Georgetown 73, Providence 72
A season's low output by Providence's David Duke allowed Georgetown to hang on to a 73-72 win at McDonough Gym Saturday, ending a five game losing streak. Duke, averaging 19 points a game entering Saturday's game, missed 9 of 11 attempts from the field and missed a game tying free throw with 1.5 seconds to play.
POST-GAME COVERAGE
Georgetown started the game with a thud, missing its first five attempts and trailing 10-0 out of the gate, leading the broadcasters at CBS to openly question whether this game would quickly get out of hand. The Friars scored on 11 of its first 16 possessions, led by four three pointers from junior A.J. Reeves, who had shot just 3 of 16 in his last three games from outside the arc. Reeves' fourth three gave the Friars a 15 point lead, 27-12, and Providence coach Ed Cooley brought in reserves to spell the starters. Cooley's substitutions grounded the high flying Friars, and the Hoyas began to gain some momentum as a result.After missing its first six attempts from three point range, the Hoyas went inside for a pair of baskets from freshman Dante Harris and picked up its first three of the game from Jamorko Pickett to close to 10, 39-29. Grad transfer Chudier Bile began to assert himself down low, scoring five straight to narrow the gap to eight at the 4:51 mark of the half, 32-24. Forty three seconds later, Bile added two more from the line. PC's offense was struggling in all areas except for Reeves, who scored 20 of PC's 34 points in the first 15 minutes of the game and kept the Friars ahead, but Reeves was held to just one basket for the remainder of the half and Georgetown kept chipping at the lead. In a preview of coming attractions, grad transfer Donald Carey sank consecutive jumpers, a two and a three, to bring the Hoyas within six at the 1:48 mark, 39-33. A three from Pickett closed the score to 42-38 at the half, as Georgetown shot 53 percent from the field following the frigid 0 for 5 start to open the game. The halftime box score signaled trouble for the Friars. PC shot 16 for 34 in the first half (47 percent), but Reeves accounted for eight of those field goals in 12 attempts. The rest of the team was a combined 8 for 22 (36 percent), with leading scorer David Duke ending the half 1 for 4. Shutting down Reeves and containing Duke figured to be the recipe for the Hoyas, and Providence obliged--Reeves took only five shots in the second half, and Duke was a non-factor at every turn. Georgetown opened the second half with five straight points to take the lead, 43-+42, beginning a run where the teams traded the lead for the remainder of the half. Twelve minutes into the second half, each team had shot an identical 7 for 21, a mere 33 percent between them, with the Hoyas closing to 59-58 lead until Reeves' final three of the afternoon pushed the PC lead to 62-58. Georgetown went back inside, with a turnaround jumper from Timothy Ighoefe and two foul shots from Bile to tie the score at 62. Following a three point play by PC center Nate Watson, Carey returned for his encore. Once more, he sank a two and a three in consecutive possessions, 65-65, calming the nerves of fans who were concerned about another late game swoon by the GU offense. Heading into the final two minutes, PC still led by one, 69-68, but a jumper from Wahab and free throws by Jahvon Blair pulled the Hoyas ahead with 16 seconds remaining, 72-69. The Friars picked up a quick basket, 72-71, and fouled Bile, who missed the second of two at the line, keeping hope alive for the visitors. Duke eyed the right of center from the top of the key to attempt a three, where Jahvon Blair showed exceedingly poor judgment and fouled Duke with 1.5 seconds remaining. Had Duke taken one step back, Blair's bungle might have been a mortal error from three point range and would have been the talk of the Big East for the week to come; instead, the officials called it a two shot foul. Duke, an 82 percent foul shooter, made the first and missed the second, whereupon Wahab picked up the rebound to seal the win. Georgetown's second half shooting was not good - just 35 percent, and 30 percent from three point range. Providence had the same numbers, 35 and 30, but allowed Georgetown to shoot 10 for 13 from the foul line, the margin of victory. Providence's internal defense was suspect all afternoon, and the Friars forced only three second half turnovers from the Hoyas, a season's best for GU. "We have three Big East losses by a combined [four] points," said PC coach Ed Cooley. "At some point, you have to pay attention to details when the game is on the line and put a body on someone." In his post-game comments, Ewing