WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University men's basketball team put up a season high in a conference matchup to defeat the Providence College Friars 93-72 at Capital One Arena on Wednesday night. With the win, the Hoyas improve to 16-10 overall with a 7-8 mark in BIG EAST play. Providence falls to 12-15 overall with a 6-10 mark in conference action.
 
ON THE RECORD
"I'm really, really proud of our men. A year ago today, I think we were 1-13 in the league. It's a process to build a program. It's a process to reestablish an identity, getting away from the past and coming into the future. For all the coaches who have taken over these programs, it's not where you're at, it's where you're going. Little by little, we'll continue to show progress, growth and development. I couldn't be more excited to be connected with Lee Reed, and I appreciate him for bringing me here to Georgetown to continue to build this program back to national prominence." - Head Coach Ed Cooley
 
"I think, for us it was just our fight, we wanted to win this game so bad for Coach Cooley. We all huddled up and we said we weren't going to lose this game. So that was the difference. I think it was our will to win. I think we stepped it up big with the rebounding, and that was one of the reasons why we lost the last game. So I think, yeah, that was a big thing." - Micah Peavy
 
"That's who I am. I just love basketball so much. With all of the stakes coming into this game, all the stuff behind it, I just wanted to show up for Coach Cooley and I'll continue to show up for my teammates." - Drew Fielder
 
HOYA HIGHLIGHTS

• Micah Peavy led a quartet of Hoyas in double figures with a career-best 30 points on 11 made field goals. The graduate student added seven boards, and team-bests in assists and steals with seven and six, respectively.
• Jayden Epps chipped in 18 points on 5-for-9 shooting and a perfect 6-for-6 performance from the charity stripe.
• Drew Fielder added 17 points on four made field goals and a perfect 7-for-7 effort from the free throw line.
• Jordan Burks rounded out those in double figures with 13 points on an efficient 5-for-9 performance from the floor in the third start of his career while grabbing four rebounds and dishing out a pair of assists. .
• Fielder led the Hoyas on the glass with nine boards, followed by Peavy (7) and Drew McKenna (5).
• The Hoyas shot 50.8% (30-59) from the floor while knocking down 10 triples.
• Both squads were even on the glass, grabbing 36 rebounds each.
• The Blue & Gray outscored the Friars in the paint 36-26 and forced 14 turnovers on 11 turnovers while committing 10 of their own.

 
PROVIDENCE HIGHLIGHTS

• Bensley Joseph led the Friar offense with 25 points on 8-for-17 shooting from the floor. Justyn Fernandez (11) and Jayden Pierre (10) rounded out the Friars in double figures.
• Oswin Erhunmwunse led PC on the glass grabbing a team-best six boards on the night.
• Providence shot 37.1% (23-62) from the floor and was 31.3% (10-32) from behind the arc.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Georgetown jumped out to a 7-4 lead fueled by Peavy and Fielder triples. However, Providence staged a 14-6 run, almost exclusively on the back of Bensley Joseph, to take an 18-13 lead.
• After trading buckets, an Epps driving layup sparked 10 unanswered for the Blue & Gray, fueled by treys from Epps and Malik Mack and capped with a Peavy layup, to give the Hoyas a five-point advantage (25-20, 7:09).
• The Friars wouldn't go away, clawing back to within one (29-28), but Georgetown closed the frame on a 19-3 run, including a Drew McKenna putback, to take a 48-31 lead into the locker room. Jordan Burks tallied the last six points of the half with a traditional three-point play followed by a buzzer-beating 3-pointer off the offensive board.
• The Hoyas continued to pile on in the second half, opening on an 11-3 run capped by back-to-back 3-pointers from Epps and Peavy to force the PC timeout (16:11).
• Providence continued to chip away at the lead, but at every turn, the Hoyas had an answer. As PC cut it to 17, Fielder retorted with a trey on the other end.
• Despite the Friars cutting it to as few as 13 (82-69), the Blue & Gray ran away with the 93-72 win.

 
OF NOTE

• With 30 points, seven rebounds, seven assists and six steals, Peavy is the first Division I player to reach all four numbers in a game since 2014.
• Tallying 30 points, Peavy eclipsed his previous best of 27 points that he set earlier this season at Providence (01/25) and matched at Xavier (02/04).
• Peavy's 19 in the first half is the most for a Hoya in the first frame this season. It bests the previous high of 18, also recorded by Peavy in the season opener on November 6, an 85-77 win over Lehigh.
• Burks' 13 points matched his career high. He added four rebounds, two assists and a steal in 25 minutes of action
• McKenna tallied career highs in points and rebounds with six and five, respectively.

 
UP NEXT
Georgetown returns to action on Sunday, February 23 as the Hoyas travel to Omaha, Nebraska to face the Creighton Bluejays. Tipoff at the CHI Health Center is scheduled for 4 p.m. EST and the game will be broadcast on Peacock with Noah Reed calling the play-by-play and Nick Bahe providing analysis. The game can be heard locally on Bloomberg 99.1 with Rich Chvotkin, in his 51st season as the Voice of the Hoyas, calling the action.