TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE . Home Visitor . GEORGETOWN Florida Gulf Coast . 1st Half 2nd Half Total 1st Half 2nd Half Total Pace 33 44 77 Points 22 46 68 24 54 78 Effic. 67.4 104.3 88.6 73.6 122.5 101.7 eFG% 35.2 48.6 43.0 34.6 65.2 49.0 TO% 18.4 18.1 18.2 15.3 18.1 16.9 OR% 23.8 27.3 25.6 19.0 21.4 20.0 FTA/FGA 29.6 32.4 31.2 46.2 139.1 89.8 Assist Rate 44.4 73.3 62.5 62.5 76.9 71.4 Block Rate 11.1 12.5 11.8 10.5 5.6 8.1 Steal Rate 6.1 9.1 7.8 6.1 6.8 6.5 2FG% 42.1 50.0 45.9 33.3 56.2 44.1 3FG% 12.5 31.6 25.9 25.0 57.1 40.0 FT% 37.5 83.3 65.0 50.0 75.0 68.2
And so ends another season for your Georgetown Hoyas. I'm not sure if it's because I'm getting older or just I've just grown numb to it, but the Hoyas fifth straight loss to a double-digit seed in the NCAA tournament just doesn't shock or distress me like they used to.
Instead, early in the second half when my sons asked that I play with them rather than watch the game, I said "Sure." Because rolling two five-year-olds into a comforter and tickling them until they could wriggle away was a lot more fun.
A few statistical observations from the evening:
- Georgetown's lack of an interior game came home to roost tonight. In spite of shooting a higher percentage on inside shots than the Eagles [GU: 10-15 on dunks, layups and tips, FGCU: 11-22], the Hoyas simply settled for far too many 2-pt jump shots [GU: 7/22, FGCU 4/12]. When a major conference team is unable to punish a mid-major inside, the playing field is leveled.
 - While the game was certainly lost in the vespers half, the Hoyas did manage a stellar opening half of defense and had nothing to show for it but a two-point deficit. Georgetown's offense spurted because - you guessed it - too many jump shots. The Hoyas were 9/27 on FGs in the lift-off half: 3/6 on layups/tips; 5/13 on 2FG jumpers, 1/8 on 3FG jumpers.
 - To start the game, the Hoyas grabbed 5/12 own available missed shots on their way to an 18-12 lead, even though they could only generate two points on those offensive rebounds. Georgetown didn't get another offensive rebound until 6:32 was left in the game.
 - The bottom fell out during that stunning second-half run by FGCU. The Eagles managed to score on nine consecutive possessions in the course of a 21-5 stretch that broke the game wide open. During that run, the Hoyas attempted only one shot in the paint, which resulted in two (made) free throws for Jabril Trawick.
 - Hats off to Markel Starks, who led the team in scoring in each half and was the chief architect of the furious comeback attempt in the last three minutes [10 pts, 2 assist, 1 steal in 2:09 of game time] and to Aaron Bowen, who managed a +8 game in 12 minutes played when Coach Thompson finally called for full-court pressure and a frenetic pace.
 - And congratulations to the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles for outplaying the Hoyas all night long in their historic upset win.
 
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 Hopkins, Mikael 30 26.7 39.0 3.1 29 90.6 5.3 -3.1 Porter Jr., Otto 73 23.0 86.3 14.5 72 97.3 14.0 -0.7 Lubick, Nate 48 14.3 83.9 5.7 48 105.5 10.1 -2.9 Starks, Markel 66 26.9 125.6 22.3 66 96.5 12.7 +7.4 Trawick, Jabril 64 19.9 98.3 12.5 62 103.1 12.8 -0.5 SMITH-RIVERA, D'Vaun 61 12.8 73.5 5.8 61 103.1 12.6 -4.6 Bowen, Aaron 24 31.4 121.7 9.2 23 99.6 4.6 +3.1 Caprio, John 0 - - 0.0 1 200.0 0.4 -0.4 Domingo, Stephen 7 0.0 - 0.0 6 138.9 1.7 -1.7 Ayegba, Moses 7 17.9 40.0 0.5 7 53.6 0.8 -0.2 TOTALS 76 93.5 73.6 75 99.9 74.9 -3.1 Florida Gulf Coast Off % Pts Def Pts Player Poss Poss O.Rtg Prod Poss D.Rtg Allow Net Pts MCKNIGHT, Eric 16 6.2 0.0 0.0 16 110.4 3.5 -2.3 FIELER, Chase 69 19.4 60.0 8.0 69 86.4 11.9 -3.7 COMER, Brett 66 20.8 134.1 18.4 65 81.6 10.6 +7.5 THOMPSON, Bernard 71 29.0 117.2 24.1 71 85.0 12.1 +9.3 BROWN, Sherwood 72 25.9 135.0 25.2 75 81.8 12.3 +11.4 VARIDEL, Christophe 9 11.1 0.0 0.0 8 55.0 0.9 -0.7 CVJETICANIN, Filip 1 0.0 - 0.0 3 146.7 0.9 -0.9 MURRAY, Eddie 58 12.1 128.2 9.0 59 72.3 8.5 +2.2 GRAF, DaJuan 13 14.3 46.2 0.9 14 88.2 2.5 -1.2 TOTALS 75 110.8 85.6 76 83.1 63.2 +21.7
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Florida Gulf Coast vs GEORGETOWN
3/22/13 6:50 at Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pa.
