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South Florida is not, I repeat not, one of the two best defensive teams in the Big East. I must have heard that at least half-a-dozen times during the broadcast. We pegged them as the 10th best defensive team coming into the game, accounting for their slow pace and weak conference schedule so far.
That's what made the first half so troublesome from the perspective of a Hoyas' fan - sure Georgetown led by eight points at the break, but the Hoyas' inability to make shots was turning what should have been a laugher into a potential nightmare game before Georgetown headed up to Syracuse.
Then the second half happened, and I decided to relax a little.
It should be noted that there was a remarkable stretch in the Lift-off half where the Bulls committed turnovers on nine, count-em nine, straight possessions. The Hoyas could manage to score only five points during that stretch, and I was certain that South Florida would make Georgetown pay. Not so much.
And now the Hoyas travel up to Syracuse for their hardest test of the season. While the Orange may have taken a small step back over their past few games playing without Fab Melo, today's pasting of the Johnnies with Mr. Melo back in the fold serves as a reminder that Syracuse is currently the team to beat in the conference, by a lot.
Let's run the numbers:
TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE . Home Visitor . Georgetown USF . 1st Half 2nd Half Total 1st Half 2nd Half Total Pace 30 36 65 Points 23 52 75 15 30 45 Effic. 77.5 146.1 114.8 50.5 84.3 68.9 eFG% 37.0 73.9 55.4 28.3 41.1 35.3 TO% 16.8 11.2 13.8 37.1 16.9 26.0 OR% 20.0 25.0 21.7 33.3 15.0 23.7 FTA/FGA 34.8 95.7 65.2 26.1 35.7 31.4 Assist Rate 50.0 80.0 69.6 50.0 60.0 56.2 Block Rate 12.5 6.2 9.4 5.9 11.8 8.8 Steal Rate 6.7 11.2 9.2 10.1 5.6 7.7 2FG% 41.2 64.7 52.9 31.2 43.8 37.5 3FG% 16.7 66.7 41.7 14.3 25.0 21.1 FT% 75.0 81.8 80.0 33.3 70.0 56.2
more stats and comments 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 38 18.9 101.7 7.3 38 54.4 4.1 +3.3 STARKS, Markel 39 15.1 163.8 9.7 41 49.2 4.0 +6.2 SIMS, Henry 47 32.8 105.4 16.3 49 63.4 6.2 +8.3 CLARK, Jason 53 15.4 138.7 11.3 53 68.8 7.3 +4.9 LUBICK, Nate 29 19.1 111.6 6.2 32 69.2 4.4 +2.0 WHITTINGTON, Greg 14 28.1 23.7 0.9 13 -0.2 -0.0 +0.9 HOPKINS, Mikael 17 17.0 130.9 3.8 16 73.9 2.4 +1.5 PORTER, Otto 45 23.5 146.4 15.5 44 91.9 8.1 +6.6 BOWEN, Aaron 6 8.3 200.0 1.0 6 50.0 0.6 +0.6 CAPRIO, John 4 40.6 96.2 1.6 4 120.0 1.0 +0.1 TRAWICK, Jabril 28 22.1 169.9 10.5 29 81.9 4.8 +5.6 TOTALS 64 123.7 84.0 65 65.9 42.9 +39.3 USF Off % Pts Def Pts Player Poss Poss O.Rtg Prod Poss D.Rtg Allow Net Pts ANDERSON Jr, Ron 40 21.9 63.3 5.5 40 88.9 7.1 -1.9 POLAND, Jawanza 43 24.9 42.0 4.5 42 100.8 8.5 -5.1 COLLINS, Anthony 52 17.6 69.9 6.4 49 127.5 12.5 -5.7 GILCHRIST, Augustus 45 28.5 114.4 14.7 46 110.2 10.1 +2.5 ROBERTSON, Hugh 37 16.2 33.5 2.0 38 118.7 9.0 -6.1 RUDD Jr., Victor 47 16.3 81.4 6.3 48 115.5 11.1 -3.7 NASH, Blake 9 11.1 0.0 0.0 9 115.6 2.1 -1.6 NORIEGA, Shaun 11 9.1 0.0 0.0 9 115.6 2.1 -1.6 FITZPATRICK, Toarlyn 41 25.1 82.4 8.5 39 142.2 11.1 -4.4 TOTALS 65 71.0 47.8 64 115.0 73.6 -27.0
Today was a good day for the Hoyas' young guards.
Markel Starks has been struggling for most of the conference season after the Big East opener against Louisville; today was his best game since that impressive three-game stretch against American-Memphis-Louisville, with a line of 2-2 2FG, 2-4 3FG, 1 A, 0 TO, 4 DR. Markel still managed to pick up two fouls in the early going (the second with 12:20 left in the first half) and enjoyed the wrath of Coach Thompson for a quick 3FG attempt right after intermission, but played a solid if quiet game otherwise.
Jabril Trawick had probably his best game as a Hoya. While the make from behind the arc was nice (and in the flow), it's his innate ability to generate offense by driving at the defense to force contact and free throws that is so impressive for a freshman. And it certainly helps that he made 7/8 FTs in the game.
