Wallace Scores 1,000th Career Point, Sets School Record for Three-Pointers as No. 7
Georgetown Topples Fordham, 82-55

Washington , D.C.   –  Senior guard Jonathan Wallace (Harvest, Ala./Sparkman) scored his 1,000th career point and became the school’s all-time leader in three-point field goals as No .7 Georgetown opened up a 25-point halftime lead en route to an 82-55 win over Fordham in front of 7,845 fans at Verizon Center on New Year’s Eve afternoon.

It was the second-straight win for the Hoyas, who close out their non-conference schedule with a 10-1 record, and were ranked No. 7 in the country in the latest Associated Press Top 25 poll and in the ESPN/USA Today Top 25 Coaches’ poll.  Fordham falls to 6-6 overall.

In a game that was all Georgetown from the start, the Blue and Gray took immediate control of the game, hitting six of their first nine shots from the field and taking a 15-4 lead on a three-pointer from Wallace just over four minutes into the game.  The Rams scored two-straight baskets to cut the lead to 17-8, but Georgetown exploded for a 19-1 run over a span of 4:40, taking a 36-9 lead on a layup from freshman guard Chris Wright (Bowie, Md./St. John’s College High) with 10:14 to play in the half. 

That key first half run started with Wallace hitting a three with 14:34 to play, the 190th of his career, moving him past Kevin Braswell as the all-time leader at Georgetown in that category.  Six different players scored during the run, with Wallace scoring six and sophomore forward DaJuan Summers ( Baltimore , Md. /McDonogh) chipping in five points. 

Georgetown took its biggest lead of the half, 41-11, on a three-pointer from Summers with 9:03 to play and led by 23 points, 50-23 at halftime.  The Hoyas shot 64.5 percent from the floor in the first half (20-of-31) and hit 66.7 percent of their three-pointers.

Firmly in control at halftime, the Hoyas scored the first basket of the second half, a three-pointer from the top of the key from senior center Roy Hibbert (Adelphi, Md./Georgetown Prep), the first shot from outside the arc during his career.  Wallace, the school’s all-time leader, assisted the player who ranks among the top-10 in career blocks.

Georgetown ’s biggest lead was 36 points, 79-43, on a three-pointer from junior guard Jessie Sapp ( New York , N.Y./National Christian Academy [ Md. ]) with 5:55 to play, and then on a layup from sophomore forward Vernon Macklin (Portsmouth, Va./Hargrave Military Academy) with 5:00 to play.

Wallace hit 7-of-8 shots from the field and 4-of-5 from beyond the arc to finish with a team-high 19 points, while Summers added 15 points and nine rebounds.  Hibbert scored 11 points, had four rebounds, four assists and three blocked shots, while Sapp added 11 points, six assists, three rebounds and three steals.  Freshman guard Austin Freeman (Mitchelville, Md./DeMatha), making his first career start, scored 12 points.

All five starters scored in double figures for Georgetown, a first for the 2007-08 season, and the first time all five had scored at least 10 points since the 2007 NCAA East Regional win over North Carolina last season.

Georgetown opens BIG EAST Conference play on Saturday, January 5, visiting Rutgers .  Tip-off is slated for 2 p.m.  The game will be shown live on MASN and can be heard locally on AM 570.