WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University men's basketball team will look to make it three in a row when it squares off against Howard on Wednesday for a 6:30 p.m. matchup at Capital One Arena. The Hoyas and the Bison both enter the game with a 5-4 record.
 
FOLLOW THE HOYAS

• Wednesday's game will be broadcast live on FS1 with Scott Graham calling the play-by-play and John Giannini providing analysis.
• The game can be heard locally on The Team 980, SiriusXM 380 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

• The Hoyas are coming off a 79-75 win that saw the Blue & Gray erase a 10-point halftime deficit against longtime rival Syracuse on Saturday. It capped a 2-0 week for GU, also boasting a 100-71 win over UMBC in a midweek matchup.
• Against Syracuse, Aminu Mohammed registered his fourth double-double of the season, recording a season-high 23 points and 13 rebounds. Mohammed added five assists, two steals and a pair of blocks to his final line. Donald Carey was second on the team with 18 points, followed by Kaiden Rice (15) and Collin Holloway (10). Dante Harris paced the offense with a game-best six assists to go along with seven points and six rebounds.
• On Monday, Mohammed was named the BIG EAST Freshman of the Week as well as the CBS Sports Freshman of the Week for his combined efforts against the Orange and the Retrievers (18.0 ppg, 11.5 rpg, 4.0 apg, 1.5 spg, 1.0 bpg). Kaiden Rice earned a spot on the Honor Roll for his 24.5 ppg in the 2-0 week, including his record-setting 10 triples against UMBC. He provided a last-minute dagger against Cuse as he sank his fifth trey of the game with just over a minute left in regulation, giving the Hoyas a lead they would not relinquish.
• Mohammed's 15.1 ppg leads a quartet of Hoyas in double figures, followed by Rice (14.6), Harris (13.1) and Carey (12.8). The reigning BIG EAST Freshman of the Week is also the team's rebounding leader, grabbing 8.7 rpg and against the Orange, tallied his BE-best fourth double-double of the season. His back-to-back double-doubles against UMBC and SU are the first for a Hoya since Chudier Bile last season (2/27/21, 3/2/21).
• Carey's 96.7 shooting percentage from the charity stripe ranks third in the nation. Also ranking among the country's best, Rice sits second nationally with 4.33 treys per game behind Kentucky's Oscar Tshiebwe while holding the fifth-best mark with 39 triples.
• For the season, Harris has paced the offense with 46 total assists for an average of 5.1 per contest to rank second in the league.
• The Hoyas lead the conference shooting 39.3 percent from behind the arc while ranking second with 13.0 offensive rebounds and 9.0 treys per contest. GU also hold the third-best marks with 142 total fouls, 29.2 defensive rebounds per game and 42.2 total rebounds per contest.

 
ABOUT THE BISON

• Howard will be well-rested for Wednesday's contest after going on an 11-day hiatus following its 90-56 victory over American.
• The Bison rank 11th in the nation shooting 40.0 percent from behind the arc, 15th with 18.1 forced turnovers per contest and 16th with 83.4 points per game.
• Elijah Hawlins is averaging 14.7 points per contest while ranking fourth in the NCAA with 7.3 assists per game.
• Kyle Foster is the leading 3-point shooter in the nation, draining 57.8 percent of his shots from distance.

 
ABOUT THE MATCHUP

• Wednesday marks the 11th meeting between Georgetown and Howard with the Hoyas boasting a perfect 10-0 record.
• These two programs will meet for the first time since Dec. 29, 2018 when GU blew out the Bison, 102-67, behind a squad-best performance from Jessie Govan, who put up 23 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for the double-double. 
• In 10 meetings, the Blue & Gray boasts more than a 37-point scoring margin over Howard (88.9-51.8).