WASHINGTON – Georgetown men's basketball's Aminu Mohammed was a unanimous pick to the BIG EAST All-Freshman Team as announced by the league office on Sunday morning. Mohammed becomes the 31st Hoya to be selected to the squad in program history and the sixth under Head Coach Patrick Ewing.
 
AMINU MOHAMMED (BIG EAST ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM UNANIMOUS SELECTION)

• The freshman averaged 13.8 ppg (12th BE), 8.1 rpg (3rd BE) and 1.7 spg (5th BE) during the regular season and 13.3 ppg and 7.7 rpg in BIG EAST action. His 8.1 rpg ranks 10th among all NCAA freshmen and first among league freshmen.
• He was twice selected the BIG EAST Freshman of the Week (12/6/2021, 12/20/2021).
• The product who calls PG County's Temple Hills home has recorded 10 double-doubles this season, ranking second in the BIG EAST and first among league freshmen.
• The Hoya guard has led the Blue & Gray in scoring 10 times this season while also leading the team on the glass 14 times this campaign.
• A leader on the glass, the Hoya frosh is on pace to become the first freshman to lead the Blue & Gray in rebounding since Otto Porter Jr. (6.8 rpg, 2011-12). From the first time Hall of Famer John Thompson Jr. stalked the sidelines in 1972, only eight freshmen have ever led the Hoyas in rebounding: Merlin Wilson (14.1 rpg/1972-73), Patrick Ewing (7.5 rpg/1981-82), Alonzo Mourning (7.3 rpg/1988-89), Othella Harrington (8.8 rpg/1992-93), Mike Sweetney (7.4 rpg/2000-01), Jeff Green (6.6 rpg/2004-05), Greg Monroe (6.5 rpg/2008-09), Porter Jr.
• Mohammed is the 31st selection to the BIG EAST All-Freshman Team in program history and the first since the 2018-19 season. He is the sixth selection during Ewing's tenure with three during the 2018-19 campaign and two from the 2017-18 season.

 
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Georgetown is gearing up for the 2022 BIG EAST Tournament presented by Jeep. The Hoyas are the #11 seed in the four-day tournament and will face #6 Seton Hall on Wednesday, March 9 with tipoff slated for 9:30 p.m. at Madison Square Garden, the World's Most Famous Arena.
 
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