WASHINGTON – Behind five in double figures and led by Omer Yurtseven with his ninth double-double of the season, the Georgetown University men's basketball team took down the No. 25/RV Creighton Bluejays on Wednesday night at Capital One Arena. With the win, the Hoyas improve to 12-6 on the year with a 2-3 mark in BIG EAST play. The 25th-ranked Bluejays slip to 13-5 overall and own a 2-3 record in league action.
 
ON THE RECORD
"This was a great team win. Jamorko played his butt off. Both he and Jagan. Jamorko - he got maybe a minute or two of rest, Jagan played the whole game. Jamorko only scored nine points but I thought he was effective defensively. He had six rebounds, he probably could have had more but you know, I'll take the six, I'll take the W." - Head Coach Patrick Ewing
 
"I gotta do my role, I gotta do my part and trust my teammates to do theirs. Terrell and Mac - they did a huge job … they had a big impact on the game. Jagan defended 40 minutes non stop so that was really big on his part." - Omer Yurtseven
 
"Today, I think we were up nine and they went on an 8-0 run, but we didn't break after that. We kinda came together and closed the game out." - Jagan Mosely
 
HOYA HIGHLIGHTS

• Yurtseven led the Hoyas with 20 points on 9-of-14 shooting from the field. He completed the double-double with a game-high 13 rebounds. He also added three assists and two blocks.
• Mac McClung finished with 19 points on 7-of-14 shooting with 12 of his points coming in the second half.
• Jagan Mosely and Terrell Allen chipped in with 13 and 10 points, respectively, as each finished 4-of-6 from the floor, and Jahvon Blair contributed 12 points off the bench.
• McClung and Allen led the offense with five assists apiece and Mosely added four.
• Georgetown shot 51.7 (31-60) from the floor and finished with 18 total assists.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• It was a back-and-forth game to start with neither team taking more than a three-point advantage within the first four minutes of play. Six unanswered points from a Yurtseven jumper and a pair of Jamorko Pickett layups pushed the Hoyas ahead 13-8.
• Despite the early advantage, Creighton pulled back into the game and took a 20-16 lead before the Blue & Gray staged an 8-2 run, capped by an emphatic Yurtseven dunk, to lead 24-22.
• The game would be tied twice more in the half before a Jahvon Blair layup pulled the Hoyas within one, 37-36, at the break.
• The Hoyas tied the game early in the second half but slipped behind by as many as five, 45-40, before the Blue & Gray strung together nine unanswered fueled by the guards as McClung (4), Allen (3) and Mosely (2) all contributed to the effort.
• Creighton pulled back to within one (56-55), but a 7-2 GU run, capped by a conventional three-point play by Blair, extended the lead back to 63-57.
• A Mosely 3-pointer and consecutive buckets by Yurtseven gave the Blue & Gray its biggest lead of the game (70-61).
• McClung and Mosely hit their free throws down the stretch as Georgetown held on for the 83-80 victory.

 
OF NOTE

• This was the fourth win over an opponent ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 under Head Coach Patrick Ewing.

 
COMING UP NEXT
The Hoyas remain at the friendly confines of Capital One Arena, hosting Marquette on Saturday, Jan. 18. Tipoff is scheduled for 2 p.m. and the game will be broadcast on FS1. Fans can listen locally on WOL1450 AM with Rich Chvotkin on the call. Saturday's contest marks Georgetown's annual Gray Out game.
 
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