Game Notes

WASHINGTON - The nationally-ranked Georgetown University men's basketball team is back in action on Tuesday night, Jan. 27, hosting BIG EAST Conference rival Xavier at Verizon Center. Tipoff is slated for 7 p.m.

The Georgetown-Xavier game will be shown live on FOX Sports 1, with Joe Davis handling the play-by-play and Bill Raftery serving as the color analyst. The radio call of Rich Chvotkin can be heard locally on ESPN 980 AM.

The Hoyas re-entered the national rankings this week, appearing at No. 21 in the Associated Press Top 25 poll and No. 22 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches' poll.

Georgetown is coming off a 95-85 overtime win at Marquette on Saturday. The Blue & Gray have won four-straight games, improving to 14-5 overall and stand alone in first place in the BIG EAST Conference with a 6-2 mark. GU is rated No. 13 nationally in the latest RPI Ratings and has a strength of schedule tabbed third nationally.

On Saturday at Marquette, freshman guard Tre Campbell (Washington, D.C./St. John's College HS) hit a 3-pointer with 56 seconds left in overtime and Georgetown hit all six free throw attempts in the final 39 seconds as the Hoyas beat Marquette.

Junior guard D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera (Indianapolis, Ind./North Central/Oak Hill) scored 19 points and had five assists to lead six players in double figures for the Hoyas. Senior center Joshua Smith (Kent, Wash./Kentwood/UCLA) recorded his fifth double-double of the season with 18 points and a career-high 15 rebounds, while freshman forward Isaac Copeland (Raleigh, N.C./Brewster Academy [N.H.]) matched his career high with 17 points. Campbell finished with 14 points and four rebounds, while senior forward Mikael Hopkins (Hyattsville, Md./DeMatha) had 13 points and five rebounds, hitting 11-of-12 free throws, and senior guard Aaron Bowen (Jacksonville, Fla./QEA [N.C.]) added 11 points and two assists.

It was the first time six Hoyas were in double figures in the same game since Nov. 28, 2009, a win over Lafayette. It was also the first time since a game against Marymount on Nov. 16, 2001 that three bench players scored in double figures.

Copeland was named the BIG EAST Rookie of the Week on Monday, as he averaged 17.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists while shooting 63.2 percent from the floor (12-of-19) and 81.8 percent from the free throw line (9-of-11) during the week. Against Villanova on Monday, Copeland tied for a game-high with 17 points, hitting 5-of-6 shots from the floor and 7-of-8 from the free throw line, along with six rebounds. He has scored in double figures in the last three games, averaging 14.7 points during that span.

Smith-Rivera leads Georgetown in scoring with 15.3 points per game, which ranks fifth in the BIG EAST. He is also tied for eighth in the BIG EAST in assists (3.5 per game) and second in the league in free throw percentage, connecting on 86.0 percent of his shots (86-of-100).

Smith was named to the Weekly Honor Roll after averaging 13.5 points and 11.5 rebounds during the week. The 6-10 center is second on the team with 12.6 points per game and leads the team with 6.9 rebounds. Smith ranks 14th in the league in scoring, seventh in rebounding and is second in the league in field goal percentage, connecting on 64.5 percent of his shots from the field (89-of-138).

Trawick has been one of the team's most consistent players this season as he is fourth on team in scoring (7.9 ppg), second in assists (2.3 apg) and fourth in rebounding (3.7 rpg). Senior forward Mikael Hopkins (Hyattsville, Md./DeMatha) is scoring 4.8 points per game, but is second on the team with 5.5 rebounds and leads the team with 1.9 blocked shots per game, which ranks third in the league. Senior guard Aaron Bowen (Jacksonville, Fla./QEA [N.C.]) is fifth on the team in scoring with 6.7 points per game.

Freshman forward L.J. Peak (Gaffney, S.C./Gaffney) has been the leader among a group of four freshmen playing significant minutes this season ranking third on the team in scoring (8.9 ppg) and minutes played (27.6 mpg), while grabbing 2.5 rebounds and handing out 1.3 assists. Freshman forward Paul White (Chicago, Ill./Whitney Young) is sixth on the team in scoring with 6.6 points and is grabbing 3.1 rebounds, while Copeland is averaging 5.8 points and 2.5 rebounds and guard Tre Campbell (Washington, D.C./St. John's College HS) is averaging 3.1 points and 1.2 rebounds. The freshman class has combined to average 23.5 points, 8.9 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 2.3 steals. They have accounted for 36.7 percent of the team's minutes played and 32.7 percent of GU's scoring.

The meeting with Xavier will be the second of two this season, as the Musketeers won the conference opener, 70-53, on New Year's Eve. Last year, the Hoyas split a pair of games with the Musketeers, losing 80-67 on the road and boasting a 75-42 win at Verizon Center. The game will be the 10th all-time between the teams. Xavier leads the head-to-head series, 6-3, and Georgetown is 2-1 at home against XU. The Hoyas won last year's meeting at Verizon Center, 74-52.

Xavier enters Wednesday's game with a 13-7 overall record and a 4-4- mark in the BIG EAST. The Musketeers are led by senior center Matt Stainbrook, who is averaging 12.9 points and a team-best 7.2 rebound. He is one three players in double figures, with freshman forward Trevon Bluett, who is scoring 12.3 points per game and has hit 25 3-pointers, and sophomore guard Myles Davis, who is averaging 10.8 points and leads the team with 35 3-pointers. The Musketeers are shooting a BIG EAST-best 49.2 percent from the floor and have hit a league-high 132 3-pointers.