Teams

GU:
A poor showing for Georgetown by their own high standards. Perhaps it was a result of the win earlier in the week against Old Dominion, or perhaps in anticipation for the mid week game against Alabama in the Big East/SEC Invitational, but the Hoyas looked sloppy. The first half was particularly poor, but they gritted it out in the second half for the victory. I think the injury of Jessie Sapp, who played limited minutes thanks to a knee to the head on the first possession of the game, may have had an impact on the game. But, a win is a win, and hopefully Georgetown can turn it around by this Wednesday.

FU:
The Stags came out ready, and despite an early five point deficit, stayed focused and fought for the full 40. They shot the lights out from long range in the first half, going 7-11, but the second half basket was not as kind, as they made only one of eight, and that ended up to be their undoing.

Players

GU:
Without Sapp, one of the other Hoyas would have to step up. This game it was DaJuan Summers, who scored a season high 16 points. To go along with his offense, Summers played good defense, getting one block that was questionably ruled a foul and another clean block near the end of the game that lead to a hoop at the other end. Freshmen Chris Wright and Austin Freeman continue to get good minutes, and their familiarity with the team and this offense is growing.

FU:
Jonathan Han was their leading scorer coming into the game, and he showed why, putting up 11 first half points on 3-4 shooting from downtown. The Hoyas did a good job on him defensively in the second half, limiting Han to just one basket. Han had some help from his teammates, but he was clearly the main threat from Fairfield.

Coaches

Fairfield coach Ed Cooley did a good job of preparing his team, and he kept the game close for 36 minutes. On the other side of the court, Coach Thompson did fine considering he was without one of his veteran starters. The only criticism I can think of is that he never used a time out, which might have helped expand the lead, since on a few occasions the Hoyas had the ball, up four, with a chance to push the game out of reach, and they let those chances slip.

Referees

A pretty poorly officiated game. The refs called too many fouls, which disrupted the flow of the game, but at the same time they allowed Hibbert to get murdered under the basket without any relief. The worst call in my opinion came with under two minutes to go in the game. Fairfield had just called a timeout, and to start play, they gave the ball to Han. Rivers was guarding him, them cleanly stripped the ball and started going the other way, when John Cahill whistled Rivers for the foul. Jeremiah would have had a clear path to the basket to put the Hoyas up eight, but instead, Han got the chance to cut into the lead.

Fans

A large but rather subdued crowd for this game. There was one play in the second half where the Hoyas forced a 35 second violation on Fairfield, and Chris Wright turned to the student section and gestured them to make noise. They obliged, and the entire Verizon Center got very loud for the next Hoya possession, which ended in a three by Freeman going halfway down before popping out.

Number of the Game

16: Number of second half points for the Stags, less than half of their first half total of 33 points.

Out of Town Scores

For the first time this season, the out-of-town scoreboard worked. However, it was only giving NHL and NBA scores, and since most were night games, we didn’t get much information. Hopefuly once the Hoyas enter the Big East season we will be able to get other college scores from around the country. The one down side of the scores: we no longer have the rotating G that transforms into Jack the Bulldog to look at during official timeouts. Well, that’s progress.