Hoyas Play at DePaul on Wednesday

Men's Basketball 2/8/2022 12:30:00 PM

Hoyas Play at DePaul on Wednesday

WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University men's basketball team (6-15, 0-10 BIG EAST) will head to Chicago to take on the DePaul University Blue Demons (11-10, 2-9 BIG EAST) at Wintrust Arena on Wednesday, February 9. Tipoff is scheduled for 9 p.m. ET.

FOLLOW THE HOYAS

Wednesday's game will be broadcast live on FS1 with Lisa Byington calling the play-by-play and Nick Bahe providing analysis.
The game can be heard locally on 106.7 The Fan, SiriusXM 383 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 scored a team-best 18 points on 7-of-11 shooting from the floor to go along with four boards, three steals and a pair of assists. Donald Carey added 11 points, including an 8-of-8 showing from the line, while recording three rebounds and three helpers.
The Hoyas forced 20 Friar turnovers, one shy of a season high (21) set against Howard (12/15). Georgetown also registered double-digit steals in a game for the fourth time this season with 11.
The Blue & Gray has four players averaging in double figures: Carey (13.6 ppg), Mohammed (13.6 ppg), Kaiden Rice (12.5 ppg) and Dante Harris (11.5 ppg).
As a team, GU ranks second in the BE shooting 36.1 percent from distance while its 8.0 triples/game rank third.
Carey has registered 10-straight games in double figures, averaging 14.7 ppg on 45.6 percent shooting from the floor (47-103) and 41.9 percent from distance (26-62) over that span.
Rice is averaging 3.6 treys/game to lead the BE (8th - NCAA).
In BE play, Carey is averaging 14.7 ppg, followed by Mohammed (12.4 ppg), Rice (11.4 ppg) and Harris (10.1 ppg).

ABOUT THE BLUE DEMONS

DePaul is coming off a 69-65 upset over then-No. 21/23 Xavier on the road to snap a four-game losing streak.
Javon Freeman-Liberty leads the team with 21.1 ppg while David Jones (14.2 ppg) and Brandon Johnson (10.7) round out those in double digits. The trio are all averaging more than seven boards/game.
The Blue Demons are outscoring their opponents by a margin of 2.5 ppg (72.6-70.1) while shooting 43.2 percent from the field.

ABOUT THE MATCHUP

Wednesday will be the 45th all-time meeting between GU and DePaul with the Hoyas holding a 33-11 edge overall.
The Blue & Gray also holds a 15-6 record on the road against the Blue Demons.
GU has split its last eight contests with DePaul, with the Hoyas winning its lone 2021 matchup, 68-60 (02/27/21). Chudier Bile led three in double figures with a double-double effort (19P, 10R) while Harris and Jamorko Pickett added 14 apiece.
Head Coach Patrick Ewing is 4-3 against DePaul as GU's head coach and went 2-1 against the Blue Demons as a player.