WASHINGTON – Despite a career-high 23 points from Donald Carey, the Georgetown University's men's basketball team (6-14, 0-9 BE) dropped a 90-77 decision to the St. John's University Red Storm (12-9, 4-6 BE) on Thursday evening at McDonough Arena.
 
ON THE RECORD
"Today it wasn't turnovers, it was our lack of defense, our lack of rebounding … I thought that we got messed up a few times with our transition defense. We have to get back to the drawing board. Whenever we win or are in the game, we have more than two guys in double figures and that seems to be the trend lately. We've been having two, maybe three guys in double figures … We need guys to produce not only defensively but offensively if we're going to have a chance to win." - Head Coach Patrick Ewing on the game
 
"I'm very confident in him. He's a warrior. He had a bad outing tonight but it's part of his learning, his growth. He's got to learn when they have size on him, what to do - they're coming over to collapse on him, sometimes you have to make the pass, sometimes you have to make the shot. It's just part of his growth, he's going to be fine." - Ewing on Aminu Mohammed
 
HOYA HIGHLIGHTS

• Carey surpassed his previous best (22P - Holy Cross; 12/29/19) with 23 points on 7-14 shooting from the floor, 6-for-7 from the line and three triples. The Hoya captain also registered seven boards, two assists and a pair of steals.
• Kaiden Rice added 20 points on 6-of-11 shooting, 5-of-10 from distance and a perfect 3-for-3 from the charity stripe.
• Dante Harris posted a near double-double with 10 points and a career-high nine rebounds to go along with four assists.
• Ryan Mutombo also came close to a double-double, recording nine points on 4-of-8 shooting and seven boards off the bench.
• While both teams scored 17 second-chance points, the Hoya bench outscored the Johnnies, 29-24.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Timothy Ighoefe dunked GU's first bucket of the game before Holloway banked one in off the glass for a 4-4 tie (17:50).
• The Hoyas jumped out to a 6-0 run, five of which were scored by Carey, cutting Georgetown's deficit to three, 18-15 (12:16).
• The Blue & Gray chipped away at the St. John's lead with Mutombo's personal 4-0 run (10:09) and a quick 5-0 spurt over a 30-second span to keep the deficit at three, 36-33 (3:57).
• Carey hit a triple before GU stopped the Red Storm on the final possession, holding the SJU edge at 45-38.
• GU chipped away at the Red Storm's hot start to the second half with a 6-2 spurt, cutting the deficit to 13, 57-44 (15:00).
• St. John's pulled away down the stretch despite nine-straight points from Rice (5:56) and eight-consecutive from Carey (4:15) before the Hoyas fell, 90-77.

 
OF NOTE

• Rice and Carey recorded 20-point performances in the same contest for the second time this season, scoring 23 and 20, respectively, against Siena (11/19).
• Carey registered his ninth-straight game in double figures with his career night against the Johnnies.
• Harris' nine boards beat his previous mark (8) set against Creighton in the BIG EAST Championship game last year.

 
UP NEXT
Georgetown will head back to Capital One Arena to face No. 15 Providence on Sunday, Feb. 6. Tipoff is scheduled for noon and the game will be broadcast live on FS1. Sunday's contest can be heard locally on 106.7 The Fan with Rich Chvotkin in his 48th season on the call. The game will mark the 1,500th game Chvotkin has called in his career. Beginning his tenure with the Hoyas on November 30, 1974, his career has included 40 years of postseason broadcasts and covered NCAA Tournaments spanning six decades. Chvotkin was inducted into the Washington Metropolitan Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012.