Nov. 30, 2008

Box Score

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Sophomore guard Austin Freeman (Mitchellville, Md./DeMatha) scored a game-high 18 points, junior forward DaJuan Summers (Baltimore, Md./McDonogh) added 14 and freshman center Greg Monroe (New Orleans, La./Helen Cox) chipped in 12 points as four players scored in double figures and No. 21 Georgetown cruised to a 75-48 win over Maryland at the Old Spice Classic Sunday evening.

The win improved Georgetown's record to 4-1 overall as the team won for the second time in three games in the Old Spice Classic, guaranteeing the Hoyas a third-place finish in the tournament. Maryland falls to 4-2 overall.

The Hoyas led by 18 points at the break (38-20), had held a 21-point lead at two points late in the first half and quickly pushed the lead back into the 20s in the second half. Summers hit consecutive three-pointers in the first three minutes to push the lead to 25 points, 49-24, with 17:00 to play. A layup from freshman guard Jason Clark (Arlington, Va./Bishop O'Connell) with 11:19 to play pushed the lead to 30 points, 63-33.

Georgetown's biggest lead of the game - 35 points - came at two points in the second half, first on a layup from sophomore guard Chris Wright (Bowie, Md./St. John's College H.S.) with 7:34 to play and then on a dunk from freshman center Henry Sims (Baltimore, Md./Mount St. Joseph) with 4:46 to play.

Georgetown led by 18 points at the half, thanks to strong shooting in the first half (52.0%) and a defensive effort that limited Maryland to 32.0 percent shooting from the floor, forced eight turnovers and held Terps guard Greivis Vasquez to zero points in the first half.

The Hoyas jumped out to a quick lead after senior guard Jessie Sapp (New York, N.Y./National Christian Academy [Md.]) hit a three and a layup to start the game. A jumper from Eric Hayes cut the Hoya lead to 7-4, but a 12-4 burst over a span of 3:22 extended the GU lead to 19-8 on a layup from Monroe with 11:57 to play in the half.

A three-pointer from Dave Neal cut the Hoya lead to 10 points, 21-11, with 10:12 to play, but the Hoyas used an 11-2 run over a span of 4:41 and took a 32-13 lead after a dunk from Monroe and free throws from Freeman with 5:31 to play. After a dunk from James Burney made it 32-15, Sapp - who finished with 10 points in the half - extended the margin to 20 points with a three. Georgetown took its biggest lead - 21 points - first on one of two free throws from Monroe (36-15) and then on a layup from sophomore forward Julian Vaughn (Reston, Va./Oak Hill Academy), pushing the lead to 38-17 before the Hoyas settled for a 38-20 lead at the break.

Freeman led with 18 points, six rebounds and two assists, while Summers added 14 points and three assists. Monroe had 12 points and six boards and Sapp added 10 points and four rebounds. The Hoyas shot 53.1 percent from the floor and 35.0 percent from three-point land.

Georgetown returns home to play American at Verizon Center on Saturday, Dec. 6. Tip-off is slated for 1 p.m. and the game will be shown live on MASN and can be heard locally on AM 570. The game against American will be the first of five-straight home games for the Hoyas.