Sunday, January 15, 2012

Recap: Georgetown 69, St. John's 49

After dominating long stretches of the game only to watch their lead shrink to three points midway through the second half, the Georgetown Hoyas used a 21-4 run to close out the St. John's Red Storm at the world's most famous arena, 69-49.

A simplistic way to describe Georgetown's offensive game today is Hollis Thompson for three [5/9 3FG] and second-chance points [19 off. reb, 21 pts]. The Hoyas' offense failed to make shots in the first half, settling for too many mid-range jumpshots [3/11] rather than inside attempts [4/9]. The Hoyas turned this around in the second half, where they continually attacked the rim or followed their own miss [10/16] rather than hoisting 2FG jumpers [1/4].


The Hoyas struggled with their man-to-man defense in the second half against Cincinnati, but found the perfect opponent to work out the kinks of their 2-3 zone in the Redmen. St. John's came into the game shooting 25% on 3FGs in conference play, 14th in the Big East. So Georgetown quickly abandoned any pretense of using a man defense, preferring to pack in a zone and dare the Johnnies to shoot over the top [0/10 3FGA] or try to force the ball into the paint [23% TO rate].

St. John's found some life in the second half by drawing fouls and getting to the free throw line [14/20 FT]. Indeed, this is what fueled their own second half run as they made 8/9 FTA while whittling down a 42-31 Georgetown lead to 48-45. But the Johnnies would make only 2 free throws the rest of the way as the Hoyas ran off 21 points in their last 10 possessions to ice the game.



Let's run the numbers:


TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE
 
.            Visitor                         Home      
.            Georgetown                      ST. JOHNS         
.            1st Half  2nd Half   Total      1st Half  2nd Half   Total
Pace            28        33        61

Points          25        44        69          19        30        49   

Effic.         89.6     132.9     113.5        68.1      90.6      80.6  
 
eFG%           34.5      63.8      49.1        33.3      29.6      31.5  
TO%            21.5      18.1      19.7        21.5      24.2      23.0  
OR%            47.6      60.0      52.8        27.8      54.5      42.5  
FTA/FGA        20.7      44.8      32.8         3.7      74.1      38.9  
 
Assist Rate    55.6      75.0      68.0        55.6      37.5      47.1  
Block Rate     14.3      13.0      13.6        15.0       5.0      10.0  
Steal Rate      7.2      18.1      13.2        17.9      15.1      16.5  
 
2FG%           35.0      55.0      45.0        42.9      34.8      38.6  
3FG%           22.2      55.6      38.9         0.0       0.0       0.0  
FT%            83.3      53.8      63.2       100.0      70.0      71.4

The Hoyas players getting the most notice by the announcing team during the game were Hollis Thompson for his shooting acumen and Otto Porter for his second career double-double [13 pts, 10 reb].  Greg Whittington had a nice game feasting on the offensive glass [8 pts, 8 reb (6 off)].

Let us also praise Jason Clark, with an impressive line of 15 pts, 8 reb, 8 ast. Jason is quietly suffering through a miserable shooting stretch - now 4/22 on three point attempts in conference play - but is adapting his game by driving the basketball either on the break or in the half-court offense. I think Jason's development of a strong enough handle to become a true slasher is one of the real surprises of the season so far.  If his outside shot would begin to drop again, the Hoyas would perhaps become an elite team.


INDIVIDUAL NET POINTS STATS

Georgetown            Off     %           Pts      Def           Pts   
Player                Poss  Poss  O.Rtg   Prod     Poss  D.Rtg  Allow    Net Pts
Thompson, Hollis       55   21.4  141.0   16.6      57    68.3    7.8      +8.7  
Lubick, Nate           17    6.9   36.7    0.4      17    98.8    3.4      -1.8  
Sims, Henry            35   25.6   91.5    8.2      38    77.1    5.9      +1.8  
Starks, Markel         36   12.6   89.8    4.1      36    85.5    6.2      -0.9  
Clark, Jason           51   22.6  141.6   16.3      51    70.5    7.2      +8.6  
Whittington, Greg      36   30.3  111.1   12.1      35    73.8    5.2      +5.5  
Hopkins, Mikael        16   11.0   86.4    1.5      16   106.9    3.4      -1.1  
Porter, Otto           45   25.9  127.2   14.9      45    61.7    5.6      +8.5  
Trawick, Jabril         9   14.8   56.2    0.8      10    70.8    1.4      -0.4  
TOTALS                 60         117.6   74.9      61    75.2   45.9     +27.4  

