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Eyesore: West Virginia 74, Georgetown 62
Georgetown’s eleven-game winning streak came to a grinding halt Saturday as the Hoyas fell to West Virgina, 74-62. The Hoyas led 4-0 but, despite a few ties, never again, trailing by multiple possessions for most of the choppy contest against … Continue reading
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Game Preview: #9 Georgetown at West Virginia
Georgetown travels to Morgantown Saturday to take on an always-tough West Virginia squad in an always-hostile arena. A win would give the Hoyas twelve straight for the first time in the JTIII era. (Georgetown has won eleven straight once previously … Continue reading
Comeback: #9 Georgetown 73, #20 Marquette 70
Georgetown repeatedly fought back from the ropes against Marquette Wednesday, coming back from as much as 17 points down to escape with a thrilling, last-minute, 73-70 victory. The Hoyas’ eleventh straight win seemed not just in doubt but out of the … Continue reading
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Game Preview: #20 Marquette at #9 Georgetown
After playing four ranked opponents on hostile or neutral courts, Georgetown finally gets to host a top-20 foe on Wednesday when #20 Marquette (12-2, 1-0) comes to town. The Golden Eagles, like the Hoyas, are lingering somewhere near contender status … Continue reading
Bad Beats Worse: Georgetown 49, Providence 40
Georgetown endured its worst shooting day of the season Saturday. Fortunately, So did its opponent, Providence. More fortunately, the Friars’ worst (24.5 percent from the field) was worse than the Hoyas’ (30 percent), and Georgetown escaped from a brutal brick-fest … Continue reading
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Heavy Mettle: #12 Georgetown 71, #4 Louisville 68
Georgetown escaped from Louisville Wednesday night with a win over a top-5 squad. It was another victory for a team that’s learning, and winning, on the job. Make no mistake: this win wasn’t easy. The Hoyas were frequently sloppy on offense, yielding to the Louisville pressure … Continue reading
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Double Up: Georgetown 70, Memphis 59
Georgetown put a bow on its nearly perfect non-conference slate Thursday night, building a twenty-point lead before withstanding a late Memphis run to prevail 70-59. Jason Clark scored 18 points to lead four Hoyas in double figures, while also grabbing … Continue reading
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Half-Decent: Georgetown 81, American 55
Georgetown scuffled through the first twenty-plus minutes against an undermanned American squad Saturday. But then two adjustments, one at each end of the floor, led to a series of easy buckets that blew open a tight game. On offense, Henry … Continue reading
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Sleepwalk: Georgetown 62, Howard 48
Georgetown played the first nine-plus minutes according to script and then some Saturday, running up a 17-0 advantage on an over-matched Howard squad, combining smooth offense with sticky defense. Then, something–the satisfaction of a job partially well done, the scant … Continue reading
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Self-inflicted: Cincinnati 68, Georgetown 64
Georgetown shot itself in the feet over, and over, and over again Monday, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory en route to a 68-64 loss to Cincinnati. The loss was more vexing than most, as it was caused almost … Continue reading →
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