After a fairly evenly matched first 18 minutes, Georgetown used a 20-3 run bracketing half time to jump out to a big lead against the Tigers tonight. The spread grew to as many as 20 points before Memphis switched into a 2-3 zone to slow down the Hoyas' offense. Georgetown began to bog down in the half-court, and a spate of six turnovers in a nine-possession stretch brought the Tigers to within 7 points with 4:26 left in the game. But the Hoyas managed to score nine points over their next seven possessions, never allowing the Memphis to get any closer in the game.
Vegas pegged the the Hoyas to be -5 coming in, and Ken Pomeroy agreed (favoring the Hoyas by 7), so an 11-point win should feel like a big deal to Georgetown fans - but I didn't feel particularly excited about the win. Part of this might just be the quality of the game itself, with the frequent fouls and turnovers, but a bigger part is a worrying trend creeping in: blowing big leads.
- Against Alabama, the Hoyas lead by nine points with under 3:00 left in the game and watched the Tide take the lead before Hollis Thompson hit a game-winning 3FG.
- Against Howard, the Hoyas jumped out to a 17-0 lead and still were ahead by 16 points with a minute left in the first half, and watched the the Bison close to with two points several times, including with less than 6:00 in the game.
- And now tonight.
Let's run the numbers:
TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE . Home Visitor . Georgetown Memphis . 1st Half 2nd Half Total 1st Half 2nd Half Total Pace 32 34 66 Points 35 35 70 28 31 59 Effic. 109.1 102.1 105.8 87.3 90.4 89.1 eFG% 58.0 38.5 48.0 45.5 46.6 46.1 TO% 21.8 23.3 22.7 31.2 23.3 27.2 OR% 30.8 57.1 47.1 28.6 36.8 33.3 FTA/FGA 32.0 84.6 58.8 40.9 27.6 33.3 Assist Rate 53.8 66.7 59.1 55.6 69.2 63.6 Block Rate 12.5 4.5 7.9 5.3 16.7 10.8 Steal Rate 15.6 14.6 15.1 3.1 17.5 10.6 2FG% 52.6 38.9 45.9 43.8 54.5 50.0 3FG% 50.0 25.0 35.7 33.3 14.3 23.1 FT% 75.0 68.2 70.0 88.9 50.0 70.6
More stats after the jump
There was some chatter tonight on the global phenomenon about whether Henry Sims had a good game tonight. Henry finished the game with a near double-double [12 pts, 9 rebs.] - sorry folks, that extra rebound on the ESPN box score didn't count in the official box score. The advanced statistics tell us that Henry was a positive for Georgetown [+1.5 net points], but an extremely inefficient player tonight. Sims used up more than a third of Georgetown's possessions while he was on the floor while creating far under a point per possession used. He played solid defense all night [2 blks, 2 st, 6 dreb], but his bad luck shooting the ball and five turnovers were a real problem. By our measure - net points - we'd call this his second worst outing of the year, ahead of only the Kansas game. But as noted elsewhere, it's hard to believe that we're now disappointed by a night like tonight by Sims.
As for the rest of the team, Clark, Thompson and Starks were there typical solid selves. Otto Porter continues to out-play Nate Lubick (Nate struggled a bit on defense while Sims sat), but only Greg Whittington had a truly poor game. Although to be fair to Greg, John Cahill decided to call him for a flagrant foul essentially for having Will Barton run into his shoulder.
