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.

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Bad news for Hoyas trying to make it into the League:

• Brandon Bowman was waived from the Philadelphia 76ers yesterday after playing with them throughout the NBA Training Camp.
  [Sixers.com]
• Also, Mike Sweetney did not make the final cut for the Boston Celtics despite greatly impressing coach Doc Rivers.
   
  According to the Celtics Blog at Boston.com, there are rumors that Rivers might keep Sweetney around so that he can workout with the team to help get back into shape.
  [Boston.com via Hoyatalk]

• With NBA Training Camps starting up a few days ago, some Hoyas’ names are popping up again. Mike Sweetney is still practicing with the Boston Celtics like he did during the Orlando Summer League, and while it doesn’t look like he’ll get a roster spot in Boston, he’s still out there trying to prove that he belongs back in the League. You can read more here from the Boston Globe [via HoyaTalk]
• Also making an appearance during NBA Training Camp is Brandon Bowman. After running-up in the German Bundesliga with Telekom Baskets Bonn, Brandon will be practicing with the Philadelphia 76ers this week.
• And over in Europe, Jessie Sapp is getting comfortable in Glasgow. After three games, the Rocks are 1-2, but Jessie has done well for himself, leading the team in scoring twice with 26, and putting up 15 in their one win. So far, he’s shooting 54% from the field and 47% from three to go along with his 8-9 (89%) from the stripe. After the team’s first game, the Coach had some nice things to say about his rookie guard: Jessie Sapp has bright future with Glasgow Rocks.

At the beginning of last week, I mentioned that at least one Hoya would win a championship by the end of the month. And sure enough, Jonathan Wallace and Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje won the Basketball Bundesliga championship, edging out Brandon Bowman’s Telekom Baskets Bonn in the decisive Game 5.
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I woke up this morning thinking to myself, “Now that the Lakers have won the NBA Championship – and Patrick Ewing and the Magic have not – it looks like no Hoya will end up a league champion this year.”

Then I thought, “Wait a second, that’s not true. There’s still the European leagues.” And sure enough, GUHoyas posted yesterday that no less than three Georgetown players would be competing in the German Basketball Bundesliga’s championship game last night.
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Not much news going on in Hoyaland right now, so this is what we’ve got for you.

• Dikembe Mutombo logged the most minutes of the season on Friday when he played 35 minutes at Golden State. The Rockets won 113-109 and Deke had 10 points, 15 rebounds and 4 blocks.
• In Germany, Jonathan Wallace and Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje’s EWE Baskets Oldenburg beat Giants Düsseldorf 98-96 and Brandon Bowman’s Telekom Baskets Bonn beat Giants Nördlingen 67-65. Our German’s not too good, but it doesn’t look like any of the Hoyas hit a last second shot.

So just after posting a piece about Jonathan Wallace and Tyler Crawford playing in Slovenia, we get an email from David Volkmann from Telekom Baskets Bonn. Apparently, the German league’s reigning co-champions has recently signed Brandon Bowman to a one year contract.

David provided us with this press release, the 2008-09 roster, and a photo of BoBo and his new coach and center Tim Clifford.

He also informed us that Brandon rolled his ankle on his first layup attempt with his new side, but it wasn’t too bad.

• Georgetown opened their Big East portion of the season with a 12 point win over the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. Austin Freeman paced the Hoyas with 13 points, and Jonathan Wallace added 11.
• Jeff Green returned to the Verizon Center to play his first game as a pro at the court he called home for three years. The Sonics fell to the Wizards 108-86.
• Allen Iverson also had an emotional game as the Nuggets hosted AI’s former team, the Philadelphia 76ers. Iverson scored 38 points on 56% shooting and dished out 8 assists to lead the Nuggets to a 109-96 victory.
• Brandon Bowman, class of 2006, left the Bakersfield Jam of the NBA’s Development League to join the Italian club Ignis Novara, located in the Piedmont region. In his first game yesterday, Brandon scored 21 points, shooting 60% from the field. Bowman will play for the Second Division Dragons for the remainder of the season.
• #1 North Carolina eked out an overtime victory in their ACC opener to remain perfect on the season and in doing so handed Clemson its first loss of the year. Clemson led by one with 5 seconds remaining in overtime, when Ty Lawson found Wayne Ellington beyond the three point arc. Ellington buried the jumper with .4 seconds remaining and sealed the victory.

2005-06 – Record: 10-2 (Conference 7-1)
Senior Class: Ryan Beal, Brandon Bowman, Ashanti Cook, Amadou Kilkenny-Diaw, Darrel Owens (Graduate Student)

The Georgetown Hoyas re-established themselves in the national spotlight of college basketball in 2005-06. The team played very well throughout the year coming up with excellent victories both home and away. The crowds at the Verizon Center continued to swell, and the student body came out with greater numbers than any point in school history. Georgetown advanced to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament before falling to the eventual champion Florida Gators. The season was even more special for the seniors who had gone through a great deal of adversity during their college careers.
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Today is Brandon Bowman’s 23rd birthday. After the 2002-03 Georgetown season ended (the loss in the NIT Final to St. John’s at Madison Square Garden), I went into the locker room to try and console some of the players as well as to congratulate them on the completion of their season. I walked up to Brandon and extended my hand to him. He handed me his empty Gatorade bottle. I told him, “I’m offering to shake your hand, not take your trash.” He felt bad, shook his head and my hand. Throughout his career he got a bad rep for sort of being a head case, and even though my anecdote reinforces that belief, Hoya fans should be grateful since he really was a great player for the Hoyas, even if he did have some moments of interesting decision-making. So to paraphrase, ‘I come to praise Bowman, not to bury him.’
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