WASHINGTON – Georgetown University's men's basketball team couldn't contain the No. 21/22 Marquette University Golden Eagles, falling 76-61 in a Saturday night matchup at Capital One Arena. With the setback, Georgetown slips to 16-13 on the year with a 7-11 mark in BIG EAST play. The Golden Eagles improve to 22-7 overall, with a 13-5 record in league action.
 
ON THE RECORD
"I thought we played one of the more connected teams in our league, if not the country, with their experience. You can see how well they play off of one another, they're very comfortable. I didn't think we had a physical approach today. We looked disconnected on both offense and defense. We didn't have the right chemistry together. But we have an opportunity on Tuesday. I'm very proud of how hard our guys played. We just played a better team. The better team won today. No matter what we did, they had an answer. We'll stay positive and keep our guys moving forward." - Head Coach Ed Cooley
 
HOYA HIGHLIGHTS

• Micah Peavy led a trio of Hoyas in double figures with 15 points on 5-for-11 shooting. He added six rebounds and one assist to his stat line.
• Curtis Williams Jr. chipped in 14 points on an efficient 4-for-7 performance from the floor, including a pair of 3-pointers, to go along with a trio of boards.
• Jordan Burks added 11 points on a 3-for-4 effort from the field and a 4-for-6 performance from the charity stripe. He grabbed a squad-best 10 rebounds for a double-double.
• Jayden Epps paced the offense with a squad-best seven assists on the day.
• Georgetown shot 34.5% (19-55) from the field, including knocking down seven 3-pointers.
• GU forced 13 Golden Eagle turnovers on seven steals while committing 13 turnovers of their own.

 
No. 21/22 MARQUETTE HIGHLIGHTS

• David Joplin led a quintet of Golden Eagles in double figures tallying 17 points on 7-for-11 shooting. Ben Gold (15), Kam Jones (13), Stevie Mitchell (13) and Chase Ross (12) rounded out the Golden Eagles in double figures.
• Joplin led the squad on the glass pulling down a team-best nine boards. Jones followed Joplin with five rebounds to his credit.
• Jones paced the offense with 13 assists and was followed by Mitchell with three.
• Marquette shot 56.1% (32-57) from the floor and 33.3% (8-24) from behind the arc.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Both teams struggled to find their rhythm to start, leaving points on the floor at the charity stripe as the squads traded buckets. A Drew Fielder layup pushed the Hoyas up 6-4 but a quick five points from the Golden Eagles pushed the visitors ahead. A Mack triple evened the game at 9-9 with 14:13 on the clock.
• Marquette strung together an 18-4 to take a commanding 27-13 lead before an Epps triple ended the scoring drought.
• The Hoyas managed points from the charity stripe but went into the locker room trailing 39-22.
• The second half was back and forth to start but MU piled on the points to lead by as many as 28 (55-27) with 14:52 to play. Trailing 27, Georgetown staged a 20-5 run, including 11 from Peavy, to pull within 12 (65-53) with 5:48 to play.
• The Blue & Gray would not get any closer, falling 76-61 at the final whistle.

 
OF NOTE

• Burks managed the first double-double of his career with 11 points while grabbing a career-best 10 boards.

 
UP NEXT
Georgetown returns to action on Tuesday, March 4 as the Hoyas host Villanova at Capital One Arena with tipoff slated for 8 p.m. The game will be broadcast on Peacock with John Fanta calling the play-by-play and Nick Bahe 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.