Quick thoughts before I hit the "Publish" button:
- Georgetown gave up ten dunks last night (and nine made dunks). That may be a record for a single game by a Hoya opponent since I've been keeping track.
- Otto Porter was the best player on the court for either team last night (yes, even better than Mr. Robinson on Kansas). That may be the most important take away from last night's game for the Hoyas.
- Markel Starks led the offense about as well as any game he's played in his career so far. I think he silenced some doubters. Hollis Thompson and Jason Clark made some shots last night, but not quite enough to carry the team to a win. All three were a bit exposed by the speed of the Jayhawk guards.
- Nate Lubick was getting a ton of grief last night after the game on the Hoya interwebs as I went to bed. Nate actually played a solid defensive game while having to guard an absolute beast in Robinson. I think fans generally focus on the offense (Nate and Henry Sims were both brutal) and ignore the defensive end for the most part.
- Freshmen report other than Otto (FROTO): Greg Whittington was a bit overwhelmed on the offensive end by Kansas' tough defense, but played well enough defensively (especially as a freshman) to stay on the court. Jabril Trawick played his expected solid defense but needed to add something offensively to be useful. Mikael Hopkins looked like the game was moving too fast for him.
Let's run the numbers:
TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE . Visitor Home . Georgetown Kansas . 1st Half 2nd Half Total 1st Half 2nd Half Total Pace 34 32 65 Points 35 28 63 37 30 67 Effic. 104.3 87.8 96.3 110.3 94.0 102.4 eFG% 53.7 39.3 46.4 51.9 52.1 52.0 TO% 17.9 15.7 16.8 14.9 21.9 18.3 OR% 18.8 26.3 22.9 33.3 28.6 31.2 FTA/FGA 29.6 35.7 32.7 51.9 33.3 43.1 Assist Rate 25.0 30.0 27.3 66.7 41.7 54.2 Block Rate 18.8 5.3 11.4 7.7 16.7 12.9 Steal Rate 3.0 12.5 7.6 6.0 6.3 6.1 2FG% 53.8 44.4 48.4 50.0 57.9 54.3 3FG% 35.7 20.0 29.2 36.4 20.0 31.2 FT% 75.0 60.0 66.7 64.3 62.5 63.6
INDIVIDUAL NET POINTS STATS Georgetown Off % Pts Def Pts Player Poss Poss O.Rtg Prod Poss D.Rtg Allow Net Pts Thompson, Hollis 57 20.1 110.9 12.7 57 101.0 11.5 +1.1 Lubick, Nate 48 18.7 72.2 6.5 47 91.7 8.6 -1.9 Sims, Henry 40 28.4 77.8 8.8 40 112.2 9.0 -2.0 Starks, Markel 41 13.4 111.1 6.1 41 114.7 9.4 -1.8 Clark, Jason 52 26.1 104.0 14.1 53 90.3 9.6 +3.2 Whittington, Greg 34 15.1 63.7 3.3 33 96.1 6.3 -2.4 Hopkins, Mikael 7 0.0 - 0.0 6 179.2 2.1 -2.1 Porter, Otto 43 25.5 126.2 13.9 40 82.0 6.6 +6.1 Trawick, Jabril 8 0.0 - 0.0 8 83.8 1.3 -1.3 TOTALS 66 97.6 65.3 65 99.2 64.5 -0.1 Kansas Off % Pts Def Pts Player Poss Poss O.Rtg Prod Poss D.Rtg Allow Net Pts Robinson, Thomas 58 26.7 110.2 17.0 58 84.2 9.8 +5.6 Withey, Jeff 25 20.6 46.8 2.4 24 64.7 3.1 -0.8 Taylor, Tyshawn 55 24.8 109.4 14.9 57 111.7 12.7 +0.9 Johnson, Elijah 62 13.9 120.1 10.4 62 85.3 10.6 +1.4 Releford, Travis 48 16.3 123.5 9.7 49 78.8 7.7 +2.7 Tharpe, Naadir 11 19.0 107.7 2.2 11 86.4 1.9 +0.4 Teahan, Conner 38 24.8 83.4 7.8 37 112.4 8.3 -1.6 Wesley, Justin 18 16.0 97.2 2.8 21 110.7 4.7 -1.1 Young, Kevin 10 10.0 0.0 0.0 11 96.7 2.1 -1.5 TOTALS 65 101.8 67.3 66 92.3 60.9 +6.3
HD BOX SCORE
Georgetown vs Kansas
11-21-11 7 p.m. at Lahaina Civic Center, Maui, Hawaii
Final score: Kansas 67, Georgetown 63
Georgetown Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
