DALLAS – The Georgetown University basketball team opened the game on a 20-2 run and never looked back, defeating Southern Methodist University 91-74 on Saturday night at SMU's Moody Coliseum. With their second-straight road victory, the Hoyas improve to 6-3 on the season, while the Mustangs suffer their first loss and fall to 8-1.
 
ON THE RECORD
"This was the best shooting game of my tenure here. Everyone did something to help us to win. I mean, we had 26 assists. I think that was the difference. The ball moved, the ball found the open guy who were able to step in and make shots." - Head Coach Patrick Ewing
 
HOYA HIGHLIGHTS

• Jahvon Blair led a quartet of Hoyas in double figures as he tied his career high with 21 points. He made a personal best seven 3-pointers.
• Mac McClung finished with 19 points, including five treys, and added a career-best seven assists.
• Omer Yurtseven also added 19 points and grabbed a team-high eight rebounds.
• Jamorko Pickett rounded out those in double figures with 11 points.
• Terrell Allen recorded a career-high 10 assists, topping his previous best of nine set in 2017 while at UCF.
• Georgetown shot a season-best 55.7 (34-61) percent from the floor and made a season-high 14 3-pointers.
• The Hoyas finished with 26 assists on 34 made field goals and outrebounded SMU 36-34.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Hoyas had the hot shooting hand from the opening tip, hitting eight of its first 11 shots, including 4-of-6 from from beyond the arc. A 14-0 run, capped by a Blair 3-pointer gave the Hoyas a quick 20-2 lead with five different Hoyas scoring. The run was sparked by a pair of McClung triples.
• As the Mustangs attempted to climb out of the hole, the Hoyas continued to pile on as Myron Gardner managed a conventional three-point play followed by a Yurtseven turnaround jumper to extend the lead to 22 (33-11) with 7:41 on the clock.
• As the squads traded treys, it was a Pickett dunk that silenced the raucous Dallas crowd to push Georgetown ahead by 24 (42-18), its largest lead of the frame.
• Just as the first frame started, it closed on a pair of McClung triples as the Blue & Gray continued the onslaught, holding SMU to a paltry 20.0 percent from the field in the first half. Georgetown held a 49-29 advantage at the break.
• McClung battled through traffic to nail a layup to start the second half, pushing the lead to 22 but a 9-2 Mustang run cut the deficit to 15 prompting a GU timeout with 16:34 remaining.
• A quick five points from Pickett, on a conventional three-point play followed by a breakaway dunk, put the Hoyas right back to the 20-point lead, 60-40 with 13:43 on the clock.
• The Hoyas piled on as another triple from McClung, a jumper from Qudus Wahab and a trio of Blair 3-pointers extended GU's lead to 27 (79-52), its largest of the night, with 8:06 remaining.
• Yurtseven scored eight-consecutive points for Georgetown down the stretch before a layup by Wahab put a wrap on the 91-74 victory.

 
OF NOTE

• Georgetown's 55.7 field goal percentage was its highest since also shooting 55.7 percent from the floor on Nov. 13, 2018 in a win over Illinois.
• Blair's seven made 3-pointers are the most by a Hoya since Rodney Pryor hit seven on Nov. 30, 2016 against Coppin State.
• Georgetown's 14 made 3-pointers were the most in a game since the Hoyas hit 14 in the same victory over Coppin State on Nov. 30, 2016.

 
COMING UP NEXT
The Hoyas will return home to Capital One Arena to close out nonconference play with a four-game homestand. The Blue & Gray will host former BIG EAST rival Syracuse on Saturday, Dec. 14. Tipoff is slated for 1 p.m. and the game will be broadcast on FOX. Fans can listen locally on The Team 980 with Rich Chvotkin on the call.
 
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