Georgetown played its most impressive game of the early season Wednesday, as the young Hoyas rode senior leadership to a dramatic 91-88 victory over the #8 Memphis Tigers in the fifth-place game of the Maui Invitational. Henry Sims scored a career high 24 points, scoring in every conceivable way and showing an indomitable will previously unshown to Hoya fans, while Jason Clark followed up Tuesday’s career-high 28 points with an equally impressive 26, knifing through the Tiger defense to finish at the rim on one play, stroking a high-arcing three ball the next. If Georgetown’s narrow opening loss to Kansas left any doubt, the Hoyas proved they belong in the national rankings Wednesday, bringing back from Maui a hard-fought win over a top-ten team and the acclaim to go with it.
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After a long weekend and a lot of turkey, I can now look back and reflect upon Georgetown’s trip to Hawaii.

Teams

Georgetown:
There were lots of questions surrounding this year’s Georgetown team entering Maui, as the first few games were not challenging enough to show us what the team was made of. After the tournament, I think we all have a better sense of this year’s team.

The Hoyas showed me a lot, playing hard throughout the whole tournament, competing at the same level as the two top 25 opponents that they faced and soundly defeating an inferior opponent. The Hoyas did make a number of mistakes that are typical for teams with lots of underclassmen, such as going on extended scoring droughts and falling asleep on defense occasionally. But, the team was able to overcome these flaws for an impressive overall performance in Maui.

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