Game stats: South Florida 61, Georgetown 58

TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE
 
.            Visitor                         Home      
.            GEORGETOWN                      USF         
.            1st Half  2nd Half   Total      1st Half  2nd Half   Total
Pace            27        28        55

Points          31        27        58          23        38        61   

Effic.        115.0      98.0     106.4        85.3     138.0     111.9  
 
eFG%           72.5      44.0      56.7        32.8      65.9      47.1  
TO%            29.7      25.4      27.5        11.1       7.3       9.2  
OR%            37.5      43.8      41.7        33.3      16.7      27.3  
FTA/FGA        15.0      28.0      22.2        20.7      45.5      31.4  
 
Assist Rate    75.0      60.0      68.2        44.4      72.7      60.0  
Block Rate      0.0       0.0       0.0         0.0      11.8       7.4  
Steal Rate      7.4       3.6       5.5        22.3       7.3      14.7  
 
2FG%           70.0      47.1      55.6        53.3      44.4      50.0  
3FG%           50.0      25.0      38.9         7.1      53.8      29.6  
FT%            66.7      71.4      70.0        66.7      90.0      81.2

So what happened in the second half? It was a combination of the Hoyas inability to turn the Bulls over along with watching South Florida make 7 of 13 attempts from behind the arc. In other words, it was like almost every NCAA tournament game since 2008.

It's also worth noting that the Bulls didn't make a high percentage of shots from behind the arc for the game as a whole. The real culprit on defense - and the main reason the Hoyas lost - was that Georgetown simply couldn't generate turnovers.

more stats after the jump

Recap: Georgetown 75, USF 45

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After a dreadful first half by both teams, the Hoyas scored on 13 consecutive possessions in the second half to blow open the game this morning at the Verizon Center, defeating the South Florida Bulls 75-45.

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

Recap: Georgetown 61, USF 55

With Austin Freeman struggling for the third game in a row and for the fourth time in five outings, Chris Wright and the rest of the Georgetown Hoyas did enough to make ensure the victory last night over the South Florida Bulls, 61-55.


Sickness refuses to release its steely grip from the HP crew, so another brief recap is all you'll get.





Let's run the numbers:

TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE
 
.            Visitor                         Home      
.            Georgetown                      USF         
.            1st Half  2nd Half   Total      1st Half  2nd Half   Total
Pace            26        26        52

Points          28        33        61          26        29        55   

Effic.        107.1     125.7     116.4        99.4     110.4     105.0  
 
eFG%           60.0      56.5      58.1        31.8      50.0      39.8  
TO%            22.9      15.2      19.1        11.5      19.0      15.3  
OR%            20.0      45.5      33.3        50.0      38.5      45.9  
FTA/FGA        20.0      34.8      27.9        18.2      11.5      15.3  
 
Assist Rate    80.0      58.3      68.2        60.0      53.8      56.5  
Block Rate     12.5      13.0      12.8         7.7       5.9       6.7  
Steal Rate      3.8      11.4       7.6         7.6       3.8       5.7  
 
2FG%           46.2      58.8      53.3        37.5      56.5      46.8  
3FG%           57.1      33.3      46.2        11.1       0.0       8.3  
FT%           100.0      87.5      91.7        83.3     100.0      88.9

The stat that most Hoya fans will probably take away from last night's game is the 17-7 offensive rebounding margin that the Bulls enjoyed.  There are a couple of problems with this stat that have nothing to do with Georgetown's rebounding effort:

• Last night's game is just another data point towards the great "rebounding margin is dead" revolution.  Sure, USF gathered ten more offensive rebounds than the Hoyas, but they also missed a ton more shots.  The Bulls grabbed those 17 off. rebounds on 37 available misses [46%].  It was bad, but the Hoyas have allowed worse this season, at Rutgers.
• The Bulls made their bones on offensive rebounds in the first half, gathering 12 in the Lift-off half.  But they were only able to convert those 12 second chances into 9 points.  The gaudy rebounding stats just weren't a big help to them; their care with the ball [3 TOs on 28 possessions] was the bigger problem for the Hoyas.

Now this isn't to say that the Hoyas defensive rebounding isn't troubling - USF did convert their 5 OREB into 8 points in the second half, which means they earned a point for every off. rebound overall in the game.

Georgetown's defense overall was lousy in the game, and this was a carry-over from the UConn game.  If the defense is indeed reverting to its mid-season form, the Hoyas are in trouble, especially with Freeman looking so hesitant with his vanished outside shooting touch.

The Cincinnati Bearcats arrive at the Verizon Center on Wednesday playing for their NCAA lives, having just pulled off two convincing wins in their last two games.  Without an improved defense and the return of their offensive leader, the Hoyas will have a big test ahead of them.

Recap: Georgetown 69, South Florida 49

First, let me say "Hats off" to Mex Carey and his crack staff in the athletic department for posting a full stats package for today's game.  Most games played at MSG don't have this info, but the Georgetown website got the stats posted, and now I can post my interpretations.

For perhaps the first time this season, I'll write up the recap as a live blog.  And by "live" blog, I mean on a 10.5 hour time delay.

1st half
Opening tip to 15:44 (GU 4, USF 4):

• Lots of fans disguised as empty seats to start the game.
• Vaughn had a textbook post-up to start the game, then bobbled away a great pass from Monroe the next time down.  He has a nice block on defense in response.  It's the Julian Vaughn show.
• Freeman bodies up on Jones (whom he's guarding on a switch) which results in a miss and a fastbreak layup for Wright.  Next time down, Clark guards Jones and gets taken inside for a layup.
• Lots of turnovers so far:  2 for each team, on 7 possessions each.

15:44 - 11:48 (GU 14, USF 7)

• Who is this reporter on the sidelines?  I've never seen her before.
• Gilchrist looks like a good player - he just made a 15-foot jumper.  That'll be the only shot he makes this half.
• Clark is working very hard on defense so far guarding Jones.
• Monroe with a nice drive, and then a nice defensive rebound.  Sets up Wright, who gets the hoop and the harm (a bit of a wild drive in real time, but looked in control on the replay).
• Vee Sanford sighting!  He appears to have secured a rotation spot.  Benimon up-and-under on a great pass from Monroe.  Fear the Hoyas bench.
• Wright tries the same driving layup, this time no good.  I'd have to see that one again before I decide he was out of control.  But I think he was.
• Fran Fraschilla is getting hungry.

 11:48 -7:13 (GU 19, USF 9)

• Good interior defense by the Hoyas, but USF cleans up a blocked shot for a layup.
• Jason Clark confused the NBA line for the college line, but still made the shot.
• Freeman just had a ridiculous block on Jones after getting beat baseline.  He has such deceptive athleticism.
• Monroe picked up a cheap foul chasing his own missed shot.  A bit of a frustration foul there.  Hoyas switch to a 2-3 zone once Monroe comes out.
• Freeman with a great backdoor pass to Wright.  "Their cuts are like drives" says Doris Burke; she's used that line before.
• Jones with an airball from deep.  USF will shoot 2/12 on jumpers in the Lift-off half, including 0/4 3FG.

7:13 - 3:33 (GU 24, USF 12)

• With the slow pace and lousy outside shooting by the Bulls, this can't be entertaining to watch for any non-Georgetown fan.
• Monroe back in, and the Hoyas go to a match-up 2/3 zone.  Whoops, he's back out already.  Did he sneak into the game when no one was looking?
• Karl Hess just pointed about 4 different directions on a ball tipped out of bounds.  Finally, Hoyas ball (and I think the wrong call).
• Freeman struggling to find his shot.  Missed a baseline jumper earlier, now missed a 3FG.
• Clark with a between-the-legs dribble into a deep 3FG.  Who says he's only a spot-up shooter?  Oh yeah, that was me.
• Uh-oh, Jones is finally done trying to set up his teammates.  Two consecutive drives for the foul, the second with a made basket.  If this team had a quality designated shooter (some scrub who could make 40%+ from deep), they'd be a bit more dangerous.  Jones looks like he's all alone out there.

3:33 - Halftime (GU 31 - USF 19)

• Jason Clark cannot be stopped.  Streaky shooter, but feeling it today.
• Jones has decided to go it alone.  Two great drives.
• Monroe back in.  Fraschilla hates the move, then Greg grabs a rebound and scores on a drive.
• Jones attacks Monroe for another 2 points (followed his own shot).  Kid looks like a pro.
• Worst halftime interview in college basketball:  John Thompson III.  Never shows his cards.

Second half after a milk-and-cookies break.

2nd half
20:00 - 15:15 (GU 40 - USF 31)

• Dave Pasch makes a big point about USF's 10 offensive rebounds (officially 9) in the 1st half, but that was on a whopping 23 opportunities - a ton of missed shots.
• Bulls come out with 2 blocks and 4 points to get it an 8-point deficit.
• Wright misses a lot of fast break layups trying to draw fouls.
• Julian Vaughn was called for a foul while backing away from his man.  Literally no contact.
• And again.  Well, on the replay, he gave a little push down low with his left hand.  Maybe last time too?  Down to a 6-point game.
• Freeman can't buy a shot, but he draws some free throws.
• Hoyas interior defense is getting torched off of Jones' passing.
• Hollis Thompson makes a 3FG.  Georgetown's bench will score 8 points in the game, which is 8 more than the last game (against Cinci).
• The soundtrack ESPN came up with is not good.  Maybe I'm just getting old.

15:15 - 11:28 (GU 48 - USF 36)

• Wright hits a 20-foot jumper on a designed play.
• In his mind, Greg Monroe has never committed a foul.  Doris Burke has his back this time.
• Five minute monitor break, which changes nothing (checking Wright's jumper).  The arena is completely dead.
• Jones is now throwing his body as Monroe or any other Hoya to draw fouls.  He's the Dwyane Wade of the Big East.
• What a great fast break:  Monroe to Wright to Freeman.  I think Monroe is the best on the team at running the break.

11:28 -  7:30 (GU 53 - USF 39)

• Monroe picks up his fourth foul on a moving screen. Fran and Doris point out that the call is usually the fault of the ball-handler.
• Wright with a big 3FG after a long possession where the offense looks stagnant.
• Vaughn fouls out on another moving screen.  Apparantly the officials decided at halftime to make that a point of emphasis.
• Sims now in.  Doris Burke has a crush on him.

