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The game went two overtimes today, thanks to last second heroics in regulation by Otto Porter and in the first overtime by Henry Sims, but the worm tuned in the second extra session when Cashmere Wright made a tough layup that proved to be the difference.
Some quick thoughts as I watch a replay of the game:
The Hoyas drew 23 fouls on 57 possessions yesterday against Pittsburgh, but only 14 on 72 possessions today (and of those 14 total fouls by the Bearcats, four came in a single possession). Now this isn't a criticism of the refs for today's game, but rather an observation about how the two games were called. Yesterday was called tight, which we generally think benefits Georgetown's motion offense. Tonight was called loose, especially with respect to the more aggressive Cincinnati defense. The Hoyas couldn't adjust - and missed half their FTs after intermission when they did get to the line. [N.B. - Cinci was 2nd lowest in FT/FG allowed in conference, while Pitt was 11th].
Did Nate Lubick not get a fair shake today? The argument goes that he had one of his best games of the year in the first meeting with the Bearcats, but Nate never got on the floor in the Vespers' half. It's hard to say, but I didn't see anything in his 7 possessions played to indicate he was over-matched today.
Still watching the replay: with less than nine minutes left in regulation, an eleven-point lead and the ball, the game very much feels to be the Hoyas to win. I think I felt the same way the last time the teams played.
Jason Clark was rated as an overall positive today, rating +1.5 net points by the compiler, while Hollis Thompson was nearly -3. Thompson and Starks are capable of much better things, and as I noted yesterday, the Hoyas aren't going to win many games when those two aren't winning their matchups.
Does Mick Cronin have John Thompson III's number? Cronin has been coaching the Bearcats since 2008:
Yikes! The Hoyas were favored (per KenPom) in seven of their last eight games against Cincinnati, but have only come away with two wins (that's five upsets for the Bearcats, for you SFS'ers).Season GU-UC Favored? 2008 1-0 GU favored 2009 0-2 GU favored in both 2010 1-0 GU favored 2011 0-2 each favored in one 2012 0-2 GU favored in both Total 2-6
Let's run the numbers:
TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE . Visitor Home . Georgetown Cincinnati . 1st Half 2nd Half Total 1st Half 2nd Half Total Pace 25 32 59 Points 30 40 70 24 48 72 Effic. 118.3 83.0 94.8 94.6 99.6 97.5 eFG% 48.2 51.5 50.0 40.4 40.2 40.3 TO% 7.9 24.9 19.0 19.7 10.4 13.5 OR% 46.7 23.8 33.3 41.2 30.3 34.0 FTA/FGA 17.9 29.4 24.2 15.4 37.0 29.2 Assist Rate 38.5 47.1 43.3 40.0 44.4 42.9 Block Rate 12.5 17.1 15.7 9.1 0.0 3.8 Steal Rate 11.8 2.1 5.4 7.9 20.7 16.3 2FG% 54.5 53.3 53.8 56.2 48.6 51.0 3FG% 16.7 25.0 20.0 10.0 9.1 9.5 FT% 60.0 50.0 53.3 75.0 64.7 66.7
