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The Upside - Georgetown

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- We won and a 7-2 record looks pretty good considering all the starts and stops we’ve and the absence of a true center.

- The team came out determined to hit the boards in this game the result was that, instead of losing the battle of the boards by 16, we won it by 6. Quincy Guerrier and Marek Dolezaj both had 9 boards. However the breakdown was 23-11 in the first half and 15-21 in the second. Still, it was enough.

- Our offensive movement was much better than in the Pitt game and we have several ‘pretty’ possessions with several players getting the ball and the one with the best shot winding up with it. We took 16 fewer threes and yet had just one less assist, (which tend to come more often on jump shots).

- We also got to the line 14 times instead of 5 times. Jim, on his radio show, said that Pittsburgh wouldn’t let us drive to the basket. Today he said that the need to cover our shooters opened things up inside and we were able to drive to the basket. I hate it when coaches say that we couldn’t do something because the other team wouldn’t let us. Good teams impose their will on their opposition. When this team moves and shoots the ball well, we get to decide what we want to do, not the other guys.

- If Alan Griffin had had one more point, all five starters would have been in double figures.

- Robert Braswell scored only 3 points in 17 minutes but made a couple of terrific steals and truly great block trailing a fast break that turned things around at the end.

- Georgetown pressed the whole second half but we had only 9 turnovers, just 4 in that half.

- Our beleaguered guards shut up their critics, at least until the next game. Buddy Boeheim led the team with 21 points, including a huge three after Robert Braswell’s big block. (Byron Nelson: “A great shot just gives the chance to make a great put.”) Joe Girard had his best game of the season, scoring 18 and dealing 8 assists with 3 rebounds and 2 steals. Buddy had 5 rebs and 4 assists himself. Together they were 15 for 29 from the field and 6 for 10 from the arc.

- The Slender Slovak got a little more slender when a Hoya elbow guillotined the bottom part of an upper front tooth. I can’t imagine what that feels like but Marek sucked it up, (literally- his own blood!) and returned to the game. Tough kid.

7-2 with 18? to go

LET’S GO ORANGE!!!
 
- We won and a 7-2 record looks pretty good considering all the starts and stops we’ve and the absence of a true center.

- The team came out determined to hit the boards in this game the result was that, instead of losing the battle of the boards by 16, we won it by 6. Quincy Guerrier and Marek Dolezaj both had 9 boards. However the breakdown was 23-11 in the first half and 15-21 in the second. Still, it was enough.

- Our offensive movement was much better than in the Pitt game and we have several ‘pretty’ possessions with several players getting the ball and the one with the best shot winding up with it. We took 16 fewer threes and yet had just one less assist, (which tend to come more often on jump shots).

- We also got to the line 14 times instead of 5 times. Jim, on his radio show, said that Pittsburgh wouldn’t let us drive to the basket. Today he said that the need to cover our shooters opened things up inside and we were able to drive to the basket. I hate it when coaches say that we couldn’t do something because the other team wouldn’t let us. Good teams impose their will on their opposition. When this team moves and shoots the ball well, we get to decide what we want to do, not the other guys.

- If Alan Griffin had had one more point, all five starters would have been in double figures.

- Robert Braswell scored only 3 points in 17 minutes but made a couple of terrific steals and truly great block trailing a fast break that turned things around at the end.

- Georgetown pressed the whole second half but we had only 9 turnovers, just 4 in that half.

- Our beleaguered guards shut up their critics, at least until the next game. Buddy Boeheim led the team with 21 points, including a huge three after Robert Braswell’s big block. (Byron Nelson: “A great shot just gives the chance to make a great put.”) Joe Girard had his best game of the season, scoring 18 and dealing 8 assists with 3 rebounds and 2 steals. Buddy had 5 rebs and 4 assists himself. Together they were 15 for 29 from the field and 6 for 10 from the arc.

- The Slender Slovak got a little more slender when a Hoya elbow guillotined the bottom part of an upper front tooth. I can’t imagine what that feels like but Marek sucked it up, (literally- his own blood!) and returned to the game. Tough kid.

7-2 with 18? to go

LET’S GO ORANGE!!!
Great recap.
This part is so spot-on: “Today he said that the need to cover our shooters opened things up inside and we were able to drive to the basket. I hate it when coaches say that we couldn’t do something because the other team wouldn’t let us. Good teams impose their will on their opposition. When this team moves and shoots the ball well, we get to decide what we want to do, not the other guys.”
Gee, before teams started shooting so many 3s, I wonder how they ever drove the ball into the lane.
 
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