Yikes! Your Georgetown Hoyas were absolutely run out of the arena by a No. 15 St. John’s team, which is now officially rolling. The Red Storm only needed one half to put away the Hoyas, as their 47-21 lead at the break was sufficient to bury a reeling Hoyas team.
Was this just one bad game? Was it a hangover from the amped-up AMP atmosphere at Providence? Was it a “told you so” declaration of the guy they should have hired? The answer is a resounding yes. But equally, no. Everything is true, and nothing is. Georgetown was beaten by a better team and lacked any coherent form of offense to put up a viable fight.
The grades are all bad. Nobody was good, but nevertheless, let’s do this. A reminder that I prefer not to give out individual “F” grades. It just seems mean. That rule was … challenged in this one.
Malik Mack – D
13pts, 4-9 44% FG, 3-5 60% 3PT, 2-3 FT, 5 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL, 6 TO, 34 MIN
The guard play for the Hoyas was rough in this game. That really was just the first half. Malik ended up as the Hoyas’ leading scorer, but nearly all of his points came to start the second half after SJU led by 26. He did come out of the half with intensity and was able to hit shots, but the game was over by that point. Like the rest of his team, he was overmatched in the first half. His turnovers were all a combination of St. John’s superior length and intensity and lax and sloppy play. I have not loved the Epps+Mack backcourt overall, and it got absolutely hammered in this game. If neither are making shots, as was the case in the first half, it’s borderline unplayable. In the second half, Cooley started with the same backcourt but quickly switched to either Epps or Mack on the floor, not both. To his credit, Malik raised his level and shot-making in the second half, but he desperately needs a spot on the floor to get an easy shot. Everything is just really challenging right now.
Jayden Epps – D-
2pts, 1-8 12% FG, 0-3 3PT, 2 REB, 0 AST, 2 TO, 22 MIN
If you told me Jayden was 100%, I would call you a damn liar. I have no inside information, but he just doesn’t look healthy. That said, he played, so it’s fair to judge him on the performance. The performance was bad. He just doesn’t look stable – which I attribute to his injury. He reminds me of Jay Heath last year, who was playing through injury and was stumbling and falling a lot. Jayden just doesn’t look like he’s able to do…
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