A simplistic way to describe Georgetown's offensive game today is Hollis Thompson for three [5/9 3FG] and second-chance points [19 off. reb, 21 pts]. The Hoyas' offense failed to make shots in the first half, settling for too many mid-range jumpshots [3/11] rather than inside attempts [4/9]. The Hoyas turned this around in the second half, where they continually attacked the rim or followed their own miss [10/16] rather than hoisting 2FG jumpers [1/4].
The Hoyas struggled with their man-to-man defense in the second half against Cincinnati, but found the perfect opponent to work out the kinks of their 2-3 zone in the Redmen. St. John's came into the game shooting 25% on 3FGs in conference play, 14th in the Big East. So Georgetown quickly abandoned any pretense of using a man defense, preferring to pack in a zone and dare the Johnnies to shoot over the top [0/10 3FGA] or try to force the ball into the paint [23% TO rate].
St. John's found some life in the second half by drawing fouls and getting to the free throw line [14/20 FT]. Indeed, this is what fueled their own second half run as they made 8/9 FTA while whittling down a 42-31 Georgetown lead to 48-45. But the Johnnies would make only 2 free throws the rest of the way as the Hoyas ran off 21 points in their last 10 possessions to ice the game.
Let's run the numbers:
TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE . Visitor Home . Georgetown ST. JOHNS . 1st Half 2nd Half Total 1st Half 2nd Half Total Pace 28 33 61 Points 25 44 69 19 30 49 Effic. 89.6 132.9 113.5 68.1 90.6 80.6 eFG% 34.5 63.8 49.1 33.3 29.6 31.5 TO% 21.5 18.1 19.7 21.5 24.2 23.0 OR% 47.6 60.0 52.8 27.8 54.5 42.5 FTA/FGA 20.7 44.8 32.8 3.7 74.1 38.9 Assist Rate 55.6 75.0 68.0 55.6 37.5 47.1 Block Rate 14.3 13.0 13.6 15.0 5.0 10.0 Steal Rate 7.2 18.1 13.2 17.9 15.1 16.5 2FG% 35.0 55.0 45.0 42.9 34.8 38.6 3FG% 22.2 55.6 38.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 FT% 83.3 53.8 63.2 100.0 70.0 71.4
The Hoyas players getting the most notice by the announcing team during the game were Hollis Thompson for his shooting acumen and Otto Porter for his second career double-double [13 pts, 10 reb]. Greg Whittington had a nice game feasting on the offensive glass [8 pts, 8 reb (6 off)].
Let us also praise Jason Clark, with an impressive line of 15 pts, 8 reb, 8 ast. Jason is quietly suffering through a miserable shooting stretch - now 4/22 on three point attempts in conference play - but is adapting his game by driving the basketball either on the break or in the half-court offense. I think Jason's development of a strong enough handle to become a true slasher is one of the real surprises of the season so far. If his outside shot would begin to drop again, the Hoyas would perhaps become an elite team.