saluted Bile, whose career high 19 points was helped by a 10 for 12 run from the foul line. Bile's 12 second half points frankly carried the Hoyas, with seniors Jahvon Blair and Jamorko Pickett suffering through another second half slump (a combined 2 for 11) and GU saw just one basket from Wahab. Bile and Ighoefe combined for nine of the Hoyas 17 offensive rebounds after halftime, which led to 13 second chance points. A.J. Reeves led the Friars with 28 points, but David Duke's stat line of 2 for 11 - and one big missed free throw - was the difference when all was said and done, earning Georgetown its first win in six games since December 13. As noted on the HoyaSaxa.com Pre-Game Report on Friday, "In the last 12 meetings between the schools, PC has held Georgetown under 73 points in regulation 10 times, and won all ten. When Georgetown scored 73 or more, they're 2-0." Make that 3-0. The Georgetown half of the box score:
MIN 2FG 3FG FT REB A PF PTS
Starters:
D. Harris 29 4-7 0-0 0-0 5 5 2 8
Blair 38 1-4 1-8 4-4 5 6 4 9
Carey 22 2-3 2-5 0-0 4 0 0 10
Pickett 34 3-8 2-6 0-0 6 4 2 12
Ighoefe 17 3-6 0-0 0-1 7 0 2 6
Reserves:
Bile 30 3-8 1-4 10-12 9 1 3 19
Sibley 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 0
Wilson 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0
Wahab 20 4-6 0-0 1-2 5 0 2 9
DNP: Azinge, Berger, Robinson, Holloway, Clark,
Muresan
Team Rebounds 2
TOTALS 200 20-41 6-23 15-19 47 16 15 73
Ackerman Signs Extension As Commissioner
The Big East Conference announced a three year extension for commissioner Val Ackerman through 2024."In her nearly eight years at the helm of the Big East, Ackerman has presided over the rebirth of the conference following its reconfiguration in 2013 to its present basketball-centric make-up," reads a news release. "Most recently, she spearheaded the return to the conference of the University of Connecticut, a Big East charter member, effective July 1, 2020, bringing the number of current Big East schools to 11. In 2018, Ackerman led the negotiations that resulted in an extension through 2028 of the Big East's long-standing venue licensing agreement with Madison Square Garden, home of the Big East men's basketball tournament for the past 38 years."The extension is a timely one with the Pacific-12 Conference in the market for a new commissioner. Among the possible candidates is former Georgetown athletic director Bernard Muir, now at Stanford. The Big East Cellar
For the first time since joining the Big East in the 1979-80 season, Georgetown sits in last place at the halfway point of the season.DePaul's upset of Marquette on Saturday elevated the Blue Demons into a tie with Georgetown, each 1-5 on the 2020-21 season. The Hoyas haven't played a Big East opponent since January 6 and are not expected to play again until Saturday versus Providence.Adding to the Hoyas' steep climb up the standings: per Big East COVID protocols, the team has not practiced since Jan. 13 and the basketball office has not confirmed when they will receive clearance to begin practice again. If another positive test is determined in the interim, the calendar would reset again. The current NCAA NET ratings for the conference are as follows, with Georgetown a combined 0-6 against "Quad 1" and Quad 2" opponents, or teams most likely to compete for the NCAA tournament: 7. Villanova 27. Creighton 40. Xavier 43. Uconn 53. Seton Hall 69. Providence 79. Marquette 91. St. John's 120. Butler 144. Georgetown 145. DePaul 1789 Seconds
Former Georgetown basketball captain Gene Smith (C'84) was the featured guest on "1789 Seconds", a 30 minute podcast hosted by the Georgetown University Alumni Association.Here's the archived copy of the conversation.Looking Back: Duke, 2006
Sometimes, you don't know how far you've fallen unless you've known what it's like to be on top.As Georgetown suffers through its worst season in a half-century, with the program's diminishing status in question, it was 15 years ago today that the Hoyas rejuvenated its fans and its national reputation in an 87-84 upset of #1 Duke, only the third win over a top-ranked team in program history.Georgetown overcame a 41 point performance from Duke All-American J.J. Redick with a last second defensive stand that sent the sold out crowd at MCI Center onto the floor and set in motion the upward velocity of the program. Just 429 days later, Georgetown was going to the Final Four. From 2006, here's the video of the game and a popular first-person account of the hours leading up to the big game. Today's students would have no idea how big basketball can be at Georgetown, but perhaps they can someday. Postponements: Can Georgetown Reschedule?
