WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University men's basketball team will head to Omaha, Nebraska on Sunday, February 23 to face the Creighton Bluejays. Tipoff is slated for 4 p.m. and the game will be broadcast on Peacock with Noah Reed calling the play-by-play and Nick Bahe providing analysis. Georgetown enters Wednesday's contest with a 16-10 record and a 7-8 mark in league action following a 93-72 win over Providence on Wednesday at Capital One Arena.
 
FOLLOW THE HOYAS

• Saturday's game can be seen live on Peacock with Noah Reed calling the play-by-play and Nick Bahe providing analysis.
• The game can be heard locally on Team 980 and on the SiriusXM app with Rich Chvotkin on the call in his 51st season.
• A link to the live stats can be found on GUHoyas.com.

 
ABOUT THE HOYAS

• On Wednesday night, Georgetown put up a season high in a conference matchup to defeat the Providence College Friars 93-72 at Capital One Arena. Micah Peavy led a quartet of Hoyas in double figures with a career-best 30 points on 11 made field goals. The graduate student also added seven boards, and game bests in assists (7) and steals (6). Jayden Epps (18), Drew Fielder (17) and Jordan Burks (13) rounded out those in double figures for the Hoyas. The Blue & Gray shot 50.8% (30-59) from the floor, 43.5% (10-23) from three and 82.1% (23-28) from the charity stripe.
• Peavy leads a quartet of Hoyas averaging double figures posting 16.0 ppg, a mark that is tied for seventh in the BIG EAST. Thomas Sorber chips in 14.5 ppg, followed by Malik Mack (12.6 ppg) and Epps (12.2 ppg). Georgetown and Marquette are the only institutions with four players among the top 30 in scoring in the league.
• Sorber leads the squad on the glass pulling down 8.5 rpg, which is tied for first in the league, followed by Peavy (5.5 rpg) and Fielder (5.3 rpg).
• Mack paces the offense dishing out 4.6 apg, a mark that ranks seventh in the BE.
• Peavy is tied for ninth in the country and is second in the BIG EAST in steals per game, picking 2.5 pockets per game.
• Sorber has eight double-doubles to his name, which is tied for the league lead. His eight double-doubles is second in the nation among freshmen, behind Derik Queen (Maryland) who has 10. Sorber is just ahead of Ace Bailey (Rutgers), Cooper Flag (Duke) and Elijah Price (Fresno State) who each have seven to their credit.
• Defensively, the team is second in the league in scoring defense, allowing an average of 66.4 ppg. GU ranks third in the BIG EAST and 38th in the nation in field goal percentage defense (40.8%). The Hoyas are third in the league in steals per game (8.4) and are forcing opponents to commit 14.19 turnovers per game, which ranks third in the conference.

 
ABOUT THE BLUEJAYS

• In its most recent outing, Creighton (18-8, 11-4 BE) fell to the St. John's Red Storm 79-73 on Sunday, February 16 in New York. Steven Ashworth led the Bluejay offense with 23 points on 7-for-17 shooting from the field. Jamiya Neal (19), Ryan Kalkbrenner (12) and Jasen Green (10) rounded out the Bluejays in double figures. Ashworth paced the offense with 11 assists en route to a double-double. Kalkbrenner led the squad on the glass pulling down a team-best nine boards. Creighton shot 41.5% (27-65) from the field.
• The Bluejays are currently receiving votes in both polls.
• Kalkbrenner leads a quartet of Bluejays in double figures posting 18.7 ppg, followed by Ashworth (17.0 ppg).
• Kalkbrenner leads Creighton on the glass pulling down 8.5 rpg, followed by Neal (5.9 rpg).
• Creighton is led by Greg McDermott who is in his 15th season at the helm of the Bluejays.

 
ABOUT THE SERIES WITH CREIGHTON

• Sunday's matchup will be the second meeting this season and the 27th all-time meeting between the two sides dating back to the 1970-71 season. Creighton leads the all-time series 16-10.
• In the matchup earlier this season, Peavy stuffed the stat sheet tallying 20 points, eight rebounds, eight assists and seven steals. Epps and Curtis Williams Jr. rounded out a trio of Hoyas in double figures with 21 and 12, respectively.
• Head Coach Ed Cooley is 14-13 against Creighton in his career and is 14-12 all-time against Greg McDermott.