittington, Greg      46   14.4  103.5    6.9      45    70.8    6.4      +1.3  
Hopkins, Mikael        26   30.4   99.3    7.8      24    49.7    2.4      +4.7  
Porter, Otto           35   12.2  144.2    6.2      36    44.0    3.2      +3.6  
Bowen, Aaron           22   15.5  103.8    3.6      22    89.7    3.9      +0.0  
Caprio, John            9   46.5    9.0    0.4       8    86.2    1.4      -2.1  
Trawick, Jabril        38    7.0  201.0    5.4      37    60.6    4.5      +2.3  
TOTALS                 69         129.5   92.8      69    59.0   40.7     +50.4  

UNC Greensboro        Off     %           Pts      Def           Pts   
Player                Poss  Poss  O.Rtg   Prod     Poss  D.Rtg  Allow    Net Pts
WILLIAMS, David        35    8.8  109.5    3.4      35   104.5    7.3      -1.9  
VAN DUSSEN, Korey      44   22.8   31.6    3.2      42   126.8   10.6      -8.5  
RANDALL, Kyle          54   16.4   96.1    8.5      54   113.6   12.3      -2.7  
HENRY, Aloysius        28   14.5   55.3    2.3      28   127.4    7.1      -3.9  
SIMPSON, Trevis        50   31.6   66.8   10.6      49   112.2   11.0      -3.8  
PARKER, Drew           16    1.1  242.9    0.4      18   128.7    4.6      -2.0  
ARMSTRONG, Derrell     37   27.6   63.6    6.5      39   125.9    9.8      -4.8  
BONE, Elhanan           4   25.0    0.0    0.0       5    46.4    0.5      -0.5  
PAULOS, Nick           30   18.9   88.5    5.0      28   141.0    7.9      -2.9  
HENEGAR, Cody           6    1.6  300.0    0.3       7   148.4    2.1      -0.8  
BRACKETT, Aaron        21   33.9   60.3    4.3      21   120.3    5.1      -2.5  
COLE, Brian             6   33.3   42.6    0.9       5    36.0    0.4      +0.3  
HOFFER, Taylor         14    9.7   39.9    0.5      14   128.1    3.6      -2.1  
TOTALS                 69          65.9   45.8      69   119.2   82.2     -36.6 


HD BOX SCORE

UNC Greensboro vs Georgetown
11/14/11 7:00 at Verizon Center
Final score: Georgetown 86, UNC Greensboro 45

UNC Greensboro          Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
WILLIAMS, David        20:19  -19   3/21  1- 1  0- 0  1- 2  1/26  2/ 6  0/35  1/35  0/26  1/22  4/21   3
VAN DUSSEN, Korey      25:08  -30   3/24  1- 4  0- 3  1- 2  7/30  0/ 7  0/42  3/44  0/24  1/23  1/21   2
RANDALL, Kyle          30:35  -34   9/29  1- 6  2- 5  1- 3 11/41  0/ 7  0/54  3/54  0/32  2/33  2/28   1
HENRY, Aloysius        14:53  -19   2/21  1- 2  0- 0  0- 0  2/23  1/ 7  0/28  3/28  0/11  0/15  4/12   5
SIMPSON, Trevis        27:50  -15  11/39  3- 6  1- 6  2- 5 12/39  1/11  0/49  3/50  0/32  1/26  0/31   4
PARKER, Drew           10:56  - 9   0/17  0- 1  0- 0  0- 0  1/18  1/ 7  0/18  0/16  0/11  0/11  2/14   0
ARMSTRONG, Derrell     21:13  -28   6/24  3- 8  0- 0  0- 0  8/28  1/ 5  1/39  3/37  2/16  2/22  0/18   3
BONE, Elhanan          02:58  + 2   0/ 4  0- 1  0- 0  0- 0  1/ 3  0/ 2  0/ 5  0/ 4  0/ 4  0/ 1  0/ 3   0
PAULOS, Nick           17:40  -24   6/17  0- 0  2- 7  0- 0  7/26  0/ 4  0/28  0/30  0/14  0/18  1/17   1
HENEGAR, Cody          04:51  - 6   0/ 4  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 6  1/ 1  0/ 7  0/ 6  0/ 6  0/ 4  0/ 7   0
BRACKETT, Aaron        12:05  -15   4/12  1- 2  0- 1  2- 2  3/15  1/ 3  0/21  3/21  1/15  1/11  2/10   3
COLE, Brian            02:24  + 2   1/ 4  0- 1  0- 0  1- 2  1/ 4  0/ 1  0/ 5  1/ 6  0/ 2  0/ 4  1/ 3   0
HOFFER, Taylor         09:08  -10   0/ 9  0- 0  0- 0  0- 2  0/11  0/ 3  0/14  0/14  0/ 7  1/10  1/10   1
TOTALS                 40:00       45    11-32  5-22  8-18    54  8/16  1/69 22/69  3/40 13/37 20/39  23
.                                        0.344 0.227 0.444       0.500 0.014 0.319 0.075 0.351 0.513    

