WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University men's basketball team will travel to Columbia, South Carolina to play the University of South Carolina Gamecocks on Sunday, December 5 as part of a home-and-home series. The game marks the fourth addition to the 2021-22 schedule, presented by MedStar Health. Georgetown will cap the series hosting the Gamecocks for a weekend matchup in December 2022 at Capital One Arena. Time and broadcast information will be released at a later date.
 
ABOUT THE GAMECOCKS

• South Carolina went 6-15 during the 2020-21 season, including a 4-11 mark in SEC play.
• The Gamecocks advanced to the 2017 Final Four as a No. 7 seed.
• South Carolina is led by Head Coach Frank Martin, who owns a 153-134 record since taking over the program in 2012. Under his tutelage, the Gamecocks have advanced to one NCAA Tournament and one NIT.

 
ALL-TIME AGAINST SOUTH CAROLINA

• This will be the sixth all-time meeting between South Carolina and Georgetown with the Hoyas holding the 4-1 edge. 
• The series dates back to February 10, 1923, when the Hoyas won 31-14. The Blue & Gray won the first four games of the series but the Gamecocks won the most recent meeting, a 69-66 decision in the 2005 NIT Tournament.
• In the 2005 NIT matchup, Darrel Owens led all scorers with a career high 26 points and 10 boards.Brandon Bowman added 12 while Ashanti Cook and future All-American Jeff Green added nine and eight points, respectively.

 
GEORGETOWN'S 2021-22 SCHEDULE

• The contest against South Carolina is the fourth on Georgetown's 2020-21 schedule.
• The Blue & Gray will also face TCU as part of the BIG EAST-Big 12 Battle.
• The Hoyas are also a part of the 2021 Paycom Wooden Legacy where they will play two games against a field that includes USC, Saint Joseph's and San Diego State. Games will be played November 25 and 26 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.

 
Georgetown finished the 2020-21 season with a 13-13 record, making the NCAA Tournament for the first time since the 2014-15 season. The Hoyas went 7-9 in BIG EAST play, before winning four games in four days to win the 2021 BIG EAST Tournament for the program's league-best eighth title. Head Coach Patrick Ewing became the first person to win the BIG EAST Tournament as both a player and coach.