VILLANOVA, Pa. – Despite a career night from captain Donald Carey with 24 points, the Georgetown University's men's basketball team (6-20, 0-15 BE) fell 74-66 to the No. 10/10 Villanova University Wildcats (21-6, 14-3 BE) at Finneran Pavilion on Saturday night.
 
ON THE RECORD
"I was proud of our guys and they fought the entire game. They did their best but unfortunately, it didn't work out for us." - Head Coach Patrick Ewing on tonight's game
 
HOYA HIGHLIGHTS

• Carey logged his 15th-straight game in double figures, scoring a game-high 24 points on 9-of-13 shooting from the field. The 24 points eclipsed the previous best (23P) he set earlier this season against St. John's (Feb. 4). He matched a personal best with five treys and Saturday night was the fifth time this year the graduate student has hit the 20-point plateau in a game. The Hoya captain finished with four boards, four assists and a pair of steals.
• Dante Harris added 16 points on 6-of-13 shooting and a pair of triples to go along with four assists and three rebounds.
• Aminu Mohammed led the Blue & Gray on the glass with eight boards.
• Georgetown shot 42.9% from the floor (24-56) to go along with eight made treys while allowing 43.6% (24-55) shooting for the 'Cats.
• GU outscored Villanova off of turnovers (19-12) while matching the Wildcats with 12 assists.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Carey scored the first Hoya points before Kaiden Rice hit a jumper to cut the Villanova lead to three, 7-4 (14:41).
• After a 9-2 stretch for the Wildcats (9:31), Georgetown responded with a 13-3 run, featuring a pair of triples from Carey to trail by one, 19-18 (4:14).
• Ryan Mutombo scored the final four Hoya points to trail at the half, 32-22.
• Carey hit a triple sandwiched between a pair of treys from Harris to open the second, cutting its deficit to four, 35-31 (17:31).
• The Hoyas knocked the Nova advantage down to as little as three following five answered points (14:20), but the Wildcats went on a 10-2 run to take a 53-42 lead.
• Georgetown fought back and made it a one-possession game with Carey scoring five during the team's 11-3 run (56-53, 8:23).
• Villanova pulled away down the stretch before knocking off the Hoyas, 74-66.

 
UP NEXT
Georgetown will head home to Capital One Arena when DePaul comes to the District on Thursday, Feb. 24. Tipoff is scheduled for 8 p.m. and the game will be broadcast live on CBS Sports Network. Thursday's contest can be heard locally on 99.1 FM with Rich Chvotkin in his 48th season on the call.