The other stars for Georgetown were Henry Sims, who got the turnover bug under control for today [only 2], and Otto Porter, who had 12 pts, 4 assists and 4 rebounds. For Porter, it's not so much the stat line as that he was quite a bit more assertive on offense today, while still scoring efficiently. He's pretty good.
HD BOX SCORE
USF vs Georgetown
02/04/12 11:00 at Verizon Center
Final score: Georgetown 75, USF 45
USF Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
ANDERSON Jr, Ron 26:34 -18 6/20 3- 6 0- 0 0- 0 6/31 0/ 5 0/40 4/40 0/20 1/24 5/18 3
POLAND, Jawanza 25:24 -11 3/38 0- 3 1- 4 0- 0 7/35 2/13 3/42 3/43 0/23 1/21 0/17 3
COLLINS, Anthony 33:02 -18 4/42 1- 4 0- 1 2- 2 5/41 6/15 0/49 3/52 0/30 0/28 0/19 4
GILCHRIST, Augustus 28:55 -12 15/36 4- 9 1- 2 4- 8 11/38 0/ 8 0/46 1/45 1/28 2/26 1/19 5
ROBERTSON, Hugh 24:16 -26 2/18 1- 3 0- 1 0- 0 4/25 0/ 5 0/38 3/37 1/22 1/20 4/16 2
RUDD Jr., Victor 28:32 -28 7/29 2- 4 1- 5 0- 1 9/36 1/ 7 1/48 1/47 0/23 0/30 2/18 0
NASH, Blake 04:55 - 7 0/ 3 0- 0 0- 1 0- 0 1/ 8 0/ 0 0/ 9 0/ 9 0/ 3 0/ 8 1/ 3 1
NORIEGA, Shaun 05:29 - 2 0/ 8 0- 0 0- 1 0- 0 1/ 9 0/ 2 0/ 9 0/11 0/ 3 0/ 9 0/ 3 1
FITZPATRICK, Toarlyn 22:53 -28 8/31 1- 3 1- 4 3- 5 7/32 0/ 9 1/39 2/41 1/18 2/24 3/12 3
TOTALS 40:00 45 12-32 4-19 9-16 51 9/16 5/64 17/65 3/34 9/38 18/23 22
. 0.375 0.211 0.562 0.562 0.078 0.262 0.088 0.237 0.783
Georgetown Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
THOMPSON, Hollis 24:58 +15 7/34 3- 4 0- 2 1- 1 6/29 0/ 9 0/38 1/38 0/22 1/19 2/26 0
STARKS, Markel 26:03 +23 10/46 2- 2 2- 4 0- 0 6/31 1/13 0/41 0/39 0/21 0/15 4/27 3
SIMS, Henry 30:11 +25 13/60 3- 7 0- 0 7-10 7/34 5/15 1/49 2/47 1/29 1/18 8/28 2
CLARK, Jason 33:25 +25 11/65 3- 5 1- 2 2- 2 7/38 2/16 1/53 2/53 0/30 0/20 4/30 1
LUBICK, Nate 17:48 +13 5/36 2- 4 0- 0 1- 1 4/19 1/ 8 0/32 1/29 0/14 1/ 9 3/15 1
WHITTINGTON, Greg 09:00 + 5 1/10 0- 1 0- 1 1- 2 2/11 0/ 3 1/13 1/14 1/ 4 0/ 9 1/ 6 4
HOPKINS, Mikael 09:49 + 5 4/15 0- 1 1- 1 1- 2 2/12 0/ 4 0/16 0/17 0/ 3 0/ 7 1/10 3
PORTER, Otto 26:40 +21 12/58 4- 6 0- 1 4- 4 7/30 4/12 0/44 1/45 1/23 2/16 2/25 2
BOWEN, Aaron 03:29 + 6 2/ 9 1- 1 0- 0 0- 0 1/ 4 0/ 2 1/ 6 0/ 6 0/ 2 0/ 1 0/ 5 0
CAPRIO, John 02:13 + 3 0/ 6 0- 1 0- 0 0- 0 1/ 3 1/ 2 0/ 4 0/ 4 0/ 2 0/ 1 0/ 3 0
TRAWICK, Jabril 16:24 + 9 10/36 0- 2 1- 1 7- 8 3/19 2/ 8 2/29 1/28 0/10 0/10 1/15 0
TOTALS 40:00 75 18-34 5-12 24-30 46 16/23 6/65 9/64 3/32 5/23 29/38 16
. 0.529 0.417 0.800 0.696 0.092 0.141 0.094 0.217 0.763
Efficiency: Georgetown 1.172, USF 0.692
eFG%: Georgetown 0.554, USF 0.353
Substitutions: Georgetown 26, USF 51
2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Georgetown 2-2, USF 1-1
Layups/Tips: Georgetown 7-12, USF 6-11
Jumpers: Georgetown 9-20, USF 5-20
Fast break pts (% FG pts): Georgetown 4 (7.8), USF 2 (5.6)
Pts (eff.) after steal: Georgetown 8 (133.3), USF 2 (40.0)
Seconds per poss: Georgetown 15.7, USF 21.3
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