7:30 - 3:50 (GU 63 - USF 46)

• Henry Sims with a spectacular block - of course he had his hand through the rim to get it.  Burke and Fraschilla explain why that wasn't the baseline official's missed call.  For some reason, I can't imagine Dick Vitale bothering to explain that.
• Clark hits another 3FG from straight away - that's his shot.  Better save some for tomorrow.
• I'm barely hanging in, and I'm a Hoya fan.  This is a tough game to watch.
• Monroe gets clobbered by Jones and Gilchrist - no foul.  Gets his own miss and does get the call (and one).  Contact lens on the floor!
• Monroe pulls out the spinning drive once again, finishing with his right hand.  And one.

3:50 - End of game (GU 69 - USF 49)

• Will this game ever end? 
• Vee Sanford had his jumpshot blocked.  He shoots down too low - that'll need to be corrected over the summer.
• Dave Pasch letting his Syracuse show, talking about Michael Graham and Jim Boeheim.
• South Florida makes a three, finally!
• Game over.

Let's run the numbers:

TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE
 
.            Home                            Visitor   
.            Georgetown                      South Florida         
.            1st Half  2nd Half   Total      1st Half  2nd Half   Total
Pace            29        33        62
 
Effic.        107.4     115.1     111.6        65.8      90.9      79.2  
 
eFG%           51.9      51.6      51.7        26.7      34.0      30.0  
TO%            13.9      18.2      16.2        17.3      21.2      19.4  
OR%            20.0      44.4      33.3        41.7      40.0      40.9  
FT Rate        11.1      18.8      15.3        23.3      72.0      45.5  

Assist Rate    58.3      46.7      51.9        37.5      62.5      50.0  
Block Rate     16.0      15.0      15.6         5.6      14.8      11.1  
Steal Rate      6.9      15.1      11.3         3.5       6.1       4.9  
 
2FG%           44.4      44.4      44.4        32.0      35.0      33.3  
3FG%           44.4      60.0      50.0         0.0      20.0      10.0  
FT%           100.0      83.3      88.9        42.9      72.2      64.0

INDIVIDUAL NET POINTS STATS

Georgetown            Off     %           Pts      Def           Pts   
Player                Poss  Poss  O.Rtg   Prod     Poss  D.Rtg  Allow    Net Pts
Wright, Chris          55   19.7  132.6   14.4      54    75.8    8.2      +6.2  
Monroe, Greg           43   32.4  114.8   16.0      39    70.5    5.5      +8.3  
Freeman, Austin        60   22.6   70.5    9.6      57    83.0    9.5      -0.8  
Clark, Jason           53   14.8  160.5   12.6      53    63.8    6.8      +6.7  
Vaughn, Julian         25   33.5   83.8    7.0      27   100.8    5.4      +0.1  
Thompson, Hollis       25    7.1  119.2    2.1      23    51.5    2.4      +0.5  
Sanford, Vee            6   16.7    0.0    0.0       6   115.2    1.4      -1.3  
Dougherty, Ryan         2   50.0    0.0    0.0       3   126.7    0.8      -1.0  
Benimon, Jerrelle      36    9.6  158.3    5.4      36    67.7    4.9      +1.8  
STEPKA, Stephen         1    0.0    -      0.0       2   150.0    0.6      -0.6  
Sims, Henry             9    9.0  100.0    0.8      10    68.6    1.4      -0.2  
TOTALS                 63         108.5   67.9      62    75.4   46.7     +20.8  

South Florida         Off     %           Pts      Def           Pts   
Player                Poss  Poss  O.Rtg   Prod     Poss  D.Rtg  Allow    Net Pts
HOWARD, Chris          54    8.6   96.9    4.5      55   116.4   12.8      -4.6  
JONES, Dominique       60   34.2   81.2   16.7      62   107.7   13.4      -1.1  
FAMOUS, Jarrid         25   35.7   86.8    7.7      30    73.2    4.4      +2.3  
FITZPATRICK, Toarlyn   45    9.3   59.5    2.5      44   106.1    9.3      -4.4  
MERCER, Mike           53   12.9   49.2    3.4      55   105.6   11.6      -6.1  
CRATER, Anthony        24    8.3    0.0    0.0      22   125.7    5.5      -4.0  
RIVAS, Alex             5    4.0  300.0    0.6       5    75.7    0.8      +0.1  
KARDOK, Ryan            5    2.9  300.0    0.4       4    63.8    0.5      +0.1  
NORIEGA, Shaun          2   12.5  300.0    0.8       1     0.0    0.0      +0.8  
BURWELL, Mike           2   50.0    0.0    0.0       1     0.0    0.0      +0.0  
GILCHRIST, Augustus    35   36.2   74.8    9.5      36   118.1    8.5      -2.3  
TOTALS                 62          75.0   46.0      63   106.0   66.8     -20.2

HD BOX SCORE

South Florida vs Georgetown
3/10/10 12:00 pm at New York, NY/MSG
Final score: Georgetown 69, South Florida 49

South Florida           Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
HOWARD, Chris          35:53  -18   5/44  2- 5  0- 0  1- 2  5/49  3/13  0/55  1/54  1/41  0/36  3/30   4
JONES, Dominique       39:17  -23  21/46  6-13  0- 3  9-14 16/53  4/ 9  1/62  6/60  1/45  1/41  4/33   3
FAMOUS, Jarrid         15:34  + 2   7/24  2- 8  0- 0  3- 4  8/24  0/ 5  0/30  1/25  0/21  4/18  3/14   3
FITZPATRICK, Toarlyn   29:02  -18   2/33  1- 2  0- 0  0- 1  2/33  0/10  1/44  1/45  3/32  2/25  2/26   1
MERCER, Mike           35:10  -20   2/41  1- 9  0- 0  0- 0  9/50  0/12  0/55  1/53  0/41  3/40  4/31   2
CRATER, Anthony        14:25  -13   0/14  0- 0  0- 2  0- 0  2/20  0/ 5  0/22  0/24  0/17  0/16  0/ 9   0
RIVAS, Alex            03:24  - 2   0/ 3  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 5  0/ 1  0/ 5  0/ 5  0/ 3  1/ 4  2/ 3   0
KARDOK, Ryan           02:44  - 1   0/ 3  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 4  1/ 1  1/ 4  0/ 5  0/ 4  0/ 3  0/ 3   0
NORIEGA, Shaun         00:43  + 3   3/ 3  0- 0  1- 1  0- 0  1/ 2  0/ 0  0/ 1  0/ 2  0/ 0  0/ 1  0/ 0   0
BURWELL, Mike          00:43  + 3   0/ 3  0- 0  0- 1  0- 0  1/ 2  0/ 1  0/ 1  0/ 2  0/ 0  0/ 1  0/ 0   0
GILCHRIST, Augustus    23:05  -13   9/31  3- 9  0- 2  3- 3 11/33  0/ 7  0/36  3/35  0/21  5/25  3/16   2
TOTALS                 40:00       49    15-46  1- 9 16-24    55  8/16  3/63 13/62  5/45 18/42 22/33  15
.                                        0.326 0.111 0.667       0.500 0.048 0.210 0.111 0.429 0.667    

Georgetown              Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
Wright, Chris          34:21  +16  15/59  4-12  2- 2  1- 1 14/50  4/17  0/54  0/55  0/38  1/28  5/34   4
Monroe, Greg           24:17  +19  16/49  7-14  0- 0  2- 2 14/41  2/13  0/39  4/43  1/29  2/21  5/24   4
Freeman, Austin        37:18  +24   8/67  3- 9  0- 3  2- 2 12/56  4/23  0/57  2/60  1/42  1/31  1/38   0
Clark, Jason           35:07  +20  16/62  2- 4  4- 6  0- 0 10/54  2/18  3/53  0/53  0/41  1/30  5/35   1
Vaughn, Julian         16:58  - 4   6/21  2- 2  0- 0  2- 2  2/22  1/ 6  0/27  5/25  3/20  2/14  0/15   5
Thompson, Hollis       16:23  +17   3/33  0- 1  1- 1  0- 0  2/24  1/12  1/23  0/25  0/21  0/12  1/20   4
Sanford, Vee           03:39  - 2   0/ 4  0- 0  0- 2  0- 0  2/ 5  0/ 2  0/ 6  0/ 6  0/ 6  0/ 3  0/ 7   0
Dougherty, Ryan        01:04  - 1   0/ 2  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 1  0/ 1  0/ 3  1/ 2  0/ 1  0/ 0  0/ 2   0
Benimon, Jerrelle      23:58  +15   4/41  2- 3  0- 0  0- 0  3/34  1/13  1/36  0/36  1/24  3/20  2/25   2
STEPKA, Stephen        00:43  - 3   0/ 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 0  0/ 0  0/ 2  0/ 1  0/ 0  0/ 0  0/ 1   0
Sims, Henry            06:12  - 1   1/ 7  0- 0  0- 0  1- 2  0/ 8  0/ 3  0/10  0/ 9  1/ 8  0/ 6  2/ 9   1
TOTALS                 40:00       69    20-45  7-14  8- 9    59 15/27  5/62 12/63  7/46 11/33 24/42  21
.                                        0.444 0.500 0.889       0.556 0.081 0.190 0.152 0.333 0.571    

Efficiency: Georgetown 1.095, South Florida 0.790
eFG%: Georgetown 0.517, South Florida 0.300
Substitutions: Georgetown 37, South Florida 32

2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Georgetown 0-0, South Florida 4-6
Layups/Tips: Georgetown 16-35, South Florida 9-28
Jumpers: Georgetown 4-10, South Florida 2-12

Fast break pts (% FG pts): Georgetown 11 (18.0), South Florida 0 (0.0)
Pts (eff.) after steal: Georgetown 8 (160.0), South Florida 1 (33.3)
Seconds per poss: Georgetown 18.3, South Florida 20.2

Recap: South Florida 72, Georgetown 64

You can call it a trap game or you can call it a bad loss, but it'll look the same in the record book at the end of the season.

What this game may have done is further inflame the debate far and wide about who is the most valuable player for the Hoyas, as Georgetown dropped yet another game when Chris Wright scored less than 10 points.

