March 25, 2022
NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen
(11) Memphis (24-11) vs. (7) Georgetown (22-12)
We've accomplished the athletic directors season goal of reaching the Sweet Sixteen, anything else we do is just a bonus. This is a very winnable game, as the Hoyas skimmed by their first 2 tournament games, and a look at their roster shows 4 players that we need to really key on. Other than that, it's pretty weak.
Unfortunately, the officiating was against us tonight. It started out really well, as we led by 4 at halftime. Then the second half sparked a change, and not a good one. Of our starting lineup, 3 fouled out in the 2nd half, and the other 2 were saddled with 4. This meant the bench saw more action than I would have liked. We were able to hit a buzzer beater to force overtime, but then ran out of gas. The Hoyas dominated the overtime period and ended our season as we lost 90-80. Still though, a fine season. Very fine.
Code:
Georgetown 90, Memphis 80
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Memphis (24-12, 10-6):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Troy Tomblin C 18 3-8 1-4 1 6 0 5 7
Monte Donofrio PF 27 1-1 6-6 0 5 1 5 8
Antione Cantwell SF 29 5-11 1-2 0 1 0 5 12
Amos Lusk SG 31 6-18 2-2 4 7 5 4 17
Mario Albertini PG 34 4-8 0-0 2 3 4 4 10
Gerald Sena SG 17 3-5 2-3 0 2 2 2 9
Justin Bouldin SF 20 1-4 0-0 1 2 3 0 2
Brenton Tweedy C 22 1-2 1-2 1 6 0 3 3
Eldridge Boyd C 14 3-3 0-0 0 4 0 0 6
Manuel Abel PF 9 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2
William Auten PG 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Stan Martin SF 3 2-2 0-1 0 2 1 0 4
Scottie Harris C 1 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 0 0
Turnovers: 20 (T.Tomblin 2, M.Donofrio 1, A.Cantwell 4,
A.Lusk 4, M.Albertini 1, J.Bouldin 5, E.Boyd 1,
W.Auten 1, S.Martin 1)
Blocked Shots: 4 (T.Tomblin 1, J.Bouldin 1, B.Tweedy 1,
S.Martin 1)
Steals: 6 (A.Cantwell 2, M.Albertini 1, J.Bouldin 1,
B.Tweedy 1, E.Boyd 1)
3P FGs: 7-17 (A.Cantwell 1-2, A.Lusk 3-7, M.Albertini
2-4, G.Sena 1-3, J.Bouldin 0-1)
Georgetown (23-12, 11-7):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Jerrod Bee C 34 3-7 3-4 4 6 0 2 9
Mark Rash PF 24 2-3 5-6 1 6 1 3 9
Stewart McDowell SF 27 2-14 0-0 3 7 2 3 4
Paul Merritt SG 36 8-17 13-14 1 6 2 1 34
Jose Shaver PG 39 3-10 5-7 5 11 2 0 13
Nicholas Barbee SG 15 1-6 2-4 1 2 1 0 5
Isaiah Zepeda SF 18 3-6 2-2 2 3 0 1 9
Wilson Casper PF 20 2-4 0-0 0 4 2 5 4
Carrol Rae PF 8 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 3
Chung Sayers PG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Antonio Leon PF 4 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 1 0
Turnovers: 15 (J.Bee 1, M.Rash 1, S.McDowell 4,
P.Merritt 4, J.Shaver 2, N.Barbee 2, I.Zepeda 1)
Blocked Shots: 5 (J.Bee 2, S.McDowell 1, P.Merritt 1,
I.Zepeda 1)
Steals: 9 (M.Rash 1, S.McDowell 1, P.Merritt 5,
J.Shaver 1, I.Zepeda 1)
3P FGs: 10-28 (S.McDowell 0-6, P.Merritt 5-11, J.Shaver
2-5, N.Barbee 1-3, I.Zepeda 1-2, C.Rae 1-1)
Player of Game: SG Paul Merritt (GTOWN)
The postseason wrap-up will be coming up later in a separate post.