In a game where the Hoyas could simply not make a shot in the second half, Georgetown gutted out a closer-than-the-score win today against the Howard Bison, 62-48.
The Bison are not a nationally-ranked powerhouse (currently sitting at 306/345 per KenPom's ranking), so I suppose I should be in hysterics. After opening the game with a remarkable 17-0 run, Georgetown seemed to completely lose offensive focus and watched Howard reel off a 32-17 run of their own.
And this was a game where the Hoyas missed their last 11 attempts from behind the arc - many wide open - as well as several bunnies near the rim. The shots were simply not going to drop in the Vespers half, no matter how easy the look.
But I just couldn't get that excited - it felt like the Hoyas had another gear on defense that they could reach for if they had to (and they did). After the under-8:00 timeout in the second half, the Bison made a jumpshot to close the score to 42-40, then grabbed Jason Clark's missed jumper to go back on offense with a chance to tie or even take the lead.
Over the next 14 possessions, Georgetown outscored Howard 18-2 while forcing 10 turnovers. That stretch included 18 free throw attempts by the Hoyas, as they finally took advantage of their size and athleticism to overwhelm the Bison.
Ballgame.
Let's run the numbers:
TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE . Home Visitor . Georgetown Howard . 1st Half 2nd Half Total 1st Half 2nd Half Total Pace 33 37 70 Points 30 32 62 17 31 48 Effic. 91.4 85.4 88.0 51.8 82.8 68.1 eFG% 38.0 29.2 33.7 29.6 47.4 37.0 TO% 24.4 10.7 17.0 30.5 34.7 32.6 OR% 41.2 18.2 28.2 27.3 30.8 28.6 FTA/FGA 56.0 116.7 85.7 14.8 94.7 47.8 Assist Rate 55.6 28.6 43.8 42.9 62.5 53.3 Block Rate 15.0 6.7 11.4 0.0 10.0 5.6 Steal Rate 12.2 8.0 9.9 6.1 8.0 7.1 2FG% 50.0 35.0 41.7 25.0 40.0 31.4 3FG% 11.1 0.0 7.7 28.6 50.0 36.4 FT% 78.6 64.3 69.0 25.0 72.2 63.6
More stats after the jump
INDIVIDUAL NET POINTS STATS Georgetown Off % Pts Def Pts Player Poss Poss O.Rtg Prod Poss D.Rtg Allow Net Pts Thompson, Hollis 59 22.4 78.8 10.4 57 65.7 7.5 +2.3 Starks, Markel 47 10.4 94.8 4.6 48 69.9 6.7 -0.4 Sims, Henry 39 20.6 89.9 7.2 40 58.0 4.6 +2.6 Clark, Jason 57 20.4 95.2 11.1 54 53.1 5.7 +5.1 Lubick, Nate 45 19.3 85.6 7.5 43 49.4 4.2 +3.2 Whittington, Greg 18 13.4 31.8 0.8 18 49.1 1.8 -0.7 Hopkins, Mikael 9 33.3 102.9 3.1 8 134.4 2.1 -0.0 Porter, Otto 53 23.0 94.1 11.4 53 74.5 7.9 +3.0 Bowen, Aaron 3 33.3 0.0 0.0 3 120.0 0.7 -1.0 Trawick, Jabril 15 24.8 146.3 5.4 16 108.6 3.5 +1.7 TOTALS 69 89.5 61.5 68 65.9 44.8 +16.4 Howard Off % Pts Def Pts Player Poss Poss O.Rtg Prod Poss D.Rtg Allow Net Pts THOMPSON, Calvin 42 19.5 76.9 6.3 44 89.8 7.9 -1.3 OKOROH, Prince 51 18.0 70.3 6.5 51 77.8 7.9 -1.1 PHILLIPS, Mike 59 27.6 77.4 12.6 56 95.8 10.7 -0.6 COLLINS, Dadrian 51 19.6 108.2 10.8 52 85.2 8.9 +2.1 LEARY, Alphonso 14 15.1 108.5 2.3 18 67.2 2.4 +0.4 DICKERSON, Anton 11 18.2 76.2 1.5 11 91.6 2.0 -0.4 FRAZIER, Simuel 48 23.4 50.8 5.7 47 90.2 8.5 -3.6 CUFFEE, Clinton 1 0.0 - 0.0 2 20.0 0.1 -0.1 BAILEY, Brandon 8 12.5 0.0 0.0 12 50.4 1.2 -0.9 BOYOMO, Theodore 17 5.9 0.0 0.0 15 104.6 3.1 -2.1 ELLISON, Oliver 38 15.8 68.0 4.1 37 73.2 5.4 -0.8 TOTALS 68 74.3 49.8 69 84.3 58.2 -7.7
