Hoyas Take on St. John’s Wednesday Evening

WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University men's basketball team is set to host the St. John's University Red Storm on Wednesday night. Tipoff is set for 9 p.m. at Capital One Arena. The Hoyas are coming off a 68-62 win against the Butler University Bulldogs on Sunday afternoon at Hinkle Fieldhouse while St. John's is coming off a 77-67 loss to then-No. 18/19 Creighton at Carnesecca Arena on Saturday. Wednesday's game will be the second Black Fives game for the Blue & Gray with the previous game at Butler being the first.

FOLLOW THE HOYAS

Wednesday's matchup can be seen live on CBS Sports Network with Andrew Catalon calling the play-by-play and Steve Lappas providing analysis.
The game will be broadcasted locally on 106.7 The Fan and nationally on Sirius XM 392 with Rich Chvotkin on the call for his 49th season.
A link to the live stats can be found on GUHoyas.com.

ABOUT THE HOYAS

The Hoyas enter Wednesday's game with a 7-21 record and a 2-15 mark in BIG EAST play after defeating the Butler Bulldogs in a road matchup on Sunday afternoon.
Brandon Murray led a trio of Hoyas in double figures with 17 points while also chipping in six rebounds, two assists and two steals in the victory.
Qudus Wahab and Jay Heath were the other two Hoyas to reach double figures with 14 and 12 points, respectively. Wahab and teammate Bryson Mozone each chipped in a team-best eight boards while Wahab added two assists and one steal. Heath added seven rebounds and one assist.
Spears paced the offense with four assists.
Spears' 15.6 ppg leads a quartet of Hoyas averaging double figures, followed by Murray (14.1 ppg), Heath (12.5 ppg) and Wahab (10.1 ppg).
On the glass, Wahab leads the team with 7.2 rpg while Akok Akok chips in 6.5 rpg.
Spears paces the offense with 5.4 apg, which ranks second in the BIG EAST. Akok's team-leading 2.0 bpg is good for second in the league.

ABOUT THE RED STORM

St. John's (16-12, 6-11 BE) is coming off a 77-67 loss to No. 18 Creighton in New York on Saturday.
Joel Soriano (15P) and David Jones (14P) were the only two in double figures against the Bluejays. Soriano added a game-best eight rebounds, two steals and one block in the contest. Jones chipped in three rebounds, one assists, one block and one steal in 28 minutes of action.
Soriano (15.4 ppg) and Jones (12.9 ppg) lead SJU in scoring as the only two averaging double digits.
On the glass the same duo of Soriano and Jones lead the Red Storm averaging 12.0 rpg and 6.6 rpg, respectively.
Posh Alexander's 4.4 apg paces the Red Storm offense.
Head Coach Mike Anderson is in his fourth season at the helm of the Red Storm.

ABOUT THE SERIES

Wednesday's matchup will be the 122nd all-time meeting between the two programs dating back to 1909 with the Hoyas trailing in the series 64-57.
In their last contest earlier this season, the Hoyas fell 75-73 at Madison Square Garden. Spears led the Hoyas with 25 points on 10-of-19 shooting while also chipping in two assists, one rebound and one steal. Murray and Wahab also reached double figures with 17 and 14 points, respectively.

BIG EAST CONFERENCE x BLACK FIVES

During the month of February, the BIG EAST Conference will celebrate Black History Month by partnering with the Black Fives Foundation, a nonprofit public charity whose mission is to research, preserve, showcase, teach, and honor the pre-NBA history of African Americans in basketball, to host 22 games honoring black athletes, coaches, and communities who played a critical part in the America's basketball history.
Prior to the integration of the National Basketball Association in 1950, a nationwide-barnstorming circuit was created of independent African American teams. This era, which ran from the early 1900s to 1950, became known as the "Black Fives" Era, referring to the five starting players on a basketball team whose skill, athleticism and innovative style of play helped shape and popularize the game.
To honor these pioneers, both teams are wearing shirts with the names of 11 historic Black Fives teams who played in some of the same cities as our BIG EAST member institutions.
Georgetown will be representing the Washington Bears. St. John's will be representing the St. Christopher Club.
Please visit BIGEAST.com/BlackFives to learn more about the athletes, coaches and communities who played a critical part in America's basketball history.

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