WASHINGTON – Despite clawing back and erasing an 11-point deficit in the second half, the Georgetown University's men's basketball team (6-13, 0-8 BE) couldn't complete the comeback and fell 70-63 to the Seton Hall University Pirates (13-7, 4-6 BE) on Tuesday evening at Capital One Arena.
 
ON THE RECORD
"If you look at all our games, we are right there. We are right in them. But then the mistakes that we make, those rebounds definitely hurt. Jackson was able to hit two big 3's - those hurt, the rebounds hurt, the fouling when we don't need to foul - all that stuff hurt."
- Head Coach Patrick Ewing
 
HOYA HIGHLIGHTS

• Donald Carey led four Hoyas in double figures with 15 points on 6-of-9 shooting from the floor. The GU captain also recorded three boards and two steals in his near 29 minutes of action.
• Aminu Mohammed added 14 points and tied the game-high with eight rebounds to go along with a pair of steals.
• Kaiden Rice chipped in 12 points on four triples and two steals.
• Dante Harris rounded out those in double figures with 12 points, adding six boards and a team-high five assists to his final line.
• Ryan Mutombo and Timothy Ighoefe combined for seven offensive boards with three and four, respectively. Mutombo and Ighoefe grabbed six rebounds apiece.
• The Hoyas forced 16 Seton Hall turnovers and turned them into 22 points on the evening.
• Georgetown recorded more steals (11-8), made more field goals (26-22), and outscored the Pirates in the paint (22-18).

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Mohammed hit a turnaround jumper for the first bucket of the game and rattled off the first five Hoya points (16:39).
• GU went on a 7-0 run with layups from Igohefe and Mohammed and a Carey triple to give the home team a 10-7 lead (12:56).
• After SHU took the lead, Mutombo scored four straight at the rim to cut the deficit to two, 20-18 (8:58).
• Rice hit a buzzer-beater from distance to send the game into halftime with the Hoyas trailing by seven, 35-28.
• The Hoyas hit four straight shots, including triples from Carey, Rice and Mohammed, for an 11-2 run (14:32).
• Georgetown continued to fire on all cylinders, scoring 10 unanswered points and taking a 49-44 lead (8:59).
• Seton Hall pulled away down the stretch, knocking off the Hoyas, 70-63.

 
OF NOTE

• Georgetown tallied 10 or more steals for the third time this year and matched its season-high 11 set against American (11/16).
• Kaiden Rice hit his 500th career field goal tonight on his third 3-pointer of the evening (2H - 14:32).

 
UP NEXT
Georgetown will remain in the District to face St. John's on Thursday, Feb. 3 at McDonough Arena. Tipoff is scheduled for 6 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.