Edited to add:
Sorry, it doesn't look like I'll have time to write up a recap.  Here's some discussion of the game from Dan Hanner (uber-blogger and Basketbal Prospectus author):

South Florida was flat out the better team on Wednesday night.

[snip]

Georgetown was double and triple teaming [Dominique] Jones early in the game and leaving other players open. And Jones did what Hazell doesn’t. Jones set up his teammates. And while his teammates were missing open shots, he showed he was willing to pass and Jones made the defense respect the pass.

Then at the start of the second half, USF ran two straight plays that picked up fouls number two and three on Greg Monroe. That was huge. Monroe had been dominating the game to this point on both ends of the court. But now Greg Monroe started playing tentative to avoid his 4th foul. And the light went off for USF. Stan Heath said it in the post-game. “We knew they were more aggressive in the first half, and we knew if we had a chance, we had to become the more aggressive team in the second half.” South Florida began to take the ball to the basket relentlessly, and South Florida quickly erased a 9 point deficit and built an 8 point lead on the Hoyas.

Make no mistake. Georgetown was not overlooking USF. Georgetown came out with intensity and was making shots. Early in the game Austin Freeman was fouled on a three point attempt and still hit nothing but net. At halftime Georgetown led by 9. This was not a Georgetown team that overlooked USF. USF simply played better basketball.

Let's run the numbers:

TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE
 
.            Home                            Visitor   
.            Georgetown                      South Florida         
.            1st Half  2nd Half   Total      1st Half  2nd Half   Total
Pace            31        36        67
 
Effic.        113.6      80.9      96.0        84.4     128.3     108.1  
 
eFG%           66.0      40.0      53.0        37.5      69.6      52.0  
TO%            19.5      22.3      21.0        13.0      11.2      12.0  
OR%            18.2      28.6      25.0        31.6      22.2      28.6  
FT Rate        16.0      72.0      44.0        35.7      91.3      60.8  

Assist Rate    46.7      33.3      41.7        60.0      33.3      44.0  
Block Rate      9.5      11.8      10.5         0.0      20.0       8.8  
Steal Rate      9.7       2.8       6.0         9.7      13.9      12.0  
 
2FG%           63.2      46.7      55.9        42.9      76.5      57.9  
3FG%           50.0      20.0      31.2        14.3      33.3      23.1  
FT%            50.0      50.0      50.0        50.0      66.7      61.3

There was a 21-possession stretch from late in the 1st half [1:37] to the middle of the 2nd half [7:49] where the Hoyas committed 9 turnovers, and saw their 35-23 lead turn into a 44-52 deficit to the Bulls.  That's a 29-9 run allowed over ~14:00 of game action, during which the Hoyas turned the ball over 43% of the time and allowed 1.4 points per possession.

They were never able to recover.

INDIVIDUAL NET POINTS STATS

Georgetown            Off     %           Pts      Def           Pts   
Player                Poss  Poss  O.Rtg   Prod     Poss  D.Rtg  Allow    Net Pts
Wright, Chris          64   18.3   83.3    9.8      63   104.5   13.2      -2.9  
Monroe, Greg           54   33.4  117.5   21.2      54    92.6   10.0      +7.9  
Freeman, Austin        59   22.6  107.2   14.3      60   121.8   14.6      -1.1  
Clark, Jason           61   11.4   96.2    6.7      61    99.9   12.2      -2.9  
Vaughn, Julian         37   20.4   83.7    6.3      35    96.2    6.7      -0.7  
Thompson, Hollis       19   16.1  150.8    4.6      18   130.2    4.7      +0.3  
Sanford, Vee            2    0.0    -      0.0       3   200.0    1.2      -1.2  
Benimon, Jerrelle      29   13.8    0.0    0.0      31    96.5    6.0      -4.9  
TOTALS                 65          97.2   62.9      65   105.5   68.6      -5.5  

South Florida         Off     %           Pts      Def           Pts   
Player                Poss  Poss  O.Rtg   Prod     Poss  D.Rtg  Allow    Net Pts
HOWARD, Chris          57   17.4  103.0   10.2      58    99.9   11.6      -0.5  
JONES, Dominique       63   40.8  111.4   28.7      64    84.6   10.8     +12.4  
FAMOUS, Jarrid         47   19.7   81.7    7.6      49   102.4   10.0      -2.2  
FITZPATRICK, Toarlyn   46    6.9  137.7    4.4      45    80.9    7.3      -0.5  
MERCER, Mike           48   23.7  112.3   12.7      46    98.0    9.0      +2.7  
CRATER, Anthony        47    4.0  141.2    2.7      47    86.5    8.1      -2.2  
RIVAS, Alex            17   22.4   92.3    3.5      16    97.6    3.1      +0.1  
TOTALS                 65         107.1   69.8      65    92.3   60.0      +9.7

HD BOX SCORE

South Florida vs Georgetown
02/03/10 7:00 at Verizon Center
Final score: South Florida 72, Georgetown 64

South Florida           Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
HOWARD, Chris          36:11  + 5   8/63  2- 4  0- 4  4- 6  8/46  6/21  1/58  1/57  0/30  0/27  0/29   2
JONES, Dominique       39:03  + 6  29/70  7-12  1- 5 12-17 17/50  4/16  3/64  3/63  1/33  1/30  7/31   4
FAMOUS, Jarrid         32:45  + 5   7/54  3- 8  0- 0  1- 2  8/42  0/18  0/49  1/47  1/26  2/21  2/20   5
FITZPATRICK, Toarlyn   26:37  + 8   6/51  3- 4  0- 0  0- 2  4/38  0/16  2/45  0/46  1/24  1/22  5/25   4
MERCER, Mike           25:48  + 9  12/52  5- 8  0- 1  2- 2  9/36  1/12  0/46  1/48  0/23  3/22  3/24   1
CRATER, Anthony        28:44  + 6   6/54  0- 0  2- 3  0- 2  3/33  0/15  2/47  0/47  0/26  0/20  3/25   1
RIVAS, Alex            10:52  + 1   4/16  2- 2  0- 0  0- 0  2/10  0/ 2  0/16  2/17  0/ 8  1/ 8  2/ 6   3
TOTALS                 40:00       72    22-38  3-13 19-31    51 11/25  8/65  8/65  3/34  8/28 24/32  20
.                                        0.579 0.231 0.613       0.440 0.123 0.123 0.088 0.286 0.750    

Georgetown              Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
Wright, Chris          38:50  - 7   8/62  3- 4  0- 6  2- 4 10/49  5/20  1/63  1/64  0/37  0/32  1/30   1
Monroe, Greg           35:35  - 4  21/52  9-13  0- 1  3- 7 14/40  1/11  1/54  4/54  3/32  2/23  6/25   5
Freeman, Austin        36:11  -12  21/58  3- 7  4- 4  3- 5 11/46  1/14  0/60  4/59  1/33  0/30  2/25   4
Clark, Jason           38:00  - 2   7/62  1- 2  1- 4  2- 2  6/48  1/21  1/61  0/61  0/35  1/31  5/29   2
Vaughn, Julian         22:15  -10   5/31  2- 5  0- 0  1- 4  5/31  0/10  1/35  1/37  0/27  3/22  3/18   4
Thompson, Hollis       10:12  - 4   2/22  1- 3  0- 1  0- 0  4/18  2/ 8  0/18  0/19  0/11  2/12  2/ 7   3
Sanford, Vee           00:24  - 3   0/ 3  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 2  0/ 1  0/ 3  0/ 2  0/ 1  0/ 1  0/ 0   0
Benimon, Jerrelle      18:33  + 2   0/30  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/16  0/11  0/31  4/29  0/14  0/ 9  0/16   2
TOTALS                 40:00       64    19-34  5-16 11-22    50 10/24  4/65 14/65  4/38  8/32 20/28  21
.                                        0.559 0.312 0.500       0.417 0.062 0.215 0.105 0.250 0.714    

Efficiency: South Florida 1.108, Georgetown 0.985
eFG%: South Florida 0.520, Georgetown 0.530
Substitutions: South Florida 24, Georgetown 29

2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: South Florida 4-5, Georgetown 0-0
Layups/Tips: South Florida 15-23, Georgetown 13-22
Jumpers: South Florida 3-10, Georgetown 6-12

Fast break pts (% FG pts): South Florida 8 (15.1), Georgetown 0 (0.0)
Pts (eff.) after steal: South Florida 9 (112.5), Georgetown 0 (0.0)
Seconds per poss: South Florida 19.2, Georgetown 17.2

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Stats pages will be updated tomorrow.

Recap: Georgetown 65, So. Florida 40

It's a new Hoya Prospectus tradition - when Georgetown wins a game, I watch the replay on ESPN360.com and make pithy comments, grouped by TV timeout and aided by tempo-free stats generated from the box score and play-by-play.

Here we go:

1st half - 1st TV timeout [GU 6, USF 0]

• N. Mescheriakov starts over J. Sapp again; it's not clear to my why JTIII is doing this - I'd be interested to hear his rationale after the season is over (or sooner).
• The crowd is sparse - some contrast to Saturday's game in the Carrier Dome.
• Wentzel is pontificating on Georgetown's rebounding woes - only thing is that Georgetown has been rebounding respectfully since the Pitt game. In the 11 games since Pitt, the Hoyas have averaged 50.7% total rebounding.
  
• Georgetown has committed three offensive fouls (only two called) on two moving screens (Mescheriakov [not called] and C. Wright) and a chicken-wing by G. Monroe. I don't mind these if this is a sign of aggressiveness on offense.

1st half - 2nd TV timeout [GU 12, USF 8]

• J. Clark (6'2" with a 6'8" wingspan, we learn) is the 1st sub in, for A. Freeman.
• Mescheriakov's airball 3 is answered by a good 3FG by D. Jones. Ughh.
• The Bulls are missing a bunch of close-in shots; they seem to be rushed, although some credit to the Hoyas defense [USF shot 4/9 on dunks, layups and tip-ins in the half].
  
• Sapp in for Mescheriakov after a 3FG too early in the shot-clock - Wentzel correctly points it out.
• USF Bulls = Dominique Jones [29.0 % Poss. coming in], and a cast of thousands. Meanwhile, D. Summers commits his traditional 2nd foul early in the 1st half. H. Sims should see some extended minutes now.
  

