Georgetown won its second-straight game on Monday, defeating Syracuse in overtime in front of a sold-out crowd of 20,035 at Verizon Center, 64-62, as senior center Roy Hibbert (Adelphi, Md./Georgetown Prep) hit an open 13-footer with less than a minute left in overtime.  The Hoyas, who are ranked No. 9 in both the Associated Press Top-25 poll and in the ESPN/USA Today Top 25 Coaches’ poll, improved to 15-2 overall and 5-1 in league play with their overtime win.

The Blue and Gray are the only team with one loss in conference play.  A win on Saturday would keep the Hoyas at the top of the BIG EAST.

The Hoyas are ranked No. 1 in field goal percentage defense (35.6%), third in the country in field goal percentage (51.2%), and eighth in the country in scoring defense (57.3 ppg) in the latest statistical rankings from the NCAA.  The Hoyas lead the BIG EAST in four different statistical categories:  scoring defense, field goal percentage, field goal percentage defense and three-point field goal percentage defense (29.6%).

Hibbert leads the team in scoring and rebounding with 13.2 points 6.6 boards per game.  The 7-2, 275-pound center, who has two 20-plus point games this season, led the Hoyas with 15 points and 9 rebounds against Syracuse .  Hibbert was recently named to the Naismith Trophy’s Mid-Season Top-30 List.

Sophomore forward DaJuan Summers ( Baltimore , Md. /McDonogh) is second on the team in scoring (11.0 ppg) and has scored in double figures in seven of the last 10 games.  Senior guard Jonathan Wallace (Harvest, Ala./Sparkman), who will start his 120th-straight game Saturday, is third on the team in scoring with 10.5 points per game, while adding 2.4 assists per game.  Wallace scored 15 points against Syracuse , tying a season-high with four three-point field goals and dishing out four assists in the overtime thriller.

Freshman Austin Freeman (Mitchelville, Md./DeMatha) has reached double figures in scoring in seven of the last 10 games.  Since breaking into the starting line-up against Fordham, Freeman has averaged 11.7 points and 2.6 rebounds.  Junior guard Jessie Sapp ( New York , N.Y./National Christian Academy [ Md. ]) is fifth on the team in scoring (9.3 ppg), leads the team in assists (3.7 apg), and is third in rebounding (4.4 rpg).  Against Syracuse , Sapp led the team with 39 minutes, scored 11 points, grabbed seven rebounds, and had five assists.

Saturday’s game against West Virginia is the 45th all-time meeting between the Hoyas and the Mountaineers.  Georgetown leads the head-to-head series, 24-20, but has not won at West Virginia since 2003.  Hibbert’s 20 points and six rebounds along with Jeff Green’s 15 points led the Hoyas to a 71-53 victory last year against West Virginia at the Verizon Center .