INDIVIDUAL NET POINTS STATS Georgetown Off % Pts Def Pts Player Poss Poss O.Rtg Prod Poss D.Rtg Allow Net Pts Thompson, Hollis 55 21.4 141.0 16.6 57 68.3 7.8 +8.7 Lubick, Nate 17 6.9 36.7 0.4 17 98.8 3.4 -1.8 Sims, Henry 35 25.6 91.5 8.2 38 77.1 5.9 +1.8 Starks, Markel 36 12.6 89.8 4.1 36 85.5 6.2 -0.9 Clark, Jason 51 22.6 141.6 16.3 51 70.5 7.2 +8.6 Whittington, Greg 36 30.3 111.1 12.1 35 73.8 5.2 +5.5 Hopkins, Mikael 16 11.0 86.4 1.5 16 106.9 3.4 -1.1 Porter, Otto 45 25.9 127.2 14.9 45 61.7 5.6 +8.5 Trawick, Jabril 9 14.8 56.2 0.8 10 70.8 1.4 -0.4 TOTALS 60 117.6 74.9 61 75.2 45.9 +27.4 ST. JOHNS Off % Pts Def Pts Player Poss Poss O.Rtg Prod Poss D.Rtg Allow Net Pts ACHIUWA, God'sgift 45 19.3 61.0 5.3 42 126.0 10.6 -5.5 HARKLESS, Moe 50 35.6 115.1 20.5 50 102.2 10.2 +6.3 POINTER, Sir'Dominic 56 17.1 115.6 11.0 56 99.4 11.1 +0.7 GREENE, Phil 39 5.8 22.3 0.5 35 122.8 8.6 -5.2 HARRISON, D'Angelo 58 24.2 37.3 5.2 56 100.2 11.2 -7.4 GARRETT, Amir 44 16.2 104.1 7.4 47 111.3 10.5 -1.8 STITH, Malik 13 7.7 0.0 0.0 14 116.3 3.3 -2.2 TOTALS 61 82.7 50.0 60 109.1 65.5 -15.6
HD BOX SCORE
Georgetown vs ST. JOHNS
1/15/12 12 p.m. at New York, N.Y. (Madison Square Garden)
Final score: Georgetown 69, ST. JOHNS 49
Georgetown Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
Thompson, Hollis 36:11 +21 20/68 2- 4 5- 9 1- 4 13/53 2/18 4/57 1/55 0/41 1/30 4/37 2
Lubick, Nate 10:49 - 5 0/10 0- 2 0- 0 0- 0 2/15 1/ 4 0/17 0/17 1/17 0/11 0/14 1
Sims, Henry 24:13 +18 8/49 1- 5 0- 0 6- 8 5/36 1/16 0/38 3/35 0/29 2/22 2/29 4
Starks, Markel 23:51 - 4 3/28 0- 1 1- 3 0- 0 4/30 3/ 8 1/36 1/36 1/35 1/22 2/27 2
Clark, Jason 32:26 +24 15/64 5- 8 1- 5 2- 2 13/53 8/17 1/51 3/51 0/32 2/33 6/32 3
Whittington, Greg 24:36 +26 8/50 4- 7 0- 0 0- 0 7/34 1/14 0/35 3/36 1/21 6/19 2/21 3
Hopkins, Mikael 10:54 + 2 2/16 0- 1 0- 0 2- 2 1/16 0/ 6 0/16 0/16 2/11 0/10 0/ 9 0
Porter, Otto 30:17 +17 13/51 6-12 0- 0 1- 3 12/42 1/14 2/45 0/45 1/26 5/24 5/23 4
Trawick, Jabril 06:43 + 1 0/ 9 0- 0 0- 1 0- 0 1/11 0/ 3 0/10 1/ 9 0/ 8 1/ 9 2/ 8 0
TOTALS 40:00 69 18-40 7-18 12-19 58 17/25 8/61 12/60 6/44 19/36 24/40 19
. 0.450 0.389 0.632 0.680 0.131 0.200 0.136 0.528 0.600
ST. JOHNS Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
ACHIUWA, God'sgift 30:09 -13 4/39 2- 8 0- 0 0- 0 8/42 0/12 0/42 1/45 0/26 3/31 2/24 1
HARKLESS, Moe 31:54 - 5 21/45 9-14 0- 2 3- 6 16/45 0/ 7 0/50 4/50 1/34 6/31 4/34 5
POINTER, Sir'Dominic 36:51 -19 12/44 3- 6 0- 2 6- 6 8/51 2/12 4/56 2/56 2/38 2/39 2/35 3
GREENE, Phil 23:06 -11 0/33 0- 2 0- 1 0- 0 3/38 2/12 1/35 0/39 0/17 0/28 1/17 3
HARRISON, D'Angelo 36:54 -15 5/46 1- 9 0- 3 3- 4 12/52 2/16 2/56 4/58 1/38 1/37 5/36 3
GARRETT, Amir 29:59 -24 7/33 2- 5 0- 1 3- 5 6/35 2/ 9 3/47 1/44 0/32 2/26 1/25 1
STITH, Malik 11:07 -13 0/ 5 0- 0 0- 1 0- 0 1/ 7 0/ 0 0/14 1/13 0/15 0/ 8 0/ 9 2
TOTALS 40:00 49 17-44 0-10 15-21 54 8/17 10/60 14/61 4/40 16/40 17/36 18
. 0.386 0.000 0.714 0.471 0.167 0.230 0.100 0.400 0.472
Efficiency: Georgetown 1.150, ST. JOHNS 0.803
eFG%: Georgetown 0.491, ST. JOHNS 0.315
Substitutions: Georgetown 29, ST. JOHNS 27
2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Georgetown 1-2, ST. JOHNS 1-1
Layups/Tips: Georgetown 13-23, ST. JOHNS 10-26
Jumpers: Georgetown 4-15, ST. JOHNS 6-17
Fast break pts (% FG pts): Georgetown 8 (14.0), ST. JOHNS 10 (29.4)
Pts (eff.) after steal: Georgetown 10 (125.0), ST. JOHNS 9 (90.0)
Seconds per poss: Georgetown 19.9, ST. JOHNS 19.3
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