1st half - 3rd TV timeout [GU 17, USF 13]

• Sapp with a nice drive and dish to Wright for 3FG - no chemistry issues here.
• Monroe picks G. Gilchrist clean under the Hoya basket - Monroe is 82nd in the nation in steal rate [3.87%], just below DeJuan Blair [3.94%]. It just reinforces what great hands he has for someone his size - and no, I won't check to see if anyone as tall as Monroe has as high a steal rate.

1st half - 4th TV timeout [GU 31, USF 13]

• Georgetown gets a 10-second call the 1st time USF shows full court pressure.
• Wright drives and dishes to Sapp for 3FG on the break - returning the favor.
• Sapp hits another 3FG on the break; Hoyas up 10. Why is Mescheriakov starting?
• Gilchrist picks up his 3rd PF. In spite of this, he looks impressive for a freshman; I wonder how the Hoyas would have fared if he would have ended up at Georgetown (and yes, I am aware of the baggage that made this impossible).
• Jessie Sapp with 8 points now, for a 16 point lead. The Bulls might want to consider going zone.
• Well, they went zone and Georgetown immediately runs a high-low play to Freeman for 2FG and the foul. Never mind.
  
• USF didn't score during that segment - two turnovers, three missed jumpers, a missed layup and a missed FT.

1st half - Halftime [GU 34, USF 17]

• Clark hits a 3FG - He's quietly shooting a high percentage from outside [9/21 3FG his last 10 games].
• J. Vaughn shot a little early at the end of the half, then compounded the mistake by committing an over-the-back foul trying to get an offensive rebound. Again, an aggressive mistake which is better than a passive one.
• C. Wright ends the half with a J. Rivers (he hit the side of the backboard).
• USF shot 5/16 2FG, 1/6 3FG, 4/10 FT in the half. Ugly.
• GU shot 8/16 2FG, 4/7 3FG, 6/7 FT in the half. Nice.
  

2nd half - 1st TV timeout [GU 41, USF 23]

• Wright opens the half with a drive for 2 FTs - Georgetown's FT rate has dropped off noticeably during the slump [FT Rate = 27.2% in the last 5 games]
  
• Another drive (this time for a layup) by Wright while I type.
• Stan Heath takes a timeout after GU opens the Vesper half 6-0.
• USF misses another couple of FTs trying to complete and-1s. Not a good shooting night for them.
  

2nd half - 2nd TV timeout [GU 46, USF 30]

• Summers finally gets on the board with a 3FG. Could mean less time for Sims this half (he actually came in soon after for Mescheriakov).
  
• Wright leads another successful fast break - I think he's doing this to spite CasualHoya.
• The Hoyas commit 3 consecutive turnovers in a row, as USF closes to 16 points.

2nd half - 3rd TV timeout [GU 53, USF 31]

• Another GU turnover (4 in a row).
• Mescheriakov pulled down a couple of defensive rebounds, sandwiching a missed wide-open 3FG. I wonder if he makes those in practice? - he'd be quite serviceable if he could just make the open 3FG.
• Freeman once again got hung out by getting the ball with about :03 left on the shot clock.
• Another Hoya fast break for a dunk by Summers. And another fast break - layup for Wright. USF won't score in transition all game. CasualHoya is getting punked right now.
  

2nd half - 4th TV timeout [GU 63 , USF 38]

• Having run the numbers, I know that USF won't make a 3FG this half (0/6), and only shot 5/13 on FT, which takes away all of the tension of watching this game. Yeah, normally I'd still be nervous watching Georgetown up 20+ with 7 minutes left - so what.
  
• Another fast break for G'town - just in case CasualHoya is still reading.
• Clark runs a nice backdoor cut with a pass from J. Vaughn, as garbage time has begun.
  
• D. Jones just led a fast break and finished by hitting the underside of the basket. Ughh again.
• Each team will score one layup the rest of the way (I peeked at the play-by-play).

2nd half - Final [GU 65 , USF 40]

• With the big lead in the 2nd half, Georgetown didn't shoot any 2-pt jumpers which shows excellent discipline.
• Sapp had the opportunity to shoot a 3FG with about :20 left and the shot clock off, but chooses to run out the clock instead. It's subtle, but that tells me he's not frustrated with his offense anymore. Good sign.
• Ballgame.

Great shooting night for Georgetown, terrible shooting night for South Florida. The Hoyas got careless with the basketball in the 2nd half, once the game's outcome was clear.

Player of the game is Chris Wright.


Let's run the numbers:

TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE

.            Visitor                         Home     
.            GU                              USF
.            1st Half  2nd Half   Total      1st Half  2nd Half   Total
Pace            30        32        62

Effic.        111.8      94.9     103.3        55.9      70.4      63.5

eFG%           60.9      70.0      65.1        29.5      36.0      33.0
TO%            19.7      39.8      30.2        19.7      21.4      20.7
OR%             8.3      44.4      23.8        19.0      28.6      23.8
FT Rate        30.4      25.0      27.9        45.5      52.0      48.9

Assist Rate    66.7      69.2      68.0        33.3     100.0      73.3
Block Rate      6.2       5.3       5.7         6.2       0.0       3.4
Steal Rate     13.2      18.4      15.9         3.3      18.4      11.1

2FG%           50.0      84.6      65.5        31.2      47.4      40.0
3FG%           57.1      28.6      42.9        16.7       0.0       8.3
FT%            85.7      60.0      75.0        40.0      38.5      39.1

INDIVIDUAL NET POINTS STATS

GU                    Off    Poss           Individ     Def             Individ               
Player                Poss   Used    ORtg   Pts Prod    Poss    DRtg   Pts Allow   Net Pts
Summers, DaJuan        39     3.8   180.2     6.9        37     54.6      4.0       +2.8
Mescheriakov, Nikita   36     3.3    18.5     0.6        35     40.2      2.8       -2.2
Monroe, Greg           44    14.0    87.4    12.3        45     39.2      3.5       +8.7
Wright, Chris          47    14.4   126.6    18.2        44     60.6      5.3      +12.9
Freeman, Austin        43     4.6    95.1     4.4        43     66.6      5.7       -1.3
Clark, Jason           24     6.0   111.2     6.6        24     81.3      3.9       +2.7
Sapp, Jessie           28     6.9   138.1     9.5        30     79.6      4.8       +4.7
Vaughn, Julian         18     6.5    50.2     3.3        16     69.4      2.2       +1.0
Sims, Henry            31     0.4   233.3     0.9        31     58.6      3.6       -2.8
TOTALS                 62    59.8   104.6    62.6        61     59.0     36.0      +26.6   

USF                   Off    Poss           Individ     Def             Individ            
Player                Poss   Used    ORtg   Pts Prod    Poss    DRtg   Pts Allow   Net Pts
ESPINOSA, Eladio       15     3.9    43.5     1.7        17    134.6      4.6       -2.9
RIVAS, Alex            39     7.4    76.1     5.6        39     74.8      5.8       -0.2
HOWARD, Chris          57    10.6    64.7     6.8        60     99.0     11.9       -5.0
JONES, Dominique       57    16.7    69.4    11.6        59    101.3     12.0       -0.4
VERDEJO, Jesus         47     7.2    10.7     0.8        45    102.0      9.2       -8.4
BELARDO, Gaby           8     0.3   200.0     0.6         8     77.0      1.2       -0.6
DANIELS, B.J            5     3.0     0.0     0.0         6    133.3      1.6       -1.6
LEEMOW, Justin         15     0.0     -       0.0        17    105.0      3.6       -3.6
KARDOK, Ryan            3     0.5   200.0     1.0         2    100.0      0.4       +0.6
GILCHRIST, Augustus    39    11.2    81.6     9.1        37    113.2      8.4       +0.7
WILLIAMS, Aris         20     0.0     -       0.0        20    102.6      4.1       -4.1
TOTALS                 61    60.8    61.3    37.3        62    101.1     62.7      -25.5

HD BOX SCORE

GU vs USF
2/18/09 7 p.m. at The Sun Dome - Tampa, Fla.
Final score: GU 65, USF 40

GU                      Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
Summers, DaJuan        24:12  +14   8/41  1- 2  2- 4  0- 0  6/27  3/14  3/37  0/39  0/21  0/12  3/26   2
Mescheriakov, Nikita   24:22  +14   0/33  0- 0  0- 3  0- 0  3/27  1/14  1/35  0/36  0/22  0/15  5/26   3
Monroe, Greg           27:42  +26  12/53  4- 7  0- 0  4- 4  7/28  2/16  3/45  5/44  0/24  0/11 10/30   3
Wright, Chris          28:59  +31  17/57  5- 7  1- 2  4- 5  9/33  6/15  1/44  4/47  0/24  0/15  3/31   1
Freeman, Austin        28:17  +17   7/43  3- 3  0- 0  1- 3  3/27  1/12  0/43  2/43  0/23  0/15  2/27   1
Clark, Jason           15:57  + 1   9/22  3- 4  1- 1  0- 0  5/21  0/ 6  0/24  2/24  0/15  2/12  2/16   1
Sapp, Jessie           19:33  + 8  10/30  2- 3  2- 3  0- 0  6/19  1/ 7  0/30  3/28  0/19  2/ 8  1/20   3
Vaughn, Julian         12:18  - 1   2/12  1- 3  0- 1  0- 0  4/15  2/ 4  1/16  2/18  1/11  1/10  2/12   3
Sims, Henry            18:40  +15   0/34  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/18  1/12  1/31  0/31  1/16  0/ 7  3/22   1
TOTALS                 40:00       65    19-29  6-14  9-12    43 17/25 10/61 19/62  2/35  5/21 32/42  18
.                                        0.655 0.429 0.750       0.680 0.164 0.306 0.057 0.238 0.762   

