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-Adventures of getting to the game
-Georgetown back on the national title scene
ORIGINAL:
Game just ended: 2:30 pm eastern time. Georgetown Hoyas defeat Villanova Wildcats 103-90. Some notes on the game are below.
-The game started out going back and forth with each team trading buckets for much of the first 8 minutes or so. Then, things really started to change, as Villanova began turning the ball over and coming up empty on the offensive possessions they did have. Couple that with Jason Clark and Austin Freeman basically not missing threes, it all added up to a recipe for disaster.
-Although the Hoyas shot lights out in the first half, Villanova wasn’t exactly stifling on the defensive end. I thought Jay Wright stuck with the press too long. It takes time off the shot clock for the opponent, but if they can consistently break it, matching up becomes a problem because everyone is scrambling to find their man. Once Georgetown broke the press, the Cats did not get to their man in time, leaving Clark and Freeman wide open for threes.
-Halftime score: Georgetown 50 Villanova 31
-Obviously, being down 19 at the half is not an insurmountable lead for this Villanova squad, because they can score in bunches, so it seemed like a matter of time before the Cats made a run.
-The visitors cut the deficit to about 12 on multiple occasions, but each time, Georgetown responded with some clutch buckets.
-All in all, Villanova didn’t play good defense, but honestly, no one was beating Georgetown today. They were pretty much unconscious all game, mostly from beyond the arc. It wasn’t just one guy either, like the Seton Hall game with Jeremy Hazell, rather the whole G’town team was locked in.
-I’ll end by mentioning the horrendous job by the refs, but this was not the difference in the game. No excuses. Georgetown was the better team today and deserved to win.
Nobody wants to lose, especially to archrival Georgetown, but this is not the end of the world. Villanova was due for a clunker, and Georgetown is no slouch. Like I texted my dad at one point during the game, “Better now than March.”
