Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Recap: Georgetown 73, Marquette 70

Image from here.
Alan is covering for Brian tonight.

A story of two halves tonight at the Verizon Center, as the Georgetown Hoyas clawed back from a deficit as large as 17 points in the second half by outscoring the Marquette Golden Eagles 26-10 over the final 14 possessions of the game to win 73-70.

In fact, the first half itself was a story of two halves.  In the first half of the first half, neither team could truly stop the other as Georgetown played the kind of defense last seen versus Ohio in the NCAA Tournament.

I'm not sure what kind of zone allows opposing players to stand next to the basket, but let's not play that one anymore, okay?

On offense, Georgetown stayed close by playing the Georgetown offense truly on steroids -- for the game Georgetown shot an insane 21-25 on two point shots and countered themselves by treating the basketball like a hot potato.  The Hoyas would have likely scored close to ninety if they didn't spend most of the first half chucking the ball away, often to Marquette players.  Marquette deserved some credit for this, of course, but Georgetown has by and large handled pressure well this year; this was a regression.

Both teams then simply flatlined, refusing to score.  For Georgetown, the turnovers intensified, in part fueled by Markel Starks, who probably should not have been back in the game following getting landed on by a Marquette player.  Marquette recovered and began shredding the defense that had just begun to recover.

The second half started with some back and forth, but in the end it was almost a complete reverse.  It was the Georgetown defense that was forcing turnovers; it was the Georgetown offense that was hitting its three pointers.  And the offense was still hitting pretty much every two it took.  When the Hoyas protect the ball and actually get to shoot, the offense can be deadly.

(Wait:  can this be Exhibit Z submitted as proof, alongside all the Hoyas' other comebacks, as evidence that the offense can come back from large deficits?)

But as good as the offense was in the second half, you need defense to come back just as much (if not more).  And the defense was good -- sparked by fantastic play by the freshmen perimeter duo of Jabril Trawick and Greg Whittington on D.  Nearly everyone played well on D in the second half but these two were phenomenal.

As evidence, I submit:  Greg Whittington, 17 minutes, +16 in plus/minus.  Not often you see that from a SG who scored two points.

Though every player played a role, at the end of the day, this comeback belonged to two veterans to my eye:  Hollis Thompson, whose dead-eye shots sealed the deal; and Jason Clark, who willed it to start at the beginning of the second half and simply kept scoring until we won.  The Hoyas' offense spreads shots but Clark used over 30% of his possessions when he was in, and did so with fantastic efficiency.

I'm going to go re-watch it right now.  Yes, it's one a.m. on the West Coast.  So what?

Let's run the numbers:

TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE
 
.            Home                            Visitor   
.            Georgetown                      Marquette         
.            1st Half  2nd Half   Total      1st Half  2nd Half   Total
Pace            35        32        66
 
Points          29        44        73          43        27        70   

Effic.         83.4     139.3     109.9       123.7      85.5     105.4  
 
eFG%           54.5      85.7      69.8        55.7      44.1      51.9  
TO%            34.5      15.8      25.6        14.4      34.8      24.1  
OR%            23.1      16.7      21.1        41.2      35.7      38.7  
FTA/FGA        36.4      71.4      53.5        14.3      88.2      38.5  

Assist Rate    72.7      62.5      66.7        70.6      50.0      65.2  
Block Rate     12.5      10.0      11.8         8.3       0.0       4.0  
Steal Rate      8.6      19.0      13.6        14.4      12.7      13.6  
 
2FG%           75.0      92.3      84.0        50.0      30.0      44.1  
3FG%           20.0      50.0      33.3        45.5      42.9      44.4  
FT%            62.5      53.3      56.5        80.0      80.0      80.0

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       49   16.4  196.6   15.8      49   112.6   11.0      +5.8  
Starks, Markel         31   31.9   18.6    1.8      29   110.9    6.4      -6.9  
Sims, Henry            50   27.5  122.4   16.8      51    96.8    9.9      +5.2  
Clark, Jason           60   31.2  136.7   25.6      58   101.4   11.8     +10.2  
Lubick, Nate           21   10.3  110.6    2.4      21   145.3    6.1      -2.2  
Whittington, Greg      25    9.5  121.0    2.9      27    73.4    4.0      +0.0  
Hopkins, Mikael        11   43.9  125.9    6.1      10   124.8    2.5      +1.8  
Porter, Otto           51   14.3  148.7   10.8      52    86.6    9.0      +3.2  
Trawick, Jabril        27   21.0   63.8    3.6      28    90.9    5.1      -1.5  
TOTALS                 65         118.1   85.8      65   101.2   65.8     +15.5  

Marquette             Off     %           Pts      Def           Pts   
Player                Poss  Poss  O.Rtg   Prod     Poss  D.Rtg  Allow    Net Pts
WILSON, Jamil          23   22.6   88.9    4.6      22   124.1    5.5      -1.3  
JOHNSON-ODOM, Darius   60   20.2  129.1   15.6      58   118.1   13.7      +1.6  
BLUE, Vander           48    9.3  123.3    5.5      49   111.7   10.9      -2.5  
CADOUGAN, Junior       32   14.6   74.3    3.5      28   102.4    5.7      -1.8  
CROWDER, Jae           63   22.0  121.6   16.8      62    99.4   12.3      +3.8  
MAYO, Todd             44   39.1   94.9   16.3      46   105.4    9.7      +2.4  
JONES, Jamail           2    0.0    -      0.0       3    33.3    0.2      -0.2  
WILSON, Derrick         5   35.0  128.6    2.2       8   110.0    1.8      +0.4  
GARDNER, Davante       48   18.9  125.7   11.4      49    95.2    9.3      +2.4  
TOTALS                 65         111.3   76.0      65   106.4   69.1      +5.0