USF                     Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
ESPINOSA, Eladio       11:47  -14   2/ 9  1- 2  0- 0  0- 0  2/13  0/ 2  0/17  2/15  0/ 5  1/12  0/ 4   2
RIVAS, Alex            24:09  -14   9/22  4- 5  0- 0  1- 5  5/31  0/ 5  3/39  1/39  1/19  1/28  5/12   1
HOWARD, Chris          37:36  -25   6/38  0- 3  0- 1  6- 8  4/46  4/14  2/60  3/57  0/27  1/42  3/19   2
JONES, Dominique       37:07  -25  12/36  4-11  1- 5  1- 5 16/46  4/ 9  1/59  2/57  0/27  2/42  2/19   2
VERDEJO, Jesus         29:44  -12   0/32  0- 3  0- 4  0- 1  7/36  2/12  0/45  0/47  0/20  0/33  0/13   0
BELARDO, Gaby          05:43  - 1   0/ 6  0- 1  0- 0  0- 0  1/ 7  0/ 2  0/ 8  0/ 8  0/ 3  1/ 5  1/ 4   0
DANIELS, B.J           03:28  - 6   0/ 2  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 1  0/ 1  0/ 6  3/ 5  0/ 5  0/ 0  0/ 4   1
LEEMOW, Justin         11:03  - 4   0/13  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/13  0/ 5  0/17  0/15  0/10  0/10  2/ 9   1
KARDOK, Ryan           02:06  + 0   0/ 2  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 1  1/ 1  0/ 2  0/ 3  0/ 2  0/ 0  0/ 2   0
GILCHRIST, Augustus    23:36  -13  11/28  5-10  0- 2  1- 4 12/27  0/ 5  0/37  2/39  0/17  2/25  1/12   3
WILLIAMS, Aris         13:41  -11   0/12  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/14  0/ 4  1/20  0/20  0/10  0/13  1/ 7   1
TOTALS                 40:00       40    14-35  1-12  9-23    47 11/15  7/62 13/61  1/29 10/42 16/21  13
.                                        0.400 0.083 0.391       0.733 0.113 0.213 0.034 0.238 0.762   

Efficiency: GU 1.048, USF 0.656
eFG%: GU 0.651, USF 0.330
Substitutions: GU 32, USF 32

2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: GU 1-1, USF 2-2
Layups/Tips: GU 17-23, USF 10-22
Jumpers: GU 1-5, USF 2-11

Fast break pts: GU 16 (0.286), USF 0 (0.000)
Seconds per off. poss: GU 19.4, USF 18.9

That's it for tonight. Not a pretty game, but at least it was no Penn State / Illinois clash (Hi! Dan Hanner).


Season stats will get updated tomorrow, hopefully.

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Date       Time        Home Team      Road Team     Location           HD Box?
02-Jan-09  8:30 p.m.   USF            Syracuse      Tampa, Fla.          Yes
07-Jan-09  7:00 p.m.   USF            Louisville    Tampa, Fla.          Yes
10-Jan-09  2:00 p.m.   DePaul         USF           Rosemont, Ill.       Yes
14-Jan-09  7:00 p.m.   Pittsburgh     USF           Pittsburgh, Pa.      Yes
17-Jan-09  12:00 p.m.  West Virginia  USF           Morgantown, W.Va.    Yes
20-Jan-09  9:00 p.m.   USF            DePaul        Tampa, Fla.          Yes
24-Jan-09  12:00 p.m.  USF            Villanova     Tampa, Fla.          Yes
28-Jan-09  7:00 p.m.   Louisville     USF           Louisville, Ky.
01-Feb-09  2:00 p.m.   St. John's     USF           Queens, N.Y.
06-Feb-09  7:00 p.m.   USF            Marquette     Tampa, Fla.
10-Feb-09  7:00 p.m.   USF            Providence    Tampa, Fla.
15-Feb-09  2:00 p.m.   Notre Dame     USF           Notre Dame, Ind.
18-Feb-09  7:00 p.m.   USF            Georgetown    Tampa, Fla.
21-Feb-09  2:00 p.m.   Connecticut    USF           Hartford, Conn.
25-Feb-09  7:00 p.m.   Seton Hall     USF           Newark, N.J.
01-Mar-09  4:00 p.m.   USF            West Virginia Tampa, Fla.
03-Mar-09  7:00 p.m.   USF            Cincinnati    Tampa, Fla.
07-Mar-09  2:00 p.m.   Rutgers        USF           Piscataway, N.J.

Syracuse vs USF
1/2/09 8:30 p.m. at The Sun Dome - Tampa, Fla.
Final score: Syracuse 59, USF 54

Syracuse                Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
JACKSON, Rick          18:00  + 8   4/32  2- 3  0- 0  0- 0  3/32  3/12  0/29  1/29  1/18  1/21  3/20   3
JOSEPH, Kris           28:03  - 6   7/36  2- 5  0- 1  3- 3  6/36  0/11  0/44  2/42  0/26  1/26  2/31   1
ONUAKU, Arinze         32:12  + 2  13/46  6-13  0- 0  1- 9 13/39  0/12  1/50  2/48  1/28  6/26  4/33   1
RAUTINS, Andy          40:00  + 5  14/59  1- 2  4- 8  0- 0 10/54  4/19  3/62  3/61  0/37  1/36  6/41   2
FLYNN, Jonny           37:39  + 2  11/54  5- 9  0- 2  1- 3 11/53  3/18  1/57  3/56  0/36  2/36  4/38   0
ONGENAET, Kristof      19:53  + 0   2/27  1- 6  0- 0  0- 1  6/23  2/10  0/32  1/31  0/19  3/15  2/22   1
DEVENDORF, Eric        24:13  +14   8/41  3- 5  0- 0  2- 2  5/33  2/14  0/36  3/38  0/21  1/20  3/20   2
TOTALS                 40:00       59    20-43  4-11  7-18    54 14/24  5/62 15/61  2/37 17/36 26/41  10
.                                        0.465 0.364 0.389       0.583 0.081 0.246 0.054 0.472 0.634

USF                     Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
ESPINOSA, Eladio       13:21  - 3   0/17  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/18  0/ 7  0/21  1/18  0/17  2/11  2/13   1
AJAYI, Mobolaji        27:23  -11  15/36  7-10  0- 0  1- 2 10/41  1/ 8  0/38  0/41  1/31  5/28  2/25   4
LEEMOW, Justin         06:47  -10   0/ 4  0- 1  0- 2  0- 0  3/10  0/ 2  0/11  1/11  0/ 8  0/ 8  0/ 4   0
JONES, Dominique       40:00  - 5  17/54  2- 6  4- 8  1- 2 14/61  2/16  3/61  1/62  0/43  1/41  5/36   2
VERDEJO, Jesus         38:44  - 3   6/54  3- 7  0-11  0- 0 18/60  3/19  0/59  3/60  0/42  1/40  2/36   1
HOWARD, Chris          32:36  + 3   3/50  1- 2  0- 3  1- 2  5/51  8/19  1/50  3/51  0/35  0/33  3/31   4
DANIELS, B.J           01:54  + 0   0/ 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 1  0/ 0  0/ 3  1/ 2  0/ 1  0/ 1  0/ 1   0
RIVAS, Alex            09:37  + 5   4/15  1- 2  0- 0  2- 2  2/16  0/ 5  0/19  0/17  0/ 8  2/10  3/ 7   4
GILCHRIST, Augustus    23:33  + 2   7/33  3- 8  0- 0  1- 2  8/38  1/10  1/35  0/39  0/20  3/27  0/20   0
WILLIAMS, Aris         06:05  - 3   2/ 7  1- 1  0- 0  0- 0  1/ 9  1/ 2  0/ 8  1/ 9  0/10  1/ 6  1/ 7   2
TOTALS                 40:00       54    18-37  4-24  6-10    61 16/22  5/61 11/62  1/43 15/41 19/36  18
.                                        0.486 0.167 0.600       0.727 0.082 0.177 0.023 0.366 0.528

Efficiency: Syracuse 0.967, USF 0.871
eFG%: Syracuse 0.481, USF 0.393
Substitutions: Syracuse 32, USF 32

2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Syracuse 4-5, USF 1-2
Layups/Tips: Syracuse 13-33, USF 11-18
Jumpers: Syracuse 3-5, USF 6-17

Fast break pts: Syracuse 8 (0.154), USF 4 (0.083)
Seconds per off. poss: Syracuse 17.9, USF 21.0

Louisville vs USF
1/7/09 7 p.m. at The Sun Dome - Tampa, Fla.
Final score: Louisville 71, USF 57

Louisville              Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
WILLIAMS, Terrence     20:32  +17   4/41  2- 2  0- 1  0- 0  3/29  5/13  1/36  0/36  1/18  0/18  5/21   3
CLARK, Earl            36:07  +22  22/65  5-10  3- 8  3- 4 18/57  2/17  4/58  3/60  1/33  3/36  6/33   2
SAMUELS, Samardo       23:16  +13   9/41  3- 5  0- 0  3- 4  5/33  0/11  0/44  2/42  6/26  3/22  1/31   4
SOSA, Edgar            25:00  +11  12/41  3- 4  2- 5  0- 0  9/35  1/10  2/38  2/38  0/24  0/23  1/22   3
SMITH, Jerry           23:30  +10   4/40  2- 5  0- 3  0- 1  8/34  3/13  3/37  1/36  0/24  1/21  2/22   1
KNOWLES, Preston       14:58  +11   5/28  1- 3  1- 2  0- 0  5/25  0/ 9  0/24  0/26  0/14  2/16  1/17   0
DELK, Reginald         15:59  + 9   7/28  2- 2  1- 3  0- 0  5/28  0/ 9  0/21  0/22  0/16  1/16  0/14   0
KURIC, Kyle            02:08  -14   0/ 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 4  0/ 0  0/ 6  0/ 5  0/ 6  0/ 4  0/ 3   1
SCOTT, Will            02:16  - 7   3/ 3  1- 2  0- 0  1- 1  2/ 6  0/ 0  0/ 8  0/ 7  0/ 3  0/ 5  0/ 5   0
SWOPSHIRE, Jared       04:30  - 6   0/ 8  0- 1  0- 0  0- 0  1/ 6  0/ 2  1/11  2/ 9  0/ 9  0/ 4  2/11   2
GOODE, George          00:00  + 0   0/ 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 0  0/ 0  0/ 0  0/ 0  0/ 0  1/ 0  0/ 0   0
JENNINGS, Terrence     16:44  + 1   2/30  1- 4  0- 0  0- 0  4/30  1/12  0/23  0/25  2/15  0/18  0/11   3
McGEE, Andre           15:00  + 3   3/30  0- 0  0- 3  3- 4  3/28  0/12  1/29  3/29  0/17  1/17  2/20   3
TOTALS                 40:00       71    20-38  7-25 10-14    63 12/27 12/67 13/67 10/41 16/40 25/42  22
.                                        0.526 0.280 0.714       0.444 0.179 0.194 0.244 0.400 0.595