Thompson, Hollis 33:32 - 7 14/53 3- 4 2- 5 2- 2 9/45 0/13 1/57 2/57 1/30 0/30 5/27 3
Lubick, Nate 28:56 + 1 4/45 1- 2 0- 2 2- 4 4/38 2/14 0/47 2/48 0/26 2/26 1/25 4
Sims, Henry 24:25 -11 8/34 2- 9 0- 0 4- 5 9/36 1/10 0/40 2/40 2/27 2/24 4/21 3
Starks, Markel 24:49 - 8 7/37 3- 3 0- 2 1- 2 5/37 0/11 0/41 1/41 0/22 0/25 2/20 0
Clark, Jason 30:33 - 6 15/47 3- 7 2- 6 3- 5 13/40 1/11 2/53 2/52 0/32 0/27 5/26 3
Whittington, Greg 21:59 + 3 3/39 0- 2 1- 4 0- 0 6/31 1/12 1/33 0/34 0/14 0/19 2/16 1
Hopkins, Mikael 03:38 + 4 0/14 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 6 0/ 6 0/ 6 0/ 7 0/ 1 0/ 0 0/ 3 3
Porter, Otto 26:20 + 8 12/43 3- 4 2- 5 0- 0 9/35 1/10 1/40 2/43 1/19 3/23 2/19 3
Trawick, Jabril 05:48 - 4 0/ 3 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 7 0/ 1 0/ 8 0/ 8 0/ 4 0/ 6 1/ 3 0
TOTALS 40:00 63 15-31 7-24 12-18 55 6/22 5/65 11/66 4/35 8/36 22/31 20
. 0.484 0.292 0.667 0.273 0.077 0.167 0.114 0.222 0.710
Kansas Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
Robinson, Thomas 35:09 + 5 20/58 7-14 0- 0 6-10 14/46 1/14 0/58 2/58 2/28 1/29 11/31 3
Withey, Jeff 13:36 + 8 2/29 1- 3 0- 0 0- 1 3/20 0/10 1/24 2/25 0/15 1/12 5/18 5
Taylor, Tyshawn 32:55 - 5 16/54 2- 6 3- 3 3- 5 9/43 3/15 0/57 2/55 1/27 0/27 1/31 0
Johnson, Elijah 37:44 + 9 9/64 3- 3 1- 6 0- 0 9/50 5/19 1/62 2/62 0/28 0/32 3/34 2
Releford, Travis 28:41 + 3 10/42 4- 4 0- 0 2- 2 4/35 0/13 1/49 3/48 1/25 2/21 2/32 3
Tharpe, Naadir 08:16 + 5 2/15 1- 1 0- 2 0- 0 3/ 9 1/ 4 0/11 0/11 0/ 5 0/ 5 1/ 5 0
Teahan, Conner 24:34 + 5 5/46 0- 1 1- 5 2- 2 6/32 3/14 0/37 1/38 0/15 2/20 0/18 1
Wesley, Justin 12:24 - 9 3/14 1- 2 0- 0 1- 2 2/12 0/ 3 0/21 0/18 0/ 8 1/ 9 0/ 7 4
Young, Kevin 06:41 - 1 0/13 0- 1 0- 0 0- 0 1/ 8 0/ 4 1/11 0/10 0/ 4 0/ 5 1/ 4 0
TOTALS 40:00 67 19-35 5-16 14-22 51 13/24 4/66 12/65 4/31 9/31 28/36 18
. 0.543 0.312 0.636 0.542 0.061 0.185 0.129 0.290 0.778
Efficiency: Kansas 1.031, Georgetown 0.955
eFG%: Kansas 0.520, Georgetown 0.464
Substitutions: Kansas 28, Georgetown 36
2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Kansas 9-10, Georgetown 0-0
Layups/Tips: Kansas 6-15, Georgetown 11-19
Jumpers: Kansas 4-10, Georgetown 4-12
Fast break pts (% FG pts): Kansas 11 (20.8), Georgetown 7 (13.7)
Pts (eff.) after steal: Kansas 9 (225.0), Georgetown 3 (60.0)
Seconds per poss: Kansas 19.5, Georgetown 17.2
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Our turnovers usually come from tough passes to cutters (which lead to high percentage shots). In this case the low TO rate probably comes hand-in-hand with the very-low-for-Georgetown assist rate. The offense just wasn't running the way it should
ReplyDeleteI think our bigs are trying to make the difficult pass instead of the safe pass. Sims & Lubick are above-average passers but the windows they have tried to squeeze these passes too are too small.
ReplyDeleteI do like the ball-movement this year though. More crisp passes are going to continue to lead to open looks.
By their nature, the passes to cutters in the paint are difficult passes.
ReplyDeleteAs Jack noted, there is a higher risk/reward on high-post passing to cutters in the Princeton than the passing in most other offenses. JT3 has always been willing to live with the high turnover rate in exchange for the very high eFG%.
It just takes a ton of reps in practice and games (a la Jeff Green) or a preternatural gift for it (a la Greg Monroe) to pull it off.