The Georgetown Hoyas dropped their first conference game of the season with a road defeat at the hands of the West Virginia Mountaineers. The 74-62 loss ended Georgetown’s 11-game winning streak, the longest since 2006-07. West Virginia was led by their two excellent seniors Kevin Jones (22 points, 16 rebounds) and Truck Bryant (game-high 25 points). Entering play this weekend, Jones was leading the Big East conference in both scoring and rebounding. Hollis Thompson led the Hoyas in scoring with 20 points on 7-13 from the field.

With two of the top defensive teams in the conference going head to head, the scoring started off slowly for both teams. Georgetown’s full court defense forced West Virginia into several early turnovers, while the Mountaineers smothering half court defense never allowed the Hoyas to get into rhythm on offense. The game was close throughout the first half and West Virginia was ahead by two at halftime 29-27.

The teams traded baskets for the first few minutes of the second half; then West Virginia moved in front with an 11-4 run. The Mountaineers scored back to back buckets on follow dunks, then Bryant scored twice, and Jones added a three-pointer to lead by seven. Georgetown responded to get within three, but West Virginia surged forward again, extending to their largest lead of 13 points with four and a half minutes left. The Hoyas went on a frantic 9-0 run over the next two minutes to cut the deficit to 4 at 62-58, but West Virginia scored the next basket of the game and closed the game by going 10-10 from the free throw line.

The Hoyas return home to Verizon center for a Monday night match-up against Cincinnati; tip off is set for 9pm.