The Hoyas eked out Providence in their Big East home opener to become 2-0 in conference play.

After the win, Coach Thompson took the podium alongside seniors Jason Clark and Henry Sims and freshman Otto Porter. Here’s the audio of the press conference:

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Also, Providence Coach Ed Cooley and freshman LaDontae Henton talked to the press, and they had this to say:

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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 with a 49-40 victory. The win, while decidedly unimpressive, was the Hoyas’ tenth straight and pushes their record to 12-1, and 2-0 in Big East play.

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Georgetown beat Providence on New Year’s Eve, showing that they can win ugly, even when nothing is working the way it should on offense. They tried to score from outside; they tried to pound it in down low; they moved the ball around; the ball just refused to go into the basket. But even though points were hard to come by, they clamped down in the final minutes, and willed the victory.

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