The Hoyas committed 7 turnovers on 63 offensive possessions tonight - that's an 11% turnover rate, for those of you who struggle with math. This is the fourth time in six games played this season that Georgetown has given up the ball on less than 20% of their possessions. As I pointed out over this weekend, I have no expectation that the Hoyas will continue to be so stingy as the season rolls along, but it's certainly nice to hope so.
A few random thoughts before calling it a night:
- The star of the game for the Hoyas was Hollis Thompson, who managed a double-double of 21 points and 10 rebounds. After using 20% or less of the Hoyas' possessions while he was on the court the past three games, Hollis showed much more assertiveness - especially useful since Jason Clark was having a quiet game. After tonight, Thompson is shooting 62% [=22/32] on 2FGs and 50% [=9/18] on 3FG for the season.
- Nate Lubick finally got off the schnide with an 8-pt 14-reb game. Those 14 rebounds included six on the offensive end (out of 23 available missed shots by the Hoyas when he was on the floor). There was some chatter than Nate was merely padding out the stat sheet by grabbing his own misses - three of his six offensive boards were off his own shots. But he should also be credited with converting those rebounds into 3 scoring possessions (he twice grabbed two off. reb. in a row, and once the Hoyas failed to convert after his extended the possession).
- IUPUI's Alex Young is the Jaguar's volume scorer - he's taken nearly a third of the Jag's FG attempts while on the floor during his first three seasons. At the break, he had scored 16 points rather efficiently [2/4 2FG, 2/3 3FG, 6/6 FT] and I'm sure I was not alone in thinking the Hoyas were once again going to allow a career game. The second half was a different story [0/4 2FG 0/4 3FG 0/1 FT]. Since I was forced to listen to the dulcet tones of Rich Chvotkin rather than watch the game, I'm curious if Coach Thompson changed defensive strategy after halftime or if it was merely a case of regression to the mean.
Let's run the numbers:
TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE . Home Visitor . Georgetown IUPUI . 1st Half 2nd Half Total 1st Half 2nd Half Total Pace 30 34 64 Points 32 49 81 31 27 58 Effic. 106.4 143.0 126.2 103.1 78.8 90.4 eFG% 43.8 61.4 53.0 44.4 31.8 37.5 TO% 10.0 11.7 10.9 10.0 17.5 14.0 OR% 36.8 50.0 42.9 23.5 44.4 36.4 FTA/FGA 18.8 20.0 19.4 29.6 39.4 35.0 Assist Rate 53.8 65.0 60.6 72.7 30.0 52.4 Block Rate 5.3 8.7 7.1 13.0 3.8 8.2 Steal Rate 3.3 8.8 6.2 3.3 8.8 6.2 2FG% 47.8 65.4 57.1 47.4 39.1 42.9 3FG% 22.2 33.3 27.8 25.0 10.0 16.7 FT% 66.7 85.7 76.9 87.5 46.2 61.9
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 26.5 158.9 20.6 50 71.0 7.1 +12.4 Starks, Markel 47 20.5 126.6 12.2 45 108.2 9.7 +2.1 Sims, Henry 38 31.6 117.8 14.1 38 92.3 7.0 +5.1 Clark, Jason 46 18.2 70.8 5.9 47 96.9 9.1 -2.7 Lubick, Nate 42 21.9 163.4 15.0 41 67.6 5.5 +9.2 Adams, Tyler 2 0.0 - 0.0 1 0.0 0.0 +0.0 Whittington, Greg 23 24.4 107.6 6.0 25 75.2 3.8 +2.1 Hopkins, Mikael 4 20.5 200.0 1.6 4 152.5 1.2 +0.4 Porter, Otto 38 17.5 143.7 9.6 39 76.0 5.9 +4.1 Bowen, Aaron 4 20.5 300.0 2.5 4 115.0 0.9 +1.5 Caprio, John 2 31.2 250.0 1.6 1 0.0 0.0 +1.6 Trawick, Jabril 20 5.0 0.0 0.0 20 87.6 3.5 -2.2 TOTALS 63 131.7 89.2 63 85.5 53.8 +32.2 IUPUI Off % Pts Def Pts Player Poss Poss O.Rtg Prod Poss D.Rtg Allow Net Pts GAINES, Lyonell 53 17.5 114.2 10.6 53 130.5 13.8 -2.4 THOMAS, Stephen 56 24.5 49.8 6.8 55 109.5 12.1 -6.7 CHILES, Ian 27 8.4 144.9 3.3 28 128.1 7.2 -1.7 YOUNG, Alex 60 28.0 88.1 14.8 61 124.8 15.2 -3.3 SIAKAM, Christian 26 18.4 118.1 5.7 27 122.3 6.6 -0.6 RICE, Greg 21 4.8 0.0 0.0 21 135.9 5.7 -3.5 ESPOSITO, Sean 10 22.8 200.0 4.6 9 137.6 2.5 +1.8 BARKSDALE, Marcellus 15 23.8 103.8 3.7 15 106.0 3.2 +0.2 GIBBS, Donovan 10 0.0 - 0.0 10 128.0 2.6 -2.6 PATTON, Mitchell 37 25.0 104.3 9.6 36 124.7 9.0 -0.6 TOTALS 63 93.8 59.1 63 123.5 77.8 -18.7
HD BOX SCORE
IUPUI vs Georgetown
11/28/11 7:00 at Verizon Center
Final score: Georgetown 81, IUPUI 58
