I didn't get my hands on the Hoyas stats package until late tonight (thanks as always to Mex Carey for coming through in the clutch) so you'll get only a stats dump tonight.
The briefest of summaries:
- Hoya bench (Trawick, Hopkins) - good
- Otto Porter - very good
- Markel Starks - tremendous
(Edited to add some morning-after thoughts)
Having had a night to sleep on it, I'm beginning to wonder if last night's game isn't the perfect example of why Georgetown tends to struggle to live up to early season expectations. The Hoyas were unconscious from behind the arc in the second half, and now delusion is running rampant.
The important stats to consider from last night were:
- Turnovers. The Cardinals win by turning over their opponent - it fueled their late-game comeback. Indeed, of Georgetown's 16 turnovers, 13 were by Louisville steals, i.e. live-ball turnovers. The Hoyas entered last night's game having turned the ball over 17.3% of possessions, good for 25th nationally. That trend was out of character for JT3-coached teams, who tend to be far too sloppy with the ball. Last night's game may indicate that the team is regressing towards the mean now that the level of competition has improved.
- Outside shooting. There are few better ways to punish an opponent than to make a high percentage of 3FGs. The Cardinals are a great defensive team against inside shots [def 2FG% = 37.9%, 4th], but just mediocre against shots behind the arc [def 3FG% = 35.5%, 223rd]. The Princeton-variant offense that the Hoyas use is very good at generating open looks from deep, and Markel Starks and Hollis Thompson certainly took advantage. But the Hoyas aren't going to shoot 64% from deep in most games, no matter how open they are.
- Defense. The Hoyas starters yesterday struggled a bit with the Cards version of the dribble-drive offense. Nate Lubick especially ended with a poor defensive rating in limited minutes, but all the starters were at or above a defensive rating of 100 for the game. But here, the Hoyas real strength this season came to the fore - the massive length that Coach Thompson can roll out from his bench. Porter, Trawick, Whittington and Hopkins all got serious burn last night in their first conference road game, and all rated better than the starters defensively. And that may be the key to the Hoyas' season: for the first time since 2008, Coach Thompson may have - and trust - his bench.
Let's run the numbers:
TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE . Visitor Home . Georgetown LOUISVILLE . 1st Half 2nd Half Total 1st Half 2nd Half Total Pace 33 33 66 Points 32 39 71 35 33 68 Effic. 97.7 118.4 108.1 106.9 100.2 103.5 eFG% 47.8 62.0 55.2 51.7 45.2 48.3 TO% 27.5 21.2 24.4 15.3 12.1 13.7 OR% 40.0 28.6 34.5 31.6 31.8 31.7 FTA/FGA 56.5 44.0 50.0 31.0 25.8 28.3 Assist Rate 50.0 46.2 47.8 61.5 58.3 60.0 Block Rate 0.0 10.0 5.6 16.7 10.5 13.5 Steal Rate 9.2 3.0 6.1 21.4 18.2 19.8 2FG% 44.4 42.1 43.2 56.2 40.0 47.2 3FG% 40.0 83.3 63.6 30.8 36.4 33.3 FT% 76.9 72.7 75.0 55.6 62.5 58.8
