"Other than the turnovers, Coach Thompson, how did you enjoy the offense?"
The Hoyas shot 6/10 on 3FGs (including Jason Clark's errant mid-court shot at the final buzzer) and abused the Bearcats inside the paint [14/19 on dunks, layups and tip-ins]. They gathered more than a third of their own missed shots for the first time since at Louisville. But Georgetown simply couldn't put together a great offensive game because of the incessant turnovers [17], usually on a Cincinnati steal [13]. The turnover differential in the game [17-9] meant that the Bearcats had eight more offensive possessions end with a scoring attempt. In a game that was tied with less than 90 seconds remaining, that's a killer.
And not to beat a dead horse, but down near the bottom of the HD box score, we track points-after-steals; tonight the Hoyas trailed in that stat 14-0.
But here's the funny thing - the offense really wasn't the problem tonight. Seriously. Cincinnati is actually a solid defensive team - they had allowed 0.91 pts / possession in their first three conference games, mostly by turning over their opponents.
No, the real issue tonight was the Hoyas' defense.
The Bearcats came into the game struggling to make shots in conference games - 40 2FG%, 42 eFG% coming in, which were second-worst and worst in the conference, respectively. Yet tonight, the Hoyas watched Dion Dixon and Sean Kilpatrick manage a combined 14/21 on 2FGs in the game, and the Bearcats as a whole shoot a cool 50% eFG for the game.
Georgetown's early season success was predicated upon their stingy defense and just enough offense to put teams away. The Hoyas are now finding that they can't get the stops as easily as they once did, and will have to find a fix to stay with the top teams in the league.
Thankfully, the conference season is still early on and the young Hoyas can still adjust and improve.
Let's run the numbers:
. Home Visitor . Georgetown Cincinnati . 1st Half 2nd Half Total 1st Half 2nd Half Total Pace 31 29 59 Points 34 30 64 32 36 68 Effic. 110.0 105.2 108.0 103.5 126.2 114.8 eFG% 66.0 65.8 65.9 48.1 52.2 50.0 TO% 29.1 28.0 28.7 16.2 14.0 15.2 OR% 27.3 44.4 35.0 26.7 42.9 34.5 FTA/FGA 4.0 47.4 22.7 22.2 69.6 44.0 Assist Rate 50.0 58.3 53.8 16.7 45.5 30.4 Block Rate 10.5 11.1 10.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 Steal Rate 9.7 7.0 8.4 25.9 17.5 21.9 2FG% 50.0 68.8 58.8 52.6 50.0 51.4 3FG% 71.4 33.3 60.0 25.0 40.0 30.8 FT% 100.0 55.6 60.0 100.0 75.0 81.8
INDIVIDUAL NET POINTS STATS Georgetown Off % Pts Def Pts Player Poss Poss O.Rtg Prod Poss D.Rtg Allow Net Pts THOMPSON, Hollis 52 14.3 197.1 14.6 52 96.5 10.0 +6.0 STARKS, Markel 46 17.3 123.1 9.8 45 94.1 8.5 +1.8 SIMS, Henry 39 36.9 76.4 11.0 41 109.3 9.0 -1.4 CLARK, Jason 51 23.3 117.5 14.0 51 112.1 11.4 +1.6 LUBICK, Nate 33 25.3 131.6 11.0 33 91.1 6.0 +4.2 WHITTINGTON, Greg 32 8.6 135.5 3.7 32 143.3 9.2 -2.8 HOPKINS, Mikael 9 11.1 0.0 0.0 9 137.7 2.5 -1.9 PORTER, Otto 23 35.4 77.1 6.3 22 148.2 6.5 -3.0 TRAWICK, Jabril 5 10.0 266.7 1.3 5 198.0 2.0 -0.2 TOTALS 58 115.0 71.8 58 112.2 65.1 +4.2 Cincinnati Off % Pts Def Pts Player Poss Poss O.Rtg Prod Poss D.Rtg Allow Net Pts WRIGHT, Cashmere 36 23.8 38.4 3.3 34 101.8 6.9 -4.5 DIXON, Dion 56 28.9 126.8 20.5 56 96.8 10.8 +7.3 KILPATRICK, Sean 54 27.0 162.7 23.7 53 97.3 10.3 +11.4 GATES, Yancy 47 22.8 89.5 9.6 46 98.4 9.1 -0.2 PARKER, JaQuon 15 8.3 44.3 0.6 15 108.4 3.3 -1.7 DAVIS III, Jeremiah 19 0.0 - 0.0 21 108.3 4.5 -4.5 JACKSON, Justin 39 11.8 131.8 6.1 41 110.9 9.1 -1.0 MBODJ, Cheikh 16 13.6 110.4 2.4 16 126.3 4.0 -1.0 GUYN, Ge'Lawn 0 - - 0.0 0 110.3 0.0 +0.0 SANDERS, Jermaine 8 4.3 225.0 0.8 8 131.2 2.1 -0.5 TOTALS 58 114.5 66.9 58 103.7 60.2 +6.5
