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2020-21 GEORGETOWN MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES DIANA PULUPA DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS 202.687.6564 (OFFICE) MEN’S BASKETBALL [email protected] 1984 NCAA CHAMPIONS | 5 FINAL FOURS | 7 BIG EAST TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS | 30 NCAA APPEARANCES 7 NAISMITH MEMORIAL BASKETBALL HALL OF FAMERS | 60+ NBA PLAYERS WE ARE GEORGETOWN 2020-21 SCHEDULE GAME 17: GEORGETOWN (6-10, 4-7 BIG EAST) Time/ AT SETON HALL (13-8, 10-5 BIG EAST) Date Opponent TV Result NOV. 25 UMBC FS1 W, 70-62 TIPOFF – SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2021 (5:30 P.M. ET) DEC. 1 NAVY CBSSN L, 78-71 LOCATION – WASHINGTON, D.C. (MCDONOUGH ARENA) DEC. 6 NO. 11/15 WEST VIRGINIA ! FS1 L, 80-71 TV – CBSSN - TOM MCCARTHY (PXP), PETE GILLEN (ANALYST) DEC. 8 COPPIN STATE FS1 W, 80-48 RADIO – THE TEAM 980, SIRIUSXM 387, RADIO.COM, RICH CHVOTKIN DEC. 11 NO. 9/6 VILLANOVA * FS1 L, 76-63 DEC. 13 ST. JOHN’S * FS1 W, 97-94 (OT) SERIES INFO GEORGETOWN ABOUT THE SETON HALL DEC. 13 UCONN * FS1 POSTPONED Overall Record ............. 59-52 HOYAS MATCHUP PIRATES DEC. 20 AT ST. JOHN’S * FS1 L, 94-83 Home ............................ 32-16 71.6 PPG 73.0 DEC. 23 AT SETON HALL * FS1 L, 78-67 Away ............................ 23-31 73.3 OPP PPG 69.2 DEC. 30 CREIGHTON * FS1 POSTPONED JAN. 2 MARQUETTE * CBSSN L, 64-60 Neutral ............................. 4-5 42.4 FG% 45.3 JAN. 6 AT BUTLER * FS1 L, 63-55 Streak ................................L4 42.0 OPP FG% 42.9 JAN. 9 AT SYRACUSE ESPN L, 74-69 141 3PM 146 First Meeting: JAN. 13 DEPAUL * FS1 POSTPONED 394 3PA 438 JAN. 16 AT PROVIDENCE * FS1 POSTPONED 12/10/1909 JAN. 20 AT MARQUETTE * FS1 POSTPONED Last Meeting: 35.8 3PT% 33.3 184 FTM 333 JAN. 26 AT XAVIER * FS1 POSTPONED 12/23/2020 JAN. 30 PROVIDENCE * CBS W, 73-72 245 FTA 444 FEB. 3 AT NO. 15/12 CREIGHTON * FS1 W, 86-79 75.1 FT% 75.0 FEB. 7 AT NO. 3/3 VILLANOVA FOX L, 84-74 LAST 5 MEETINGS: 41.3 RPG 34.8 FEB. 9 NO. 19/T17 CREIGHTON * CBSSN L, 63-48 Loc. Result Rec. FEB. 13 BUTLER * CBSSN W, 78-63 03/02/2019 H W, 77-71 (2ot) 59-48 +6.5 REB. MARGIN +0.7 FEB. 20 SETON HALL * CBSSN 5:30 P.M. 03/14/2019 N* L, 73-57 59-49 14.0 APG 13.3 FEB. 23 UCONN* FS1 9 P.M. 01/03/2020 A L, 78-62 59-50 15.9 TO/GAME 13.0 FEB. 27 AT DEPAUL * FOX / FS1 NOON 02/05/2020 H L, 78-71 59-51 5.5 SPG 6.5 MARCH 2 XAVIER * FS1 TBA 12/23/2020 A L, 78-67 59-52 MARCH 6 AT UCONN * CBS TBA 3.9 BPG 4.3 home games in BOLD CAPS played at McDonough Arena ABOUT THE MATCHUP * BIG EAST Conference game • The Hoyas play the third of a four-game homestand on Saturday, looking to avenge a ! Big 12-BIG EAST Battle loss from earlier this season when they host Seton Hall at McDonough Arena. • Jahvon Blair leads the team in scoring with 