WASHINGTON – Primo Spears tallied 21 points to lead all scorers as the Georgetown men's basketball team cruised to a 92-58 victory over the visiting Green Bay Phoenix on Saturday afternoon at Capital One Arena. Spears led a quartet of Hoyas in double figures as the Blue & Gray moved to 2-0 on the season. Green Bay falls to 0-2.
ON THE RECORD
"We were able to get the ball inside to [
Qudus Wahab] and he is able to do something with it. [
Brandon Murray] can score at all three levels and is also a lockdown defender.
Primo Spears, who came in with me last time, had another fantastic game. But, it's not about the scoring, it's about defense and this kid right here [Murray] he makes all the right plays." - Head Coach
Patrick Ewing on today's offensive efforts
"I think that's just me making the right play, the right read throughout the game. It is nothing specific I've been working on, I can just make the right reads and see the court really well, that has been helping me." - Sophomore guard
Brandon Murray about his stats this season
"Yeah I've been working on [my left hand all summer. I am trusting it more but I am going to keep working on it and trusting it this season." - Senior
Qudus Wahab on his work over the summer
HOYA HIGHLIGHTS
- Primo Spears led four Hoyas in double figures with 21 points on 9-of-13 shooting and 3-of-5 effort from the line. The Hoya guard also tallied four rebounds and five assists on the day.
- Brandon Murray chipped in 19 points on 7-of-12 shooting, including three treys, to go along with a squad-best seven assists and four boards.
- Qudus Wahab was efficient on the day, shooting 75.0% (8-12) from the floor and grabbing a squad-best seven rebounds.
- Jordan Riley rounded out those in double figures with 11 points off the bench. The sophomore went 5-for-8 from the floor, including a triple, grabbed six rebounds and registered one steal in less than 20 minutes of action.
- Bryson Mozone matched Wahab's game-best seven rebounds while Akok Akok and Wayne Bristol Jr. each tallied a pair of blocks.
- Georgetown shot 62.3% from the floor (38-61) and 57.1% (8-14) from downtown while holding Green Bay to 39.6% shooting (21-53).
- The Blue & Gray outrebounded the Phoenix 38-25 and forced 13 GB turnovers while committing 11 for the game.
- The Hoyas dominated in the paint 44-20 and 11 offensive rebounds were converted to 20 second-chance points.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Green Bay put points on the board first and jumped out to a 5-0 lead before Brandon Murray tallied the first Hoya points of the day with a midrange jumper.
- Qudus Wahab went on an early run scoring seven of GU's next 10 points.
- The Hoyas worked the key early scoring 10 of their first 19 in the paint.
- Wahab led all Hoya scorers with nine points in the first half as the Hoyas went into the locker room with a 31-29 advantage.
- The Blue & Gray came out of the break hot, going on a 17-5 run to start the second frame bolstered by four buckets from Spears (48-34).
- The Hoya lead ballooned to 29 points on a Murray triple as the Hoyas extended the lead to 80-51 with 4:01 on the clock.
- Georgetown's last 12 points of the game were fueled by its bench with Denver Anglin, D'Ante Bass, Bristol Jr. and Ryan Mutombo all contributing as the Hoyas took the 92-58 victory at the final whistle.