WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University men's basketball team fell 66-41 to the No. 15/14 St. John's Red Storm on Tuesday evening. With the setback, GU slides to 13-8 on the season and 4-6 in BIG EAST play while St. John's improves to 18-3 on the year with a 9-1 mark in league action. 
 
ON THE RECORD
"But what I can say is, we're at a point here where you have to continue to inspire your guys and lift them up. It's not the end of the world. So for us, it's a breaking point as far as how much we want to compete." - Head Coach Ed Cooley
 
HOYA HIGHLIGHTS

• Malik Mack was the lone Hoya in double figures, tallying a game-best 13 points on a 4-for-9 performance from the floor. He tallied five rebounds and dished out a squad-best three assists. 
• Thomas Sorber was the leader on the glass, pulling down nine rebounds on the night. Sorber added four steals for the Blue & Gray. 
• Georgetown struggled from the field, managing 24.6% (14-57) shooting from the field. 
• St. John's narrowly outrebounded the Blue & Gray, 39-37. 

 
No. 15 ST. JOHN'S HIGHLIGHTS

• Zuby Ejiofor and Kadary Richmond each tallied a game-high 13 points to lead a quartet of St. John's players in double figures. 
• Aaron Scott and RJ Luis Jr. each added 10 points apiece. 
• Scott and Ejiofor each grabbed nine boards to lead SJU on the glass. 
• St. John's shot 48.3% (28-58) from the field. 
• The Red Storm forced 16 GU turnovers on 12 steals while committing 14 turnovers of their own. 

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Red Storm got off to a hot start, reeling off 11 unanswered before a Caleb Williams triple got the Hoyas on the board. St. John's knocked down another triple to take a 14-3 lead at the first media timeout. 
• SJU kept its foot on the gas, taking a commanding 30-point advantage late in the first half. However, Malik Mack tallied nine points in the final 2:41 of the frame as Georgetown went into the locker room trailing 47-21. 
• The Hoyas came out more in tune in the second half, tallying a quick eight off Sorber buckets followed by a Drew Fielder triple and a Mack free throw. The Hoyas were getting stops on the other end, holding St. John's scoreless for nearly four minutes of action.
• The Blue & Gray kept chipping away but with eight unanswered fueled by treys from Fielder and Mack followed by a Micah Peavy dunk to close the gap to 16 (53-37). Trading points, another Peavy bucket followed by a Sorber free throw pulled GU within 15, but that's as close as the Hoyas would get, falling 66-41. 

 
UP NEXT
Georgetown returns to action on Friday, January 31 as the Hoyas host Butler at Capital One Arena. Tipoff in the District is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. and the game will be broadcast on FS1 with Noah Reed calling the play-by-play and Phil Martelli 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.