WASHINGTON – Four Hoyas were in double figures as the Georgetown University men's basketball team defeated the visiting University of Maryland Terrapins, 86-74, on Saturday night at Capital One Arena in front of 14,739 fans. With the win in the District, the Blue & Gray improves to 2-0 on the season while the Terrapins slip to 1-1 on the year.
ON THE RECORD
"I give our men and I give our staff a lot of credit. Preparation over the week, I thought we executed a game plan on both sides of the ball. We shared the ball. The ball had a lot of pop. I thought our players had a lot of pop. I appreciated all the fans that came out from both schools to support this game. This is something we wanted to do, and something we hope to continue to play as we move forward. I think it's a great game for our community, a great game for both fan bases, alumni and you know, faculty and staff. It was just a good night here in the District, and you know we were really fortunate. We shot it well, we shared the ball at a high clip, right, and you know, it was a good win. You know Buzz [Williams] has a very physical team, a very athletic team, and I thought our team definitely stood up to that challenge, and we were able to give it all and get over the hump by moving and making a lot of shots." - Head Coach
Ed Cooley
"We're trying to take the DMV over again. I mean, we're trying to get the identity back. We know what this program is made of and the history that's in it, and we just need the trust in the fans and trust within each other to build this whole thing back. So that's our whole game plan. That's our whole identity to bring this program back." -
Kayvaun Mulready
HOYA HIGHLIGHTS
- Jaland Lowe led a quartet of Hoyas in double figures with 22 points on 66.7% (6-9) shooting, including five made 3-pointers, as well as a 5-for-8 performance from the charity stripe.
- Elmarko Jackson added 17 points on a 5-for-7 performance from the floor, including a trio of triples, and a perfect 4-for-4 showing at the free throw line.
- Kayvaun Mulready added 15 points on five treys while Vince Iwuchukwu tallied 12 points on 5-for-9 shooting from the floor.
- A trio of Hoyas led the Blue & Gray on the glass with Caleb Williams, Lowe and Chol Machot each grabbing five boards.
- Lowe's eight helpers paced the offense as Georgetown managed 19 assists on 27 field goals.
- Machot played the role of rim defender blocking five shots while Mulready picked three pockets on the night.
- For the game, Georgetown shot 51.9% (27-52) from the floor and drained 50.0% (15-30) from deep.
- The Hoyas forced 14 turnovers on seven steals while managing seven blocked shots.
- The Terps outrebounded Georgetown 37-27.
TERRAPIN HIGHLIGHTS
- Pharrel Payne led all scorers with 28 points on 10-for-14 shooting. He led a trio of Terps in double digits with Kaden House chipping in 13 and D.J. Wagner adding 11.
- Tomislav Buljan pulled down a game-best 10 rebounds while Payne was shy of a double-double with eight.
- Wagner's three assists paced the UMD offense.
- The Terrapins shot 41.3% (26-63) from the floor and drained 19-of-24 from the charity stripe.
- Maryland forced 14 Hoya turnovers on six steals.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Jackson got the scoring started with a layup before Maryland knotted the score at 2-2. The Hoyas tallied five unanswered behind a pair of Jackson free throws and a Lowe triple to take the 7-2 lead.
- Maryland retorted with a seven-point run on the other end for the 9-7 lead before another pair of Jackson free throws sparked a 9-2 Hoya run fueled by five from Lowe and a layup from Machot as the Blue & Gray led 16-11 (11:52).
- A 13-6 run pushed the Hoyas up 12 (29-17) to force a Terp timeout. The spurt saw a trio of Hoyas sink treys with Gabriel Landeira, Lowe and Jackson all nailing from deep while Iwuchukwu tallied back-to-back buckets inside.
- The Terps won the next four-minute war by cutting the deficit to six (32-26) but the Hoyas poured on 12 unanswered, sparked by another Lowe trey, followed by a Mulready 3-pointer, free throws from Caleb Williams and buckets from Jackson and Machot. The Hoyas would take a 44-28 lead into the locker room.
- Georgetown kept the foot on the gas in the second half, building the lead up to as many as 25 with many of the points coming from the charity stripe as Maryland tallied early fouls. Josiah Parker found an open Mulready on the fast break for the 58-31 lead early in the second frame.
- Maryland cut the deficit to 18 on a seven-point spurt but another Mulready 3-pointer, this time on the Lowe dish, brought the crowd right back into it. A Parker layup, again from Lowe, pushed the lead back to 21 and forced a Maryland timeout.
- The Hoyas would never look back, leading by as many as 27 as Georgetown sealed the 86-74 victory at the final whistle.
OF NOTE
- With 22 points, Lowe tallied his second-straight 20+ outing after putting up 23 in the season opener.
UP NEXT
Georgetown returns to action on Tuesday, November 10, taking on the Delaware State University Hornets at McDonough Arena. Tipoff at GU's campus home is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. and the game will be broadcast on ESPN+ with Dan Kolko 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.
