2008-09 GEORGETOWN BASKETBALL FOR STARTERS Game 24 • Georgetown enters today’s game with a 13-10 overall record and a 4-8 mark Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009 in the BIG EAST following a 98-94 overtime loss at Cincinnati at Syracuse last Georgetown (13-10, 4-8 BIG EAST) at Saturday. • Georgetown is ranked No. 1 in Strength of Schedule according to the Warren South Florida (8-16, 3-9 BIG EAST) Nolan College Basketball Ratings; the Hoyas’ opponents this year have a combined Sun Dome (10,411) winning percentage of .625. • The Hoyas are No. 36 in the RPI Ratings and boast three wins over top-25 teams Tampa, Fla. this year (No. 1 UConn, No. 8 Memphis and No. 23 Syracuse). • Following tonight’s road game, the Hoyas will return home to play three of the TODAy’s game last five regular season games, where they are 10-3 this season. Tipoff – 7 p.m. • The Georgetown starting lineup through 23 games has combined to shoot 48.6% TV – ESPN Regional (MASN)– Mike Gleason (play-by-play); percent from the field (458-of-943). Bob Wenzel (color) • Junior DaJuan Summers scored his 1,000th career point during the Marquette Radio – ESPN 980 AM; Rich Chvotkin handles the call game; he is the 40th player in Georgetown history to reach that plateau. Coaches – John Thompson III is in his fifth season at • Freshman center Greg Monroe was named the BIG EAST Rookie of the Week the helm of the Hoyas ... He guided the Hoyas to a 28-6 record on Jan. 12; it was the second-straight week, and the third time overall, that Monroe last season, including the BIG EAST Regular Season title and has earned that honor this season. a third-straight appearance in the NCAA Tournament ... In • The 2008-09 season marks the 13th year the Hoyas have made Verizon Center four-plus years at Georgetown, Thompson has led the Hoyas their home; GU has an all-time record of 119-46 (72.1% win percentage) in its to the 2007 NCAA Final Four, the 2007 BIG EAST Tournament downtown venue. Championship and two-straight BIG EAST Regular crowns • Georgetown had a 28-game Verizon Center win streak (and a 29-game overall (2006-07, 2007-08) ... He has a record of 113-46 at Georgetown homecourt streak) ended in the loss to Pittsburgh on Jan. 3. and an eight-year record of 181-88, including a 68-44 record • Georgetown has been among the top defensive teams in the country under John at Princeton. Thompson III; the Hoyas are currently fifth in the BIG EAST in field goal percentage Up Next – Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009 – Marquette, Verizon Cen- defense (40.6% FG) and fifth in scoring defense (65.0 ppg) ter, Washington, D.C., 2 p.m. (TV–ESPN; Radio – ESPN980) • Only 25 opponents have scored more than 60 points against Georgetown in the last two-plus years, spanning 94 games. • Georgetown has held 10 opponents to under 40 percent shooting from the field SERIES INFORMATION this season; three opponents have shot less than 30 percent. Today’s game is the seventh meeting between Georgetown and • In the last two-plus seasons – spanning 94 games – only 17 opponents have South Florida ... The Hoyas lead the series, 4-2. shot higher than 45 percent against the Hoyas. • Georgetown scored at least 69 points 19 times last season; under John Thompson BY THE NUMBERS III, the Hoyas are 61-7 when scoring at least 69 points. 1 ... Georgetown’s national ranking in strength of schedule this • Georgetown has connected on at least 50 percent of its field goals nine times this season; opponents have won 66.1 percent of their games. season; the Hoyas rank fifth in the BIG EAST in field goal percentage (47.1%). 1 ... Assists Jessie Sapp needs to pass Charles Smith for 15th on the all-time list at Georgetown; Sapp has 300 career. 