Teams

Georgetown:
The Hoyas started off slowly, allowing Lafayette to stay in the game with three-pointers. However, as the half started to wind down, Georgetown began to pull away, going on a 21-4 run that spanned the intermission.

From that point on, it became an offensive exhibition, with everyone on the team contributing. Greg Monroe passed wonderfully from the post, picking apart the zone defense with six assists, Jason Clark had another career game in scoring with 19, and the bench had its biggest game so far, adding 28 points.

As for problems, I noticed two. First, too often were the opponents left alone for uncontested three-point looks. Lafayette’s game plan was centered around the three-ball, and with Georgetown’s defense slow to react at times, the Leopard were able to stay in the game.

Also, the Hoyas allowed Lafayette to get too many offensive rebounds, which can partially be attributed to the nature of the Leopards offense, but too often did the Hoyas play tough defense for 35 seconds, force a contested shot, but then allow Lafayette to grab the rebound.

Lafayette:
The Leopards stayed competitive in the first half in large part to their three-point shooting. They started the game 5-7, and every time it looked as if Georgetown might gain some separation, they hit a big three to make the game close. However, they never took the lead, and when their three pointers stopped falling, the Leopards were unable to stop the Hoyas from scoring.

Players

Georgetown:
The Hoyas started off ice cold from beyond the arc, missing their first six attempts. It looked like we would have a repeat of the Temple performance. However, Hollis Thompson came in and hit back-to-back three pointers to give the Hoyas a big lift coming off the bench. He finished a perfect 6-6 from the field with four three pointers, and he provided an important spark when the team was struggling.

Lafayette:
The Leopards also had help from the bench, as Jim Mower had 12 points, all threes. But, in the end, Lafayette could not stop the Hoyas, and the Leopards did not have the fire power to keep pace on the offensive end.

Fans

This game was played during Thanksgiving weekend, so most of the students were home for the holidays, with only a small corner of them by the Georgetown bench. However, there were more people at the game than I was expecting, with almost 10,000 fans in attendance. They got the loudest when 14 seconds left in the game, hoping the Hoyas would score one more basket to put the team in triple digits, but the reserves did the sportsmanlike thing, dribbling out the game.

Number of the Game

0: Number of free throws missed by the Hoyas in the first half. After an abysmal 3-12 day from the stripe last week at Savannah State, the team must have refocused, as Georgetown went 12-12 in the first half and shot 83% on the day, with Julian Vaughn the only Hoya to miss from the line.