We have been talking a lot about avenging losses this week. That got us thinking about the losses we suffered last year, and we came up with this question.
Which of Georgetown’s six regular season losses last year do you wish never happened, and why?
For us, we are picking the loss at Syracuse because we should never lose to Syracuse and that stopped our unbeaten streak.
What loss you would exchange for a win? Remember: regular season, so no fair picking OSU.
The 18-point final margin of victory was a little bit misleading in Georgetown’s recent win at Old Dominion. The Hoyas had everything under control for most of the second half, but there was a pivotal stretch where the Monarchs were threatening to give Georgetown a very tough test. The critical plays aren’t always made in crunch time.
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| Team Stats | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fairfield | Georgetown | |
| 2-4 | Record | 4-0 |
| MAAC | Conference | Big East |
| 0-0 | Conference Record | 0-0 |
| 1-1 | Home Record | 2-0 |
| 1-3 | Away Record | 2-0 |
| 62.2 | Points / Game | 66.3 |
| 67.2 | Points Allowed / Game | 50.3 |
| 33.2 | Rebounds / Game | 37.5 |
| 14.3 | Offensive Rebounds / Game | 10.3 |
| 12.7 | Assists / Game | 16.3 |
| 16.2 | Turnovers / Game | 11.5 |
| 2.3 | Blocks / Game | 6.0 |
Last game, we asked who would be the leading scorer and with how many points. The real leading scorer was Hibbert with 14 points. Again, everyone overshot the correct answer, leaving us the closest once again with our guess of Hibbert with 17. I guess that is why we are the professionals. See if you guys can beat us this time.
The Hoyas did not do so well from the free throw line in the past two games. And our opponent on Saturday is Fairfield University, one of the 28 Jesuit colleges and universities in the US. So our question for this game, in the spirit of Jesuit brotherhood, is about fouls.
What will the Hoyas’ free throw percentage be and how many total free throws will the Boys in Gray shoot?
We have a suspicion that the Hoyas have been working a lot on that department, so we are gonna say the Hoyas will shoot 88% with 17 shots. (That’s 15 for 17 from the line).
Your guess? Post it.
GU:
The Hoyas had a great game last night, showing why they are the #5 team in the country by playing with poise and simply executing, particularly in the second half.
The main thing that stuck out for me, though, was the team’s passing. Georgetown made several crisp passes that demanded that the players knew where each other were going to be. This not only shows that the Hoyas are getting more comfortable with the offense, but they are also getting more comfortable with each other.
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GU:
I think the Hoyas were a little nervous at the start, perhaps because emotions were running high after last year’s game. But come the second half, Georgetown settled down and pulled away, using an 11-1 run to start the half and put the result beyond doubt. The young guys got a lot of minutes and did more than hold their own. With Freeman, Wright, and Macklin on the floor, it is a very different look than with Sapp, Wallace, and Hibbert. If the underclassmen can continue to get good minutes, the Hoyas will cause opposing defenses lots of problems. My only complaint with the team’s performance is the free throws. 65% is not going to cut it once Big East play rolls around, so the Hoyas need to right that ship, the sooner the better.
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The Georgetown Hoyas improved to 4-0 on the season with their second road win of the year, a 66-48 victory against Old Dominion.
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Georgetown: 66, Old Dominion: 48
| Georgetown | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHOOTING | REBOUNDS | |||||||||||||
| MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OFF | DEF | TOT | AST | PF | ST | TO | BLK | PTS | ||
| 2 | * Wallace | 23 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | * Summers | 25 | 0-5 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | * Sapp | 23 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 33 | * Ewing | 28 | 4-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 55 | * Hibbert | 24 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| 1 | Macklin | 17 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Wright | 17 | 3-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | Rivers | 17 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Freeman | 23 | 5-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 22 | Crawford | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TEAM | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total | 200 | 26-50 | 5-13 | 9-14 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 66 | |
| 52.0% | 38.5% | 64.3% | ||||||||||||
Alright, game starts in just over 20 minutes, and everybody’s been awaiting this rematch ever since ODU’s surprise upset over the Hoyas last year. Let’s see if the Hoyas can pay the Monarchs back and keep their winning streak going.
Post your thoughts in the comments.
In my family, as in most families, there is a large debate over the best way to eat Thanksgiving leftovers. It is about a 50-50 split between those preferring a cold turkey sandwich and those who would rather heat up the turkey along with mashed potatoes and gravy. As the college basketball season heads into December, the matchups are heating up faster than yams in a microwave. Yesterday, the Big Ten/ACC Challenge began, and closer to home, the boys from the Hilltop are back on the court.
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