USF                     Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
ESPINOSA, Eladio       16:58  + 5   5/31  2- 3  0- 1  1- 2  4/20  1/ 8  0/30  2/31  2/17  1/14  0/17   3
AJAYI, Mobolaji        24:51  - 3   8/31  3- 7  0- 0  2- 7  7/32  0/ 6  0/37  1/39  1/18  4/26  3/24   1
HOWARD, Chris          34:15  -13   9/43  4- 6  0- 0  1- 3  6/41  4/10  1/54  3/53  0/28  0/34  5/34   1
JONES, Dominique       36:15  -17  11/45  0- 7  1- 3  8-11 10/44  1/14  1/57  4/57  1/32  2/37  3/36   1
VERDEJO, Jesus         35:20  -16   8/45  1- 4  2- 4  0- 0  8/40  1/12  1/56  2/55  0/34  1/30  8/36   4
BELARDO, Gaby          01:32  + 7   5/10  0- 0  1- 2  2- 2  2/ 5  1/ 2  1/ 5  0/ 6  0/ 3  1/ 3  0/ 3   0
DANIELS, B.J           03:14  - 5   0/ 2  0- 3  0- 0  0- 0  3/ 8  0/ 1  0/ 5  0/ 6  0/ 1  1/ 9  0/ 0   2
LEEMOW, Justin         08:03  - 5   0/16  0- 0  0- 0  0- 1  0/14  1/ 6  1/19  1/19  0/13  0/11  0/ 8   0
RIVAS, Alex            06:47  - 7   0/13  0- 1  0- 0  0- 0  1/11  0/ 4  0/16  2/15  0/14  2/ 9  0/ 8   0
KARDOK, Ryan           01:21  + 7   0/10  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 4  0/ 3  0/ 5  0/ 5  1/ 3  0/ 2  1/ 3   1
GILCHRIST, Augustus    26:02  -17  11/35  4- 9  1- 1  0- 2 10/31  0/ 8  1/42  3/39  5/25  1/23  2/27   5
WILLIAMS, Aris         05:22  - 6   0/ 4  0- 1  0- 0  0- 2  1/10  0/ 2  1/ 9  0/10  0/ 2  1/12  0/ 4   0
TOTALS                 40:00       57    14-41  5-11 14-30    52  9/19  7/67 18/67 10/38 17/42 24/40  18
.                                        0.341 0.455 0.467       0.474 0.104 0.269 0.263 0.405 0.600    

Efficiency: Louisville 1.060, USF 0.851
eFG%: Louisville 0.484, USF 0.413
Substitutions: Louisville 34, USF 34

2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Louisville 1-2, USF 0-2
Layups/Tips: Louisville 10-17, USF 6-21
Jumpers: Louisville 9-19, USF 8-18

Fast break pts: Louisville 9 (0.148), USF 0 (0.000)
Seconds per off. poss: Louisville 15.1, USF 20.8

USF vs DePaul
01-10-09 1:04 p.m. at Allstate Arena - Rosemont, Ill.
Final score: USF 80, DePaul 58

USF                     Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
ESPINOSA, Eladio       18:48  +20   4/39  2- 2  0- 0  0- 0  2/23  1/11  0/29  1/29  0/15  2/11  0/17   2
AJAYI, Mobolaji        14:31  + 9   4/29  1- 3  0- 0  2- 2  3/26  0/ 9  1/24  3/26  0/10  4/16  2/14   4
HOWARD, Chris          37:25  +27  12/78  5- 7  0- 1  2- 2  8/57 10/24  1/60  0/62  0/32  0/29  5/32   0
JONES, Dominique       39:14  +25  22/78  2- 4  5-10  3- 3 14/57  4/22  1/63  3/64  0/33  3/29  5/33   1
VERDEJO, Jesus         34:07  +21  18/65  5-13  2- 6  2- 2 19/49  6/17  1/54  1/56  0/28  1/26  7/28   2
BELARDO, Gaby          05:26  - 5   0/ 9  0- 2  0- 0  0- 0  2/ 7  0/ 4  0/ 9  0/ 9  0/ 7  2/ 3  0/ 4   1
DANIELS, B.J           00:46  - 3   0/ 2  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 1  0/ 1  0/ 2  1/ 2  0/ 2  0/ 0  0/ 0   0
LEEMOW, Justin         03:02  + 1   2/ 8  1- 1  0- 0  0- 0  1/ 3  0/ 2  0/ 7  0/ 5  0/ 3  0/ 0  0/ 2   0
RIVAS, Alex            15:57  +14   2/32  1- 1  0- 0  0- 2  1/21  0/12  1/26  2/26  0/12  0/ 9  4/12   4
KARDOK, Ryan           00:46  - 3   0/ 2  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 1  0/ 1  0/ 2  0/ 2  0/ 2  0/ 0  0/ 0   0
GILCHRIST, Augustus    24:32  + 9  16/49  6- 8  0- 0  4- 4  8/37  0/13  0/40  3/40  2/25  1/18  3/20   4
WILLIAMS, Aris         05:26  - 5   0/ 9  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 8  0/ 4  0/ 9  0/ 9  0/ 6  0/ 4  0/ 3   0
TOTALS                 40:00       80    23-41  7-17 13-15    58 21/30  5/65 15/66  2/35 14/29 26/33  18
.                                        0.561 0.412 0.867       0.700 0.077 0.227 0.057 0.483 0.788

DePaul                  Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
TUCKER, Dar            31:49  -15   8/46  4- 6  0- 5  0- 3 11/36  1/12  2/52  4/53  0/35  1/26  2/24   3
HILL, Devin            32:43  -19   0/47  0- 3  0- 1  0- 4  4/40  0/18  0/53  2/54  1/31  1/29  2/23   2
KOSHWAL, Mac           39:00  -20  18/58  7-11  0- 0  4- 6 11/47  1/15  1/65  4/64  1/38  3/32  5/27   3
CURRIE, Jabari         28:41  -11  11/44  2- 5  0- 1  7- 8  6/33  3/14  2/48  3/48  0/31  0/23  2/23   2
WALKER, Will           35:49  -18  17/52  5- 7  2- 5  1- 1 12/45  2/13  1/60  1/59  0/37  0/31  2/27   1
KELLY, Jeremiah        16:32  -19   0/20  0- 0  0- 1  0- 0  1/18  2/ 8  0/26  0/24  0/16  0/12  0/ 8   2
POSCIC, Matija         06:33  - 3   0/ 9  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 9  0/ 4  0/11  0/11  0/10  0/ 5  0/ 7   0
FABER, Krys            07:33  - 3   4/12  2- 3  0- 0  0- 1  3/12  0/ 4  0/12  0/11  1/ 5  2/ 7  1/ 6   1
OBI, Kene              01:20  - 2   0/ 2  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 0  0/ 0  0/ 3  0/ 1  0/ 2  0/ 0  0/ 0   0
TOTALS                 40:00       58    20-35  2-13 12-23    48  9/22  6/66 14/65  3/41  7/33 15/29  14
.                                        0.571 0.154 0.522       0.409 0.091 0.215 0.073 0.212 0.517

Efficiency: USF 1.212, DePaul 0.892
eFG%: USF 0.578, DePaul 0.479
Substitutions: USF 27, DePaul 27

2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: USF 1-1, DePaul 2-2
Layups/Tips: USF 8-16, DePaul 13-18
Jumpers: USF 14-24, DePaul 5-15

Fast break pts: USF 4 (0.060), DePaul 7 (0.152)
Seconds per off. poss: USF 21.3, DePaul 15.3

South Florida vs PITT
01/14/09 7:00 PM at Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Final score: PITT 75, South Florida 62

South Florida           Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
ESPINOSA, Eladio       17:09  -11   0/20  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/15  0/ 6  1/24  1/22  0/20  1/11  1/16   4
AJAYI, Mobolaji        20:52  - 9   3/27  1- 1  0- 0  1- 1  1/23  0/ 9  0/28  1/28  0/21  4/15  2/19   3
HOWARD, Chris          38:53  -16  13/57  3- 8  2- 3  1- 2 11/43  3/15  1/54  0/52  0/40  0/28  3/32   1
JONES, Dominique       40:00  -13  22/62  2- 5  3- 5  9-14 10/44  7/16  1/55  2/55  1/41  0/28  3/32   2
VERDEJO, Jesus         34:53  -15   2/53  0- 6  0- 1  2- 2  7/42  3/20  0/49  1/49  0/40  1/26  2/29   0
BELARDO, Gaby          01:03  + 0   0/ 3  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 0  0/ 0  0/ 1  0/ 2  0/ 0  0/ 1  0/ 0   0
LEEMOW, Justin         06:33  + 8   0/16  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 8  0/ 5  0/ 8  0/10  0/ 4  1/ 4  0/ 3   1
RIVAS, Alex            03:11  - 5   0/ 5  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 3  0/ 2  0/ 6  1/ 5  0/ 5  0/ 1  1/ 3   1
GILCHRIST, Augustus    32:05  + 3  22/60  8-10  2- 5  0- 1 15/39  1/10  1/44  1/46  2/32  1/23  2/24   3
WILLIAMS, Aris         05:21  - 7   0/ 7  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 3  0/ 1  0/ 6  0/ 6  0/ 2  0/ 3  0/ 2   2
TOTALS                 40:00       62    14-30  7-14 13-20    44 14/21  4/55 10/55  3/41  8/28 15/32  17
.                                        0.467 0.500 0.650       0.667 0.073 0.182 0.073 0.286 0.469

