There was considerable consternation last time out as the Hoyas struggled with their shot against the Howard Bison, but today's result hints that it was a one-time performance. Georgetown's eFG% of 65% was their best effort from the floor since their game at Chaminade during the Maui tournament.
The biggest difference between halves was turnovers. American went into half-time with a 9-5 advantage in turnovers forced [and 5-2 in steals]. The Eagles weren't necessarily turning the errors into points - only 4 points after steals - but rather the turnovers were symptomatic of the Hoyas sloppy play. Georgetown ended 9 of 31 [= 29%] offensive possessions without a scoring attempt. No single player was the cause of all the give aways as Starks, Sims, Lubick and Clark all ended the Lift-off half with multiple turnovers.
Coach Thompson made a clear adjustment in the locker room, as the offense pointedly ran through Henry Sims at the high post in the Vespers half - Henry had all of his 6 assists in the second half with only a single turnover. For the half, Georgetown had the better of American 10-3 in turnovers and converted six Eagle live turnovers (i.e. steals) into 11 points.
Meanwhile, the Hoyas suddenly were running amok in the paint in the Vespers half - Georgetown shot a ridiculous 18/19 after the break on dunks, tips and layups, while attempts only 12 jump shots (and making just three). This was after attempting only one (!) in-close shot in the first half while hoisting 19 jumpers.
And with today's win, the Hoyas have wrapped up the easy part of their schedule: the previously over-rated (pay) but now under-rated Memphis Tigers arrive at the Verizon Center on Thursday night for a rematch of the overtime battle in Hawaii, then Georgetown heads to Louisville for a brutal road opener of conference play.
Let's run the numbers:
. Home Visitor . Georgetown American . 1st Half 2nd Half Total 1st Half 2nd Half Total Pace 31 34 65 Points 32 49 81 26 29 55 Effic. 102.5 145.0 124.3 83.2 85.8 84.4 eFG% 55.0 71.0 64.7 39.3 53.8 46.3 TO% 28.8 8.9 18.4 16.0 29.6 23.0 OR% 40.0 25.0 31.8 20.0 26.7 22.9 FTA/FGA 65.0 22.6 39.2 21.4 7.7 14.8 Assist Rate 77.8 52.4 60.0 70.0 41.7 54.5 Block Rate 18.8 0.0 9.7 9.1 4.2 5.7 Steal Rate 6.4 17.8 12.3 16.0 0.0 7.7 2FG% 45.5 79.2 68.6 50.0 53.3 51.6 3FG% 44.4 28.6 37.5 16.7 36.4 26.1 FT% 76.9 71.4 75.0 66.7 50.0 62.5
More stats and thoughts 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 48 27.8 118.7 15.8 49 83.2 8.2 +6.2 Starks, Markel 49 22.3 160.8 17.5 50 95.1 9.5 +7.6 Sims, Henry 43 27.0 158.1 18.4 44 82.9 7.3 +9.9 Clark, Jason 49 20.8 91.6 9.3 48 60.5 5.8 +3.4 Lubick, Nate 31 17.8 96.6 5.3 33 76.4 5.0 +0.7 Whittington, Greg 33 9.9 109.2 3.6 35 83.4 5.8 -0.7 Hopkins, Mikael 4 19.7 200.0 1.6 5 128.0 1.3 +0.4 Porter, Otto 35 21.3 153.5 11.5 35 70.8 5.0 +6.3 Bowen, Aaron 4 0.0 - 0.0 5 128.0 1.3 -1.3 Caprio, John 2 0.0 - 0.0 2 