Hoyas Host UMBC on Saturday

WASHINGTON – Georgetown University's men's basketball team remains home after the Thanksgiving holiday and welcomes the visiting UMBC Retrievers to Capital One Arena for a matchup on Saturday, November 26. Tipoff at GU's downtown home is scheduled for noon. The Hoyas (3-3) look to bounce back after a 74-70 setback against American on Wednesday. UMBC (3-3) looks to return to its winning ways after a 76-72 loss at UNC Greensboro on Tuesday.

FOLLOW THE HOYAS

Saturday's matchup can be seen live on FS2 with Scott Graham calling the play-by-play and Tarik Turner providing analysis.
The game will be broadcasted locally on 106.7 The Fan and nationally on Sirius XM 387 with Rich Chvotkin on the call for his 49th season.
A link to the live stats can be found on GUHoyas.com.

ABOUT THE HOYAS

The Hoyas enter Saturday's game with a 3-3 record after a 74-70 setback against American on Wednesday. The shorthanded Hoyas, playing without second-leading scorer Brandon Murray, struggled to find offense in the second half and couldn't hold off the surging American squad.
Primo Spears led a trio of Hoyas in double figures against AU with 15 points. Akok Akok followed up with 14 points while Jay Heath tallied 10 points. The Hoyas outrebounded the Eagles, 39-30. GU shot 39.1% for the game, but allowed 51.8% shooting from American.
Spears' 16.3 ppg is a squad best with four averaging double figures. Murray follows up with 15.4 ppg along with Qudus Wahab (13.0 ppg) and Heath (11.8 ppg).
Akok grabs 8.2 rpg to lead the squad while Wahab chips in 7.2 rpg.
For his efforts last week in Montego Bay, Jamaica, Qudus Wahab was named to the Jersey Mike's Jamaica Classic All-Tournament Team last Sunday. Over two games, he averaged 17.5 ppg, 5.0 rpg and shot 62.5% from the floor, including a career-best 23 point effort to hold off La Salle in the consolation game.

ABOUT THE RETRIEVERS

UMBC enters the game with a 3-3 record and an 0-2 mark away from home. In its last outing, UMBC came up short in a 76-72 loss at UNC Greensboro.
Against UNCG, Colton Lawrence led a quartet of Retrievers in double figures with 21 points (7-14 FG), fueled by five 3-pointers. Matteo Picarelli tallied 17 points off the bench while Craig Beaudion and Jarvis Doles added 11 points apiece.
Lawrence leads the squad averaging 15.7 ppg, followed by Picarelli (13.7), Doles (10.3) and Jacob Boonyasith (10.2) to round out those in double figures.
Tra'von Fagan leads UMBC on the glass, grabbing 5.2 rpg.
Head Coach Jim Ferry is in his second season with the Retrievers after serving as interim head coach of Penn State in 2020-21.

ABOUT THE SERIES

Saturday's matchup will be the sixth meeting between the two programs with the Hoyas leading 5-0. The Hoyas own a 4-0 advantage at home and a 1-0 record in neutral site games. Head Coach Patrick Ewing is 3-0 against the Retrievers.
In the most recent matchup, the Hoyas won 100-71 last season at Capital One Arena.
In the matchup, Kaiden Rice knocked down 10 3-pointers in the game to shatter the school record for 3-pointers made in a single game. The previous record (7) was originally set by Mark Tillmon on February 13, 1990.
Ryan Mutombo registered his first career double-double (15P/11R). Aminu Mohammed registered his third double-double (13P/10R). Dante Harris chipped in 13 points and a game-high seven assists while Malcolm Wilson put up a career-high four blocks.