PITT                    Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
Biggs, Tyrell          22:59  + 5  16/42  6- 9  1- 1  1- 1 10/33  0/11  0/31  1/31  0/21  2/12  1/15   3
Young, Sam             29:01  +12  14/53  1- 8  3- 6  3- 4 14/44  1/16  0/38  1/38  0/19  4/26  1/20   4
Blair, DeJuan          32:23  +11  13/62  6-13  0- 0  1- 2 13/49  1/18  0/47  0/47  0/29  9/28  9/25   2
Fields, Levance        36:20  +11  11/68  1- 2  3- 6  0- 1  8/54 13/22  0/51  1/50  0/29  0/30  3/28   1
Dixon, Jermaine        19:58  +10   7/41  2- 2  1- 2  0- 1  4/32  0/12  1/27  0/27  0/14  0/16  0/14   3
Brown, Gilbert         25:05  + 7   4/42  2- 4  0- 0  0- 0  4/34  1/14  0/33  1/34  0/18  0/21  3/16   1
Gibbs, Ashton          03:40  + 2   0/ 7  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 5  1/ 3  0/ 4  1/ 5  0/ 1  0/ 2  0/ 0   0
Wanamaker, Brad        25:51  + 5   8/49  0- 2  2- 3  2- 2  5/39  3/17  0/38  0/38  1/19  0/22  2/20   2
McGhee, Gary           04:43  + 2   2/11  1- 1  0- 0  0- 3  1/ 5  0/ 3  0/ 6  0/ 5  0/ 0  1/ 3  0/ 2   1
TOTALS                 40:00       75    19-41 10-18  7-14    59 20/29  1/55  8/55  1/30 17/32 20/28  17
.                                        0.463 0.556 0.500       0.690 0.018 0.145 0.033 0.531 0.714

Efficiency: PITT 1.364, South Florida 1.127
eFG%: PITT 0.576, South Florida 0.557
Substitutions: PITT 26, South Florida 31

2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: PITT 1-1, South Florida 1-1
Layups/Tips: PITT 15-23, South Florida 5-10
Jumpers: PITT 3-17, South Florida 8-19

Fast break pts: PITT 4 (0.059), South Florida 0 (0.000)
Seconds per off. poss: PITT 19.8, South Florida 23.8

USF vs West Virginia
1/17/09 Noon at WVU Coliseum, Morgantown, W.Va.
Final score: West Virginia 62, USF 59

USF                     Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
ESPINOSA, Eladio       25:47  - 4   0/35  0- 1  0- 0  0- 2  1/40  0/13  1/42  1/41  1/21  2/31  3/22   3
AJAYI, Mobolaji        12:20  - 2   0/20  0- 1  0- 0  0- 0  1/16  1/ 7  0/20  2/18  0/ 9  2/11  0/ 8   1
HOWARD, Chris          36:16  - 3   3/55  1- 2  0- 3  1- 3  5/50  2/17  3/55  1/54  1/34  1/36  6/30   1
JONES, Dominique       40:00  - 3  35/59  9-17  2- 8 11-14 25/55  3/ 9  0/59  0/59  0/38  4/40  4/33   2
VERDEJO, Jesus         36:36  - 4  11/54  3- 9  1- 4  2- 2 13/52  2/14  2/53  4/55  0/36  1/39  2/29   1
DANIELS, B.J           03:40  + 3   0/ 7  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 5  0/ 3  0/ 6  0/ 5  0/ 3  1/ 3  0/ 4   2
LEEMOW, Justin         05:41  + 1   0/ 8  0- 0  0- 1  0- 0  1/ 6  1/ 3  0/10  1/ 8  0/ 6  0/ 4  0/ 5   1
RIVAS, Alex            02:31  - 2   0/ 3  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 3  0/ 1  0/ 3  0/ 3  0/ 2  0/ 2  0/ 1   1
GILCHRIST, Augustus    18:17  - 3   2/23  1- 4  0- 0  0- 1  4/21  0/ 6  0/20  1/24  0/20  2/15  0/17   5
WILLIAMS, Aris         18:52  + 2   8/31  3- 5  0- 0  2- 2  5/27  0/ 7  0/27  1/28  1/21  2/19  4/16   3
TOTALS                 40:00       59    17-39  3-16 16-24    55  9/20  6/59 11/59  3/38 18/40 20/33  20
.                                        0.436 0.188 0.667       0.450 0.102 0.186 0.079 0.450 0.606

West Virginia           Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
BUTLER, Da'Sean        37:59  + 0  27/57  6-10  3- 6  6- 6 16/49  1/ 9  1/57  0/56  0/36  1/32  3/38   1
EBANKS, Devin          36:45  - 3   5/55  2- 8  0- 0  1- 2  8/51  3/17  0/54  1/55  2/37  2/33  8/36   3
SMITH, Wellington      18:24  - 7   3/24  1- 4  0- 0  1- 2  4/28  0/ 7  1/32  0/31  1/19  4/20  1/19   4
RUOFF, Alex            39:09  + 1  19/60  3- 5  2- 6  7- 8 11/50  1/14  0/58  3/58  0/39  0/32  2/40   2
BRYANT, Darryl         28:05  + 7   0/44  0- 5  0- 1  0- 1  6/34  2/15  0/41  2/42  0/26  0/20  0/27   1
THOROUGHMAN, Cam       10:09  + 7   0/18  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/10  1/ 6  0/14  1/13  1/10  0/ 5  2/10   2
JONES, Kevin           08:00  - 2   2/12  1- 2  0- 0  0- 0  2/ 9  0/ 2  1/ 9  2/11  0/ 7  2/ 6  2/ 7   1
THOMAS, Will           00:30  - 1   0/ 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 0  0/ 0  0/ 1  0/ 0  0/ 0  0/ 0  0/ 0   1
FLOWERS, John          20:59  +13   6/40  1- 4  1- 1  1- 2  5/29  2/10  2/29  0/29  3/21  3/17  2/23   3
TOTALS                 40:00       62    14-38  6-14 16-21    52 10/20  5/59  9/59  7/39 13/33 22/40  18
.                                        0.368 0.429 0.762       0.500 0.085 0.153 0.179 0.394 0.550    

Efficiency: West Virginia 1.051, USF 1.000
eFG%: West Virginia 0.442, USF 0.391
Substitutions: West Virginia 17, USF 32

2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: West Virginia 1-2, USF 0-0
Layups/Tips: West Virginia 9-16, USF 11-23
Jumpers: West Virginia 4-20, USF 6-16

Fast break pts: West Virginia 0 (0.000), USF 0 (0.000)
Seconds per off. poss: West Virginia 19.2, USF 21.5

DePaul vs USF
1/20/09 9 p.m. at The Sun Dome - Tampa, Fla.
Final score: USF 70, DePaul 61

DePaul                  Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
STULA, Mario           05:09  -15   0/ 0  0- 0  0- 1  0- 0  1/ 6  0/ 0  0/ 9  0/ 9  0/ 5  0/ 8  0/ 4   0
KOSHWAL, Mac           28:42  - 7  17/43  6-11  0- 0  5- 6 11/39  2/ 7  3/44  5/45  0/31  5/28  3/26   3
POSCIC, Matija         20:37  +13   0/37  0- 1  0- 0  0- 0  1/35  0/13  0/32  1/35  2/16  2/23  2/16   4
TUCKER, Dar            33:55  + 3  19/56  3-14  2- 5  7- 9 19/47  0/12  0/54  0/55  0/35  0/32  5/32   3
WALKER, Will           38:36  - 7  11/58  5- 9  0- 5  1- 2 14/50  2/14  2/61  0/62  0/42  1/34  2/38   2
BIZOUKAS, Michael      11:28  - 5   5/21  0- 0  1- 1  2- 2  1/14  1/ 5  0/22  0/20  0/18  1/ 9  0/16   1
CURRIE, Jabari         31:48  - 9   6/48  0- 1  1- 1  3- 4  2/40  2/14  3/49  3/50  0/34  0/29  0/28   3
HILL, Devin            14:14  - 7   2/19  1- 1  0- 0  0- 2  1/12  0/ 5  0/20  2/20  2/18  0/ 9  2/16   3
FABER, Krys            13:52  - 5   1/23  0- 2  0- 0  1- 2  2/16  0/ 6  0/26  0/25  1/20  0/10  3/18   2
OBI, Kene              01:39  - 6   0/ 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 1  0/ 0  0/ 3  0/ 4  0/ 1  0/ 3  0/ 1   0
TOTALS                 40:00       61    15-39  4-13 19-27    52  7/19  8/64 11/65  5/44 10/37 18/39  21
.                                        0.385 0.308 0.704       0.368 0.125 0.169 0.114 0.270 0.462

USF                     Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
GILCHRIST, Augustus    27:57  +14  16/52  5-15  1- 3  3- 5 18/45  0/14  0/44  1/46  1/28  7/29  4/23   2
WILLIAMS, Aris         24:33  - 3   4/42  2- 5  0- 0  0- 0  5/36  0/13  1/41  2/40  0/26  2/23  4/24   4
HOWARD, Chris          37:49  +16  12/68  3- 5  1- 3  3- 3  8/58  3/20  2/60  2/60  0/36  3/38  2/35   1
LEEMOW, Justin         32:06  +10   6/58  0- 2  2- 4  0- 0  6/46  1/19  0/51  1/49  0/30  1/29  5/31   4
JONES, Dominique       39:46  +10  26/70  7-13  1- 6  9-11 19/60  6/17  1/64  4/63  0/39  2/39  8/37   3
ESPINOSA, Eladio       09:26  -10   0/11  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 9  0/ 3  0/19  1/15  0/ 7  0/ 6  2/11   2
BELARDO, Gaby          05:32  - 2   0/ 7  0- 1  0- 0  0- 0  1/11  0/ 2  0/10  1/11  0/ 5  0/ 9  0/ 4   1
DANIELS, B.J           04:33  - 6   0/ 7  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 5  0/ 3  0/ 9  1/ 8  0/ 7  0/ 2  0/ 4   1
AJAYI, Mobolaji        18:18  +16   6/35  3- 3  0- 0  0- 0  3/30  0/ 9  0/27  2/28  0/17  6/20  2/16   3
TOTALS                 40:00       70    20-44  5-16 15-19    60 10/25  4/65 15/64  1/39 21/39 27/37  21
.                                        0.455 0.312 0.789       0.400 0.062 0.234 0.026 0.538 0.730    

Efficiency: USF 1.094, DePaul 0.938
eFG%: USF 0.458, DePaul 0.404
Substitutions: USF 34, DePaul 34

2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: USF 1-1, DePaul 1-1
Layups/Tips: USF 13-25, DePaul 10-14
Jumpers: USF 6-18, DePaul 4-24

