NEW YORK – Georgetown University's Jayden Epps was named to the Preseason All-BIG EAST Third Team and the Hoyas were selected ninth in the Preseason Coaches' Poll, as announced by the BIG EAST Conference on Wednesday morning. The announcement comes before the BIG EAST Men's and Women's Basketball Media Day at Madison Square Garden.
 
JAYDEN EPPS | JUNIOR | NORFOLK, VA. | PRESEASON ALL-BIG EAST THIRD TEAM

• Jayden Epps is coming off a sophomore season where he led the team in scoring, averaging 18.5 points per game on 39.2% shooting from the field and hitting 30.5% from 3-point land.
• Epps grabbed 2.6 rebounds and dished out 4.2 assists per game.
• The Norfolk, Virginia native appeared in 29 games, starting 28 for the Hoyas during the 2023-24 campaign.
• He finished third in the BIG EAST in scoring, and recorded double figures 24 times throughout the season.
• The junior recorded a career-high 34 points against Jackson State (Nov. 25), going 10-for-18 from the field and 7-for-9 from three.
• He was the Hoya leader in points, assists and steals.

 
2024-25 GEORGETOWN HOYAS

• Georgetown was selected ninth in the preseason coaches' poll in Head Coach Ed Cooley's second season as the leader of the program.
• With a 17-person roster, the Hoyas welcome 12 newcomers to the Hilltop to go along with returners Epps, Drew Fielder, Drew McKenna, Austin Montgomery and Hashem Asadallah.
• Epps, Fielder and Montgomery all saw playing time a season ago while Asadallah and McKenna, who arrived on GU's campus following the fall semester, did not see any game action.
• Fielder appeared in all 32 games for the Hoyas, starting two and averaging 5.2 points and 3.1 rebounds per game.
• Montgomery appeared in nine games, averaging 1.9 minutes per game.
• The newcomers are highlighted by additions from the transfer portal, including Malik Mack from Harvard, Micah Peavy from TCU, Jordan Burks from Kentucky and Curtis Williams Jr. from Louisville.
• Cooley also added a strong recruiting class that ranked 12th nationally. The class is headlined by consensus top-50 prospect Thomas Sorber, a product of Trenton, New Jersey.
• The schedule is highlighted by one game on FOX, at Providence (January 25) and one game on NBC against Notre Dame (November 16), with the possibility of another two getting added to the FOX slate later in the season.
• Georgetown opens the season on Wednesday, November 6 when it welcomes Lehigh to McDonough Arena.

 
 
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