WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University men's basketball team fell to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 84-63 on Saturday afternoon at Capital One Arena. With the loss, the Hoyas fall to 2-1 on the season while the Irish improve to 3-0.
 
ON THE RECORD
"When you score, you get energy. When you don't score, it takes your energy and then everybody feels like they have to make the next shot, versus trusting what we're trying to do, which is playing basketball the right way. At the end of the day, you get your energy off your defense. When you're getting stops, most of the time you get out on transition and score." - Head Coach Ed Cooley
 
"I? thought we had a really good week preparing for that team. I don't think we came out hungry. I personally thought we were more prepared. Coach thought we were more prepared. I feel like now we see what it takes. We have a good team and we need to keep building chemistry. It's just one game. We can't get can't get too high, we can't get too low. I feel like we just need to bounce back better. Trust our preparation and trust the things that Coach Cooley is telling us to do. It's just one game. We'll bounce back." - Jayden Epps
 
"It is just one game. We have a lot to learn. It's a young team. We've just got to get in the film room and get better." - Micah Peavy
 
HOYA HIGHLIGHTS

• Malik Mack led a trio of Hoyas in double figures with 16 points on five made field goals, including a quartet of 3-pointers.
• Jayden Epps chipped in 13 points on five made field goals while Thomas Sorber was the other in double figures with 12 points, including six made free throws.
• Malik Mack and Caleb Williams were the leaders on the glass for the Blue & Gray grabbing six and five, respectively.
• Mack's five assists paced the offense while Sorber was able to dish it out four times as well.
• Epps's three steals was a squad best while Jordan Burks and Julius Halaifonua each tallied one block.
• The Hoyas shot 31.4% (22-70) for the game.
• Georgetown was outrebounded 42-33 on the glass, despite grabbing 18 offensive boards.
• The Blue & Gray tallied 16 points on 12 forced turnovers from the Fighting Irish.

 
NOTRE DAME HIGHLIGHTS

• Matt Allocco was the leading scorer for the Irish finishing with 17 points on 6-10 shooting from the floor and 4-8 shooting from deep. Markus Burton and Tae Davis were also in double figures for Notre Dame, finishing with 16 and 13 points respectively.
• Davis and Nikita Konstantynovskyi led the way for the Fighting Irish in rebounds, each tallying eight.
• Allocco paced the offense for Notre Dame with seven assists, Burton followed closely with five.
• Notre Dame shot 59.2% (32-54) from the floor and 42.8% (9-21) from behind the arc.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Georgetown got on the board first with back-to-back buckets from Drew Fielder and Jordan Burks to take a quick 4-0 lead. However, the Hoyas went cold from the field just as Notre Dame started to heat up, taking a 19-7 lead (12:12).
• A Malik Mack triple off an ND turnover ended the drought as GU's defense started to stifle Notre Dame's offensive effort. Three forced turnovers over 1:53 led to five unanswered points for Georgetown and cut the deficit to six (21-15) to bring the crowd to its feet.
• Another Mack trey down the stretch closed the gap to four (26-22) with 5:24 on the clock but the Irish closed the frame on an 18-7 run to take a 44-29 lead into the locker room.
• The second half continued in similar fashion but a quick 9-2 spurt fueled a pair of Epps treys followed by a Burks traditional three-point play gave the Hoyas some life as they cut the deficit to 10 (50-40).
• The Irish stepped on the gas to balloon the lead to as many as 25 (79-54, 4:27) as they cruised to a 84-63 victory.

Of Note

•  Micah Peavy pulled down his 500th career rebound in the contest. He is also 11 points away from 1,000 career points. 

UP NEXT
Georgetown returns to action on Wednesday, November 20 when the Hoyas welcome Mount St. Mary's to Capital One Arena with tipoff scheduled for 8:30 p.m. The game will be broadcasted on FS1 with Emmanuel Berbari calling the play-by-play and Kyron Cartwright providing analysis. The game can be heard locally on The Team 980 with Rich Chvotkin, in his 51st season as the Voice of the Hoyas, calling the action.