Fast break pts: USF 8 (0.145), DePaul 8 (0.190)
Seconds per off. poss: USF 21.0, DePaul 16.4

Villanova vs USF
1/24/09 Noon at The Sun Dome - Tampa, Fla.
Final score: Villanova 70, USF 61

Villanova               Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
PENA, Antonio          23:29  + 6   6/41  2- 7  0- 0  2- 4  7/28  1/11  0/41  1/42  0/23  0/19  1/28   4
ANDERSON, Dwayne       36:51  + 7   7/66  1- 2  1- 3  2- 3  5/47  3/20  0/65  1/64  1/29  4/34  7/37   2
CUNNINGHAM, Dante      19:10  +11  14/41  6-12  0- 0  2- 3 12/26  1/ 6  1/36  2/38  2/18  1/20  7/25   4
REYNOLDS, Scottie      29:53  + 8   7/59  0- 0  1- 5  4- 6  5/37  7/17  1/55  5/52  1/22  0/27  2/30   2
REDDING, Reggie        33:19  + 3  11/50  5- 8  0- 1  1- 4  9/41  1/13  0/54  2/54  1/27  1/28  5/32   5
FISHER, Corey          18:04  +13  10/33  3- 4  0- 2  4- 6  6/22  0/ 7  1/31  4/32  0/14  1/14  1/20   3
CLARK, Shane           19:59  - 1   5/31  0- 1  1- 1  2- 4  2/21  1/ 7  1/37  2/33  0/15  3/18  5/18   2
STOKES, Corey          18:57  - 1  10/29  0- 0  2- 4  4- 4  4/28  1/ 7  2/35  1/35  0/12  2/25  1/15   1
TCHUISI, Frank         00:18  - 1   0/ 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 0  0/ 0  0/ 1  0/ 0  0/ 0  0/ 0  0/ 0   0
TOTALS                 40:00       70    17-34  5-16 21-34    50 15/22  6/71 18/70  5/32 14/37 30/41  23
.                                        0.500 0.312 0.618       0.682 0.085 0.257 0.156 0.378 0.732  

USF                     Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
GILCHRIST, Augustus    29:47  - 6  18/46  4-11  2- 3  4- 9 14/43  0/ 9  0/50  1/53  1/26  1/33  6/29   2
WILLIAMS, Aris         23:40  - 4   3/31  1- 2  0- 0  1- 2  2/26  0/ 8  0/37  0/38  0/22  0/20  2/19   3
HOWARD, Chris          34:34  - 3  15/53  3- 9  3- 5  0- 0 14/48  4/11  0/60  5/63  0/31  1/37  1/36   3
JONES, Dominique       32:12  - 4  11/49  3- 6  0- 3  5- 7  9/40  3/11  4/53  3/54  0/28  0/29  2/28   5
VERDEJO, Jesus         36:43  -14  13/54  1- 4  2-11  5- 7 15/51  3/13  0/65  0/65  0/32  2/40  3/33   3
ESPINOSA, Eladio       17:15  - 9   0/23  0- 0  0- 0  0- 2  0/25  0/ 8  0/34  2/30  0/14  2/20  3/14   3
BELARDO, Gaby          00:48  - 3   0/ 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 4  0/ 0  0/ 3  0/ 3  0/ 0  0/ 4  0/ 2   1
DANIELS, B.J           00:02  - 2   0/ 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 0  0/ 0  0/ 1  0/ 1  0/ 0  0/ 0  0/ 0   0
LEEMOW, Justin         17:21  - 3   1/30  0- 0  0- 0  1- 2  0/25  3/10  0/34  1/35  0/11  0/19  1/16   2
RIVAS, Alex            07:38  + 3   0/19  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 8  0/ 6  0/13  0/13  0/ 6  0/ 3  2/ 8   3
TOTALS                 40:00       61    12-32  7-22 16-29    54 13/19  4/70 13/71  1/34 11/41 23/37  25
.                                        0.375 0.318 0.552       0.684 0.057 0.183 0.029 0.268 0.622  

Efficiency: Villanova 1.000, USF 0.859
eFG%: Villanova 0.490, USF 0.417
Substitutions: Villanova 41, USF 41

2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Villanova 1-1, USF 2-2
Layups/Tips: Villanova 11-19, USF 6-13
Jumpers: Villanova 5-14, USF 4-17

Fast break pts: Villanova 4 (0.082), USF 2 (0.044)
Seconds per off. poss: Villanova 16.4, USF 17.5

Analysis: Georgetown 63, South Florida 53

The Hoyas recovered from a moribund start to pull out an ugly 10 point win in front of a paid crowd of 8316.

Let's run the numbers:

		Offense				Defense
	1st Half	2nd Half	Total		1st Half	2nd Half	Total
Pace	30	31	60
Eff.	90.7	118.0	104.5		80.6	95.1	88.0
eFG%	35.3	63.6	46.4		52.2	38.9	45.0
TO%	20.2	19.7	19.9		26.9	13.1	19.9
OR%	50.0	38.5	46.2		15.4	22.2	19.4
FTA/FGA	17.6	68.2	37.5		8.7	37.0	24.0
FTM/FGA	8.8	36.4	19.6		0.0	29.6	16.0
Assist Rate	50.0	58.3	54.5		45.5	30.0	38.1
Block Rate	23.8	9.1	18.8		21.1	28.6	25.0
Steal Rate	3.4	13.1	8.3		6.7	13.1	10.0
2FG%	28.6	72.7	43.8		47.4	42.9	45.0
3FG%	30.8	36.4	33.3		50.0	16.7	30.0
FT%	50.0	53.3	52.4		0.0	80.0	66.7

  USF vs Georgetown  
  02/05/08 7:30 pm at Verizon Center  
  Final score: Georgetown 63, USF 53
     
  USF                     Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF  
  JONES, Dominique       37:32  - 9  15/50 3 -7  3 -6  0 -0  13/49 0 /15 2 /58 3 /58 0 /29 1 /30 1 /37  3   
  GRANSBERRY, Kentrell   38:08  - 7  13/53 6 -16 0 -0  1 -4  16/47 2 /15 0 /57 1 /60 5 /30 1 /28 8 /38  1   
  HOWARD, Chris          29:56  - 6  4 /40 2 -3  0 -0  0 -0  3 /39 1 /14 1 /48 5 /49 0 /24 0 /24 4 /29  3   
  VERDEJO, Jesus         38:11  - 12 11/51 2 -4  0 -4  7 -8  8 /48 5 /18 1 /58 1 /59 0 /32 0 /30 3 /38  2   
  AJAYI, Mobolaji        22:52  - 15 8 /26 4 -7  0 -0  0 -0  7 /31 0 /8  0 /35 0 /33 1 /20 2 /20 3 /26  3   
  CHIN, Orane            18:19  + 4  2 /27 1 -2  0 -0  0 -0  2 /21 0 /8  1 /28 2 /30 0 /14 0 /13 0 /16  2   
  HOLMES, Aaron          00:33  + 0  0 /0  0 -0  0 -0  0 -0  0 /1  0 /0  0 /0  0 /1  0 /0  0 /1  0 /0   0   
  BOZEMAN, Solomon       14:25  - 4  0 /18 0 -1  0 -0  0 -0  1 /14 0 /6  0 /20 0 /20 0 /11 0 /9  1 /16  4   
  ESSEGHIR, Mohamed      00:04  - 1  0 /0  0 -0  0 -0  0 -0  0 /0  0 /0  0 /1  0 /0  0 /0  0 /0  0 /0   0   
  TOTALS                 40:00       53    18-40 3 -10 8 -12    50 8 /21 5 /61 12/62 6 /32 6 /31 21/39  18  
                                           0.450 0.300 0.667       0.381 0.082 0.194 0.188 0.194 0.538      
    
  Georgetown              Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF  
  Wallace, Jonathan      23:54  - 7  2 /30 0 -1  0 -2  2 -4  3 /35 1 /9  1 /37 0 /37 1 /22 1 /30 1 /14  0   
  Summers, DaJuan        32:46  + 12 24/56 4 -5  4 -8  4 -9  13/44 0 /11 1 /53 3 /53 1 /34 2 /30 7 /28  1   
  Freeman, Austin        27:23  + 6  5 /36 1 -5  1 -5  0 -0  10/39 1 /9  2 /43 0 /43 0 /26 3 /33 3 /23  0   
  Sapp, Jessie           32:32  + 19 11/63 0 -3  3 -4  2 -2  7 /46 5 /19 2 /52 1 /51 0 /36 1 /29 2 /28  2   
  Hibbert, Roy           26:03  + 15 13/48 5 -9  0 -0  3 -4  9 /37 3 /12 0 /42 2 /41 6 /30 3 /24 5 /24  3   
  Macklin, Vernon        15:51  - 2  2 /20 1 -4  0 -0  0 -2  4 /21 1 /6  0 /22 2 /22 1 /13 2 /16 1 /9   3   
  Rivers, Jeremiah       23:34  + 8  2 /33 1 -2  0 -3  0 -0  5 /31 1 /12 0 /35 3 /34 0 /22 1 /21 5 /20  1   
  Ewing, Patrick         17:57  - 1  4 /29 2 -3  0 -2  0 -0  5 /27 0 /10 0 /26 1 /24 1 /17 3 /17 1 /9   1   
  TOTALS                 40:00       63    14-32 8 -24 11-21    56 12/22 6 /62 12/61 10/40 18/39 25/31  11  
                                           0.438 0.333 0.524       0.545 0.097 0.197 0.250 0.462 0.806      
     
  Efficiency: Georgetown 1.033, USF 0.855
  eFG%: Georgetown 0.464, USF 0.450
  Substitutions: Georgetown 26, USF 23
     
  2-pt Shot Selection:  
  Dunks: Georgetown 1-1, USF 0-0
  Layups/Tips: Georgetown 6-14, USF 13-21
  Jumpers: Georgetown 7-17, USF 5-19

I don't have much time tonight to delve into the details of the game, so I'll just let the highlighted tempo-free box speak for itself.

The most important number to take from this game is 9, as in a 9-1 Big East record headed into a very difficult game at Louisville (currently ranked 10th by Pomeroy) on Saturday.