STORRS, Conn. – Despite using a 12-0 run early in the second half to build a 60-53 lead, the Georgetown University men's basketball couldn't hold on as the squad fell 84-73 to the No. 2/2 UConn Huskies on Tuesday night. With the road setback at Gampel Pavilion, the Hoyas slip to 5-8 with an 0-2 mark in BIG EAST action while the Huskies remain undefeated at 13-0 with a 2-0 record in league play.

ON THE RECORD
"[The Huskies] have two very good bigs who can score and they have guys who can knock down perimeter shots. They took 30 [3-pointers] tonight. I thought that we did a great job when we got the lead of not giving them those three's. But when we kind of exhaled and started giving them the three, it was like the dam just burst." - Head Coach Patrick Ewing on the game
 
"UConn performing the way they are this year - I knew it was going to be a dogfight. I thought we were ready to go, I know we didn't get the win just like Coach said but I thought as a group, we fought and that's all you can ask for. The energy in the locker room is great. Like I said, it's a loss, but like Coach said, we took a step as a group. We talked about team vs. self today and I thought we played together, played defense as a team and we made strides." - Primo Spears on the game
 
HOYA HIGHLIGHTS

• Primo Spears led all scorers and a quintet of Hoyas in double figures with 19 points on eight made field goals to go along with five rebounds and tied for a squad-best three assists.
• Qudus Wahab managed 16 points and a game-best nine rebounds, just shy of a double-double.
• Akok Akok, Jay Heath and Brandon Murray each chipped in 10 points, Murray tied a squad best with three helpers to go along with four boards.
• Akok's 10 points were on an efficient 4-for-7 effort from the floor, including a triple in the first half. He tallied a pair of blocks.
• Heath managed his 10 on 4-for-9 shooting from the field, including 2-for-4 from deep.
• Georgetown shot 45.8% (27-59) for the game but allowed 49.2% (30-61) from the Huskies.
• The Hoyas owned the battle on the glass, outrebounding UConn 40-28.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• It was a back-and-forth game from the start as Spears knocked down the first bucket but UConn responded with a triple before Akok, the Husky transfer back in Gampel, knocked down a 3-pointer of his own for the 5-3 advantage.
• With the Huskies up four (21-17, 11:43), the Hoyas staged an 8-2 run sparked by a Bradley Ezewiro layup and capped with Wahab's signature hook shot to take a 25-23 advantage (8:00).
• The UConn lead ballooned to as many as eight (45-37, 0:54) before a Heath triple took it back to a two-possession game. However, late free throws would give the home team the 47-40 advantage going into the locker room.
• Coming out of the break, the teams traded a bucket each before the Blue & Gray staged a 12-0 run sparked by another Heath 3-pointer and featuring an Akok alleyoop dunk on the Spears dish, prompting the UConn timeout (16:42).
• Georgetown's lead was extended to seven (60-53) on the Bryson Mozone jumper with 11:50 on the clock.
• The Huskies wouldn't go away and started to chip away at the Hoya lead, eventually knotting the game at 62 (9:29). UConn would not look back, taking the 84-73 win at the final whistle.

 
OF NOTE

• Georgetown's largest lead was seven points (58-51; 60-53) and it is the largest deficit No. 2/2 UConn has faced this season.
• The 12-0 run for the Blue & Gray in the second half is the largest run that the Huskies have had against them this season.
• The Hoyas are now 6-13 all-time against the Associated Press No. 2 team in the country.

 
UP NEXT
The Hoyas will get an extended break over the holidays and return to action on Thursday, December 29 with a trip to Chicago to face the DePaul Blue Demons. Tipoff at Wintrust Arena is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET and the game will be broadcast on FS2 with Wayne Randazzo calling the play-by-play and LaVall Jordan providing analysis. Fans can hear the radio call of Rich Chvotkin, in his 49th season as the Voice of the Hoyas, on 99.1 FM.