HD BOX SCORE

Marquette vs Georgetown
01/04/12 7:00 at Verizon Center
Final score: Georgetown 73, Marquette 70

Marquette               Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
WILSON, Jamil          13:23  - 2   4/27  2- 3  0- 0  0- 1  3/17  1/ 8  0/22  1/23  0/ 9  0/ 8  2/ 7   4
JOHNSON-ODOM, Darius   36:38  - 1  18/65  1- 4  4-11  4- 4 15/49  1/16  0/58  2/60  0/21  0/30  2/14   2
BLUE, Vander           30:30  - 2   2/56  0- 3  0- 0  2- 2  3/35  6/17  1/49  1/48  0/20  0/20  1/15   2
CADOUGAN, Junior       18:19  - 1   2/30  1- 1  0- 0  0- 0  1/25  2/10  0/28  3/32  1/10  1/14  0/ 9   3
CROWDER, Jae           38:23  - 1  17/70  4- 9  1- 3  6- 7 12/52  2/18  5/62  1/63  0/24  2/31  6/18   1
MAYO, Todd             27:18  - 6  16/43  3- 6  3- 4  1- 2 10/37  2/ 8  0/46  6/44  0/19  3/25  1/16   4
JONES, Jamail          01:08  + 1   0/ 2  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 2  0/ 1  0/ 3  0/ 2  0/ 0  0/ 1  0/ 0   0
WILSON, Derrick        03:08  + 1   0/ 9  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 3  1/ 3  0/ 8  1/ 5  0/ 2  0/ 0  0/ 0   1
GARDNER, Davante       31:13  - 4  11/48  4- 8  0- 0  3- 4  8/40  0/11  3/49  1/48  0/20  3/26  1/16   4
TOTALS                 40:00       70    15-34  8-18 16-20    52 15/23  9/65 16/65  1/25 12/31 15/19  21
.                                        0.441 0.444 0.800       0.652 0.138 0.246 0.040 0.387 0.789    

Georgetown              Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
Thompson, Hollis       30:04  - 2  16/53  2- 2  4- 5  0- 0  7/35  2/14  0/49  1/49  0/30  0/15  3/26   3
Starks, Markel         17:19  -10   0/26  0- 1  0- 4  0- 0  5/17  2/10  2/29  4/31  0/14  0/ 7  0/11   2
Sims, Henry            31:13  + 0  13/53  5- 6  0- 0  3- 4  6/30  5/15  2/51  4/50  2/29  1/15  4/24   3
Clark, Jason           35:53  + 4  26/70  7- 7  2- 7  6-13 14/41  1/17  1/58  1/60  0/30  0/17  5/28   3
Lubick, Nate           11:56  - 9   2/22  1- 1  0- 0  0- 0  1/16  1/ 7  0/21  1/21  0/14  0/ 9  1/10   1
Whittington, Greg      17:32  +16   2/37  1- 1  0- 0  0- 0  1/17  1/13  1/27  1/25  0/10  0/ 7  1/12   1
Hopkins, Mikael        06:04  + 3   4/15  1- 2  0- 0  2- 2  2/ 8  2/ 4  0/10  1/11  0/ 2  0/ 1  0/ 3   0
Porter, Otto           32:50  + 8   8/58  4- 4  0- 1  0- 0  5/35  3/18  2/52  1/51  1/27  1/15  4/28   1
Trawick, Jabril        17:09  + 5   2/31  0- 1  0- 1  2- 4  2/16  1/10  1/28  3/27  1/14  1/ 9  0/13   4
TOTALS                 40:00       73    21-25  6-18 13-23    43 18/27  9/65 17/65  4/34  4/19 19/31  18
.                                        0.840 0.333 0.565       0.667 0.138 0.262 0.118 0.211 0.613    

Efficiency: Georgetown 1.123, Marquette 1.077
eFG%: Georgetown 0.698, Marquette 0.519
Substitutions: Georgetown 20, Marquette 38

2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Georgetown 0-0, Marquette 2-2
Layups/Tips: Georgetown 12-12, Marquette 10-20
Jumpers: Georgetown 9-13, Marquette 3-12

Fast break pts (% FG pts): Georgetown 2 (3.3), Marquette 8 (14.8)
Pts (eff.) after steal: Georgetown 8 (88.9), Marquette 10 (111.1)
Seconds per poss: Georgetown 16.8, Marquette 19.7


3 comments:

  1. What do you make of that 2FG% ? I feel like we often get these great looks at layups that we just brick for no particular reason (beyond lack of commitment to finish, I suppose). Do you think last night's outstanding number was just a matter of finally living up to some of that potential and willing some of those to go in?

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  2. That's a really great commenting feature. "460dc462-37d4-11e1-8e42-000bcdcb471e" is just my code name. You can also call me Will Bunnett.

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  3. It's likely a combination of luck and a general height advantage across the board last night.

    The Hoyas didn't miss a layup [12/12], and while you'd expect them to make most, the reality is that 50% - 67% is a more typical shooting percentage on those. Even the dreadful Provy game saw the Hoyas make 9/20 layups - they just took and missed too many 2pt jumpers then.

    P.S. - Dunno why OpenID choked on your login.

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