Your Georgetown Hoyas dug themselves into a hole and couldn’t escape, falling to the DePaul Blue Demons by a score of 73-68. Drew Fielder (19 points, 8 reb, 2 ast) and Malik Mack (19 points, 6 ast) led the scoring for the Hoyas. Caleb Williams added 10 points and 6 rebounds, while Curtis Williams Jr. also scored in double digits. Micah Peavy snagged 10 rebounds.
The setup should have been ideal for a home court advantage. A weekend night game, with classes in session, and the Hoyas as a rare favorite. However, as viewers on CBSSN were waiting for the latest battle of Ohio to end, Thompson’s Towel tweeted that both Thomas Sorber and Jayden Epps were not dressed for tonight’s game. This was not good news.
The Blue Demons had not won a BIG EAST game in two years less a day, but they did take #7 Marquette to OT earlier in the week, while the Hoyas had let the second half get away from them in a close loss to St. John’s.
Early minutes saw a quick pace in terms of number of trips to each end of the court, though each team managed only a single field goal through the first 2.5 minutes. Caleb Williams broke through on a fourth-chance shot from directly under the basket, then Enright hit an up & under shot for DePaul.
Georgetown missed a couple of transition shots, but the Blue Demons had Gunn hit from the corner and Benson finished an alley-oop. Ed Cooley went deeper into the bench than usual early in the game, with Drew McKenna and Kayvaun Mulready in the game before 6 minutes had elapsed. The Hoyas could not find the bottom of the basket. With 12:48 to play in the first half, Georgetown trailed 15-5.
Out of a sorely needed timeout Malik Mack scored. However, DePaul immediately broke the press and reestablished the margin. Enduring the wrong end of a 15-2 run against the Blue Demons was not something I had on my Friday Night bingo card of pain. Switching to a smaller lineup and zone defense helped the Hoyas get a couple of stops, but it did not remove the lid from their basket.
At long last, a smooth pass from Fielder to Williams within spitting distance of the basket finally sneaked through, then Curtis Williams Jr. banked a physics-defying fallaway off the glass. Unfortunately, Georgetown was unable to continue sustain that momentum and close the gap further.
Georgetown had yet to make a basket from beyond the arc and was unable to penetate the DePaul zone to get closer looks, shooting less than 30% overall from the floor. Another turnover,…
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