WASHINGTON – Clawing its way back to tie the game after trailing by as many as nine in the second half, the Georgetown men's basketball team dropped a 66-63 heartbreaker to the visiting Xavier University Musketeers on Sunday afternoon at Capital One Arena. With the game tied at 63, Xavier drained a 3-pointer with 4.5 seconds on the clock to seal the win. With the setback, Georgetown slips to 15-14 overall and 5-11 in BIG EAST play. Xavier improves to 19-10 on the season with an even 8-8 mark in league action.
 
ON THE RECORD
"I thought my guys played hard. They didn't give up, they kept fighting. We dug a deep hole in the first half but we were able to come back, tie the game with minutes to go and then [Naji Marshall] made that incredible shot."  - Head Coach Patrick Ewing
 
HOYA HIGHLIGHTS

• Jahvon Blair led a trio of Hoyas in double figures with 18 points on 5-of-15 shooting including a quartet of 3-pointers.
• Jamorko Pickett added 12 points and Jagan Mosely tallied 11 to round out those in double figures.
• Timothy Ighoefe grabbed a career-high seven rebounds to lead the team while Qudus Wahab and Blair each chipped in five.
• Mosely paced the offense with seven assists to go along with a pair of steals.
• Georgetown shot 36.8 percent (21-57) from the field and managed 13-of-15 from the charity stripe.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The game was tied early at five as Jahvon Blair and Qudus Wahab each tallied a bucket.
• Xavier managed 11 unanswered before a Terrell Allen triple pushed the game back to single digits.
• The Musketeers led by as many as 10 (23-13) before the Blue & Gray reeled off seven straight fueled by a steal and bucket from Jaden Robinson and a jumper from George Muresan. Mosely closed the run on a free throw and layup as the Hoyas trailed 23-20. Xavier held the 28-22 lead going into the break.
• The second half was a back-and-forth affair with Xavier continuing to hold a comfortable lead but the Hoyas chipping away and making it a two-possession game.
• Trailing by eight (52-44), Allen and Blair's back-to-back buckets within eight seconds quickly cut the gap to three (52-49), bringing the crowd to its feet and forcing an XU timeout.
• Down the stretch, it would teeter between a one- and two-possession game until Allen dished it to an open Blair on the right side who drained his 3-pointer to knot the game at 61.
• The game was tied again at 63 after an Ighoefe tip-in, but a 3-pointer from Xavier's Naji Marshall with 4.5 seconds to play sealed the game and provided the final 66-63.

 
OF NOTE

• Mosely's seven assists give him 338 for his career, placing him 14th all-time at Georgetown.
• Blair's four 3-pointers gives him 138 for his career, surpassing Anthony Perry and Darrel Owens to move up to 12th place on GU's career list.

 
COMING UP NEXT
The Hoyas will head back out on the road for a Wednesday night matchup at No. 10/11 Creighton. Tipoff at CHI Health Center Omaha is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET and the game will be broadcast on FOX Sports Networks, and can be seen locally on MASN2 with Wayne Randazzo calling the play-by-play and Nick Bahe providing analysis. Fans can listen locally on The Team 980 with Rich Chvotkin on the call.
 
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