CLEMSON, S.C. – The Georgetown University men's basketball team defeated the Clemson University Tigers, 85-78, on Friday night at Littlejohn Coliseum. With the victory in Clemson, South Carolina, the Blue & Gray improves to 4-0 on the season while the Tigers move to 3-1 on the year.
ON THE RECORD
"It was a great college basketball game. Incredible environment. I just thought it was a great basketball game. The adjustments Coach [Brad] Brownell made at halftime, his kids came out ready to play. Coming on the road, ACC team, we knew it'd be a tough environment. We knew it'd be hard to play against. I have all the respect in the world for Coach Brownell. He does it the right way, and he's done it for multiple years. I can't say enough great things about him as a friend, as a mentor, and somebody that I've learned so much from through the years … We made some plays late. We're really fortunate to come out of here with a win. I'm really proud of our guys' maturity. I can't say enough great things about Coach Brownell through the years with him and his family. Really, really like his team." - Head Coach
Ed Cooley
HOYA HIGHLIGHTS
- Jaland Lowe led a quartet of Hoyas in double figures with 21 points on 40.0% (6-15) shooting to go along with his team-high six assists on the night. He also shot 50.0% from beyond the arc on 3-for-6 shooting.
- Vince Iwuchukwu managed the double-double with 20 points on an efficient 80.0% (8-10) shooting to go along with a game-best 10 boards for the double-double, his second on the season and the second in as many games.
- Elmarko Jackson recorded 17 points on 58.3% (7-12) shooting and a perfect 2-for-2 effort from the charity stripe. He grabbed a trio of boards and dished out one assist.
- Josiah Park rounded out the Hoyas in double figures with 11 points off of a 4-for-6 (66.7%) performance from the field and 2-for-3 (66.7%) shooting from beyond the arc.
- Lowe's six helpers paced the offense that completed 31 field goals on 12 assists.
- For the game, Georgetown shot 50.8% (31-61) from the floor and made 35.7% (10-28) from deep.
- Georgetown outrebounded the Tigers 33-27, including 11 on the offensive glass that were turned into 13 points.
TIGER HIGHLIGHTS
- Ace Buckner paced the Tigers with 20 points, shooting 8-for-16 from the field and 2-for-4 from beyond the arc. Cole Certa added 14 points, while Liu Lelevicius chipped in 10 to give the Tigers three players in double figures.
- Certa and Chase Thompson shared a team high of five rebounds apiece
- Buckner's five assists led the Clemson offense.
- The Tigers shot 47.5% (28-59) from the floor and made 11-of-27 (40.7%) from three-point range
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Georgetown got on the board first with a Mulready triple off the Lowe dish. Clemson had the answer right back and the two squads traded blows early with four ties before the first media timeout (12-12, 14:36).
- A Tiger layup would give the home team the two-point advantage before the Hoyas reeled off 18 unanswered sparked by five straight from Lowe behind a pair of free throws and a 3-pointer. Parker found an open Iwuchukwu before back-to-back 3-pointers with one each from Parker and Gabriel Landeira followed. Parker converted the traditional three-point play before an Iwuchukwu layup closed the run as the Hoyas took a 30-14 lead (9:32).
- The Hoyas maintained the double-digit lead as Iwuchukwu went to work, tallying the next three buckets for the Blue & Gray before Parker got back in the mix and Jackson laced a trey to build the lead to as many as 19 (41-22) with 6:04 on the clock.
- Clemson tallied a quick five to cut the lead to 13 but another Iwuchukwu bucket gave the Hoyas 47-32 advantage going into the locker room.
- Coming out of the break, the Tigers chipped away at the score, closing the gap to as little as nine (51-42) but Mulready laced a trey from the left side to give the Hoyas some breathing room.
- Clemson clawed its way back, cutting to four before Parker answered with another trey. Clemson continued to chip away, eventually making it a one-possession game (61-59) before a Clemson trey gave the Tigers their first lead since the first frame. It was short lived as Lowe answered right back with a trey for the Hoyas to regain the lead.
- The game continued to go back and forth with Jackson coming up with the contested shots for the Blue & Gray before the Hoyas pulled away to seal a 85-78 victory.
UP NEXT
Georgetown returns to action on Wednesday, November 18, back at home against Navy at Capital One Arena. Tipoff in Washington, D.C. 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 Team 980 as well as on the SiriusXM app with Rich Chvotkin, in his 53rd season as the Voice of the Hoyas, calling the action.
