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| Team Stats | ||
|---|---|---|
| Georgetown | Pittsburgh | |
| 16-3 | Record | 12-9 |
| Big East | Conference | Big East |
| 6-2 | Conference Record | 1-7 |
| 10-1 | Home Record | 8-5 |
| 4-1 | Away Record | 2-4 |
| 72.1 | Points / Game | 71.4 |
| 59.4 | Points Allowed / Game | 67.0 |
| 36.5 | Rebounds / Game | 39.1 |
| 11.8 | Offensive Rebounds / Game | 15.7 |
| 13.8 | Assists / Game | 16.2 |
| 12.9 | Turnovers / Game | 13.2 |
| 4.9 | Blocks / Game | 3.2 |
In our last Pregame Predictions, we asked you to guess what Georgetown’s free throw percentage would be against Rutgers. The Hoyas were 25-36, 69.4%, from the line against the Scarlet Knights, and Georgetown needed every one of those points to eke out a 52-50 win. Roy 55 was the closest with his guess of 70, giving him his first win of the year.
Georgetown’s next opponent is Pittsburgh, who started the Big East season 0-7 before finally picking up a conference win Wednesday against Providence. The Hoyas would like to make sure the Panthers don’t start a winning streak at their expense, but, to ensure that, Georgetown must shoot the ball significantly better than it did against Rutgers.
What will Georgetown’s field goal percentage be?
While the Panthers may be having a down year, they will still bring intensity on the defensive end, so we will say the Hoyas will shoot 44% from the field, an improvement for sure, but not a lights out performance against a historically tough defensive team. Let us know what you think in the comments.
Georgetown:
From the opening tip, it looked as though Georgetown did not have it’s A-game. Players were missing wide open shots, and the motion offense too often was not moving. The team made only three shots in the first half en route to its the worst shooting game of the year, 29.3% from the field.
The defense was solid, which was crucial, and the team was 70% from the free throw line, and in a game when the Hoyas shot 36 free throws, that made the difference. In the end, the Hoyas should try to put this game behind them and just be grateful that they were able to get a win when performing so poorly offensively. Hopefully, this performance was an anomaly, and the team can forget this game and move forward.
Georgetown overcame its worst shooting stretch of the season Saturday, combining defensive discipline and clutch free-throw shooting to eke out a 52-50 win over Rutgers. The Hoyas trailed for nearly the entire game, leading just three times for a combined one and a half minutes. But it was the last lead, brought about by six straight points by freshman Otto Porter, that gave Georgetown the decisive advantage.
Georgetown pulled out a close victory over Rutgers Saturday afternoon, and after the game, Coach Thompson talked to the press about the ugly win alongside Jason Clark, Henry Sims, Otto Porter, and Greg Whittingon:
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The Hoyas survived one of their worst offensive performances of the season in an ugly 52-50 win over Rutgers. Georgetown shot 29.3% from the field, but was 25-36 from the free through stripe, including the two free throws from Otto Porter to give the Hoyas the lead with eight seconds to play. Eli Carter for Rutgers had 14 points to lead all scorers while Henry Sims led the Hoyas with 12 points and 10 rebounds, his first career double-double.
Georgetown: 52, Rutgers: 50
| Georgetown | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHOOTING | REBOUNDS | |||||||||||||
| MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OFF | DEF | TOT | AST | PF | ST | TO | BLK | PTS | ||
| 1 | * Thompson | 21 | 1-5 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | * Starks | 19 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | * Sims | 36 | 2-9 | 0-0 | 8-13 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 21 | * Clark | 35 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 8-10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| 34 | * Lubick | 23 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Whittington | 22 | 3-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 22 | Porter | 28 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 55 | Trawick | 16 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| TEAM | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 200 | 12-41 | 3-14 | 25-36 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 52 | |
| 29.3% | 21.4% | 69.4% | ||||||||||||
Hey everybody. Johnny sitting here courtside at Verizon Center as the Hoyas are wrapping up a set of warmups before today’s game against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. Markel Starks, who sat out against DePaul due to illness was warming up with the team, and his name is on the scoreboard as a starter. That’s been known to change at gametime though, so we’ll have to see if he’s ready to play.
The Hoyas are coming home after a two-game road trip where they earned two victories at St. John’s and DePaul. Everyone’s calling Georgetown the surprise team in the Big East after their impressive start to the season, but this Rutgers team should be turning a few heads as well. With wins over Pittsburgh, Notre Dame and Connecticut, they’re sitting at 3-3 in the conference and are no joke. The Hoyas will have a real test today against a team having their best conference start since 2004.
I’ll be checking back in throughout the game with more news and updates. But for now here’s what I have:
| Team Stats | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rutgers | Georgetown | |
| 11-8 | Record | 15-3 |
| Big East | Conference | Big East |
| 3-3 | Conference Record | 5-2 |
| 9-3 | Home Record | 9-1 |
| 1-3 | Away Record | 4-1 |
| 68.1 | Points / Game | 73.2 |
| 63.8 | Points Allowed / Game | 59.9 |
| 35.8 | Rebounds / Game | 36.5 |
| 13.1 | Offensive Rebounds / Game | 11.8 |
| 12.8 | Assists / Game | 14.2 |
| 15.1 | Turnovers / Game | 12.9 |
| 4.2 | Blocks / Game | 4.8 |
