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Not a lot of positives can be taken from tonight's game. In a meeting of two of the conference's better defensive teams, the Pirates - lead by Jordan Theodore - quite simply made a lot of shots and thereby had a spectacular offensive game. The Hoyas came into the game leading the conference in effective field goal defense, having allowed a season-high 55% eFG against Pitt. So what Seton Hall did tonight [71% eFG] should be recognized as extraordinary. Only two other teams have managed to hit the 70% level against JT3's Georgetown Hoyas: the Ohio Bobcats and the Baylor Bears. Don't feel obligated to click through on those links, by the way.
The absurdity of the situation came through in the second half as Theodore and friends took a number of questionable shots that simply went in, so much so that the play-by-play announcer began giggling uncontrollably during one replay. The Pirates made 15/24 [63%] jumpshots tonight, and when that happens the opponent must just tip their cap and head home.
The Hoyas own offense was a bit frustrating to watch, with the turnovers [7] in the first half and poor outside shooting in the second half [1/6 2FG jumpers, 1/6 3FG]. But two mitigating factors should be considered here: the Hoyas were playing a very good defensive team, and by comparison to the offensive circus taking place on the other side of the court, the Hoyas were certain to look bad.
Let's run the numbers:
TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE . Visitor Home . Georgetown Seton Hall . 1st Half 2nd Half Total 1st Half 2nd Half Total Pace 28 27 54 Points 28 27 55 35 38 73 Effic. 101.7 100.8 101.3 127.1 141.9 134.5 eFG% 52.2 39.6 45.7 68.2 73.7 70.7 TO% 25.4 14.9 20.3 18.2 11.2 14.7 OR% 42.9 31.2 36.7 27.3 12.5 21.1 FTA/FGA 26.1 37.5 31.9 36.4 57.9 46.3 Assist Rate 50.0 44.4 47.4 84.6 58.3 72.0 Block Rate 12.5 8.3 10.7 0.0 16.7 9.4 Steal Rate 10.9 11.2 11.1 10.9 11.2 11.1 2FG% 42.9 44.4 43.8 56.2 66.7 60.7 3FG% 44.4 16.7 33.3 66.7 57.1 61.5 FT% 66.7 88.9 80.0 62.5 90.9 78.9
more stats and thoughts 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 36 25.6 88.9 8.2 34 116.6 7.9 -1.1 Lubick, Nate 12 3.2 200.0 0.8 12 146.5 3.5 -1.3 Sims, Henry 41 31.2 73.4 9.4 39 116.8 9.1 -2.6 Starks, Markel 38 14.7 59.8 3.3 35 152.4 10.7 -6.2 Clark, Jason 40 11.7 132.6 6.2 41 141.4 11.6 -2.9 Whittington, Greg 32 11.7 223.3 8.4 34 114.1 7.8 +2.3 Hopkins, Mikael 15 28.5 108.7 4.6 16 146.3 4.7 -0.8 Porter, Otto 32 27.5 111.0 9.8 34 126.7 8.6 -0.1 Bowen, Aaron 4 12.5 200.0 1.0 4 120.0 1.0 +0.2 Trawick, Jabril 20 28.1 124.3 7.0 21 133.1 5.6 +0.4 TOTALS 54 105.5 58.6 54 130.4 70.4 -12.6 Seton Hall Off % Pts Def Pts Player Poss Poss O.Rtg Prod Poss D.Rtg Allow Net Pts POPE, Herb 33 36.1 100.6 12.0 31 101.6 6.3 +2.8 EDWIN, Fuquan 45 18.4 154.6 12.8 44 77.8 6.8 +6.2 AUDA, Patrik 44 13.6 158.2 9.4 46 85.0 7.8 +3.0 THEODORE, Jordan 45 35.7 192.2 30.9 45 103.9 9.4 +17.9 COSBY, Aaron 44 13.3 117.4 6.9 44 102.8 9.0 -0.7 MOBLEY, Brandon 29 22.2 137.8 8.9 30 91.6 5.5 +3.2 GRENNAN, Sean 2 0.0 - 0.0 2 120.0 0.5 -0.5 KARLIS, Haralds 7 0.0 - 0.0 8 137.5 2.2 -2.2 WILSON, Freddie 19 13.2 141.2 3.5 19 115.8 4.4 -0.1 GERAMIPOOR, Aaron 2 50.0 0.0 0.0 1 200.0 0.4 -1.2 TOTALS 54 145.5 84.4 54 96.9 52.3 +29.1
A few bullets on the Hoyas players:
- Player of the game for the Hoyas? Greg Whittington. Frankly, for a good chunk of the season I thought he was at least another season away from being serviceable, but his confidence and shooting touch seem to have arrived much sooner than that. Greg is beginning to understand shot selection, and now needs to starting increasing his usage without losing sight of that. Also a nod to Jabril Trawick, who continues to drive aggressively to the hoop to generate offense, and makes his free throws when he gets to the line. Hollis Thompson also seemed willing to go inside, but settled more for twisting, acrobatic shot attempts rather than contact.
- For whatever reason, Jason Clark just couldn't get involved. He was efficient when he did try to score, but just needed to do a lot more of that.
- After discussing Nate Lubick's recent propensity for picking up fouls in the last recap, I can't say I was shocked to see him draw two in the first two minutes of the game and sit for the rest of the half.