IUPUI Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
GAINES, Lyonell 34:21 -17 8/52 4- 8 0- 0 0- 0 8/54 1/16 0/53 2/53 0/43 5/39 1/32 1
THOMAS, Stephen 35:34 -16 5/54 2- 6 0- 4 1- 2 10/53 4/17 2/55 4/56 0/43 2/39 5/31 2
CHILES, Ian 18:13 - 9 3/26 0- 1 1- 2 0- 0 3/28 1/ 8 0/28 0/27 0/23 1/20 0/20 2
YOUNG, Alex 38:28 -24 16/55 2- 8 2- 7 6- 7 15/58 2/17 0/61 2/60 2/48 2/41 6/35 2
SIAKAM, Christian 15:56 -10 6/27 3- 7 0- 0 0- 0 7/26 1/ 6 0/27 1/26 0/20 1/18 3/12 4
RICE, Greg 12:39 - 7 0/20 0- 0 0- 2 0- 0 2/20 0/ 8 0/21 0/21 1/16 0/12 1/10 1
ESPOSITO, Sean 05:14 - 2 6/12 2- 2 0- 2 2- 2 4/10 1/ 2 1/ 9 0/10 0/ 6 0/ 8 0/ 4 0
BARKSDALE, Marcellus 09:52 -11 3/ 7 0- 1 0- 0 3- 6 1/11 1/ 2 1/15 0/15 0/11 3/12 0/ 5 0
GIBBS, Donovan 05:39 - 6 0/ 6 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 6 0/ 1 0/10 0/10 0/ 6 0/ 5 0/ 3 1
PATTON, Mitchell 24:04 -13 11/31 5- 9 0- 1 1- 4 10/34 0/ 7 0/36 0/37 1/29 1/26 3/23 0
TOTALS 40:00 58 18-42 3-18 13-21 60 11/21 4/63 9/63 4/49 16/44 20/35 13
. 0.429 0.167 0.619 0.524 0.063 0.143 0.082 0.364 0.571
Georgetown Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
Thompson, Hollis 31:07 +21 21/66 7-10 2- 5 1- 1 15/49 2/17 2/50 0/49 0/34 2/24 8/33 3
Starks, Markel 30:18 +11 13/56 6- 8 0- 1 1- 2 9/52 4/17 0/45 3/47 0/32 1/31 0/31 0
Sims, Henry 24:46 +17 14/54 6-10 0- 0 2- 2 10/39 3/15 0/38 1/38 1/28 1/19 3/26 4
Clark, Jason 28:58 +16 7/62 1- 3 0- 4 5- 6 7/46 0/24 0/47 2/46 0/35 0/22 3/31 1
Lubick, Nate 25:28 +15 8/52 2- 8 1- 1 1- 2 9/42 5/18 1/41 0/42 1/27 6/23 8/28 3
Adams, Tyler 00:27 + 5 0/ 5 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 2 0/ 2 0/ 1 0/ 2 0/ 0 0/ 0 0/ 1 0
Whittington, Greg 16:15 + 8 7/26 2- 3 1- 4 0- 0 7/27 1/ 9 0/25 0/23 0/14 0/14 0/18 3
Hopkins, Mikael 01:33 - 1 2/ 5 1- 2 0- 0 0- 0 2/ 4 0/ 1 0/ 4 0/ 4 0/ 3 0/ 2 0/ 3 0
Porter, Otto 26:14 +11 6/44 3- 4 0- 1 0- 0 5/46 4/16 1/39 1/38 0/24 4/26 3/27 2
Bowen, Aaron 01:33 - 1 3/ 5 0- 0 1- 1 0- 0 1/ 4 0/ 1 0/ 4 0/ 4 0/ 3 0/ 2 1/ 3 1
Caprio, John 00:27 + 5 0/ 5 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 2 1/ 2 0/ 1 0/ 2 0/ 0 0/ 0 0/ 1 0
Trawick, Jabril 12:54 + 8 0/25 0- 1 0- 1 0- 0 2/22 0/10 0/20 0/20 1/10 0/12 2/18 1
TOTALS 40:00 81 28-49 5-18 10-13 67 20/33 4/63 7/63 3/42 15/35 28/44 18
. 0.571 0.278 0.769 0.606 0.063 0.111 0.071 0.429 0.636
Efficiency: Georgetown 1.286, IUPUI 0.921
eFG%: Georgetown 0.530, IUPUI 0.375
Substitutions: Georgetown 30, IUPUI 21
2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Georgetown 2-3, IUPUI 0-0
Layups/Tips: Georgetown 16-27, IUPUI 8-19
Jumpers: Georgetown 10-19, IUPUI 10-23
Fast break pts (% FG pts): Georgetown 6 (8.5), IUPUI 0 (0.0)
Pts (eff.) after steal: Georgetown 8 (200.0), IUPUI 6 (150.0)
Seconds per poss: Georgetown 16.6, IUPUI 21.8
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We forced Young into some tougher shots in the second half. He's a pretty good player (Voted Summit League Preseason POY) but didn't have much in the way of help and ended up forcing some shots in the 2nd half.
ReplyDeleteLove the work you do, espcially with Ken Pom behind the payroll.
ReplyDeleteAny thoughts, now with a larger sample size, that Henry Sims has actually improved (as the eye test seems say) or is he producing the same just with more mintues?
Regarding Sims, he's clearly playing better offensively than he has previously - he's never had a season with an ORat > 100, and right now he's around 125.
ReplyDeletePart of it is very simple - he's finally making his FTs. He's also grabbing a lot more offensive rebounds and creating more assists in his time on the court than he has previously.
But I'm not convinced.
He did a ton of damage against Memphis after Tarik Black fouled out, and really struggled against Kansas, the only other team with legit size the Hoyas have played.
Also, let us not forget the great early season run he had last year before fading badly.
Playing Big East conference games tests bigs in a way the OOC never can - just ask Julian Vaughn. I don't think there's any way to know whether Henry can keep this up until we're well into conference play.