10.0 0.0 -0.0 Trawick, Jabril 17 20.6 172.9 6.1 19 74.7 2.8 +3.3 TOTALS 63 133.7 89.1 65 80.1 52.0 +36.0 American Off % Pts Def Pts Player Poss Poss O.Rtg Prod Poss D.Rtg Allow Net Pts Munoz, Daniel 50 16.0 53.4 4.3 51 107.9 11.0 -5.5 Jolivette, Blake 54 28.0 74.4 11.3 54 119.5 12.9 -4.2 Schoof, John 54 24.4 93.5 12.3 50 104.6 10.5 +0.2 Hinkle, Charles 46 23.7 145.1 15.8 43 136.9 11.8 +2.5 Wroblicky, Tony 29 14.5 58.3 2.5 29 112.6 6.5 -3.2 McCormack, Simon 28 20.4 130.7 7.5 30 140.0 8.4 -0.7 Kager, Kyle 2 0.0 - 0.0 2 100.0 0.4 -0.4 Simon II, Wayne 11 20.3 24.0 0.5 9 167.3 3.0 -2.8 Flood Jr., Warren 1 100.0 100.0 1.0 0 128.6 0.0 +0.4 Fisher, Daniel 10 0.0 - 0.0 9 155.8 2.8 -2.8 Grafft, Riley 26 8.3 122.1 2.6 25 125.9 6.3 -1.9 Hill, Joe 4 25.0 0.0 0.0 3 133.3 0.8 -1.1 Bersch, Mike 10 37.9 62.3 2.4 10 193.5 3.9 -3.2 TOTALS 65 89.3 60.1 63 124.2 78.3 -20.1
Henry Sims was the player of the game today, getting the nod over Markel Starks. While Starks was going off [4/6] from behind the arc, Sims came to life in the second half to wake up the Princeton offense - lots of the cuts to the basket were suddenly rewarded.
Hollis Thompson got his points despite struggling again from deep - after making 6/7 3FG against NJIT, Hollis has missed his last 6 3FG attempts (the horror!).
In spite of scuffling a bit on offense, Jason Clark and Nate Lubick chipped in with solid defense against the Eagles. Like Hollis, Jason is also a bit off on his outside shots [3/12 in his last three games] - perhaps an unfairly high standard, but delusion often trumps cynicism when it comes to Hoya fans. Clark also appears to be reverting to his 25-foot shot attempts from last season.
While watching the game, I was thinking "Otto seems to be struggling a bit." Then I looked at the box score after the game, and Mr. Porter was serving as the key contributor [+6 net points].
With the uptick in opponent quality coming, an argument can be made to move Porter into the starting lineup for Lubick. It's a tricky decision - Porter is playing well coming off the bench and it's hard to know how Lubick will react to moving to the bench. Further, the move would make the Hoyas considerably smaller (if not in height, than in bulk). It could work against undersized Memphis, but the larger Big East teams - Louisville, Connecticut, Syracuse - could definitely cause some issues for either Thompson or Porter defending in the post.
We'll have to see if Coach Thompson makes the move.
HD BOX SCORE
American vs Georgetown
12/17/11 12:00 at Verizon Center
Final score: Georgetown 81, American 55
American Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
Munoz, Daniel 32:11 -20 2/40 1- 3 0- 1 0- 1 4/43 4/16 2/51 3/50 0/27 1/27 2/21 2
Jolivette, Blake 33:46 -20 11/43 4-10 1- 4 0- 0 14/45 3/13 0/54 4/54 0/31 0/29 1/21 1
Schoof, John 31:01 - 9 12/49 2- 2 2- 7 2- 2 9/44 1/15 2/50 3/54 0/25 1/28 2/19 3