HD BOX SCORE
Howard vs Georgetown
12/10/11 12:00 at Verizon Center
Final score: Georgetown 62, Howard 48
Howard Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
THOMPSON, Calvin 24:33 -10 6/29 0- 4 2- 2 0- 2 6/29 1/ 7 0/44 3/42 0/24 1/22 3/29 3
OKOROH, Prince 29:34 -12 6/33 2- 4 0- 1 2- 4 5/35 2/ 8 1/51 2/51 0/29 1/27 5/31 3
PHILLIPS, Mike 34:38 -11 14/43 4-10 0- 0 6- 6 10/43 1/10 0/56 5/59 1/31 0/32 5/30 2
COLLINS, Dadrian 31:29 - 6 11/38 2- 5 2- 7 1- 1 12/38 0/10 0/52 1/51 0/27 2/25 2/29 3
LEARY, Alphonso 11:05 - 8 2/ 9 1- 2 0- 0 0- 0 2/13 0/ 3 0/18 0/14 1/ 8 1/ 8 3/11 5
DICKERSON, Anton 05:18 + 0 2/ 9 0- 1 0- 0 2- 4 1/ 7 0/ 2 0/11 0/11 0/ 3 0/ 8 1/ 2 0
FRAZIER, Simuel 28:15 -14 3/33 1- 6 0- 1 1- 2 7/29 4/ 9 2/47 5/48 0/25 2/23 1/26 4
CUFFEE, Clinton 00:51 + 0 0/ 2 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 0 0/ 0 1/ 2 0/ 1 0/ 0 0/ 0 0/ 0 0
BAILEY, Brandon 04:57 - 3 0/ 5 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 3 0/ 1 0/12 1/ 8 0/ 5 0/ 3 1/ 8 2
BOYOMO, Theodore 08:35 - 4 0/11 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/11 0/ 3 0/15 1/17 0/ 8 0/ 9 0/ 6 0
ELLISON, Oliver 20:45 - 2 4/28 1- 3 0- 0 2- 3 3/22 0/ 7 1/37 2/38 0/20 1/18 4/23 4
TOTALS 40:00 48 11-35 4-11 14-22 46 8/15 5/69 23/68 2/36 10/35 28/39 26
. 0.314 0.364 0.636 0.533 0.072 0.338 0.056 0.286 0.718
Georgetown Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
Thompson, Hollis 32:55 +14 12/55 2- 4 0- 4 8-11 8/42 0/13 1/57 3/59 0/30 0/33 6/28 2
Starks, Markel 26:07 +11 5/41 1- 4 1- 3 0- 0 7/35 1/ 9 0/48 1/47 0/24 0/27 0/27 4
Sims, Henry 23:17 +11 7/37 2- 5 0- 0 3- 4 5/28 2/ 8 1/40 1/39 2/17 1/23 5/20 4
Clark, Jason 31:06 +16 12/50 1- 8 0- 2 10-10 10/37 1/11 3/54 2/57 0/25 0/31 3/26 2
Lubick, Nate 24:43 +15 4/40 1- 3 0- 0 2- 5 3/32 3/ 9 1/43 2/45 1/23 4/26 4/23 2
Whittington, Greg 12:23 + 3 0/17 0- 0 0- 1 0- 0 1/13 0/ 4 0/18 1/18 0/11 1/10 3/ 9 2
Hopkins, Mikael 05:47 - 3 3/ 7 0- 0 0- 0 3- 4 0/ 7 0/ 2 0/ 8 1/ 9 0/ 5 1/ 5 0/ 4 1
Porter, Otto 30:26 + 7 13/48 6- 9 0- 2 1- 4 11/35 0/ 5 1/53 1/53 1/29 1/28 3/27 1
Bowen, Aaron 02:09 - 2 0/ 1 0- 1 0- 0 0- 0 1/ 2 0/ 0 0/ 3 0/ 3 0/ 0 0/ 2 0/ 0 0
Trawick, Jabril 11:07 - 2 6/14 2- 2 0- 1 2- 4 3/14 0/ 3 0/16 0/15 0/11 1/10 0/11 2
TOTALS 40:00 62 15-36 1-13 29-42 49 7/16 7/68 12/69 4/35 11/39 25/35 20
. 0.417 0.077 0.690 0.438 0.103 0.174 0.114 0.282 0.714
Efficiency: Georgetown 0.899, Howard 0.706
eFG%: Georgetown 0.337, Howard 0.370
Substitutions: Georgetown 25, Howard 61
2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Georgetown 3-3, Howard 0-0
Layups/Tips: Georgetown 9-18, Howard 6-13
Jumpers: Georgetown 3-15, Howard 5-22
Fast break pts (% FG pts): Georgetown 8 (24.2), Howard 4 (11.8)
Pts (eff.) after steal: Georgetown 6 (85.7), Howard 8 (160.0)
Seconds per poss: Georgetown 15.3, Howard 20.0
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