HD BOX SCORE
Cincinnati vs Georgetown
01/09/12 9:00 at Verizon Center
Final score: Cincinnati 68, Georgetown 64
Cincinnati Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
WRIGHT, Cashmere 25:42 - 2 2/34 0- 5 0- 1 2- 2 6/33 4/12 1/34 3/36 0/21 0/24 3/12 4
DIXON, Dion 38:34 + 4 22/66 7-10 1- 5 5- 6 15/48 2/14 4/56 2/56 0/32 1/29 1/19 1
KILPATRICK, Sean 37:03 + 6 27/63 7-11 3- 5 4- 5 16/48 0/11 4/53 1/54 0/30 1/30 1/18 3
GATES, Yancy 31:40 + 5 8/55 2- 6 0- 0 4- 5 6/41 0/16 2/46 1/47 0/25 3/25 4/15 2
PARKER, JaQuon 10:55 -10 0/ 9 0- 0 0- 1 0- 0 1/13 0/ 4 1/15 0/15 0/11 1/ 9 1/ 7 0
DAVIS III, Jeremiah 12:46 + 4 0/26 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/14 0/ 9 0/21 0/19 0/13 0/ 5 1/ 8 0
JACKSON, Justin 25:52 +12 7/56 2- 2 0- 1 3- 4 3/31 0/15 1/41 1/39 0/20 0/17 0/11 4
MBODJ, Cheikh 12:21 - 1 2/19 1- 3 0- 0 0- 0 3/16 0/ 7 0/16 1/16 0/13 1/ 9 1/ 7 1
GUYN, Ge'Lawn 00:16 + 0 0/ 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 0 0/ 0 0/ 0 0/ 0 0/ 0 0/ 0 0/ 0 0
SANDERS, Jermaine 04:51 + 2 0/12 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 6 1/ 4 0/ 8 0/ 8 0/ 5 0/ 2 1/ 3 0
TOTALS 40:00 68 19-37 4-13 18-22 50 7/23 13/58 9/58 0/34 10/29 13/20 15
. 0.514 0.308 0.818 0.304 0.224 0.155 0.000 0.345 0.650
Georgetown Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
THOMPSON, Hollis 35:47 - 3 14/56 1- 2 4- 4 0- 0 6/40 2/18 2/52 2/52 0/33 1/19 4/27 3
STARKS, Markel 31:22 + 2 10/48 2- 4 2- 4 0- 0 8/34 1/16 1/45 1/46 0/28 0/15 3/23 1
SIMS, Henry 27:44 -10 10/37 4- 9 0- 0 2- 4 9/27 2/11 1/41 5/39 1/25 1/15 2/21 1
CLARK, Jason 35:06 + 1 14/58 6- 6 0- 1 2- 3 7/38 2/17 1/51 4/51 2/28 0/17 2/26 2
LUBICK, Nate 23:45 + 4 8/34 4- 5 0- 0 0- 0 5/23 3/10 0/33 3/33 1/21 3/10 5/23 2
WHITTINGTON, Greg 21:14 - 5 2/41 1- 1 0- 0 0- 0 1/27 1/16 0/32 1/32 0/21 1/ 9 1/12 2
HOPKINS, Mikael 05:50 + 1 0/13 0- 1 0- 0 0- 0 1/ 8 0/ 5 0/ 9 0/ 9 0/ 5 0/ 3 0/ 3 1
PORTER, Otto 16:30 - 8 6/25 2- 6 0- 1 2- 3 7/19 2/ 8 0/22 1/23 0/20 0/11 1/13 3
TRAWICK, Jabril 02:42 - 2 0/ 8 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 4 1/ 3 0/ 5 0/ 5 0/ 4 0/ 1 0/ 2 1
TOTALS 40:00 64 20-34 6-10 6-10 44 14/26 5/58 17/58 4/37 7/20 19/29 16
. 0.588 0.600 0.600 0.538 0.086 0.293 0.108 0.350 0.655
Efficiency: Cincinnati 1.172, Georgetown 1.103
eFG%: Cincinnati 0.500, Georgetown 0.659
Substitutions: Cincinnati 25, Georgetown 26
2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Cincinnati 2-2, Georgetown 1-2
Layups/Tips: Cincinnati 10-19, Georgetown 13-17
Jumpers: Cincinnati 7-16, Georgetown 6-15
Fast break pts (% FG pts): Cincinnati 6 (12.0), Georgetown 5 (8.6)
Pts (eff.) after steal: Cincinnati 14 (107.7), Georgetown 0 (0.0)
Seconds per poss: Cincinnati 19.4, Georgetown 22.0
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