Hinkle, Charles 28:31 -16 16/40 4- 6 2- 7 2- 3 13/37 1/10 0/43 1/46 1/28 1/22 2/18 4
Wroblicky, Tony 17:32 -11 2/21 1- 3 0- 0 0- 0 3/23 0/ 8 0/29 1/29 0/18 1/16 1/10 2
McCormack, Simon 18:35 -20 8/23 4- 5 0- 0 0- 0 5/26 0/ 6 0/30 1/28 0/16 1/17 2/10 2
Kager, Kyle 01:12 - 1 0/ 1 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 1 0/ 0 0/ 2 0/ 2 0/ 1 0/ 2 0/ 0 0
Simon II, Wayne 05:49 - 8 0/ 9 0- 1 0- 0 0- 0 1/ 8 1/ 3 0/ 9 1/11 0/ 6 0/ 6 0/ 2 2
Flood Jr., Warren 00:29 + 1 1/ 1 0- 0 0- 0 1- 2 0/ 0 0/ 0 0/ 0 0/ 1 0/ 0 0/ 1 0/ 0 0
Fisher, Daniel 05:46 - 5 0/ 9 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 7 0/ 3 0/ 9 0/10 0/ 6 0/ 5 0/ 5 1
Grafft, Riley 16:42 -10 0/25 0- 1 0- 0 0- 0 1/24 2/10 1/25 0/26 0/11 2/14 2/ 9 2
Hill, Joe 02:00 + 2 0/ 6 0- 0 0- 1 0- 0 1/ 3 0/ 2 0/ 3 0/ 4 0/ 2 0/ 2 0/ 1 0
Bersch, Mike 06:26 -13 3/ 8 0- 0 1- 3 0- 0 3/ 9 0/ 2 0/10 1/10 1/ 4 0/ 6 0/ 4 1
TOTALS 40:00 55 16-31 6-23 5- 8 54 12/22 5/63 15/65 2/35 8/35 15/22 20
. 0.516 0.261 0.625 0.545 0.079 0.231 0.057 0.229 0.682
Georgetown Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
Thompson, Hollis 29:38 +21 15/62 6-10 0- 2 3- 3 12/39 2/16 0/49 0/48 0/25 1/19 7/25 1
Starks, Markel 31:10 +20 18/63 2- 2 4- 6 2- 2 8/39 2/16 0/50 2/49 0/26 0/17 0/27 1
Sims, Henry 26:22 +23 17/58 7-10 0- 0 3- 4 10/35 6/15 0/44 3/43 2/22 0/15 3/23 1
Clark, Jason 29:43 +22 9/59 2- 2 1- 5 2- 2 7/39 2/19 4/48 3/49 0/24 0/19 3/26 4
Lubick, Nate 20:32 + 9 4/37 2- 3 0- 0 0- 0 3/27 1/13 1/33 3/31 0/15 1/12 4/17 1
Whittington, Greg 22:25 +17 3/47 0- 0 1- 2 0- 2 2/27 1/17 1/35 0/33 1/18 0/12 1/22 2
Hopkins, Mikael 02:26 + 0 2/ 6 1- 1 0- 0 0- 0 1/ 4 0/ 2 0/ 5 0/ 4 0/ 1 0/ 2 0/ 2 0
Porter, Otto 22:41 +11 8/42 3- 6 0- 0 2- 4 6/29 2/12 1/35 0/35 0/14 3/17 7/19 2
Bowen, Aaron 02:26 + 0 0/ 6 0- 0 0- 1 0- 0 1/ 4 0/ 3 0/ 5 0/ 4 0/ 1 0/ 2 0/ 2 3
Caprio, John 01:12 + 1 0/ 2 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 1 0/ 1 0/ 2 0/ 2 0/ 0 0/ 0 1/ 2 0
Trawick, Jabril 11:25 + 6 5/23 1- 1 0- 0 3- 3 1/11 2/ 6 1/19 1/17 0/ 9 0/ 5 0/10 3
TOTALS 40:00 81 24-35 6-16 15-20 51 18/30 8/65 12/63 3/31 7/22 27/35 18
. 0.686 0.375 0.750 0.600 0.123 0.190 0.097 0.318 0.771
Efficiency: Georgetown 1.286, American 0.846
eFG%: Georgetown 0.647, American 0.463
Substitutions: Georgetown 29, American 34
2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Georgetown 2-2, American 0-0
Layups/Tips: Georgetown 17-18, American 7-14
Jumpers: Georgetown 5-15, American 9-17
Fast break pts (% FG pts): Georgetown 8 (12.1), American 4 (8.0)
Pts (eff.) after steal: Georgetown 14 (175.0), American 4 (80.0)
Seconds per poss: Georgetown 16.5, American 21.1
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Stats pages will be updated tomorrow evening
Is this right, Georgetown shot 19 of their 20 dunks and layups/tips in the second half? That seems... extreme, but that seems to be what the PBP says.
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