- Henry Sims continues to use a ton of possessions when he's on the court, and not do a lot with them. He accrued four more turnovers tonight to go along with his three jumpshot attempts - Seton Hall virtually begged Henry to shoot the 18-footer from the top of the key. Unless Sims can find his offensive game, the Hoyas have a ceiling on what they can accomplish this season.
- Markel Starks should probably just pull out of the election right now. Nothing good can come from it.
- God bless Otto Porter, but he settles far too often for long 2FG jump shots. I think he (rightly) feels that the 3FG is beyond his range, but those long jumpers are about the worst shots to take, especially in the Princeton offense. Otherwise, just another day at the office [8 pts., 6 reb.] for Bubba.
- It's hard to get too excited about the defensive stats the players accumulated in tonight's game, since the Pirates hot-hand turned many seemingly strong defensive possessions into another score for Seton Hall.
HD BOX SCORE
Georgetown vs Seton Hall
2/21/12 7:00 PM at Newark, N.J. - Prudential Center
Final score: Seton Hall 73, Georgetown 55
Georgetown Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
Thompson, Hollis 26:50 - 7 8/36 1- 5 2- 4 0- 0 9/31 2/ 9 1/34 3/36 0/20 1/21 5/15 2
Lubick, Nate 09:47 - 9 0/10 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/13 0/ 4 0/12 0/12 0/ 4 1/10 2/ 4 3
Sims, Henry 29:22 -10 7/41 2- 6 0- 0 3- 6 6/34 2/12 2/39 4/41 2/23 3/22 0/16 2
Starks, Markel 26:12 - 9 2/43 1- 5 0- 4 0- 0 9/31 1/13 0/35 0/38 0/21 1/19 1/11 1
Clark, Jason 29:14 -21 7/39 1- 1 1- 3 2- 2 4/37 2/12 1/41 1/40 0/21 0/25 1/13 0
Whittington, Greg 24:08 -11 9/29 2- 3 1- 2 2- 2 5/27 0/ 7 1/34 0/32 0/16 1/18 0/13 2
Hopkins, Mikael 11:15 - 6 4/17 2- 2 0- 0 0- 0 2/13 1/ 4 0/16 2/15 1/ 7 1/ 7 1/ 3 1
Porter, Otto 24:04 -12 8/34 3- 6 0- 1 2- 2 7/28 1/ 9 1/34 0/32 0/18 3/16 3/12 2
Bowen, Aaron 02:04 + 0 2/ 4 1- 1 0- 0 0- 0 1/ 3 0/ 0 0/ 4 0/ 4 0/ 1 0/ 2 0/ 0 1
Trawick, Jabril 17:04 - 5 8/22 1- 3 1- 1 3- 3 4/18 0/ 6 0/21 1/20 0/ 9 0/10 1/ 8 1
TOTALS 40:00 55 14-32 5-15 12-15 47 9/19 6/54 11/54 3/28 11/30 15/19 15
. 0.438 0.333 0.800 0.474 0.111 0.204 0.107 0.367 0.789
Seton Hall Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
POPE, Herb 24:43 +17 12/52 5- 9 0- 1 2- 5 10/26 0/12 0/31 1/33 1/21 1/11 5/17 3
EDWIN, Fuquan 34:24 +18 10/61 1- 2 2- 3 2- 2 5/34 5/17 4/44 1/45 1/30 0/17 2/25 1
AUDA, Patrik 32:09 +13 7/59 2- 4 0- 0 3- 4 4/34 4/18 2/46 0/44 1/24 0/16 5/25 3
THEODORE, Jordan 33:31 +17 29/64 3- 6 5- 5 8- 8 11/36 5/14 0/45 3/45 0/24 1/17 3/25 1
COSBY, Aaron 34:10 +22 5/64 1- 2 1- 3 0- 0 5/35 1/20 0/44 0/44 0/29 1/16 0/28 2
MOBLEY, Brandon 21:57 + 8 10/35 5- 5 0- 1 0- 0 6/22 0/ 8 0/30 1/29 0/17 0/11 3/17 3
GRENNAN, Sean 01:01 - 2 0/ 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 0 0/ 0 0/ 2 0/ 2 0/ 2 0/ 0 0/ 1 0
KARLIS, Haralds 04:10 - 3 0/ 7 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 5 0/ 3 0/ 8 0/ 7 0/ 2 0/ 2 0/ 2 0
WILSON, Freddie 12:46 + 2 0/23 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/13 3/ 8 0/19 1/19 0/ 9 1/ 5 1/ 9 1
GERAMIPOOR, Aaron 01:09 - 2 0/ 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 0 0/ 0 0/ 1 1/ 2 0/ 2 0/ 0 0/ 1 1
TOTALS 40:00 73 17-28 8-13 15-19 41 18/25 6/54 8/54 3/32 4/19 19/30 15
. 0.607 0.615 0.789 0.720 0.111 0.148 0.094 0.211 0.633
Efficiency: Seton Hall 1.352, Georgetown 1.019
eFG%: Seton Hall 0.707, Georgetown 0.457
Substitutions: Seton Hall 25, Georgetown 22
2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Seton Hall 2-2, Georgetown 2-2
Layups/Tips: Seton Hall 8-15, Georgetown 9-17
Jumpers: Seton Hall 7-11, Georgetown 3-13
Fast break pts (% FG pts): Seton Hall 5 (8.6), Georgetown 2 (4.7)
Pts (eff.) after steal: Seton Hall 7 (116.7), Georgetown 4 (66.7)
Seconds per poss: Seton Hall 23.0, Georgetown 21.7
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