With six weeks remaining in the Big East season, the need to reschedule at least three games for the Hoyas is growing increasingly challenging.The first constraint is obvious: DePaul, Providence, and Marquette have games to play, too. The Big East does not want to schedule back to back games for travel reasons, suggesting the opportunity of Georgetown rescheduling its two home games (DePaul, Providence) on two of four dates: Monday, Feb. 1, Monday, Feb. 15, Thursday, Feb. 25, and Thursday, Mar 4. Another, if unlikely option: a doubleheader or back to back series when the Hoyas travel to DePaul on Feb. 27. DePaul still has two other opponent games to reschedule (at St. John's, home vs. Villanova)The options for a game at Marquette are constrained due to dates at Fiserv Forum with the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks. Without scheduling back to back games, open dates include: Thursday, Feb. 11, Thursday, Feb. 25, and Thursday, Mar. 4. If Georgetown experiences any further postponements in February, it is likely those games may need to be canceled outright. DePaul Game Postponed - COVID in Georgetown Program
In a news release posted at 2:45 Wednesday, the game with DePaul has been postponed due to a COVID case or cases within the Georgetown men's basketball program.The DePaul team was scheduled to have landed at Dulles within thirty minutes of Georgetown's announcement. In a statement Wednesday, DePaul (which has only played five games this year due to COVID pauses) announced that "DePaul is pursuing the addition of a non-conference game ahead of its next scheduled game on Tuesday against Butler...If a non-conference game is added, it will be announced once it is finalized."This is likely to postpone all Georgetown games for the next 14 days per protocols. Georgetown currently stands 1-5 in Big East play. The incident is only referred to as "a COVID-19 related issue" and does not specify if a player, coach, or support staff is infected, nor if single or multiple cases are in play. The issue is not related to Saturday's game at Syracuse. According to the Syracuse Post-Standard, "[a Syracuse basketball spokesman] said...that all Syracuse players tested negative for coronavirus in tests conducted after the Georgetown game." Hard Times
Georgetown fans knew this would be a rough season, and after 11 games it's showing every indication of that.From its 74-69 loss Saturday, Georgetown's 3-8 record is the worst start in any single season since the infamous 3-23 campaign in 1971-72, and only the second time in the last 88 years where the Hoyas have lost eight of its first 11 games to open a season.Its turnover rate continues unabated, with 12 against Syracuse and 174 in 11 games this season. Per ESPN, Georgetown is turning the ball over on an astounding 22 percent of its possessions this season, and this has allowed opponents an average of 17.4 points a game on points off Georgetown turnovers. That's 23 percent of the entire point total allowed by the Hoyas in 2020-21. "I think it's more so a mental aspect," guard Donald Carey told the Washington Post late last week. "We just have to be aware of time and situation and just be more cognizant of not turning the ball over." Georgetown's NET ranking in Division I as of Sunday evening is #157, its lowest since the NET rankings replaced the RPI in 2018, which currently ranks the Hoyas at #199. Syracuse 74, Georgetown 69
Georgetown's late game woes continue once again, with two field goals and four turnovers in the final 3:42 of a 74-69 loss to Syracuse at the Carrier Dome Saturday.
POST-GAME COVERAGE
The Hoyas cut a 13 point halftime deficit to three with 3:06 to play, 68-65, before surrendering turnovers on three of its next four possessions, enabling Syracuse to steer clear for the victory.The first half was played to form: Georgetown took an early lead and watched it disappear. The Hoyas effectively got the ball inside to Qudus Wahab for a pair of baskets to take an early 6-4 lead, but the Orangemen began to clog the middle and rendered Wahab all but ineffective for the remainder of the game. Without an inside option, the Hoyas went to the perimeter, and a pair of threes gave GU an 16-11 lead seven minutes into the first half. A 10-0 Syracuse run was answered by an 8-0 Georgetown run, and with 5:41 to halftime the scored was tied, 27-27. And while it