30-Point Games

By Tony

Chris Wright scored 34 Points in Georgetown’s recent win against Harvard. The performance earned him a spot on the Big East Weekly Honor Roll, and here are some interesting stats about the 30-point game:

Wright’s point total was the highest scored by a player in a game under head coach John Thompson III.
It was only the second time since JTIII became the head coach that a player for the Hoyas has scored 30 or more – Jeff Green scored 30 points in the 2007 Big East Semifinal win over Notre Dame.
The 34-point performance is the highest by any Hoya since February 7, 2004 when Gerald Riley put up 37 at home against Miami.

Since 30-point games have been such a rare occurrence lately for the Hoyas, we thought it would be a nice time to look back at the most recent 30-point games. Instead of going back all the way back through the entire history of the Hoyas, we decided to begin with the 1994-95 season. That was the year that Allen Iverson was a freshman.

Nobody in the history of Georgetown Basketball has ever had more 30-point games. “The Answer” had thirteen 30+ performances as a Hoya, which means that Chris Wright only needs twelve more to tie him.

30 Point Performances
Date	Player	Points	Opponent	Result	Notes
Dec 3 1994	Allen Iverson	31	vs. DePaul	W 74-68
Dec 7 1994	Allen Iverson	30	vs. Providence	W 76-74
Mar 10 1995	Allen Iverson	31	vs. Miami	W 69-58	Big East Tournament Quarterfinal
Nov 24 1995	Allen Iverson	40	vs. Arizona	L 81-91	Preseason NIT (Madison Square Garden)
Dec 30 1995	Allen Iverson	33	vs. St. Leo	W 123-65	Lakeland Center – Lakeland, Florida
Jan 6 1996	Allen Iverson	40	vs. Seton Hall	W 85-76
Jan 27 1996	Allen Iverson	39	@ St. John’s	L 72-83
Feb 17 1996	Allen Iverson	30	vs. Memphis	W 81-60
Feb 27 1996	Allen Iverson	34	@ Providence	L 77-84
Mar 2 1996	Allen Iverson	37	vs. Villanova	W 106-68
Mar 7 1996	Allen Iverson	38	vs. Miami	W 92-62	Big East Tournament Quarterfinal
Mar 8 1996	Victor Page	31	vs. Villanova	W 84-76	Big East Tournament Semifinal
Mar 15 1996	Allen Iverson	31	vs. Mississippi Valley State	W 93-56	NCAA Tournament Opening Round
Mar 21 1996	Allen Iverson	32	vs. Texas Tech	W 98-90	NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen
Jan 2 1997	Victor Page	30	@ West Virginia	W 70-68
Jan 4 1997	Victor Page	30	vs. Miami	L 67-69
Jan 18 1997	Victor Page	34	@ Miami	L 65-68	Overtime
Jan 21 1997	Victor Page	35	vs. St. John’s	W 62-57
Mar 6 1997	Victor Page	31	vs. Miami	W 63-59	Big East Tournament Quarterfinal
Feb 21 1998	Shernard Long	30	vs. Boston College	W 84-67
Feb 10 2000	Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje	32	vs. Southern (NO)	W 90-67	McDonough Gymnasium
Mar 15 2000	Kevin Braswell	40	vs. Virginia	W 115-111	NIT Opening Round
Dec 10 2001	Mike Sweetney	30	vs. Morgan State	W 91-65
Feb 9 2002	Mike Sweetney	35	vs. Notre Dame	L 111-116	Quadruple Overtime
Feb 16 2002	Mike Sweetney	31	@ Villanova	L 72-83
Jan 12 2003	Mike Sweetney	35	vs. West Virginia	W 84-82	Overtime
Feb 1 2003	Mike Sweetney	38	@ Notre Dame	L 92-93	Overtime
Feb 3 2003	Mike Sweetney	32	@ Syracuse	L 80-88
Feb 15 2003	Gerald Riley	31	@ Virginia Tech	W 85-73
Mar 1 2003	Mike Sweetney	31	vs. Syracuse	L 84-93	Overtime
Apr 1 2003	Mike Sweetney	32	vs. Minnesota	W 88-74	NIT Semifinal (Madison Square Garden)
Nov 29 2003	Brandon Bowman	30	vs. Delaware State	W 63-54
Jan 31 2004	Gerald Riley	35	@ Miami	W 87-80	Overtime
Feb 7 2004	Gerald Riley	37	vs. Miami	W 80-64
Mar 10 2007	Jeff Green	30	vs. Notre Dame	W 84-82	Big East Tournament Semifinal
Dec 23 2009	Chris Wright	34	vs. Harvard	W 86-70