11/24/2001 Box Score

The Hoyas won on 11/24/01, defeating Towson 91-40 in the first game of the John Thompson Classic at McDonough Arena. After trailing in the opening four minutes, Georgetown established a lead and never looked back. Kevin Braswell paced all scorers with 21 points. He also had 7 assists and 4 steals, moving him to within 90 steals of the NCAA all time career leader. Gerald Riley contributed 14 points while adding 6 rebounds, a career high 5 assists and a career high 4 steals. Victor Samnick added 13 tallies while leading the team in rebounding with 8 caroms. Wesley Wilson scored 12 points and had 4 blocks. Courtland Freeman rounded out the Hoyas in double figures with 10 points and 3 rejections.

After knotting the score at 10, the Hoyas went on a 39-13 scoring spree. Shooting 55.6% while holding the smaller Tigers to 22.2% from the field the Hoyas forced 17 turnovers in the opening stanza and led by 26 at the half.

In the second act, Georgetown dominated the boards 23-15 while causing 16 more turnovers. The Hoyas also added 5 more rejections and 10 more steals. For the game, the Hoyas shot 50% while holding the Tigers? to 26%; had 16 turnovers to Towson?s 33; 18 steals to the Tigers? 8; blocked 14 shots to TU?s 3 and won the battle of the boards 46-35. The Final score was 91-40.