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No. 15 Georgetown Topples St. John’s, 64-41 |
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Written by Georgetown Press
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Tuesday, 14 February 2006 |
Washington, D.C. – Senior forward Brandon Bowman (Santa Monica,
Calif./Westchester) scored 16 points and sophomore center Roy Hibbert
(Adelphi, Md./Georgetown Prep) added 14 points and eight rebounds,
leading No. 15 Georgetown to a 64-41 win over St. John’s in front of
9,739 fans at the MCI Center on Thursday night.
It was the seventh-straight win for the Hoyas, who improve to 17-4
overall and 8-2 in the BIG EAST. St. John’s falls to 10-11
overall and 3-7 in league play. The win gives Georgetown a season
series sweep of the Red Storm for the first time since the 1996-97
school year.
Georgetown led by 12 points at halftime (30-18) and outscored St.
John’s 18-2 over the first 7:41 of the second half, with Hibbert
scoring five and Bowman adding four, to take a commanding 48-20 lead
with 12:19 to play. The Red Storm got no closer than 26 points
and opened up its biggest lead, 32 points (60-38) on a Green free throw
with 7:42 to play.
The Hoyas jumped out to a quick lead, scoring the game’s first six
points, with Bowman hitting a pair of shots and Hibbert adding a pair
of free throws. St. John’s was held without a basket for the
first four minutes, scoring their first basket on a layup by Aaron
Spears with 15:54 to play. Georgetown responded by scoring
eight-straight points over a 4:21 span, taking a 14-2 lead on a Bowman
dunk with 11:33 to play.
Georgetown extended the lead to 16 points, 24-8, on a Bowman jumper
with 6:57 left in the half and took its biggest lead of the half on a
pair of Cook free throws with 4:32 to play, giving the Hoyas a 28-10
lead. Georgetown led by 12 points, 30-18, at halftime.
Bowman connected on 7-of-9 shots from the field for 16 points, while Hibbert added 14 points and eight boards.
Georgetown hit 45.8 percent of its shots (22-of-48), including 33.3
percent from three-point land (6-of-18) and 73.7 percent from the line
(14-of-19). The Red Storm shot 32.7 percent from the floor
(16-of-49), 40.0 percent from three-point land (4-of-10) and 45.5 from
the line (5-of-11).
Georgetown held St. John’s to 41 points, the lowest output by the Red
Storm in the series since 1993-94 (a 60-49 GU win). The 41 points
scored by the Red Storm were the lowest by a BIG EAST opponent since
1983-84, when Providence lost 59-38 at home to the Hoyas. They
were the fewest points scored by a GU opponent since 2004-05, when the
Hoyas beat Boston University in the first round of the NIT, 64-34.
Georgetown wraps up a three-game homestand on Sunday, playing
ninth-ranked West Virignia. Tipoff at the MCI Center is slated
for 7 p.m. The game will be shown on ESPN Plus (NewsChannel 8
locally) and can be heard live on SportsTalk 980 AM.
Georgetown University is a proud member of the BIG EAST
Conference – the largest and most diverse athletic conference in the
country. It was formed in 1979 and represents the athletic interests of
16 member institutions including the University of Cincinnati,
University of Connecticut, DePaul University, Georgetown University,
University of Louisville, Marquette University, University of Notre
Dame, University of Pittsburgh, Providence College, Rutgers University,
St. John’s University, Seton Hall University, University of South
Florida, Syracuse .University, West Virginia University and Villanova
University. The BIG EAST has captured 25 national championships in six
different sports and is a founding member of the Bowl Championship
Series. For more information on Georgetown athletics, please visit
www.guhoyas.com. For more information on the BIG EAST Conference and
its membership, please visit www.bigeast.org. |
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