WASHINGTON – Georgetown University men's basketball defeated the George Washington Revolutionaries 76-68 on Friday night at the Charles E. Smith Center in the District's Foggy Bottom neighborhood. The preseason exhibition was the final in a pair of preseason matchups the Hoyas have on the schedule before opening the season on Monday, November 2 when the Hoyas host Loyola Maryland at Capital One Arena.
ON THE RECORD
"I thought our guys did a good job. We didn't shoot it as well as we did a week ago, but at the same time, this game is something that I think is great for our city. The atmosphere here was amazing. We appreciated that. You always want to put your players in a situation where there's going to be some adversity. We wanted to look at a lot of different lineups today. I thought we accomplished that. I thought we had some really good minutes from our guys off the bench. I thought our bench really was a deciding factor in this game. In the second half, we played to the identity of which we wanted to play with … But, GW is going to have a really, really good year. I love their team. We respected the physicality of the game. So, kudos to Chris (Caputo) and his staff for the team that they put together." - Head Coach
Ed Cooley
HOYA HIGHLIGHTS
- Jaland Lowe led all scorers on the floor with 19 points on 43.8% (7-16) shooting, including a pair of treys. Lowe also led the team with a pair of steals.
- Vyctorius Miller, Josiah Parker and Caleb Williams all chipped in eight points, with Miller going 2-for-3 and Williams shooting 2-for-4 from beyond the arc.
- Gabriel Landiera paced the Hoya offense with four assists while also going a perfect 2-for-2 from the three-point range.
- Parker grabbed a squad-best 10 rebounds, followed closely by Iwuchukwu with seven of his own.
- For the game, Georgetown shot 42.2% (27-64) from the floor and 41.7% (10-24) from beyond the arc.
- The Blue & Gray matched George Washington with 40 rebounds each.
REVOLUTIONARY HIGHLIGHTS
- Omari Witherspoon led a quartet of Revolutionaries in double figures with 16 points on 6-for-11 shooting. Lovro Urbiha followed with 15 points and Dylan James and Promis N'Landu also recorded 14 each.
- Urbiha notched a squad-best eight rebounds.
- Urbiha and Jean Aranguren each recorded four assists for the GW offense.
- George Washington shot 45.0% (27-60) from the field and 30.0% (9-30) from three-point range.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Both teams traded early buckets before George Washington jumped out to an 11-7 lead. A Lowe jumper was sandwiched between five points from Miller, a layup and a triple, as the Hoyas strung together seven-straight for the 14-11 advantage (13:36).
- Despite a GW bucket ending the drought, the Hoyas went on a tear, staging a 13-4 run sparked by a Chol Machot layup, followed by a Williams trey and four points from Elmarko Jackson before Kayvaun Mulready capped the run with an elusive four-point play (27-17).
- The Blue & Gray maintained some distance, leading by as many as 11 (31-20, 5:47) but an 18-7 run from the home team sent the squads into the locker room tied up at 38.
- Georgetown opened up the scoring in the second frame but GW knotted it right back at 40 before a quick three points from Lowe sparked a 10-2 run to put the Hoyas up 50-42.
- The Revolutionaries strung together a pair of buckets to bring the sellout crowd back into the game but a 3-pointer from Landeira was the first in eight-straight points for the Blue & Gray to force the GW timeout (58-46, 12:28).
- Justin Caldwell managed a jumper off the Lowe dish to give the Hoyas a 13-point advantage. However, 10 unanswered from the Revs cut the lead to one possession (63-50). An errant GU shot saw Vince Iwuchukwu get the tough rebound before Kayvaul Mulready laced a triple as the shot clock wound down. GU followed up a triple from Landeira and a Parker bucket for the 71-60 lead (5:43).
- GW tried to stage a late run but the Hoyas held on for the 76-68 victory.
UP NEXT
Georgetown opens the season on Monday, November 2 when they welcome Loyola Maryland to Capital One Arena. Tipoff in the District is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. and the game will be broadcast on ESPN+ with Jeremy Huber calling the play-by-play and Kion Brown providing analysis. The game can be heard locally on Bloomberg 99.1 and on the SiriusXM app with Rich Chvotkin on the call in his 53rd season.