INDIVIDUAL NET POINTS STATS Georgetown Off % Pts Def Pts Player Poss Poss O.Rtg Prod Poss D.Rtg Allow Net Pts THOMPSON, Hollis 51 19.8 100.7 10.2 51 99.8 10.2 +0.1 LUBICK, Nate 18 17.7 75.7 2.4 18 142.7 5.1 -2.4 SIMS, Henry 44 29.5 73.7 9.6 46 106.7 9.8 -2.3 STARKS, Markel 46 25.2 162.6 18.9 47 103.1 9.7 +8.0 CLARK, Jason 51 16.1 91.1 7.5 51 107.5 11.0 -2.4 WHITTINGTON, Greg 16 1.6 228.6 0.6 19 73.2 2.8 -0.9 HOPKINS, Mikael 12 18.6 115.5 2.6 11 53.1 1.2 +1.4 PORTER, Otto 51 26.4 113.3 15.2 53 75.5 8.0 +6.2 TRAWICK, Jabril 31 15.9 182.4 9.0 34 99.5 6.8 +3.2 TOTALS 64 113.3 76.0 66 97.7 64.5 +10.9 LOUISVILLE Off % Pts Def Pts Player Poss Poss O.Rtg Prod Poss D.Rtg Allow Net Pts KURIC, Kyle 66 16.7 148.0 16.3 64 113.5 14.5 +2.8 BEHANAN, Chane 53 15.3 103.5 8.4 49 86.0 8.4 +0.7 DIENG, Gorgui 42 25.0 99.2 10.4 42 93.1 7.8 +1.6 SIVA, Peyton 61 21.5 120.8 15.8 59 89.1 10.5 +4.7 SMITH, Chris 39 12.1 122.5 5.8 36 129.4 9.3 -1.9 SMITH, Russ 40 36.9 89.9 13.3 39 96.9 7.6 +2.3 BUCKLES, Rakeem 24 17.9 62.2 2.7 25 155.2 7.8 -4.5 SWOPSHIRE, Jared 4 44.3 43.5 0.8 5 110.0 1.1 -0.8 WARE, Kevin 1 0.0 - 0.0 1 200.0 0.4 -0.4 TOTALS 66 107.6 73.4 64 105.4 67.4 +3.7
HD BOX SCORE
Georgetown vs LOUISVILLE
12/28/11 7:02PM at KFC Yum! Center, LOUISVILLE, KY
Final score: Georgetown 71, LOUISVILLE 68
Georgetown Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
THOMPSON, Hollis 31:08 - 1 10/54 2- 8 2- 2 0- 0 10/38 1/14 1/51 4/51 0/29 1/22 4/27 1
LUBICK, Nate 12:21 - 4 2/21 1- 1 0- 1 0- 0 2/14 1/ 7 0/18 1/18 0/10 0/ 7 0/10 3
SIMS, Henry 25:56 - 3 7/46 2- 8 0- 0 3- 4 8/30 4/13 0/46 3/44 0/25 0/17 3/28 3
STARKS, Markel 28:47 + 7 20/54 3- 4 4- 4 2- 2 8/33 0/12 0/47 3/46 0/23 1/16 2/32 1
CLARK, Jason 29:31 - 4 7/50 2- 7 0- 1 3- 5 8/34 1/13 0/51 1/51 2/28 1/23 4/31 3
WHITTINGTON, Greg 11:20 + 7 0/24 0- 1 0- 0 0- 0 1/14 1/ 7 1/19 0/16 0/11 0/ 9 2/16 2
HOPKINS, Mikael 07:33 + 5 2/11 0- 2 0- 0 2- 2 2/10 1/ 3 0/11 0/12 0/ 6 1/ 8 1/ 9 0
PORTER, Otto 31:42 + 5 14/57 5- 5 0- 1 4- 6 6/38 1/13 2/53 4/51 0/27 3/24 11/33 1
TRAWICK, Jabril 21:42 + 3 9/38 1- 1 1- 2 4- 5 3/29 1/10 0/34 0/31 0/21 1/19 1/19 4
TOTALS 40:00 71 16-37 7-11 18-24 48 11/23 4/66 16/64 2/36 10/29 28/41 18
. 0.432 0.636 0.750 0.478 0.061 0.250 0.056 0.345 0.683
LOUISVILLE Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
KURIC, Kyle 40:00 - 3 17/68 0- 1 5-12 2- 2 13/60 1/20 1/64 0/66 1/37 2/41 2/29 3
BEHANAN, Chane 32:04 +15 8/64 4- 7 0- 1 0- 0 8/54 0/20 3/49 1/53 1/31 3/33 5/24 1
DIENG, Gorgui 26:12 - 1 7/43 3- 8 0- 0 1- 3 8/34 3/12 2/42 1/42 2/25 3/24 5/18 5
SIVA, Peyton 35:36 + 3 15/63 5- 9 0- 1 5- 6 10/54 6/18 5/59 2/61 1/33 0/37 3/28 2
SMITH, Chris 23:11 + 3 4/46 0- 2 1- 3 1- 3 5/38 3/16 0/36 0/39 0/18 1/25 0/13 2
SMITH, Russ 24:09 - 4 14/40 4- 6 2- 7 0- 0 13/36 2/ 9 2/39 3/40 0/25 1/23 2/22 4
BUCKLES, Rakeem 15:18 -22 2/15 1- 3 0- 0 0- 1 3/21 0/ 5 0/25 1/24 0/13 2/18 1/ 9 2
SWOPSHIRE, Jared 02:50 - 4 1/ 1 0- 0 0- 0 1- 2 0/ 2 0/ 0 0/ 5 1/ 4 0/ 3 0/ 3 0/ 2 1
WARE, Kevin 00:40 - 2 0/ 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 1 0/ 0 0/ 1 0/ 1 0/ 0 0/ 1 0/ 0 0
TOTALS 40:00 68 17-36 8-24 10-17 60 15/25 13/64 9/66 5/37 13/41 19/29 20
. 0.472 0.333 0.588 0.600 0.203 0.136 0.135 0.317 0.655
Efficiency: Georgetown 1.109, LOUISVILLE 1.030
eFG%: Georgetown 0.552, LOUISVILLE 0.483
Substitutions: Georgetown 30, LOUISVILLE 26
2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Georgetown 1-2, LOUISVILLE 5-5
Layups/Tips: Georgetown 7-14, LOUISVILLE 9-19
Jumpers: Georgetown 8-21, LOUISVILLE 3-12
Fast break pts (% FG pts): Georgetown 0 (0.0), LOUISVILLE 4 (6.9)
Pts (eff.) after steal: Georgetown 6 (150.0), LOUISVILLE 13 (100.0)
Seconds per poss: Georgetown 17.8, LOUISVILLE 19.0
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