wasn't the end of a second half, Georgetown went cold. A 12-0 Syracuse run was matched with just one field goal in the remainder of the first half, sending Syracuse to a 43-30 lead at halftime, converting a big lead in offensive rebounds and a draw from three point range to carry the lead at the break. Both teams started the second half cold, with Georgetown's first field goal coming from Qudus Wahab there minutes into the second half. Much like the first half, Wahab was a non-factor thereafter as both teams stayed along the perimeter. The Hoyas hit on six of seven shots to close the mark to 53-46 at the 11:54 mark, but Syracuse answered the call with six straight and a 59-46 advantage heading into the final 10 minutes. Shooting 50 percent in the second half and employing a number of unorthodox lineups, Georgetown began whittling away at the deficit. Three pointers from Dante Harris and Jahvon Blair got the Hoyas within nine, 61-52, and three from Chudier Bile closed to 63-57 at the 6:51 mark. Following a missed Syracuse layup, Blair drove to get Georgetown within four, 65-61, at the 5:46 mark. In a series where the Hoyas picked up a block and regained possession, a layup drive by Jahvon Blair was blocked by Syracuse freshman Robert Braswell. The change in possession set up Jackson (Buddy) Boeheim to hit a big three with 5:14 to play, 68-61. It proved a turning point. "They could have gotten it to two points there," Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim said. "They were fighting back and Rob comes out of nowhere and he really got up and blocked it. It was a great play, just happy to see him come in and be great on the offensive and defensive end for us. It was a big momentum changer for us, a big swing." Georgetown wasn't through, however. Free throws from Pickett brought the game to within five, 68-63, Both teams then struggled from outside, trading missed threes in four consecutive possessions before Jamari Sibley drove for a layup at the 2:08 mark, 68-65. Georgetown regained the ball off a Syracuse turnover with 2:44 to play but Sibley gave it back 11 seconds later, and Boeheim found Allan Griffin inside for the slam, 70-65. Blair proffered his fifth turnover of the game with 2:04 to play, and Joe Girard's jumper at the 1:15 mark put the game out of reach. A number of Georgetown freshmen saw added time in the game, and in post-game remarks Patrick Ewing said that was no accident. "I'm going to put whoever I think is going to put us in the best position to win," he said. Buddy Boeheim led the Orangemen (7-2) with 21, while the Hoyas got 17 points from Jamorko Pickett and 16 from Jahvon Blair. The Georgetown half of the box score:
MIN 2FG 3FG FT REB A PF PTS
Starters:
D. Harris 28 0-3 1-5 0-0 2 2 2 3
Blair 40 2-5 4-10 0-0 4 10 3 16
Carey 30 2-2 2-4 0-0 2 3 1 10
Pickett 38 4-7 1-6 6-8 9 1 0 17
Wahab 20 3-4 0-0 3-3 1 0 3 9
Reserves:
Bile 19 1-1 2-3 1-2 4 1 3 9
Sibley 6 1-1 0-1 0-0 2 0 0 2
Berger 9 0-0 1-3 0-0 1 1 1 3
Holloway 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0
Wilson 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 0
DNP: Azinge, Robinson, Clark, Muresan
Team Rebounds 4
TOTALS 200 13-23 11-32 10-13 32 18 15 69
Butler 63, Georgetown 55
In an evening where college basketball was on no one's mind, Georgetown suffered another epic second half freeze, falling at Butler, 63-55.
POST-GAME COVERAGE
Georgetown has lost five games in Big East play and four of them were a result of second half letdowns. Much as was the case in the other unfortunate four, the Hoyas started the game crisply. Three pointers from Jahvon Blair and Dante Harris paced Gerogetown to an early 10-3 lead three minutes into the game. Butler's inside game was suspect at best, missing a number of close-in shots, but five three pointers kept Butler in the conversation. Freshman Chuck Harris, from Washington's Gonzaga HS, scored nine of the Bulldogs first 14 points, helping rally the Bulldogs from an early 10 point deficit. On two different occasions in the first half Butler closed to three points but in each case Georgetown fought back and rebuilt its lead. With a string 21-13 advantage on the boards and some late first half defense, the Hoyas held the Bulldogs to miss its last seven attempts by halftime and preserved a 34-27 lead at the break. Butler scored the first five points of the second half before