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Georgetown to Play in Exhibition Game at Kentucky on October 30

5/21/2025 1:00:00 PM

WASHINGTON – Georgetown University's men's basketball team is scheduled to play an exhibition game against the University of Kentucky on Thursday, October 30. The game will be played inside of Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center in Lexington, Kentucky.
 
Time and broadcast information will be available at a later date.
 
ABOUT THE HOYAS
  • Georgetown finished the 2024-25 season with an 18-16 overall record and an 8-12 mark in BIG EAST play and advanced to the quarterfinals of the inaugural College Basketball Crown, a single-elimination 16-team postseason tournament.
  • In just his second season, Head Coach Ed Cooley led the squad to double the win total from a season ago.
  • The season saw the Hoyas earn the #7 seed at the BIG EAST Tournament.
  • Micah Peavy was named to the All-BIG EAST First Team while Thomas Sorber was tabbed to the All-BIG EAST Third Team and was a unanimous selection to the All-Freshman Team.
  • Peavy led the squad with 17.2 ppg followed by Sorber's 14.5 ppg while Malik Mack rounded out the top three in scoring chipping in 12.9 ppg.
  • Sorber and Peavy took the bulk of the work on the glass with Sorber grabbing a team-high 8.5 rpg while Peavy pulled down 5.8 rpg.
  • Mack paced the offense dishing out 4.3 apg.
  • Sorber and Peavy have declared for the 2025 NBA Draft and the duo were invited to the 2025 NBA Draft Combine, held earlier this month in Chicago, Illinois.
 
ABOUT THE WILDCATS
  • Kentucky went 24-12 overall in Head Coach Mark Pope's inaugural season at his alma mater with a 10-8 record in SEC action.
  • The Wildcats advanced to the 2025 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 with wins over Troy and Illinois before falling to Tennessee.
 
PREVIOUSLY BETWEEN THE TEAMS
  • Georgetown and Kentucky have faced each other twice with the Hoyas winning both meetings.
  • The first game was a regular season matchup during the 1921-22 season, a 28-23 win at home for the Hoyas.
  • The most recent time the two teams met was during the 1984 NCAA Final Four when Georgetown defeated Kentucky 53-40 en route to the 1984 NCAA Championship.
  • Cooley has faced a Kentucky squad three times in his career, most recently as the head coach of Providence College in the 2023 NCAA Tournament First Round, a Wildcat win.
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