Georgetown              Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
Thompson, Hollis       17:13  +22  19/44  2- 4  5- 6  0- 0 10/31  1/10  0/33  1/33  0/12  2/14  2/15   0
Starks, Markel         17:32  +24  11/44  2- 2  2- 4  1- 2  6/30  0/12  1/30  0/30  0/13  0/14  1/18   3
Sims, Henry            16:46  +26   8/42  2- 3  0- 0  4- 4  3/30  3/13  1/30  2/28  0/14  2/15  5/19   0
Clark, Jason           20:08  +30  17/47  6-11  1- 7  2- 2 18/38  3/10  3/36  1/35  0/14  4/21  1/22   2
Lubick, Nate           16:53  +25   6/41  2- 2  0- 0  2- 2  2/30  1/13  0/32  0/32  0/12  0/15  3/17   2
Adams, Tyler           07:28  - 5   0/ 8  0- 3  0- 0  0- 0  3/11  0/ 3  0/12  0/11  0/ 5  1/ 8  0/ 4   3
Whittington, Greg      27:01  +22   3/55  1- 2  0- 4  1- 2  6/45  2/17  1/45  1/46  0/24  4/29  2/27   3
Hopkins, Mikael        15:00  +21   6/34  2- 4  0- 0  2- 4  4/25  1/ 9  0/24  2/26  0/11  4/16  2/16   3
Porter, Otto           22:21  +27   5/49  0- 1  0- 3  5- 6  4/37  4/15  2/36  0/35  1/18  1/23  3/22   1
Bowen, Aaron           13:08  + 3   5/21  1- 3  1- 2  0- 0  5/18  0/ 5  0/22  1/22  0/12  0/13  0/13   0
Caprio, John           04:22  - 4   0/ 4  0- 2  0- 0  0- 0  2/ 6  0/ 2  0/ 8  2/ 9  1/ 6  1/ 5  1/ 4   0
Trawick, Jabril        22:08  +14   6/41  3- 3  0- 1  0- 0  4/34  2/11  2/37  0/38  0/19  0/22  3/23   0
TOTALS                 40:00       86    21-40  9-27 17-22    67 17/30 10/69 10/69  2/32 19/39 24/37  17
.                                        0.525 0.333 0.773       0.567 0.145 0.145 0.062 0.487 0.649    

Efficiency: Georgetown 1.246, UNC Greensboro 0.652
eFG%: Georgetown 0.515, UNC Greensboro 0.343
Substitutions: Georgetown 27, UNC Greensboro 58

2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Georgetown 6-6, UNC Greensboro 0-0
Layups/Tips: Georgetown 14-23, UNC Greensboro 6-11
Jumpers: Georgetown 1-11, UNC Greensboro 5-21

Fast break pts (% FG pts): Georgetown 10 (14.5), UNC Greensboro 0 (0.0)
Pts (eff.) after steal: Georgetown 12 (120.0), UNC Greensboro 0 (0.0)
Seconds per poss: Georgetown 16.2, UNC Greensboro 18.6

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