Georgetown regrouped. A three from Jahvon Blair put the Hoyas up 37-32, and after the Bulldogs missed three layups over its next four possessions, the Hoyas built a 47-38 lead. The slow but inexorable slide began. Butler closed to 48-44 on a Qudus Wahab goal tend, and a Jamorko Pickett three was the only GU basket in an eight minute stretch which saw a very uneven Butler team rally to tie the score with five minutes remaining, 53-53. A Jamorko Pickett layup a the 4:28 mark returned the lead to the Hoyas, 55-53. The Bulldogs pulled away for good on three fortunate plays: a Bryce Golden fall away at the 3:30 mark, 55-all; a Golden jumper at the end of the shot clock to take the lead with 1:48 to play, 57-55; and a Thompson drive, also at the end of the shot clock, 59-55, with 55 seconds remaining. The Bulldogs scored the last ten points of the game. Georgetown ended the game at a full stop--it missed its last ten attempts of the game and 13 of its final 14. The Hoyas accounted for just two field goals --two-- in the final 14:12 of play. GU gave up nine second half turnovers which accounted for 16 of Butler's 36 points in the second half. Butler surrendered just two turnovers after halftime, which netted Georgetown no points. Chuck Harris led the Bulldogs with 18 points, his sixth double figure game in the last seven. After starting the game 0 for 5, Jamorko Pickett finished the game 4 for 13 and leading the Hoyas with 12 points. Jahvon Blair missed nine of ten attempts in the second half and finished 4 for 16 and 11 points overall. Head coach Patrick Ewing began the post-game conference with a statement on the national emergency from earlier in the day. "I'm saddened to see as a proud American all of the difficulties, people breaching our Capitol and all the difficult things that are going on there. I hope the Washington area folks and our Georgetown community continue to stay safe." As for the game, Ewing noted that this is a continuing trend. "Bad decisions, bad shots, turnovers, the same things that has been our Achilles heel," he said. "Our transition defensive was not good in the first half; we didn't get back and get set," said Butler coach LaVall Jordan. "We challenged our guys at halftime to make sure that they saw our half court defense. We ran harder, talked more and our shot discipline on the offensive end helped our defense." The Hoyas remain on the road for its remaining non-conference game of the season, a Saturday evening game at Syracuse. The Georgetown half of the box score:
MIN 2FG 3FG FT REB A PF PTS
Starters:
D. Harris 38 1-6 2-3 0-0 1 2 1 8
Blair 38 1-8 3-8 0-0 8 2 0 11
Carey 33 1-5 1-3 1-2 3 3 2 6
Pickett 31 2-8 2-5 2-2 11 4 4 12
Wahab 33 4-8 0-0 1-1 12 0 3 9
Reserves:
Bile 12 1-2 1-2 2-3 3 0 3 7
Ighoefe 7 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 1 2
Sibley 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0
Berger 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0
Clark 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0
DNP: Azinge, Robinson, Holloway, Wilson, Muresan
Team Rebounds 3
TOTALS 200 11-38 9-21 6-8 44 12 15 55
Another Big Lead Lost It's a statistic Georgetown fans would rather not see--another big lead lost Saturday in Marquette's 64-60 win.In fact, Saturday's 18 point comeback by Marquette was the third comeback of 18 or more points by an opponent in the Patrick Ewing era, and just three weeks removed from losing a 18 point first half lead to Villanova en route to a 76-63 loss.In December 2017, Butler came back from 20 down, 42-22, to prevail in overtime, 91-89. The biggest recorded comeback by an opponent dates to 1965, when Georgetown lost a 22 point first half lead en route to a 78-73 loss to NYU at Madison Square Garden. The common thread in the three recent losses? Second half turnovers. Against Butler in 2017, Georgetown had 10 turnovers after halftime. Last month's Villanova game saw nine second half turnovers. Saturday night versus Marquette, Georgetown coughed up the ball 10 times, including five in the final 3:36. The Hoyas have 147 turnovers through nine games compared to 79 in seven games for Butler, which hosts the Hoyas on Wednesday. Marquette 64, Georgetown 60 The Georgetown Hoyas lost a 16 point halftime lead, scoring six points in the final nine minutes in a dispiriting 64-60 loss to the Marquette Warriors at McDonough Gymnasium Saturday.
