CINCINNATI – The Georgetown University men's basketball team fell 97-75 to the Xavier University Musketeers in the final game of the regular season on Saturday evening at the Cintas Center.

ON THE RECORD
"We're definitely disappointed in our season but it is what it is, we just have to prepare ourselves for the BIG EAST Tournament. It's a new season and anything is possible. You go through the whole regular season to get to this point. We can still salvage ourselves with a great run in the tournament." - Head Coach Patrick Ewing on the season 

HOYA HIGHLIGHTS

• Dante Harris paced three Hoyas in double figures with 19 points on 8-of-14 shooting from the floor with three triples.
• Collin Holloway scored 17 points, shooting 75% (6-8) from the field to go with a quartet of free throws. He also registered four boards, two assists and a pair of steals.
• Aminu Mohammed logged his 10th double-double of the season, posting 15 points and 16 rebounds to go with a pair of blocks.
• The Hoyas (6-24, 0-19 BE) shot 41.5% from the floor (52.9% 2H) but allowed 54.7% shooting to the hosts. 
• Georgetown outscored Xavier (18-12, 8-11 BE) in the paint (26-22) and on second chance opportunities (11-8) but struggled defending the perimeter. 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Harris tallied the first bucket for the second straight game before Holloway rattled off eight straight to take a 10-9 lead (15:45).
• Mohammed and Donald Carey scored three apiece to keep it a one-possession game, 19-16 (12:25).
• Xavier hit its stride over the next 12 minutes, keeping the Hoyas at bay and taking a 54-30 lead into the break.
• Rice dunked for the first Hoya tally of the half before both teams exchanged buckets over the first five minutes of the half (66-44).
• Carey and Harris combined for a 7-0 run to cut the deficit to 66-48 (14:28).
• The Hoyas rallied with eight unanswered and slashed the Xavier lead to as little as 15 (75-60) with less than 10 minutes to play.
• Both teams traded blows over the final 10 minutes but the Musketeers were too much for the Hoyas, falling 97-75.

UP NEXT
Georgetown will head home to prepare for the 2022 BIG EAST Tournament presented by JEEP. The Hoyas are the #11 seed and will face the #6 seed Seton Hall on Wednesday, March 9 with tipoff slated for 9:30 p.m. The four-day conference tournament will be held March 9-12 at Madison Square Garden, the World's Most Famous Arena. The Hoyas won the 2021 tournament for their conference-leading eighth BIG EAST tournament title.