Saturday, March 3, 2012

Recap: Marquette 83, Georgetown 69

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In their final regular-season game, the Georgetown Hoyas were soundly defeated by the Marquette Golden Eagles at the Bradley Center, 83-69.

The stat of the game comes from near the bottom of the HD box score - Points after steal: Marquette 19, Georgetown 2.

Almost six minutes into the game, it felt like the Hoyas' good feelings from the previous two wins at home would carry over to the impressively raucous Bradley Center. On the back of a pair of Hollis Thompson three-point shots and some sound defense, the Hoyas led 12-9 with the ball and Marquette starting to scramble. An inside-outside play left Markel Starks wide open from behind the arc, but the ball rattled out. Two minutes later with the Hoyas ahead 14-13, Jason Clark had a similar look that also wouldn't drop.

That was the opening the Eagles needed, as they scored on their next three trips down the court and started ratcheting up the pressure to rattle the Hoyas. Davante Gardner [8 pts, 4 oreb] returned today for Maquette after missing several games due to an injured ankle and used his size to control the paint in limited action.

A horrible performance at the line [6/13 FT] while the Eagles made theirs [14/15 FT] was the obvious difference between the teams in the Lift-Off half, but the Hoyas struggled to make shots from the floor as well. Georgetown made only 2/8 layups, while taking 20 of 30 field goal attempts as jumpers [3/10 2FG jumpers, 3/10 3FG]. And perhaps that's the real difference between the two games overall - the Hoyas shot an amazing 21/25 2FGs at the Verizon Center, but 20/45 2FGs today.

The second half was effectively a stalemate. After giving up the eleven of the first thirteen points of the second half to fall into a 17-point hole, Georgetown was able to answer with a 12-3 run of their own. From there, the lead bounced between 8 and 14 points, as Jae Crowder always seemed to be able to rally his troops when the Hoyas made any sort of push.

And so the Hoyas will end the season as a 5-seed for the Big East tournament, facing the winner of Pittsburgh-Rutgers at 2pm on Wednesday.


Let's run the numbers:

.            Visitor                         Home      
.            Georgetown                      Marquette         
.            1st Half  2nd Half   Total      1st Half  2nd Half   Total
Pace            32        41        74

Points          29        40        69          39        44        83   

Effic.         89.6      97.2      93.6       120.5     106.9     112.6  
 
eFG%           38.3      48.5      43.7        48.1      52.1      50.0  
TO%            15.4      24.3      20.3        18.5      14.6      16.3  
OR%            40.0      36.8      38.6        46.7      27.8      36.4  
FTA/FGA        43.3      36.4      39.7        57.7     125.0      90.0  
 
Assist Rate    70.0      53.3      60.0        58.3      50.0      54.2  
Block Rate      5.3      10.5       7.9         5.0       4.0       4.4  
Steal Rate      9.3       4.9       6.8        12.4      17.0      14.9  
 
2FG%           35.0      52.0      44.4        57.9      57.9      57.9  
3FG%           30.0      25.0      27.8        14.3      20.0      16.7  
FT%            46.2      66.7      56.0        93.3      63.3      73.3

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   32.0  126.1   19.8      46   134.7   12.4      +3.0  
PORTER, Otto           49   21.6  173.1   18.3      49   103.0   10.1      +7.8  
LUBICK, Nate           32   14.3   98.3    4.5      36   122.1    8.8      -2.7  
SIMS, Henry            40   14.5  127.1    7.4      38    99.5    7.6      +0.7  
CLARK, Jason           62   33.6   51.3   10.7      60   117.3   14.1      -8.6  
WHITTINGTON, Greg      38   14.5   57.1    3.2      42   106.6    9.0      -4.3  
HOPKINS, Mikael        16   13.3  246.7    5.2      18   121.4    4.4      +1.8  
STARKS, Markel         45    8.7   67.7    2.7      45    96.4    8.7      -3.6  
BOWEN, Aaron            5   20.0    0.0    0.0       4    72.5    0.6      -0.7  
TRAWICK, Jabril        14   30.8   61.9    2.7      17    95.7    3.3      -1.0  
TOTALS                 70         100.0   74.4      71   110.9   78.7      -6.1  

Marquette             Off     %           Pts      Def           Pts   
Player                Poss  Poss  O.Rtg   Prod     Poss  D.Rtg  Allow    Net Pts
Wilson, Jamil          46   20.7  125.8   12.0      51   114.4   11.7      +0.7  
Crowder, Jae           69   28.0  137.0   26.4      66    74.0    9.8     +14.4  
Johnson-Odom, Darius   58   23.4  118.1   16.0      54   113.6   12.3      +2.2  
Blue, Vander           57   17.2  127.2   12.4      56    92.6   10.4      +2.7  
Cadougan, Junior       63   17.0   72.9    7.8      60    98.1   11.8      -3.3  
Mayo, Todd             19    6.5   40.6    0.5      22    64.2    2.8      -1.3  
Anderson, Juan          2   50.0  200.0    2.0       3     0.0    0.0      +2.0  
Wilson, Derrick        15    0.9  200.0    0.3      18    59.3    2.1      -0.8  
Gardner, Davante       26   26.5  140.0    9.6      20    38.2    1.5      +7.6  
TOTALS                 71         120.7   87.2      70    89.1   62.3     +23.5 