Final score: Florida Gulf Coast 78, GEORGETOWN 68
Florida Gulf Coast      Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
MCKNIGHT, Eric         08:52  - 1   0/17  0- 1  0- 0  0- 0  1/12  0/ 6  0/16  0/16  0/ 8  0/ 7  0/ 8   2
FIELER, Chase          35:25  + 6   9/70  3- 5  0- 2  3- 4  7/45  2/16  1/69  5/69  3/33  0/33  7/38   3
COMER, Brett           32:42  +16  12/74  4- 9  0- 0  4- 4  9/43 10/16  1/65  2/66  0/30  1/28  5/39   3
THOMPSON, Bernard      36:14  +14  23/78  2- 7  3- 6 10-16 13/44  1/16  1/71  3/71  0/35  2/29  5/41   3
BROWN, Sherwood        38:26  + 8  24/76  3- 7  3- 6  9-12 13/47  1/14  1/75  1/72  0/37  3/34  6/43   3
VARIDEL, Christophe    06:29  + 1   0/ 5  0- 1  0- 1  0- 0  2/ 8  0/ 2  0/ 8  0/ 8  0/ 2  0/ 7  0/ 4   0
CVJETICANIN, Filip     01:57  - 4   0/ 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 1  0/ 0  0/ 3  0/ 1  0/ 2  0/ 1  0/ 2   0
MURRAY, Eddie          31:06  +14   9/60  3- 4  0- 0  3- 6  4/36  1/11  1/59  1/59  0/28  1/27  4/36   2
GRAF, DaJuan           08:49  - 4   1/10  0- 0  0- 0  1- 2  0/ 9  0/ 3  0/14  1/13  0/10  0/ 9  2/ 9   2
TOTALS                 40:00       78    15-34  6-15 30-44    49 15/21  5/76 13/75  3/37  7/35 32/43  18
.                                        0.441 0.400 0.682       0.714 0.066 0.173 0.081 0.200 0.744    
GEORGETOWN              Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
Hopkins, Mikael        14:30  - 9   3/19  0- 3  0- 0  3- 4  3/22  1/ 7  0/30  3/30  1/12  0/17  4/12   4
Porter Jr., Otto       38:00  - 5  13/68  3-11  2- 6  1- 2 17/62  3/19  1/72  2/73  1/32  2/42  9/34   4
Lubick, Nate           27:40  -20   4/33  2- 3  0- 0  0- 2  3/39  3/11  1/48  2/48  1/25  2/29  4/24   4
Starks, Markel         34:20  - 2  23/66  4- 7  4-10  3- 5 17/59  6/16  2/66  2/66  0/31  0/38  2/32   3
Trawick, Jabril        33:49  -13  11/55  2- 3  1- 4  4- 5  7/50  1/15  1/63  3/63  1/25  3/36  3/26   5
SMITH-RIVERA, D'Vaun   33:28  - 5   6/60  3- 5  0- 6  0- 0 11/53  1/18  1/61  0/61  0/28  0/35  2/28   5
Bowen, Aaron           12:13  + 8   8/29  3- 4  0- 1  2- 2  5/21  0/ 6  0/22  1/24  0/11  3/13  2/10   5
Caprio, John           00:08  - 1   0/ 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 0  0/ 0  0/ 0  0/ 1  0/ 0  0/ 0  0/ 0   0
Domingo, Stephen       01:19  - 4   0/ 6  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 6  0/ 2  0/ 6  0/ 7  0/ 0  0/ 4  1/ 2   1
Ayegba, Moses          04:33  + 1   0/ 4  0- 1  0- 0  0- 0  1/ 8  0/ 2  0/ 7  1/ 7  0/ 6  1/ 6  0/ 7   2
TOTALS                 40:00       68    17-37  7-27 13-20    64 15/24  6/75 14/76  4/34 11/43 28/35  33
.                                        0.459 0.259 0.650       0.625 0.080 0.184 0.118 0.256 0.800    
Efficiency: Florida Gulf Coast 1.040, GEORGETOWN 0.895
eFG%: Florida Gulf Coast 0.490, GEORGETOWN 0.430
Substitutions: Florida Gulf Coast 33, GEORGETOWN 27
2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Florida Gulf Coast 5-5, GEORGETOWN 2-2
Layups/Tips: Florida Gulf Coast 6-17, GEORGETOWN 8-13
Jumpers: Florida Gulf Coast 4-12, GEORGETOWN 7-22
Fast break pts (% FG pts): Florida Gulf Coast 8 (16.7), GEORGETOWN 8 (14.5)
Pts (eff.) after steal: Florida Gulf Coast 10 (200.0), GEORGETOWN 8 (133.3)
Seconds per poss: Florida Gulf Coast 15.4, GEORGETOWN 16.6
Final stats pages for the year will be updated on Sunday.

Their defense was far from stellar in the first half -- honestly, as someone who has watched every minute of every Hoya game this season, I thought it was awful. There were WIDE open cutters and shooters nearly every possession. Gulf Coast just kept dropping passes and missing open shots. The only difference in the second half was that they completed the plays (and then took advantage of all the trips to the line).
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