WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University men's basketball team took care of business with a commanding 80-58 win over the visiting Loyola University Maryland Greyhounds on opening night of the 2026-27 college basketball season at Capital One Arena. With the win in the District, Georgetown improves to 1-0 on the season while the Greyhounds drop to 0-1.
ON THE RECORD
"Obviously, very happy with the win. We got some nervous butterflies out. I thought we came out and set the tone in the first 20 minutes. I thought in the second half we got a little stagnant. We didn't make as many open shots in the second half as we did in the first half, and I think we got a little antsy. Credit to Loyola, they did respond and they made eight of 14 in the second half, and that's why the game stayed the way it did … First game jitters out the way. It's good to be back here at Capital One Arena. Looking forward to playing our next opponent, which will be a really, really hard opponent. So I'm looking forward to that, but very excited about the win. A lot to learn from them. I thought we made a lot of mistakes, but we'll learn from them and hopefully improve for our game on Saturday." - Head Coach
Ed Cooley
"I felt like the game slowed down a lot for me, but I think my teammates just also made it easy for me. We drill day in and day out what happens when teams go through different coverages, and I was fortunate enough to watch Loyola Maryland on the bench last year in our first game at Kentucky. So just some familiarity, watching a good amount of film, but I think our guys, they trusted me and we had a good flow of what was going on." -
Jaland Lowe
\HOYA HIGHLIGHTS
- Jaland Lowe led a trio of Hoyas in double figures with 23 points on 9-for-15 shooting, including a 5-for-8 performance from beyond the arc. He chipped in a pair of assists in 34 minutes of action.
- Vince Iwuchukwu followed up with 21 points on 75.0% (6-8) shooting to go along with a 9-for-11 performance from the charity stripe. He was just shy of the double-double with a squad-best nine rebounds.
- Elmarko Jackson added 14 points to round out those in double figures on five made field goals and a perfect 3-for-3 effort from the charity stripe.
- Kayvaun Mulready paced the Hoya offense with four assists while the team tallied 18 helpers on 29 field goals. The junior also tallied a squad-best two steals.
- For the game, Georgetown shot 46.0% (29-63) from the floor and 26.9% (7-26) from beyond the arc.
- The Blue & Gray held the advantage on the glass outrebounding Loyola Maryland 38-35.
GREYHOUND HIGHLIGHTS
- Leo Ricketts was the lone Greyhound in double figures, tallying 10 points on 4-for-7 shooting.
- Sebastian Emenalo led Loyola Maryland on the glass, pulling down eight rebounds.
- Carter Berg-McLean paced the offense with seven assists.
- Loyola Maryland shot 38.1% (24-63) from the field and 35.7% (10-28) from three-point range.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Georgetown jumped out to a quick lead with Lowe pouring in 11 points on a trio of treys and a bucket before the first media timeout as Georgetown held a 14-2 lead early.
- Back-to-back Greyhound buckets cut it to single digits (14-6) but the Hoyas staged an 11-4 run capped by a Caleb Williams dunk to extend the lead back to double figures (25-10) and never look back.
- The Blue & Gray continued to extend the gap with 14 unanswered sparked by an Iwuchukwu dunk and including triples from Lowe and freshman Pedro Pastre. The run would give GU a 24-point lead (39-15).
- Another Lowe trey would give the Blue & Gray the 44-20 advantage at the break.
- Out of the locker room, Loyola Maryland was the team that was hot, cutting the deficit to just 11 on a 14-0 run. A Lowe bucket ended the drought as the teams traded points behind the play of Lowe for the Hoyas and Leo Ricketts for the Greyhounds.
- A Jackson layup sparked 16 unanswered fueled by 10 from Iwuchukwu alone as the Hoyas took the 72-45 lead.
- Georgetown would lead by as many as 31 before unloading the bench to take the 80-58 victory at the final whistle.
UP NEXT
Georgetown returns to action on Saturday, November 7, taking on the Maryland Terrapins at Capital One Arena. Tipoff in the District is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. and the game will be broadcast on Peacock with Mike Corey calling the play-by-play and Nick Bahe providing analysis. The game will also be streamed free of charge on the NBC Sports Network YouTube channel. The game can be heard locally on Bloomberg 99.1 FM as well as on the SiriusXM app with Rich Chvotkin, in his 53rd season as the Voice of the Hoyas, calling the action.