HD BOX SCORE

Georgetown vs Marquette
3/3/12 1 p.m. CT at Bradley Center - Milwaukee, Wis.
Final score: Marquette 83, Georgetown 69

Georgetown              Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
THOMPSON, Hollis       27:01  - 9  19/52  3- 9  3- 5  4- 6 14/47  4/13  0/46  0/49  1/24  4/32  3/15   4
PORTER, Otto           26:57  - 2  19/55  9-11  0- 0  1- 1 11/43  0/12  1/49  0/49  0/27  3/25  2/23   5
LUBICK, Nate           19:12  -17   3/28  1- 3  0- 0  1- 6  3/28  2/10  1/36  0/32  1/19  2/20  2/14   2
SIMS, Henry            25:06  - 1   5/43  2- 7  0- 0  1- 2  7/39  2/13  0/38  1/40  0/24  4/28  5/20   5
CLARK, Jason           35:30  -12  11/62  3- 7  1- 7  2- 4 14/57  1/18  2/60  8/62  0/32  2/41  1/26   2
WHITTINGTON, Greg      21:41  -18   2/27  0- 2  0- 1  2- 3  3/31  3/ 9  0/42  2/38  0/20  1/28  3/21   4
HOPKINS, Mikael        08:12  - 5   5/18  1- 1  0- 0  3- 3  1/12  1/ 5  0/18  0/16  1/ 8  0/ 6  1/ 8   2
STARKS, Markel         26:21  + 1   3/46  0- 3  1- 4  0- 0  7/46  1/16  1/45  1/45  0/24  0/34  1/25   2
BOWEN, Aaron           02:20  + 1   0/ 5  0- 1  0- 0  0- 0  1/ 4  0/ 2  0/ 4  0/ 5  0/ 5  0/ 2  1/ 5   0
TRAWICK, Jabril        07:40  - 8   2/ 9  1- 1  0- 1  0- 0  2/ 8  1/ 2  0/17  2/14  0/ 7  1/ 4  1/ 8   3
TOTALS                 40:00       69    20-45  5-18 14-25    63 15/25  5/71 15/70  3/38 17/44 21/33  29
.                                        0.444 0.278 0.560       0.600 0.070 0.214 0.079 0.386 0.636    

Marquette               Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
Wilson, Jamil          27:27  - 1  11/58  3- 7  1- 2  2- 2  9/31  1/13  1/51  2/46  1/37  2/18  3/30   4
Crowder, Jae           39:06  +14  26/81  8-10  0- 5 10-12 15/49  3/15  5/66  1/69  1/44  3/33 11/42   3
Johnson-Odom, Darius   33:13  + 6  17/70  4- 8  1- 4  6-10 12/42  2/15  1/54  1/58  0/38  1/27  2/32   3
Blue, Vander           30:35  +10  13/68  3- 6  0- 0  7- 9  6/38  0/15  1/56  2/57  0/33  1/26  3/30   3
Cadougan, Junior       34:41  +17   6/77  0- 1  0- 1  6-10  2/43  5/22  1/60  3/63  0/38  0/28  3/37   2
Mayo, Todd             12:58  + 9   0/23  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/15  1/ 8  1/22  1/19  0/13  0/ 9  0/19   1
Anderson, Juan         00:45  + 2   2/ 2  1- 1  0- 0  0- 0  1/ 1  0/ 0  0/ 3  0/ 2  0/ 1  0/ 0  0/ 2   0
Wilson, Derrick        07:23  - 2   0/ 9  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/10  1/ 3  1/18  0/15  0/11  0/ 8  1/11   1
Gardner, Davante       13:52  +15   8/27  3- 5  0- 0  2- 2  5/21  0/ 5  0/20  2/26  0/10  4/16  4/17   2
TOTALS                 40:00       83    22-38  2-12 33-45    50 13/24 11/70 12/71  2/45 12/33 27/44  19
.                                        0.579 0.167 0.733       0.542 0.157 0.169 0.044 0.364 0.614    

Efficiency: Marquette 1.169, Georgetown 0.986
eFG%: Marquette 0.500, Georgetown 0.437
Substitutions: Marquette 43, Georgetown 48

2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Marquette 1-2, Georgetown 2-3
Layups/Tips: Marquette 15-21, Georgetown 9-18
Jumpers: Marquette 6-15, Georgetown 9-24

Fast break pts (% FG pts): Marquette 18 (36.0), Georgetown 15 (27.3)
Pts (eff.) after steal: Marquette 19 (172.7), Georgetown 2 (40.0)
Seconds per poss: Marquette 16.2, Georgetown 17.8


4 comments:

  1. Any idea how rare a 20 shot FTA discrepancy between two teams in bigeast play is? Seems to me that doesn't happen very often?

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    1. No idea, but I'm guessing Mike Rice would know.

      Marquette shot 10 FTs to GU's 2 in the last 2:30 of the game, so that has skewed the final stats a bit. Sure the refs called the game a bit more favorably for the Eagles, but I didn't see it as the difference-maker.

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    2. but that 10-2 FT discrepancy wasn't due to G'town fouling on purpose, it was because G'town/the refs had gotten into the double bonus early.

      i also don't see it as the difference-maker, but it was notable.

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  2. Notable in that our 3 best players today were limited by severe foul trouble.

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