22... Points DaJuan Summers needs to pass Ashanti Cook POSSIBLE starting LINEUPS (2002-06) for 34th on the all-time scoring list. Georgetown Hoyas 7 ... Categories freshman Greg Monroe ranks among the top- Possible Starters 20 in BIG EAST games: scoring, rebounding, FG percentage, No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Notes assists, steals, offensive & defensive rebounds. 4 Chris Wright G 6-1 205 So. Career-high 25 at Syracuse 10 ... Times Georgetown has held BIG EAST opponents to 50 21 Jessie Sapp G 6-3 210 Sr. 6.5 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 1.9 apg, 1.2 spg or few points under John Thompson III. 15 Austin Freeman G 6-4 220 So. 12.7ppg,3.9rpg,43.4%FG last 10 14 ... Consecutive games in double figure scoring for freshman 3 DaJuan Summers F 6-8 240 Jr. 15.4ppg,5.6rpg,45.9%FG away center Greg Monroe. 10 Greg Monroe C 6-11 250 Fr. 13.8ppg,7.5rpg,3.5apg in BE gms 23.3 .... Average trips to the free throw line this season for Georgetown; last year, the team averaged 17.4 per game. South Florida Bulls 70.9 ... Percentage of points (1,179-of-1.662) scored through Possible Starters 23 games by Georgetown underclassmen. No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Notes 79 ... Number of opponents who have shot less than 45 percent 3 Chris Howard G 6-3 200 Jr. 10pts,5erb.,4ass. vs. Marquette from the field against Georgetown in the last 94 games. 20 Dominique Jones G 6-4 205 So. Team-best 18.6 ppg 81.2 ... Percentage of points scored by Georgetown’s starting 23 Jesus Verdejo G 6-4 205 Sr. Team-best 49 three-pointers lineup this year (1349-of-1662 points). 1 Eladio Espinosa F 6-7 220 Fr. 2.0 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 15.5 mpg GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY BASKETBALL WWW.GUHOYAS.COM 25 NCAA Tournament Appearances 1984 NCAA National Champions Five Final Fours 11 Sweet 16 Appearances 16 BIG EAST Titles Georgetown Basketball 2008-09 Georgetown Combined Team Statistics (as of Feb 14, 2009) All games RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 13-10 10-3 1-6 2-1 CONFERENCE 4-8 3-3 1-5 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 9-2 7-0 0-1 2-1 Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 03 Summers, DaJuan 23-23 675 29.3 105-213 . 4 9 3 38-93 . 4 0 9 82-114 . 7 1 9 32 74 106 4.6 58 1 30 58 15 26 330 14.3 10 Monroe, Greg 23-23 708 30.8 108-192 . 5 6 3 2-6 . 3 3 3 83-122 . 6 8 0 52 100 152 6.6 56 1 64 58 34 45 301 13.1 04 Wright, Chris 23-23 751 32.7 104-208 . 5 0 0 23-68 . 3 3 8 58-78 . 7 4 4 8 63 71 3.1 49 1 84 50 3 29 289 12.6 15 Freeman, Austin 23-23 722 31.4 97-206 . 4 7 1 24-72 . 3 3 3 71-92 . 7 7 2 31 69 100 4.3 47 0 50 34 4 24 289 12.6 21 Sapp, Jessie 23-21 585 25.4 47-128 . 3 6 7 26-72 . 3 6 1 29-39 . 7 4 4 26 62 88 3.8 43 0 43 33 5 28 149 6.5 20 Clark, Jason 23-0 407 17.7 42-84 . 5 0 0 13-39 . 3 3 3 24-28 . 8 5 7 19 37 56 2.4 40 0 18 29 5 15 121 5.3 31 Wattad, Omar 22-1 263 12.0 20-58 . 3 4 5 13-43 . 3 0 2 12-18 . 6 6 7 7 26 33 1.5 30 0 13 16 0 4 65 3.0 05 Mescheriakov, Nikita 15-1 185 12.3 13-42 . 3 1 0 8-30 . 2 6 7 4-8 . 5 0 0 7 11 18 1.2 31 2 9 12 2 5 38 2.5 22 Vaughn, Julian 22-0 191 8.7 14-29 . 4 8 3 0-5 . 0 0 0 12-21 . 5 7 1 15 19 34 1.5 30 0 15 16 11 3 40 1.8 30 Sims, Henry 20-0 179 9.0 14-38 . 3 6 8 2-10 . 2 0 0 6-13 . 4 6 2 10 20 30 1.5 15 0 2 10 11 5 36 1.8 11 Jansen, Bryon 5-0 9 1.8 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 4-4 1.000 0 1 1 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.8 Total.......... 23 4675 564-1198 . 4 7 1 149-438 . 3 4 0 385-537 . 7 1 7 244 523 767 33.3 401 5 328 322 90 184 1662 72.3 Opponents...... 23 4675 532-1310 . 4 0 6 139-430 . 3 2 3 292-406 . 7 1 9 315 457 772 33.6 426 - 286 339 76 151 1495 65.0 TEAM STATISTICS GU OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 1662 1495 11/17/08 JACKSONVILLE W 62-71 10253 Points per game 72.3 65.0 11/22/08 DREXEL W 53-81 11434 Scoring margin +7.3 - 11/27/08 vs Wichita State W 50-58 3357 11/28/08 vs Tennessee L 90-78 3926 FIELD GOALS-ATT 564-1198 532-1310 11/30/08 vs Maryland W 75-48 3914 Field goal pct .