2/9/2002

The Hoyas (14-8, 5-5) fell in quadruple overtime on 2/9/02 to Notre Dame (17-6, 7-3) by a score of 111-116. Mike Sweetney set career high in scoring and rebounding as he led all scorers with 35 and all rebounders with 20 boards. He also had 6 assists, 1 turnover, 6 blocks and 1 steal in his 13th double-double of the season. Wesley Wilson also set a career high in scoring with 26 points. Wesley had 7 boards and 5 blocks. Kevin Braswell scored a different double-double with 12 points and 10 assists. Drew Hall contributed 10 points and set a career high in rebounds with 8.

The Irish were scorching hot in the first frame, shooting 58% from the field and leading the Hoyas by as many as 12 with 01:52 remaining. The Hoyas, however, revealed the tone of the game in the half's waining seconds as they ran off seven unanswered to trail by 5, 43-48.

The second half saw the Hoyas outshhoot the Irish, 44% to 40%. Notre Dame proved however, that they were no more willing to let the game slip away than the Hoyas were. When Graves missed a trey in the final 2 minutes, Sweetney answered with a deuce in the paint. Carrol replied with a 2 of his own and Georgetown could not find a good shot in the final 5 seconds of regulation.

The 1st overtime saw only 4 points scored by each team as the defenses were ratcheted up. Again the Hoyas put themselves in good position with the ball in hand and the score tied with 17 seconds remaining, but Braswell's trey hit rim, glass, rim and jumped out.

The 2nd overtime marked the departures for excessive fouls of Timmerman and Swanigan for ND, and Wesley Wilson for GU. Courtland Freeman also made his way to the bench after falling on his back after a hard foul. The battle of the closing seconds was intense as Humprey rebounded a Braswell miss only to have the ball stolen by Drew Hall. Braswell's 3 with 00:05 on the clock did not go and a third overtime was required.

In the 3rd overtime Notre Dame led by as many as 5 before the Hoyas were able to pull even. Like the preceeding periods, the  Hoyas had the ball with the score tied, but Riley's floater at the buzzer floated across the rim, necessitating a BIG EAST record 4th OT.

Riley, Sweetney and Braswell fouled out in the fourth overtime and ND's 2 point lead proved insurmoutable. The final was 111-116. The game marked the 6th time the visitor has won in the series.