WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University men's basketball team fell 92-64 to the visiting Marquette University Golden Eagles on Friday evening inside Capital One Arena. With the setback, the Hoyas sit at 6-6, 0-1 BIG EAST while MU improves to 10-6 with a 2-3 BIG EAST mark.
 
ON THE RECORD
"We did not compete … Every effort thing that we needed to do, we didn't do it. If we want to be successful in the BIG EAST, we have to compete every night." - Head Coach Patrick Ewing
 
HOYA HIGHLIGHTS

• Collin Holloway led three Hoya scorers in double figures with 17 points and 7-of-8 shooting from the free throw line. The sophomore also recorded five rebounds, three assists and a block in 32 minutes of action.
• Dante Harris added 15 points with a career-high 9-of-10 shooting from the free throw line. The sophomore guard dished out a pair of assists in 35 minutes of action.
• Aminu Mohammed rounded out GU's scorers in double figures with 12 points while registering six boards and three assists.
• GU went 20-for-24 from the charity stripe for an 83.3 percent efficiency, besting Marquette's 5-of-9 (55.6%) from the line.
• Georgetown forced more turnovers (16-15) and pulled down more offensive boards (17-13) than Marquette.
• Six Hoyas recorded at least one steal while Harris, Holloway and Tyler Beard recorded two apiece.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Malcolm Wilson scored the opening bucket for the fourth-consecutive contest off a pass from Mohammed.
• The Hoyas scored five unanswered points on a jumper by Harris and a trey from Rice to take a 7-4 edge (17:10).
• Both teams exchanged blows before a 6-0 run led by two Mohammed layups pulled GU to within one, 22-21 (9:18).
• Georgetown ended the half on an 11-0 stretch and outscored the Golden Eagles, 13-3, over the final four minutes to trail, 45-37, at the break.
• The Blue & Gray picked up where it left off with a 7-2 run to open the second, cutting the deficit to just three, 47-44 (17:14).
• Marquette pulled away over the next 10 minutes and led, 74-50, at the midway mark of the second.
• Georgetown could not find the answer as the Golden Eagles sealed the 92-64 victory.

 
UP NEXT
Georgetown will continue conference play when Butler visits Capital One Arena on Thursday, Jan. 13. Tipoff for the matchup will be at 7:00 p.m. and the game will be broadcast live on FS1. Thursday's contest can be heard locally on The Team 980 with Rich Chvotkin in his 48th season on the call.