Georgetown fought the number two team in the nation to the brink and beyond Wednesday night, taking the hated Syracuse Orange to overtime before succumbing in the last minute, 64-61. The Hoyas withstood multiple Orange surges, punching back even as the home team threatened to run away with the game. Ultimately, despite the valiant effort, two miscues did the young Hoyas in: their big men’s inability to finish near the rim, and their failure to contain Orange wing Kris Joseph.

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The Hoyas played hard for 45 minutes but just couldn’t pull off the upset, losing 64-61. The Georgetown defense again deserves credit, holding the Orange to under 35% shooting. Unfortunately, the Hoyas only shot 33% from the field themselves, including only 24% from beyond the arc. It was the poor shooting that doomed the Hoyas.

But on the plus side, Georgetown’s play continues to improve. Against one of the best teams in the country, the shots were not falling, and that ordinarily would spell disaster. But, the Hoyas were able to stay in the game due to their defense and rebounding, and just missed coming home with a very impressive win. And while it is always disappointing to lose, especially to Syracuse, the Hoyas can build off this performance and use what they learned in defeat to make themselves stronger.

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Georgetown had five players reach double figures and 11 players earn minutes in a convincing 75-45 win over South Florida. The Hoyas continue to impress with their defensive effort, and for the second straight game, they held their opponents without a field goal for over 10 minutes. The Bulls shot just 31.4% from the field and committed 17 turnovers.

Georgetown’s offense was not as sharp as its defense early on, as the team was under 35% from the floor in the first half. However, the Hoyas turned things around after the break, missing just eight shots and connecting on over 65% of their second half field goals. With the Hoyas scoring with ease and the defense forcing the Bulls to work hard every possession, Georgetown steadily increased the lead, and South Florida was never truly in the game.

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Georgetown played the first half Saturday against South Florida as it had several recent games: the defense was stingy, but the offense scarcely produced more points than the defense yielded. Coming out of intermission, though, the Hoyas hit their offensive stride while keeping the clamps on defensively, pushing the lead to twenty points and then beyond, all of which proved too much for the cold-shooting, error-prone Bulls to overcome. Henry Sims topped five-double digit Hoyas with 13 points, while also leading the team with 9 rebounds and 5 assists.
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After a pair of poor performances on the offensive end of the floor, the Hoyas decided to inflict some pain on their opponent for a change, turning up the intensity defensively to soundly defeat Connecticut, 58-44. Georgetown’s defense set the pace for the game, as the Hoyas were very active, deflecting passes on seemingly every possession, and holding the Huskies to 30% shooting on the night.

While the offense was still not firing on all cylinders, they slowly but surely took the lead and extended it to double digits in the first half, and kept the lead for the rest of the game. They also controlled the pace of the game, keeping the score low and not allowing the Huskies to turn the game into a track meet. And especially given how much Connecticut struggled to score in the half-court offense, that was a key to success.

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The Hoyas followed up a very shaky performance against Rutgers with an equally disappointing game against Pittsburgh, losing 72-60. Georgetown’s defense was poor for most of the game, with the Panthers getting open layups seemingly at will and scoring 32 points in the paint in the game. The inability to stop Pittsburgh combined with an offense that went over seven minutes without a field goal doomed Georgetown for failure. And with a big game against Connecticut coming up, the Hoyas cannot be happy with their most recent performances leading up to that showdown.

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Georgetown showed the ill effects of a week off Saturday, digging a 17-point hole from which it couldn’t get out, eventually falling against Pittsburgh, 72-60. The Hoyas sleep walked through much of the first half, sputtering on offense and not getting back on defense. While the deficit eventually was narrowed to five, the blue and gray committed too may errors, largely in the form of poor defensive rotations and forced shots on offense, to overtake a renewed Pittsburgh team.

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From the opening tip, it looked as though Georgetown did not have it’s A-game. Players were missing wide open shots, and the motion offense too often was not moving. The team made only three shots in the first half en route to its the worst shooting game of the year, 29.3% from the field.

The defense was solid, which was crucial, and the team was 70% from the free throw line, and in a game when the Hoyas shot 36 free throws, that made the difference. In the end, the Hoyas should try to put this game behind them and just be grateful that they were able to get a win when performing so poorly offensively. Hopefully, this performance was an anomaly, and the team can forget this game and move forward.

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Georgetown overcame its worst shooting stretch of the season Saturday, combining defensive discipline and clutch free-throw shooting to eke out a 52-50 win over Rutgers. The Hoyas trailed for nearly the entire game, leading just three times for a combined one and a half minutes. But it was the last lead, brought about by six straight points by freshman Otto Porter, that gave Georgetown the decisive advantage.

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On Sunday, Georgetown rode a dominant rebounding effort and a hot hand to a road conference victory. Tuesday, the formula was much the same, as the Hoyas relied on Jason Clark’s sharpshooting and team board work en route to a 83-75 win at DePaul.

Clark led all scorers, hitting 11 of 14 shots, 5 of 7 from three, en route to a career-high 31 points. The senior guard re-found his outside stroke, which had eluded him throughout a 4-for-22 three-point slump over the past six games. But he also played to his strengths, slashing to the hoop and pushing the ball in transition. Clark also affected the game in other ways, assuming primary ball-handling duties in the absence of point guard Markel Starks (who was sidelined with a stomach bug), swiping four steals, and grabbing five rebounds.

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