OMAHA, Neb. – Despite a pair of career nights and 20-point performances from Aminu Mohammed (27) and Dante Harris (23), the Georgetown University's men's basketball team (6-18, 0-13 BE) fell 88-77 to the Creighton University Bluejays (16-8, 8-5 BE) at CHI Health Center Omaha on Monday night.
 
ON THE RECORD
"He played extremely well. He was attacking… we need him to be in attack mode… While he's attacking, he has to continue to grow and continue to make plays." - Head Coach Patrick Ewing on Aminu Mohammed
 
"We went small to try and jump the game up a little bit. We trapped, got a couple of turnovers and a couple of steals. With about four minutes to go, Aminu got an and-one to cut it to six… the smaller lineup seemed to work for the most part." - Ewing on cutting into Creighton's lead in the second half
 
HOYA HIGHLIGHTS

• Mohammed registered his eighth double-double and fourth 20-point showing of the year, recording a career-high 27 points along with 10 rebounds. He shot 8-for-15 (53.3%) from the floor and a perfect 11-for-11 from the line.
• Harris became the sixth Hoya to post a 20-point performance this season with his career-high 23 points. The sophomore hit a personal-best nine field goals on the night while going 4-for-5 from the charity stripe.
• Donald Carey logged his 13th-straight game in double figures, scoring 12 points with three boards, two helpers and two steals.
• Georgetown outscored Creighton in the paint (36-32) and in second-chance opportunities (17-7).
• The Hoyas shot 22-for-24 (91.7%) from the line for the game while shooting 44.1% (15-34) from the field in the second half.
• The Blue & Gray forced 19 Creighton turnovers and outscored them 28-8 on miscues.
• Mohammed and Harris scored 15 points apiece in the second half, combining on 10-of-20 (50%) from the floor and 9-of-10 (90%) from the charity stripe.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Harris scored the opening bucket before a Carey triple and a second Harris jumper put the Hoyas up, 7-3 (17:30).
• Following a Bluejay 8-0 run, the Hoyas responded with an 8-2 stretch to reclaim the lead, 15-13 (13:41).
• Malcolm Wilson emphatically blocked a Creighton shot before slamming home a putback on the opposite end (5:48).
• Mohammed beat the halftime buzzer with a putback, but the Hoyas trailed 48-31 at the break.
• The Hoya frosh and Harris each scored four points to open the half, chasing a 17-point Creighton lead, 56-39 (16:31).
• GU and the Bluejays exchanged blows over the next five minutes before a 7-0 GU run cut the deficit to 75-61 (8:23).
• Harris and Mohammed recorded five apiece on a stretch of 10 unanswered, slashing the Creighton edge to six, 79-73 (3:16).
• Creighton pulled away down the stretch before knocking off Georgetown, 88-77.

 
UP NEXT
Georgetown will head to Milwaukee, Wisconsin to face No. RV/23 Marquette on Wednesday, Feb. 16. Tipoff at Fiserv Forum is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET and the game will be broadcast live on FS2. Wednesday's contest can be heard locally on 106.7 The Fan FM and Sirius XM 388 with Rich Chvotkin in his 48th season on the call.