INDIVIDUAL NET POINTS STATS Georgetown Off % Pts Def Pts Player Poss Poss O.Rtg Prod Poss D.Rtg Allow Net Pts THOMPSON, Hollis 61 25.2 114.5 17.6 61 82.7 10.1 +6.2 STARKS, Markel 49 15.6 169.4 12.9 50 78.4 7.8 +6.0 SIMS, Henry 56 35.9 63.1 12.7 56 71.7 8.0 +1.5 CLARK, Jason 60 21.9 124.2 16.4 60 68.5 8.2 +7.7 LUBICK, Nate 29 12.4 156.8 5.6 31 121.1 7.5 -0.3 WHITTINGTON, Greg 11 18.2 0.0 0.0 13 166.9 4.3 -3.8 PORTER, Otto 48 7.4 167.7 5.9 45 67.3 6.1 +1.7 TRAWICK, Jabril 16 5.7 200.0 1.8 14 111.7 3.1 -0.3 TOTALS 66 110.0 72.9 66 83.7 55.2 +17.6 Memphis Off % Pts Def Pts Player Poss Poss O.Rtg Prod Poss D.Rtg Allow Net Pts Jackson, Joe 45 22.1 40.0 4.0 43 102.9 8.8 -5.6 Crawford, Chris 54 27.5 109.8 16.3 55 100.3 11.0 +3.3 Barton, Will 64 24.9 101.4 16.1 64 97.7 12.5 +2.1 Black, Tarik 22 19.7 128.3 5.6 21 126.2 5.3 +0.2 Thomas, Adonis 57 17.9 94.5 9.7 59 103.3 12.2 -1.7 Hall, Ferrakohn 39 9.1 143.6 5.1 38 91.1 6.9 +0.0 Barton, Antonio 35 22.9 77.0 6.2 36 84.2 6.1 -0.2 Witherspoon, Wesley 8 16.4 63.7 0.8 6 136.7 1.6 -0.9 Simpson, Stan 6 0.0 - 0.0 8 107.5 1.7 -1.7 TOTALS 66 93.5 63.7 66 100.3 66.2 -3.5
HD BOX SCORE
Memphis vs Georgetown
12/22/11 7:00 at Verizon Center
Final score: Georgetown 70, Memphis 59
Memphis Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
Jackson, Joe 27:10 - 6 2/40 0- 5 0- 2 2- 2 7/35 3/16 1/43 4/45 0/28 1/20 2/26 1
Crawford, Chris 34:16 -10 17/51 5- 8 2- 5 1- 2 13/45 5/13 2/55 3/54 0/30 0/29 4/27 2
Barton, Will 38:11 - 7 12/59 2- 7 1- 3 5- 7 10/50 3/19 1/64 4/64 1/32 6/32 5/31 2
Black, Tarik 12:25 - 3 7/23 3- 4 0- 0 1- 2 4/17 0/ 6 0/21 1/22 1/11 0/ 9 0/ 9 5
Thomas, Adonis 35:49 -14 9/48 4- 8 0- 0 1- 2 8/44 1/15 1/59 2/57 0/31 2/29 1/31 2
Hall, Ferrakohn 22:15 + 0 6/36 2- 3 0- 0 2- 2 3/32 0/10 1/38 1/39 2/22 1/22 1/19 4
Barton, Antonio 20:23 -10 6/27 3- 3 0- 3 0- 0 6/23 2/ 5 1/36 2/35 0/21 0/18 4/18 5
Witherspoon, Wesley 05:30 + 0 0/ 8 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 6 0/ 3 0/ 6 1/ 8 0/ 5 1/ 4 0/ 3 2
Simpson, Stan 04:01 - 5 0/ 3 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 3 0/ 1 0/ 8 0/ 6 0/ 5 0/ 2 0/ 6 1
TOTALS 40:00 59 19-38 3-13 12-17 51 14/22 7/66 18/66 4/37 11/33 18/34 24
. 0.500 0.231 0.706 0.636 0.106 0.273 0.108 0.333 0.529
Georgetown Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
THOMPSON, Hollis 37:29 +19 17/68 3- 4 2- 6 5- 6 10/49 1/16 0/61 3/61 0/34 4/32 5/33 2
STARKS, Markel 30:08 +12 14/54 3- 8 2- 4 2- 3 12/40 3/11 2/50 1/49 0/27 1/27 0/26 3
SIMS, Henry 34:45 +13 12/58 3-12 0- 0 6- 9 12/44 2/15 2/56 5/56 2/31 3/31 6/28 2
CLARK, Jason 37:16 +15 18/65 6- 9 1- 3 3- 6 12/49 1/14 4/60 3/60 0/35 2/33 3/31 2
LUBICK, Nate 17:09 - 3 2/35 0- 1 0- 0 2- 2 1/22 3/12 0/31 1/29 0/18 2/12 2/11 3
WHITTINGTON, Greg 05:44 -13 0/ 8 0- 0 0- 0 0- 1 0/ 6 0/ 3 0/13 2/11 1/10 0/ 4 0/ 4 2
PORTER, Otto 28:19 +16 5/48 2- 3 0- 1 1- 1 4/37 3/13 1/45 0/48 0/25 1/25 3/26 2
TRAWICK, Jabril 09:10 - 4 2/14 0- 0 0- 0 2- 2 0/ 8 0/ 4 1/14 0/16 0/10 0/ 6 2/ 6 1
TOTALS 40:00 70 17-37 5-14 21-30 51 13/22 10/66 15/66 3/38 16/34 22/33 17
. 0.459 0.357 0.700 0.591 0.152 0.227 0.079 0.471 0.667
Efficiency: Georgetown 1.061, Memphis 0.894
eFG%: Georgetown 0.480, Memphis 0.461
Substitutions: Georgetown 21, Memphis 23
2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Georgetown 1-2, Memphis 3-3
Layups/Tips: Georgetown 13-21, Memphis 11-21
Jumpers: Georgetown 3-14, Memphis 5-14
Fast break pts (% FG pts): Georgetown 7 (14.3), Memphis 8 (17.0)
Pts (eff.) after steal: Georgetown 10 (100.0), Memphis 8 (114.3)
Seconds per poss: Georgetown 18.6, Memphis 18.1
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