Teams

Georgetown:
Last year, the Hoyas defeated the Fighting Irish by starting the game with sharp shooting, as they went 7 for 12 from behind the arc in the first half. They started the game with an 18-2 run and never looked back. On Saturday, it was Big Roy who took apart the Irish, as he scored 13 points in the opening 12 minutes. After the break, Georgetown seemed to regain its three-point touch, and there was no chance for Notre Dame at that point.

Notre Dame:
Notre Dame’s center Luke Harangody was completely overmatched in this game, and he had no chance of stopping Hibbert or of scoring on him. Add in the Fighting Irish missing a lot of jumpers that they would usually make, and you get a recipe for disaster as they finished the game shooting 32.8% from the field.

Players

Georgetown:
Obviously, Roy had a big game, and he was fairly aggressive even with the t-shirt on. But another big contributor on Saturday was DaJuan Summers. He had 17 points and 11 rebounds to earn himself his first double-double of the season. After the game, Coach Thompson said of DaJuan’s performance, “He was extremely aggressive in terms of, not just aggressive in terms of attacking the basket or anything like that, but his energy level - he worked, he brought his lunch pail today, and he worked. And it was great to see that.”

Notre Dame:
The only player on Notre Dame that shot over 40% from the field was Jonathan Peoples. And he had very little impact on this game. McAlarney failed to perform, and Harangody was stifled, so somebody had to step up, and that didn’t seem to happen for the Irish.

Coaches

Coach Brey got a technical, more out of frustration than anything else. Besides that, there was not much to talk about in regards to the guys in the suits.

Referees

The refs were average on Saturday, and it led to a little fracas when Harangody thought he was fouled, retaliated, and then got inadvertently elbowed in the head as he was shoving Big Roy. Things settled down in the second half, and the game was so far out of reach that the refereeing didn’t have too much of an impact on the outcome.

Fans

I’ll let Coach handle this one. “The fans are terrific. We not only appreciate but we need that energy. That’s why you like playing at home and don’t like playing on the road. . . Our fans have been terrific, and its something that we feed off of. Our fans do a great job of understanding that when we’re not playing well, when we hit those lows, thats when we need them. When everything’s going great, everyone’s fine and happy and jubilant, but our guys do a good job of when we need some help, they do a good job of picking us up, and we are extremely appreciative of that.”

Number of the Game

36: Points in the paint scored by the Hoyas. With the three not falling in the early going, the Hoyas relied on Big Roy’s post scoring and cuts for layups. More than half of the field goals for the Boys in Gray were scored from inside the lane, showing that Georgetown got high percentage shots, and as a result they went 61% from 2-point land.

Pop Pop Donato

In the stand of Verizon Center were three young girls holding a sign that said something along the lines of, “We came to cheer our Pop Pop the ref. Yay Pop Pop Donato.” I guess it’s good that they came to a game where he wasn’t treated too badly from the fans. I wouldn’t want those girls watching a close game though.