CHICAGO – The Georgetown University men's basketball team dropped its final regular season game to DePaul 83-77 at Wintrust Arena on Saturday afternoon. With the setback, GU finishes the regular season at 17-14 overall with an 8-12 record in BIG EAST action while DePaul finishes the regular season at 13-18 overall and 4-16 in league play.
 
ON THE RECORD
"Credit to DePaul, they played well at home and with a good crowd. Coach Holtmann did a really good job with his group. I'm really disappointed in my group, but it's a new season again." - Head Coach Ed Cooley
 
HOYA HIGHLIGHTS

• Micah Peavy led a pair of Hoyas in double figures with 29 points on 11-for-19 shooting, including four made 3-pointers. Peavy added a squad-best 10 rebounds for the sixth double-double of his career and fourth of the season.
• Jayden Epps followed up with 17 points, including 12 in the second half, on five made field goals, and a 4-for-5 performance from the charity stripe.
• Peavy, Epps and Jordan Burks paced the offense, dishing out three assists apiece.
• Georgetown shot 42.0% (29-69) from the field, including knocking down nine 3-pointers.
• The Hoyas outrebounded the Blue Demons 33-29.
• GU forced six DePaul turnovers on three steals while committing six turnovers of their own.

 
DEPAUL HIGHLIGHTS

• Isaiah Rivera led the Blue Demons with 21 points on 8-for-12 shooting from the floor. CJ Gunn (17), Layden Blocker (16), JJ Traynor (12) and Troy D'Amico (10) rounded out the Blue Demons in double figures.
• Rivera led the squad on the glass with nine rebounds followed by Traynor who had six to his credit.
• Rivera and David Thomas paced the offense with six assists apiece.
• DePaul shot 56.6% (30-53) from the floor while shooting 53.3% (8-15) from beyond the arc.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The first half started with both teams trading buckets before DePaul hit its third triple of the day to take a 9-5 lead. An 8-1 swing in favor of the Hoyas, fueled by a pair of triples from Peavy and Epps, pushed Georgetown ahead 13-10. However, a game of runs, DePaul reeled off seven straight before a bucket from Epps was followed by a putback dunk from Drew Fielder to knot up the score at 17 apiece.
• The Blue Demons would pull ahead once again, 24-19, but the Blue & Gray tallied seven-consecutive points behind a pair of Peavy buckets sandwiching a Curtis Williams Jr. layup to take the 26-24 advantage.
• As the first frame winded down, the Hoyas fell behind again but a Drew McKenna tip-in sent the squads into the locker room with the home team leading 38-34.
• Coming out of the break, DePaul extended the lead to nine (43-34) before Curtis Williams Jr. pulled up for the jumper to stop the run and sparked a 10-3 spurt to pull the visitors within two (46-44).
• The squads continued to trade buckets but a hot shooting DePaul team started to pull away, leading by as many as 10 (70-60, 5:05) but it was all Epps to get the Hoyas out of the hole. Epps knocked down a 3-pointer in the corner and drew the foul to complete the elusive four-point play and make it a one-possession game (76-73) with 1:50 remaining.
• The Hoyas couldn't find the late-game heroics, falling 83-77 at the final whistle.

 
OF NOTE

• Peavy recorded 20+ points for the 14th time this season marking a new career-best for the graduate student.

 
UP NEXT
Georgetown returns to action on Wednesday, March 12 as the Hoyas travel to New York City for the BIG EAST Men's Basketball Tournament Presented by JEEP. The Hoyas have earned the seventh seed and will play 10th-seeded DePaul in the #7/#10 game at Madison Square Garden, scheduled for 6:30 p.m., with the game broadcast on Peacock. 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.