POST-GAME COVERAGE
Georgetown had nine days to prepare for this game and came out with all the preparation of a college freshman getting a pop quiz on the class he'd skipped the prior two weeks. The Hoyas turned the ball over twice in the first 46 seconds of the game and on three of its first four possessions. Head coach Patrick Ewing had subbed senior Jahvon Blair for freshman Kobe Clark and promptly pulled Clark at the 17:40 mark, not to return. When asked after the game, Ewing called Blair's benching a coach's decision and added "I don't even want to get into it." With Blair in the game, the Hoyas settled into form and Georgetown took the lead from Qudus Wahab at the 13:37 mark of the first half, 10-9, a lead they would hold comfortably for the next 30 minutes of play. From a 4 for 8 start from the field, the Warriors did their part by turning in one of the truly awful first halves of recent opponent memory, missing its next 12 attempts and 4 for 23 over the remainder of the first half. Owning the boards by 19-7 midway through the first half, Georgetown went into cruise control. The Hoyas went up 10, 21-11, on a three by Chudier Bile at the 7:35 mark and MU never got closer than nine for the rest of the period. With just one turnover in the final 15 minutes of the half, shooting 45 percent, Georgetown cruised into the McDonough locker room with a 36-20 halftime lead. What could go wrong? A Qudus Wahab layup pushed the lead to 18 to open the second half, 38-20, but cracks appeared in the foundation. Gerogetown missed its next seven attempts from the field as Marquette cut the lead to 11, only to be answered by a Jahvon Blair three, 42-28. The Warriors again closed to ten, 47-37, when the Hoyas answered with baskets from Jamari Sibley and Chudier Bile to got up 52-37 at the 11:09 mark. At the 9:00 mark, Georgetown was up 12, 54-42. Marquette went to work behind the play of Jamal Cain, whose ease in driving the lane caused Ewing to call a time out and substitute back in his starting lineup, which had been out for the last four minutes of play. The Hoyas promptly lost the ball off a rebound, allowing Cain the basket and the foul, 54-47. Unnecessary three point attempts by Jamorko Pickett and Donald Carey were cashed in with a Marquette layup, 54-49. The teams traded baskets entering the final six minutes, but Wahab missed a dunk and the Warriors added two free throws on its next possession, 56-53, at the 5:18 mark. Up three, the Hoyas again ignored its advantage inside and went scatter shooting, with a Blair three point miss at the 4:55 mark. Georgetown looked to have steadied itself when Pickett picked up a steal and found Dante Harris on the run, but Harris missed the layup. Marquette returned the favor with a layup of its own, 57-56. The Warriors took its first lead in the game since the 10-9 mark following a Wahab turnover and a pair of free throws from freshman Dawson Garcia, 57-56--a 15-2 run. A Donald Carey turnover and a Pickett foul sent 81% foul shooter Koby McEwen to the line at the 2:45 mark, and he uncharacteristically missed both, but GU promptly turned it back on their next possession and Garcia drive the lane for the 59-56 lead. Baskets by Harris and Wahab reclaimed the lead with 1:19 to play, 60-59. Could the Hoyas hold on? Not tonight. Off a Marquette time out, guard D.J. Carton split the defense for a jumper, 61-60. Marquette's defense then forced a change of possession on a held ball with 43 second to play. Holding for one final shot in their possession, Carton saw Carey playing out of position and set up Cain for an open three pointer with 15 seconds to play, 64-60.
Blair missed a three and despite a pair of missed free throws by the Warriors late, the game was over. Marquette ended the game on a 22-6 run over the final nine minutes, exceeding the 20 points it had scored in the entire first half. Georgeown did itself no favor on the ensuing play, with 2.1 seconds remaining, when Donald Carey ran out of bounds to accept a baseline pass from Jahvon Blair, earning the Hoyas its' 17th and final turnover of the afternoon. The box score for Georgetown over the last nine minutes, with five turnovers in the final 3:36:
2FG 3FG FT REB A TO PF PTS
D. Harris 1-2 0-3 0-0 3 1 1 1 2
Blair 0-0 0-3 0-0 0 0 1 0 0
Carey 0-0 0-1 0-0 0 0 2 0 0
Pickett 0-0 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 0
Wahab 2-3 0-0 0-0 2 0 1 0 4
Bile 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 0
Berger 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Rebounds 1
TOTALS 3-5 0-8 0-0 7 1 6 3 6
"Bad shots, Bad decisions, turnovers," said Ewing in post-game remarks. "In the second half, we got selfish, started turning it over," he said. When asked to discuss the team's ending, head coach Patrick Ewing pointed back at the players. "We end the game with about five or six turnovers...they've got to take it upon themselves not to make bad decisions." The Hoyas go on the road for five of its next six games, with one home game until January 30. The Georgetown half of the box score:
MIN 2FG 3FG FT REB A PF PTS
Starters:
D. Harris 32 1-7 0-2 0-0 7 5 3 6
Clark 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0
Carey 32 1-4 1-4 0-0 4 2 0 5
Pickett 28 2-3 0-4 0-0 2 0 3 4
Wahab 32 6-12 0-0 1-2 10 0 3 13
Reserves:
Blair 37 4-7 2-9 6-7 4 3 1 20
Bile 12 0-1 1-3 0-0 3 0 1 3
Ighoefe 8 1-2 0-0 0-0 3 0 3 2
Sibley 8 2-3 1-1 0-0 3 0 0 7
Berger 9 0-0 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0
DNP: Azinge, Robinson, Holloway, Wilson, Muresan
Team Rebounds 6
TOTALS 200 17-39 5-24 7-9 43 11 15 60
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