The Villanova Wildcats turned a one point halftime deficit into a convincing 19 point victory over Syracuse, defeating the Orange 82-63 in Big East Tournament action. The first half was sloppy, and the Wildcats stayed in the game with offensive rebounding and closed the half on an eight point run. Scottie Reynolds led all scorers with 22 points, 15 coming after the break, as the Wildcats exploded with 55 points in the second half.
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Georgetown:
Coming into this game the Hoyas had not shown consistent play in their last four games. The trend of unexceptional play continued for Georgetown in the Carrier Dome with a very poor start. The game was an important one for the Hoyas, but their lack of intensity in the first half bordered on indifference. The team fought harder in the second half, but failing to give the right effort for prolonged periods nearly always spells defeat, especially on the road.
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Georgetown: 70, Syracuse: 77
| Georgetown | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHOOTING | REBOUNDS | |||||||||||||
| MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OFF | DEF | TOT | AST | PF | ST | TO | BLK | PTS | ||
| 2 | * Wallace | 35 | 9-10 | 6-7 | 2-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 |
| 3 | * Summers | 37 | 4-14 | 2-9 | 4-5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| 15 | * Freeman | 30 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 4-4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 21 | * Sapp | 31 | 4-12 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 55 | * Hibbert | 26 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 1 | Macklin | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Rivers | 13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Crawford | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Ewing | 19 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| TEAM | 2 | 5 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Total | 200 | 23-55 | 11-25 | 13-17 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 70 | |
| 41.8% | 44.0% | 76.5% | ||||||||||||
Coach John Thompson III has still never won at the Carrier Dome, losing to the Syracuse Orange 77-70. A very sloppy first half doomed the Hoyas as they committed 12 turnovers and failed to get back in transition, as Syracuse ran off a 26-4 run. Syracuse built a 21 point lead before the Hoyas mounted their comeback. Georgetown got it as close as five, but the deficit proved to be too great.
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Hello, Hoya fans! Mike here, we are about 25 minutes away from tip-off as Georgetown travels north to take on Syracuse. The last time these two teams met it was a classic, and it is never easy to play at the Carrier Dome. Hopefully, the Hoyas can pull out a W and stay on top of the standings in the Big East.
Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments, and I’ll be providing in-game commentary from now until the final horn.
Six games ago, we talked about the Hoyas being one-third of the way home to repeating as Big East regular season champions. At this point, six games remain beginning tomorrow at Syracuse. The Hoyas went 5-1 in each of the first two six-game miniseasons, and one more 5-1 stretch will get Georgetown to 15-3 in conference play, which amazingly might not be enough to win the title outright.
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| Team Stats | ||
|---|---|---|
| Georgetown | Syracuse | |
| 20-3 | Record | 16-9 |
| Big East | Conference | Big East |
| 10-2 | Conference Record | 6-6 |
| 13-0 | Home Record | 12-4 |
| 6-3 | Away Record | 3-4 |
| 70.1 | Points / Game | 79.5 |
| 56.7 | Points Allowed / Game | 73.3 |
| 35.9 | Rebounds / Game | 40.4 |
| 9.8 | Offensive Rebounds / Game | 13.7 |
| 15.7 | Assists / Game | 16.4 |
| 13.0 | Turnovers / Game | 16.1 |
| 4.9 | Blocks / Game | 6.1 |
For the Villanova game, we asked you how many three pointers the Hoyas would make. Sam was right with his guess of 7. Congrats to him.
This weekend, Georgetown has back-to-back road games, facing Syracuse on Saturday and then traveling to Providence on Monday for a rare day game. We thought this would be a fun question:
What will the Hoyas’ record be over the long weekend, and how many total points will they score?
We guess Georgetown will go 2-0, and will score 134 points. What about you? Let us know in the comments.
The Hoyas have a big game coming up against Syracuse on Saturday at the Carrier Dome. The two teams met up already this year, and I thought it would be a good time to look back at that thrilling overtime victory.
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When I was just a little obsessive Georgetown fan, I had a shirt that said “Heart Attack Hoyas - #1 in the Big East”. That seems like a lot of text for a T-shirt, but it was the early 1980’s. Somehow I still have the shirt, which my son now wears to the games at Verizon Center. Earlier this season another long-time Hoya fan saw my son’s shirt and said, “Wow, nice shirt!” I guess he thought that maybe I had found it on eBay or some thrift store or something. I told him, “Thanks, it used to be mine about 25 years ago.” The guy responded, “Wow.” I couldn’t tell if he was more impressed or more weirded out. I also don’t know how a shirt that I used to wear when I was 8 years old is now a little snug on my two-year old when the shirt had just been in a closet for over two decades. I like that my son can wear the shirt, mainly for posterity and historical value. But, as it turns out, the team has some Heart Attack tendencies like when I used to wear the shirt at the Capital Centre.
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