SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The Georgetown University men's basketball team fought to make it a one-possession game late in the second half, but ultimately fell 74-69 to Syracuse on Saturday night at the Carrier Dome. With the loss, the Hoyas drop to 3-8 on the season, while the Orange move to 7-2 overall.
 
ON THE RECORD
"I thought my team, especially in the second half, we fought hard. We still have to be able to get the ball in the paint. We only had 20 paint points, but it's a lot more than we have had in the past. We have to shore up our defense and make sure we rebound a lot better than we did." - Head Coach Patrick Ewing on Georgetown's comeback effort in the second half

HOYA HIGHLIGHTS

• Jamorko Pickett led the Hoyas with 17 points and tied for game-high honors with nine rebounds. He also added a trio of blocks.
• Jahvon Blair recorded his first career double-double with 16 points, including four 3-pointers, and a career-best 10 assists.
• Donald Carey rounded out those in double figures, finishing with 10 points, including a pair from beyond the arc.
• Qudus Wahab and Chudier Bile each contributed nine points.
• The Hoyas handed out a season-high 18 assists.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Hoyas hit their first three shots from the field, including consecutive dunks from Wahab, to take an early 6-2 advantage.
• After a Blair 3-pointer gave GU a 16-11 lead, Syracuse responded with a 10-0 run over a five-minute span to go up by five.
• A basket by Blair ended the streak and started an 8-0 response by the Hoyas to go back ahead 24-21.
• Tied at 27 following a Pickett 3-pointer, the Orange used a 14-3 run over the final five minutes to take a 43-30 lead at halftime.
• Trailing 50-34, T.J. Berger sparked a 12-3 Georgetown run with a 3-pointer. Pickett contributed a pair of baskets off of Blair assists and Blair drained a trey of his own to cut Syracuse's lead to 53-46 and force a timeout.
• With Syracuse leading 63-52, Blair found Pickett for a layup before dishing to Bile for a 3-pointer to make it a six-point game. A couple of possessions later, Blair drove for a basket in the lane to cut the deficit to just four (65-61).
• A Dante Harris steal led to a Jamari Sibley layup in transition as the Hoyas cut it to a one-possession game at 68-65 with 3:10 remaining.
• The Orange would score six of the next seven points, but a Bile 3-pointer made it 74-69. The Hoyas missed a couple of chances to cut it any closer over the final 20 seconds as Syracuse came away with the five-point win.

 
OF NOTE

• Blair connected on a 3-pointer for the 24th-consecutive game, and now has 176 for his career which ranks sixth all-time at Georgetown.
• Pickett hit his 149th career 3-pointer to move past Jessie Sapp for sole possession of 11th place on GU's career list.

 
UP NEXT FOR THE HOYAS
The Hoyas will return home to McDonough Arena on Wednesday, January 13 to host DePaul in a BIG EAST Conference game. Tipoff is set for 8:30 p.m. and the game will be broadcast live on FS1.
 
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All Georgetown Men's Basketball home games are currently scheduled to be played at McDonough Arena. In accordance with Washington, D.C. regulations which limit the size of in-person gatherings, fans are regrettably not permitted to attend home games at this time.