WASHINGTON. – Despite a career-high 25-point afternoon from Collin Holloway, the Georgetown University men's basketball team fell, 85-74, to the No. 11 Villanova University Wildcats on Saturday afternoon at Capital One Arena. The Hoyas are 6-10 overall with a 0-5 mark in BIG EAST action while VU moves to 14-5 with a 7-2 BIG EAST record.
 
ON THE RECORD
"We try to make [Justin Moore and Collin Gillespie] work for everything that they got. For the most part, it worked but Gillespie was able to go off in the second half. I believe that this was a game we had opportunities to win but we just did not play smart enough going down the stretch." - Head Coach Patrick Ewing
 
HOYA HIGHLIGHTS

• Holloway posted a career-high 25 points on 9-of-10 shooting from the floor, 2-of-3 from distance and 5-of-6 from the line. The Hoya forward also recorded a personal-best five assists to go along with three rebounds.
• Donald Carey tallied his 1,000th career point before finishing with 11 points and a season-best seven helpers.
• Dante Harris added 17 points, a squad-best six rebounds and a pair of assists while Aminu Mohammed rounded out the Hoyas in double figures with 13 points to go along with five boards, two assists and a pair of steals.
• The Hoyas shot 44.6 percent from the floor (25-66) while hitting 94.1 percent from the charity stripe (16-17).

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Holloway drained a putback and a triple to go on a personal 5-0 run to open the game for the Hoyas (18:34).
• Georgetown kept pace with the Wildcats over the next five minutes to trail by just two, 13-11 (14:15).
• Mohammed muscled up for an and-one before completing the three-point play and cutting the VU lead to three, 25-22 (8:08).
• The Hoyas jumped out to an 11-4 run capped by a pair of Harris treys that pulled GU to within one, 29-28 (5:30).
• Carey finished off eight unanswered from the Hoyas with a pair of mid-range jumpers to eclipse the 1,000-point plateau and give GU a four-point lead (1:27). The Hoyas held the 40-37 advantage at the break.
• The Blue & Gray extended its lead to 47-39 (16:47) with Holloway scoring five of GU's first seven points of the half.
• Villanova responded and took a one-point edge before GU scored five unanswered to reclaim its lead, 52-48 (13:54).
• The Wildcats pulled away down the stretch, despite a triple from Carey and layups from Harris and Holloway with less than a minute to play to close the gap. The Wildcats held off the Hoyas for the 85-74 victory.

 
UP NEXT
Georgetown will hit the road to take on No. 25 UConn on Tuesday, Jan. 25 at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion. Tipoff is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. and the game will be broadcast live on CBS Sports Network. Tuesday's contest can be heard locally on The Team 980 with Rich Chvotkin in his 48th season on the call.