VILLANOVA, Pa. – The Georgetown University men's basketball team scored nine unanswered points in the last 4:52, including a game-winning floater from Micah Peavy with 1.8 seconds left on the clock to defeat the Villanova University Wildcats 64-63 at Finneran Pavilion on Monday. With the win, the Hoyas improve to 13-6 on the season and 4-4 in BIG EAST play while the Wildcats slide to 12-8 and 5-4 in conference action.
 
ON THE RECORD
"First and foremost, I really appreciate playing on Martin Luther King Day. It is something that is so special and is something that we asked for. To have it on this day, coming off losing four in a row and every single game is a close game and we're trying to get over the hump. It's the first time we've played with basically our starters --- the last time we had that group on the floor together like that was Dec. 14 at Syracuse. We've gone through some ups and downs and it's the rigors of the Big East, right? Dixon is a load. I mean a load. He can score in every imaginable way. I thought his last shot was going to go in. I'm really proud of our men's resilience. Today was a resilient win, today was a culture win, today was a program win. I've coached in the Big East for many years. I don't know how many times I've won in this building as an assistant coach or a head coach. To be down the way we were, with things not going our way, for our men to fight back, I think we had nine straight stops on the defensive side of the ball. We still have to try to get to 70. I think the last time we had 70 was against Creighton. Our offense has to do a better job. You can see how rusty Tommy was. He normally makes all those layups. And a little bit of rust came off of Epps. It's good to have Tommy come home. He played well. And obviously Peavy showed some incredible leadership today. Really, really good leadership. Just a great team win and to do it on Martin Luther King Day means more to me than any of you will ever understand. Those opportunities weren't there to coaches, players, people without that vision, without that love and compassion for humanity. So MLK, I appreciate you bro." - Head Coach Ed Cooley
 
HOYA HIGHLIGHTS

• Peavy led a trio of Hoyas who combined for 54 of GU's 64 points. Peavy finished the contest with 24 points, sinking a career-best six 3-pointers. Thomas Sorber and Jayden Epps rounded out those in double figures with 15 points apiece.
• Sorber led the Hoyas on the glass in rebounds tallying 11 boards, giving him his sixth double-double of the season. Caleb Williams was second on the team in rebounds with five.
• Sorber and Epps paced GU's offense, tallying four helpers apiece.
• Georgetown shot 36.2% (21-58) from the floor, 38.5% (10-26) from behind the arc and 92.3% (12-13) from the charity stripe.
• GU outscored Villanova 22-20 in the paint.

 
VILLANOVA HIGHLIGHTS

• The nation's leading scorer Eric Dixon led the way for the Wildcats tallying 29 points on 10-for-23 shooting including a 5-for-10 effort from behind the arc. Jordan Longino was the other Wildcat in double figures recording 18 points on a 6-for-13 performance from the floor. 
• Enoch Boakye grabbed 12 rebounds to lead Villanova on the glass while Jhamir Brickus paced the offense with seven assists. 
• The Wildcats shot 22-for-55 (40%) from the floor and 10-for-25 (40%) from behind the arc. 

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The home team struck first but the Hoyas answered right back with a Sorber layup followed by a Peavy triple to take the early 5-3 lead. Trading points, the lead went back and forth before Villanova pulled ahead by five (23-18) with 7:15 to play. 
• A 7-2 run fueled by five points from Peavy and a pair from Sorber swung the advantage back to the Blue & Gray, 25-24 (4:20). However, an 8-0 run from the Wildcats, including six from Longino, gave VU the 32-25 lead.
• A layup from Epps made it a two-possession game but a jumper with just seconds on the clock sent the squads into the locker room with the 'Cats up 34-27.
• Villanova came out hot in the second half, extending the gap to as many as 13 (42-29) early. However, the Hoyas continued to chip away. A 6-0 run over 39 seconds fueled by free throws from Sorber, a Caleb Williams bucket from the Sorber dish and an Epps layup off the turnover, made it a two-possession game.
• Villanova was not deterred, reeling off seven straight on the other end and securing the double-digit lead once again. Back-to-back Epps 3-pointers made it a two-possession game again before the teams traded treys back and forth. 
• Another 'Nova jumper at 4:52 gave the home team an eight-point advantage (63-55). Clutch free throws from Sorber were followed by the traditional three-point play from Malik Mack, his first points of the game, to make it a one-possession game with 1:24 to play. 
• Georgetown forced a late VU turnover as Peavy's steal turned into a fastbreak layup to make it a one-point game with 48 ticks on the clock. The stifling GU defense came up with another stop to give the Hoyas possession once again. With 1.8 seconds remaining, Peavy drained a bucket to push the Hoyas ahead for the first time in the second half. One more defensive stop on the other end provided the 64-63 score at the final whistle. 

 
OF NOTE

• Peavy sank a career-high six three-pointers on nine shots from behind the arc. 
• Sorber tallied his sixth double-double of the season, tying him for first n with Ace Bailey (Rutgers), Cooper Flagg (Duke) and Donnie Freeman (Syracuse) 
• For the 10th time in 13 games, the Blue & Gray won the battle on the inside outscoring the Wildcats 22-20. For the season, they are tallying 652 points in the paint to 598 from their opponents. 
• Georgetown held the Wildcats scoreless for the final 4:52 of the game. 
• Tonight's game marked the largest deficit the Hoyas have overcome in a victory this season at 13. The previous high was a nine-point deficit against Fairfield (Nov. 9). 
• It was just the second game this season the Blue & Gray has drained 10 3-pointers. The other game was an 81-57 win over Creighton (Dec. 18). 

 
UP NEXT
Georgetown returns to action on Saturday, January 25 as the Hoyas travel to Rhode Island to face Providence College. Tipoff at Amica Mutual Pavilion is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. and the game will be broadcast on FOX with Alex Faust calling the play-by-play and Donny Marshall providing analysis. The game can be heard locally on Team 980 with Rich Chvotkin, in his 51st season as the Voice of the Hoyas, calling the action.