WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University men's basketball team will look to rebound from its opening night setback when it takes on American University on Tuesday, Nov. 16 at Capital One Arena with tipoff slated for 8:30 p.m. Residents of the District of Columbia are eligible to receive a complimentary ticket by visiting GUHoyas.com.
 
FOLLOW THE HOYAS

• Tuesday's matchup can be seen live on FS2 with Kevin Fitzgerald calling the play-by-play and Stephen Bardo providing analysis.
• The game can be heard locally on The Team 980 as well as SiriusXM 384 and Radio.com with Rich Chvotkin in his 48th season on the call.
• A link to the live stats can be found on GUHoyas.com.

 
ABOUT THE HOYAS

• Despite Saturday's setback, the Blue & Gray pulled down five more boards (39-34) and scored 12 more points in the paint, 26-14, than the Big Green.
• Aminu Mohammed put up 17 points on 8-of-15 shooting from the floor. His 17 points were the most by a freshman on opening night during Head Coach Patrick Ewing's tenure.
• The 2021 BIG EAST Preseason Freshman of the Year also pulled down six rebounds and dished out two assists in his team-high 33 minutes of action.
• Donald Carey recorded 14 points on 4-of-9 shooting to go along with a team-best seven rebounds in 33 minutes of work. The senior captain drained half of his six shots from behind the arc.
• Hoya newcomers Kaiden Rice, Jalin Billingsley, Mohammed, Ryan Mutombo and Jordan Riley combined for 36 of the team's 60 points, pulled down nearly half of the Blue & Gray's boards and recorded five of the squad's nine steals.
• Capital One Arena welcomed 8,641 fans back for Georgetown's first game in 616 days.

 
ABOUT THE EAGLES

• American is coming off of back-to-back wins over Marist, 77-73 in overtime, and William & Mary, 74-62, as the visiting team puts its undefeated mark on the line on Tuesday.
• Stacy Beckton Jr., paces the Eagle lineup with 21.0 points and 7.0 rebounds per game while shooting 66.7 percent from the floor. The American senior dominated in his last outing against William & Mary, registering a near double-double with 24 points on a 10-of-13 showing to go with nine rebounds 
• The remaining four starters, Josh Alexander, Connor Nelson, Johnny O'Neil and Collin Smalls, are all averaging exactly 10.0 points per contest.
• American Head Coach Mike Brennan served four years (2009-13) as an assistant coach at Georgetown under John Thompson III. During Brennan's four seasons on the Hilltop, the team accrued 93 wins, a No. 2 seed in the 2013 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament while Brennan coached NBA veteran Otto Porter, Jason Clark, Austin Freeman, Chris Wright, and former NBA big man Greg Monroe. Eagles' Associate Head Coach Scott Greenman played for Thompson at Princeton (2002-06) and was on staff alongside Brennan during his tenure with the Blue & Gray (2010-13).

 
ABOUT THE MATCHUP

• Georgetown holds an impressive 46-8 record over the visiting Eagles and has won 10-straight contests since the 1983-84 season.
• The Hoyas have not faced American since Dec. 28, 2019, when the Blue & Gray downed its opponent, 80-60, behind double-digit performances from current Miami Heat center Omer Yurtseven (17), Terrell Allen (14) and Jahvon Blair (14).
• As a team, GU registered a 53.7 shooting percentage from the floor to the Eagles' 41.1 while outrebounding them, 42-25. In the second half, the Hoyas forced American to miss all 10 of its 3-pointers.

 
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