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 67 22.0 78.0 11.5 69 101.1 13.9 -2.9 Lubick, Nate 7 14.3 0.0 0.0 8 36.1 0.6 -0.5 Sims, Henry 67 30.1 111.3 22.4 70 92.3 12.9 +6.7 Clark, Jason 69 13.0 133.6 12.0 71 90.2 12.8 +1.5 Porter, Otto 68 22.1 107.2 16.1 69 89.6 12.4 +3.2 Whittington, Greg 33 12.8 57.4 2.4 37 115.0 8.5 -4.3 Hopkins, Mikael 3 37.0 20.0 0.2 3 130.0 0.8 -0.9 Starks, Markel 43 18.7 111.7 9.0 40 80.4 6.4 +2.5 Trawick, Jabril 3 33.3 100.0 1.0 3 93.3 0.6 +0.3 TOTALS 72 100.5 74.6 74 93.1 68.9 +5.6 Cincinnati Off % Pts Def Pts Player Poss Poss O.Rtg Prod Poss D.Rtg Allow Net Pts KILPATRICK, Sean 58 19.6 90.4 10.3 53 101.0 10.7 -0.8 PARKER, JaQuon 69 13.1 120.0 10.9 66 90.2 11.9 +0.8 GATES, Yancy 69 23.1 131.4 20.9 67 84.4 11.3 +8.5 WRIGHT, Cashmere 62 15.2 115.2 10.9 60 77.6 9.3 +2.5 DIXON, Dion 73 24.9 76.4 13.9 70 88.9 12.5 -0.4 JACKSON, Justin 28 28.0 78.6 6.2 32 118.4 7.6 -2.3 MBODJ, Cheikh 5 0.0 - 0.0 5 106.7 1.1 -1.1 GUYN, Ge'Lawn 6 50.0 0.0 0.0 7 61.9 0.9 -1.4 TOTALS 74 97.6 72.9 72 90.5 65.2 +6.4
HD BOX SCORE
Georgetown vs Cincinnati
3/8/12 2pm at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
Final score: Cincinnati 72, Georgetown 70
Georgetown Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
Thompson, Hollis 46:15 + 0 10/67 3- 9 1- 4 1- 2 13/61 1/26 0/69 3/67 2/46 3/34 5/45 1
Lubick, Nate 05:34 + 0 0/ 4 0- 0 0- 1 0- 0 1/ 4 0/ 1 0/ 8 0/ 7 0/ 4 0/ 3 2/ 5 1
Sims, Henry 46:05 - 2 22/67 11-19 0- 1 0- 2 20/57 3/18 0/70 4/67 2/49 3/32 12/47 2
Clark, Jason 47:37 - 3 12/67 4- 7 0- 1 4- 4 8/60 2/25 1/71 1/69 0/50 1/35 3/48 3
Porter, Otto 46:46 - 4 14/66 6-10 0- 1 2- 3 11/59 4/22 2/69 4/68 2/49 3/35 4/47 4
Whittington, Greg 23:24 -10 2/29 1- 1 0- 1 0- 0 2/27 0/10 0/37 2/33 2/29 1/18 0/24 2
Hopkins, Mikael 02:42 - 1 0/ 2 0- 1 0- 0 0- 0 1/ 4 1/ 1 0/ 3 0/ 3 0/ 1 0/ 3 0/ 2 1
Starks, Markel 29:14 + 9 9/45 3- 5 1- 1 0- 2 6/36 2/16 1/40 0/43 0/26 0/19 3/30 1
Trawick, Jabril 02:23 + 1 1/ 3 0- 0 0- 0 1- 2 0/ 2 0/ 1 0/ 3 0/ 3 0/ 1 0/ 1 0/ 2 0
TOTALS 50:00 70 28-52 2-10 8-15 62 13/30 4/74 14/72 8/51 12/36 33/50 15
. 0.538 0.200 0.533 0.433 0.054 0.194 0.157 0.333 0.660
Cincinnati Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
KILPATRICK, Sean 39:26 + 6 12/63 3- 4 1- 6 3- 3 10/59 0/21 2/53 2/58 1/41 1/39 3/28 4
PARKER, JaQuon 45:42 + 9 9/68 3- 6 1- 4 0- 0 10/66 3/22 0/66 1/69 0/43 3/46 7/32 3
GATES, Yancy 45:55 + 2 23/67 10-18 0- 1 3- 4 19/66 1/17 3/67 0/69 0/51 3/45 5/35 3
WRIGHT, Cashmere 40:09 + 6 10/62 5- 8 0- 3 0- 1 11/59 4/21 5/60 1/62 0/44 1/38 2/31 1
DIXON, Dion 48:23 + 4 13/72 4-11 0- 6 5- 9 17/71 2/24 2/70 0/73 0/49 3/49 5/34 2
JACKSON, Justin 21:01 -14 5/21 1- 3 0- 0 3- 4 3/28 2/ 6 0/32 3/28 1/26 3/23 0/14 1
MBODJ, Cheikh 04:05 + 0 0/ 5 0- 1 0- 0 0- 0 1/ 6 0/ 1 0/ 5 0/ 5 0/ 1 0/ 5 0/ 1 0
GUYN, Ge'Lawn 05:19 - 3 0/ 2 0- 0 0- 1 0- 0 1/ 5 0/ 0 0/ 7 2/ 6 0/ 5 0/ 5 2/ 5 0
TOTALS 50:00 72 26-51 2-21 14-21 72 12/28 12/72 10/74 2/52 17/50 24/36 14
. 0.510 0.095 0.667 0.429 0.167 0.135 0.038 0.340 0.667
Efficiency: Cincinnati 0.973, Georgetown 0.972
eFG%: Cincinnati 0.403, Georgetown 0.500
Substitutions: Cincinnati 28, Georgetown 24
2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Cincinnati 3-3, Georgetown 1-1
Layups/Tips: Cincinnati 18-36, Georgetown 14-26
Jumpers: Cincinnati 5-12, Georgetown 13-25
Fast break pts (% FG pts): Cincinnati 16 (27.6), Georgetown 4 (6.5)
Pts (eff.) after steal: Cincinnati 15 (125.0), Georgetown 7 (175.0)
Seconds per poss: Cincinnati 20.4, Georgetown 20.6
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