Feb. 9, 2007
Washington, D.C. - The Georgetown University men's basketball team hosts No. 11 Marquette on Saturday at Verizon Center in a BIG EAST Conference matchup featuring two of the top three teams in the league standings. The Hoyas, ranked No. 22 in the Associated Press and No. 23 in the ESPN/USA Today Top 25 Coaches' poll, will tip-off against the Golden Eagles at noon at Verizon Center. The game will be shown live on ESPN and can be heard locally on SportsTalk 980 AM, with Rich Chvotkin calling all of the action.
The Hoyas enter today's game with a six-game win streak following a 73-65 win at Louisville on Wednesday night ... The Blue and Gray are 17-5 overall and 7-2 in the BIG EAST Conference ... A win today would match the team's season-long win streak of seven games ... The eight-point win over the Cardinals was the first time this season the Hoyas had won by less than 10 points ... The team's average margin of victory is 13.0 points per game ... Georgetown held Louisville to 65 points, 7.1 below its season average entering the game ... It was the 16th time this season the Hoyas held an opponent to more than 5.0 points below their season average ... Roy Hibbert and Jeff Green combined to hit 16-of-20 field goals and score 36 points in the Louisville win ... Hibbert recorded his fourth double-double of the season with 20 points and 11 rebounds, while Green added 16 points, seven boards and four assists ... The Hoyas shot 56.5 percent from the field against Louisville, the 16th time in 21 games the team hit at least half of its field goals ... Georgetown is 33-4 all-time under John Thompson III when hitting 50 percent of its shots ... The team ranks No. 6 nationally in scoring defense through February 4, allowing 56.2 points ... Georgetown has held 16 opponents to 60 points or fewer, including 15 of the last 18... Georgetown is 31-2 under Thompson when scoring at least 69 points ... The Hoyas lead the BIG EAST and rank second in the country in field goal percentage (52.6%) as of February 4 ... Green and Hibbert are tied for the team lead in scoring with 12.6 points per game ... Hibbert leads the team in rebounding (6.2 rpg), while Green is second (6.0 rpg) ... Jonathan Wallace is third on the team with 11.3 points per game and leads the team with 42 three-pointers ... Jessie Sapp is averaging 9.0 points, 3.7 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game.
about Marquette: Marquette enters today's game with a 21-4 overall record and an 8-2 slate in BIG EAST play ... The Golden Eagles have won eight-straight games, all conference matchups ... Marquette is 5-1 on the road this season, including a 4-1 mark in league games ... Marquette is 19-1 when leading at the half this season, 1-4 when trailing ... The Golden Eagles are ranked No. 11 in the Associated Press and No. 12 in the ESPN/USA Today Top 25 Coaches' poll ... Sophomore guard Dominic James is one of three players in double figures in scoring ... He leads the team with 15.6 points per game and tops the team with 4.7 assists per game ... He is ninth in the BIG EAST in scoring and sixth in assists ... Sophomore guard Jerel McNeal is second on the team in scoring with 14.6 points per game and is handing out 4.0 assists ... McNeal ranks fourth nationally with 2.8 steals per game ... The backcourt duo has combined to hit 61 three-pointers, with James leading the way with 39 ... Sophomore guard Wesley Matthews is third on the team in scoring with 12.4 points per game and is second on the team with 5.2 rebounds per game ... Junior forward Ousmane Barro is fourth on the team with 8.9 points per game and leads the team with 6.8 rebounds per contest ... Those four players have combined for 69.8 percent of Marquette's scoring this season ... Junior forward Dan Fitzgerald is averaging 6.6 points and 3.9 rebounds and freshman forward Lazar Hayward is contributing 5.8 points and 3.4 rebounds per game ... The Golden Eagles are scoring 73.1 points and yielding 62.3 points per game ... Marquette is shooting 45.1 percent from the floor, 33.6 percent from three-point land and 64.0 percent from the free throw line ... They hold a 37.2 to 33.0 advantage in rebounding.
the series with Marquette: Georgetown and Marquette meet for the fifth time in program history today ... The head-to-head series is tied at two wins apiece ... The team's split a pair of games last year, with Marquette posting a 57-51 win in Milwaukee during the regular season and the Hoyas beating the Golden Eagles, 62-59, in the BIG EAST Tournament Quarterfinals.
