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Big East Conference Hoya Saxa
Brandon Murray at DePaul
76
Georgetown GTown 5-9,0-3 Big East
83
Winner DePaul DePaul 7-7,1-2 Big East
Georgetown GTown
5-9,0-3 Big East
76
Final
83
DePaul DePaul
7-7,1-2 Big East
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Georgetown GTown 40 36 76
DePaul DePaul 47 36 83

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Despite Career Nights from Murray, Spears and Wahab, Georgetown Falls at DePaul

CHICAGO – The trio of Brandon Murray, Primo Spears and Qudus Wahab all had career bests on the night but the Georgetown men's basketball team still fell 83-76 at DePaul on Thursday night. Murray poured in 29 points, Spears dished out 11 assists and Wahab grabbed 16 rebounds in the BIG EAST setback as the Hoyas slip to 5-9 with an 0-3 mark in league action. DePaul improves to  7-7 overall and 1-2 in BIG EAST play.

ON THE RECORD
"We made some good strides but, still disappointed in the loss. I thought our guys - we competed. The only thing I'm disappointed by is that we had 15 offensive rebounds but we only got 12 points out of it. We need to continue to rebound the basketball at that high clip, I thought that Q did a great job with seven offensive rebounds but we have to be able to capitalize on those. And then the turnovers - we had been doing a good job of keeping our turnovers down. Today, we had 18 and gave them 25 points off of those turnovers. If we want to win, those are things we cannot continue to do." - Head Coach Patrick Ewing on the game
 
HOYA HIGHLIGHTS
  • Murray tallied a career-best 29 points on 11-for-17 shooting, including a perfect 5-for-5 effort from downtown. He chipped in four rebounds and one block on the day. 
  • Wahab tallied 13 points as the only other player in double digits and he pulled down a career-best 16 boards for his fourth double-double of the season. Wahab added a pair of blocks to his final line.
  • Spears paced the offense with a career-best 11 assists to go along with eight points, three rebounds and one steal.
  • Bryson Mozone and Wayne Bristol Jr. both came off the bench to tally nine points apiece. Mozone added seven boards and a squad-leading two steals while Bristol Jr. was an efficient 3-for-5 from the field and grabbed a pair of rebounds.
  • Georgetown shot 48.3% (29-60) for the game while allowing DePaul to shoot 45.2% (28-62).
  • The Hoyas owned the battle on the glass, outrebounding the Blue Demons 44-27.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • The Hoyas trailed by as many as 10 points early (15-5, 14:48) but a Primo Spears jumper sparked an 11-5 Hoya run as Georgetown pulled to within four (20-16). The run was fueled by a trio of Jay Heath buckets and capped with a Murray jumper.
  • DePaul pushed the lead back to nine (28-19) but the Blue & Gray would not go away as six unanswered made it a one-possession game with 7:45 to play.
  • The Hoyas continued to fight and pulled within one four more times down the stretch but the Blue Demons always found a retort and would go into the break with the 47-40 advantage.
  • Out of the locker room, Murray knocked down a triple to spark six unanswered to start the half and cut the deficit to one (47-40) before DePaul could score.
  • The Blue Demons built the lead back up to five (51-46) before the Blue & Gray tallied eight straight to take its first lead of the game 53-51 (15:08).
  • As the Hoya offense started to slow, GU made up for it at the free throw line as a pair of Wahab free throws pushed the Hoya lead to three (61-58) with 9:42 to play before DePaul tallied 10 straight to swing the momentum back to the home team.
  • Georgetown would make it a two-point game with a minute to play (77-75) but that is as close as they would get as DePaul would secure the game at the charity stripe and secure the 83-76 win.
 
OF NOTE
  • Murray's 29 points is the best performance since he scored 21 points against Texas A&M on January 6, 2022.
  • Spears' 11 assists is a career best and the most since he dished out eight against Siena on December 7, 2022. It is also the first double-digit assist performance from a Hoya since Jahvon Blair handed out 10 at Syracuse on January 9, 2021.
  • Wahab's 16 rebounds is the most since he grabbed 15 against George Washington on November 11, 2021. It is the most rebounds from a Hoya since Aminu Mohammed grabbed 16 at Xavier on March 5, 2022.
 
UP NEXT
The Hoyas return home for the first of four games in a 10-day period, three in the District. The Hoyas host Butler on New Year's Day at Capital One Arena. Tipoff on Sunday is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. and the game will be broadcast on FS1 with Dan Kolko calling the play-by-play and Vin Parise providing analysis. Fans can hear the radio call of Rich Chvotkin, in his 49th season as the Voice of the Hoyas, locally on 106.7 The Fan and nationally on Sirius XM 391.
 
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