WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University men's basketball team (6-18, 0-13 BIG EAST) heads to Milwaukee to take on the Marquette University Golden Eagles (16-9, 8-6 BIG EAST) at Fiserv Forum on Wednesday, February 16. Tipoff is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET.
FOLLOW THE HOYAS
- Wednesday's game will be broadcast live on FS2 with Eric Collins calling the play-by-play and Donny Marshall providing analysis.
- The game can be heard locally on 106.7 The Fan, SiriusXM 388 and Radio.com with Rich Chvotkin in his 48th season on the call.
- A link to the live stats can be found on GUHoyas.com.
ABOUT THE HOYAS
- Aminu Mohammed registered his eighth double-double and fourth 20-point outing of the season, tallying a career-high 27 points with 10 rebounds at Creighton. Mohammed shot 8-for-15 (53.3%) from the floor with a perfect 11-for-11 from the line.
- Dante Harris posted a career-high 23 points in 37 minutes, scoring nine buckets from the field and shooting 4-for-5 from the free throw line. Donald Carey rounded out Hoyas in double figures with 12 points and a pair of assists, marking his 13th-consecutive game in double digits.
- As a team, the Blue & Gray outscored Creighton in the paint (36-32) and in second-chance opportunities (17-7). Georgetown forced 19 Creighton turnovers while committing just eight of their own and outscored the Bluejays 28-8 on the miscues.
- The Blue & Gray has four players averaging double figures: Mohammed (14.1 ppg), Carey (13.5 ppg), Kaiden Rice (12.7 ppg) and Harris (11.6 ppg).
- As a team, GU ranks second in the BE in three-point field-goal percentage (35.3%) and third with 7.8 triples/game.
- Carey has recorded 13-straight games in double figures, averaging 14.4 ppg on 44.3% shooting (62-140) and 40% from distance (32-80) over that span.
- Rice leads the BE with 3.6 treys/game (7th - NCAA) and 82 triples (T-11th - NCAA) on 39.8% shooting from deep (2nd - BE).
- In conference play, Carey is averaging 14.3 ppg, followed by Mohammed (13.7 ppg), Rice (11.2 ppg) and Harris (10.7 ppg).
ABOUT THE GOLDEN EAGLES
- Marquette has lost three of its last four outings, picking up its sole win against No. 12 Villanova during that span. The Golden Eagles dropped road games at then-No. 17 Providence, at then-No. 24 UConn and at Butler.
- Justine Lewis leads MU with 17.0 ppg (2nd - BE) and 8.0 rpg while pacing the conference in total points (425).
- The Golden Eagles move the ball well, posting the second best assist/turnover ratio (1.33) and assists per game (16.5) in the conference. MU also sits second with 13.8 forced turnovers/game and 8.0 spg, trailing only St. John's.
ABOUT THE MATCHUP
- Wednesday will be the 33rd all-time meeting between GU and Marquette with the Golden Eagles holding a slight 18-14 edge overall.
- GU is 2-4 in its last six contests with the Golden Eagles, with the Hoyas splitting their two matchups against Marquette in 2021. Georgetown's most recent victory came in the BIG EAST Tournament, besting the Golden Eagles 68-49 en route to the program's eighth conference title. Harris and Carey combined for 12 points, 12 boards and eight steals.
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