ST. JOHNS             Off     %           Pts      Def           Pts   
Player                Poss  Poss  O.Rtg   Prod     Poss  D.Rtg  Allow    Net Pts
ACHIUWA, God'sgift     45   19.3   61.0    5.3      42   126.0   10.6      -5.5  
HARKLESS, Moe          50   35.6  115.1   20.5      50   102.2   10.2      +6.3  
POINTER, Sir'Dominic   56   17.1  115.6   11.0      56    99.4   11.1      +0.7  
GREENE, Phil           39    5.8   22.3    0.5      35   122.8    8.6      -5.2  
HARRISON, D'Angelo     58   24.2   37.3    5.2      56   100.2   11.2      -7.4  
GARRETT, Amir          44   16.2  104.1    7.4      47   111.3   10.5      -1.8  
STITH, Malik           13    7.7    0.0    0.0      14   116.3    3.3      -2.2  
TOTALS                 61          82.7   50.0      60   109.1   65.5     -15.6


HD BOX SCORE

Georgetown vs ST. JOHNS
1/15/12 12 p.m. at New York, N.Y. (Madison Square Garden)
Final score: Georgetown 69, ST. JOHNS 49

Georgetown              Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
Thompson, Hollis       36:11  +21  20/68  2- 4  5- 9  1- 4 13/53  2/18  4/57  1/55  0/41  1/30  4/37   2
Lubick, Nate           10:49  - 5   0/10  0- 2  0- 0  0- 0  2/15  1/ 4  0/17  0/17  1/17  0/11  0/14   1
Sims, Henry            24:13  +18   8/49  1- 5  0- 0  6- 8  5/36  1/16  0/38  3/35  0/29  2/22  2/29   4
Starks, Markel         23:51  - 4   3/28  0- 1  1- 3  0- 0  4/30  3/ 8  1/36  1/36  1/35  1/22  2/27   2
Clark, Jason           32:26  +24  15/64  5- 8  1- 5  2- 2 13/53  8/17  1/51  3/51  0/32  2/33  6/32   3
Whittington, Greg      24:36  +26   8/50  4- 7  0- 0  0- 0  7/34  1/14  0/35  3/36  1/21  6/19  2/21   3
Hopkins, Mikael        10:54  + 2   2/16  0- 1  0- 0  2- 2  1/16  0/ 6  0/16  0/16  2/11  0/10  0/ 9   0
Porter, Otto           30:17  +17  13/51  6-12  0- 0  1- 3 12/42  1/14  2/45  0/45  1/26  5/24  5/23   4
Trawick, Jabril        06:43  + 1   0/ 9  0- 0  0- 1  0- 0  1/11  0/ 3  0/10  1/ 9  0/ 8  1/ 9  2/ 8   0
TOTALS                 40:00       69    18-40  7-18 12-19    58 17/25  8/61 12/60  6/44 19/36 24/40  19
.                                        0.450 0.389 0.632       0.680 0.131 0.200 0.136 0.528 0.600    

ST. JOHNS               Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
ACHIUWA, God'sgift     30:09  -13   4/39  2- 8  0- 0  0- 0  8/42  0/12  0/42  1/45  0/26  3/31  2/24   1
HARKLESS, Moe          31:54  - 5  21/45  9-14  0- 2  3- 6 16/45  0/ 7  0/50  4/50  1/34  6/31  4/34   5
POINTER, Sir'Dominic   36:51  -19  12/44  3- 6  0- 2  6- 6  8/51  2/12  4/56  2/56  2/38  2/39  2/35   3
GREENE, Phil           23:06  -11   0/33  0- 2  0- 1  0- 0  3/38  2/12  1/35  0/39  0/17  0/28  1/17   3
HARRISON, D'Angelo     36:54  -15   5/46  1- 9  0- 3  3- 4 12/52  2/16  2/56  4/58  1/38  1/37  5/36   3
GARRETT, Amir          29:59  -24   7/33  2- 5  0- 1  3- 5  6/35  2/ 9  3/47  1/44  0/32  2/26  1/25   1
STITH, Malik           11:07  -13   0/ 5  0- 0  0- 1  0- 0  1/ 7  0/ 0  0/14  1/13  0/15  0/ 8  0/ 9   2
TOTALS                 40:00       49    17-44  0-10 15-21    54  8/17 10/60 14/61  4/40 16/40 17/36  18
.                                        0.386 0.000 0.714       0.471 0.167 0.230 0.100 0.400 0.472    

Efficiency: Georgetown 1.150, ST. JOHNS 0.803
eFG%: Georgetown 0.491, ST. JOHNS 0.315
Substitutions: Georgetown 29, ST. JOHNS 27

2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Georgetown 1-2, ST. JOHNS 1-1
Layups/Tips: Georgetown 13-23, ST. JOHNS 10-26
Jumpers: Georgetown 4-15, ST. JOHNS 6-17

Fast break pts (% FG pts): Georgetown 8 (14.0), ST. JOHNS 10 (29.4)
Pts (eff.) after steal: Georgetown 10 (125.0), ST. JOHNS 9 (90.0)
Seconds per poss: Georgetown 19.9, ST. JOHNS 19.3


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