17.0 ppg, ranking fourth in the BIG EAST. He is one of two players to be among the top five in scoring and assists (4th; 4.4 apg). He also leads the league in 3-pointers per game (2.9). • Jamorko Pickett (12.3) and Qudus Wahab (11.8) are scoring in double figures and rank second (8.5) and third (7.9), respectively, in rebounding. Wahab is also third in blocks (1.9) and field goal percentage (57.6). • Georgetown is atop the BIG EAST, and rank sixth in the nation, in rebounding (41.2). • Seton Hall enters Saturday with a 13-8 record and a 10-5 mark in BIG EAST play, having won four straight contests. • The Pirates average 73.0 ppg while their opponents are scoring 69.2 ppg and shooting 42.9 percent from the floor. • Sandro Mamukelashvili leads Seton Hall with 18.0 ppg, which is second in the BIG EAST, and is also grabbing a team-best 7.4 rpg. Shavar Reynolds is dishing out 4.3 apg. GUHOYAS.COM | GAME 17 | GEORGETOWN VS. SETON HALL 1 2020-21 GEORGETOWN MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES THINGS TO LOOK FOR 5 IN THE 2020-21 HOYAS RETURN, REGROUP, RESURGE SINCE GEORGETOWN RETURNED FROM ITS PAUSE DUE TO COVID CONSIDERATIONS, THE HOYAS HAVE GONE 3-2, KNOCKED OFF A RANKED OPPONENT AND IMPROVED IN MANY STATISTICAL CATEGORIES, SEEING INCREASES IN PPG (+0.3), FG% (+1.9%), 3FG% (+1.4%), REBOUND MARGIN (+3.9) AND ASSISTS/GAME (+1.7). GLASS CLEANING GEORGETOWN’S 58-REBOUND PERFORMANCE AGAINST UMBC WAS THE PROGRAM’S MOST IN NEARLY 20 YEARS (59 VS. GRAMBLING STATE, 12/09/2000). WITH GU’S PERFORMANCE AGAINST COPPIN STATE, THE HOYAS HAVE NOW SURPASSED 50 REBOUNDS NINE TIMES UNDER HEAD COACH PATRICK EWING AND HAD SIX GAMES WITH A REBOUNDING MARGIN OF AT LEAST +20. THEY WERE +18 IN THE LAST OUTING (BUTLER, 02/13/2021). BLOCK PARTY QUDUS WAHAB JUST MISSED OUT ON A TRIPLE-DOUBLE AGAINST ST. JOHN’S ON DECEMBER 13, FINISHING WITH A LINE OF 17 POINTS, 10 REBOUNDS AND NINE BLOCKS. THE NINE REJECTIONS WERE THE MOST BY A HOYA SINCE ALONZO MOURNING’S NINE BLOCKS AGAINST DELAWARE STATE ON DECEMBER 9, 1991. HE CURRENTLY SITS AT THIRD IN THE LEAGUE AVERAGING 1.9 BPG. GOOD FROM DOWNTOWN GEORGETOWN IS HITTING 8.8 3-POINTERS PER GAME (3RD - BIG EAST). GU HAS MADE 10+ TREYS IN EIGHT GAMES THIS SEASON, MORE THAN DOUBLING LAST SEASON’S EFFORT (3). JAHVON BLAIR HAS MADE A TEAM-HIGH 47 3-POINTERS ON THE SEASON AND LEADS THE BIG EAST WITH 2.9 3-POINTERS/GAME. HE IS THIRD ON GU’S CAREER LIST (191) WHILE JAMORKO PICKETT HAS DRAINED 29 TREYS THIS SEASON AND IS IN NINTH PLACE, MOVING PAST ASHANTI COOK AND MARK TILLMON. (POINTS IN THE) PAINT BY NUMBERS SINCE RETURNING FROM ITS PAUSE, GEORGETOWN HAS HELD THE EDGE IN THE PAINT AGAINST IN THREE OF ITS FIVE GAMES, INCLUDING A COMMANDING 36-20 ADVANTAGE OVER NO. 3 VILLANOVA. GU’S INSIDE GAME IS ROOTED IN THE SHOOTING OF WAHAB, CHUDIER BILE AND TIMOTHY IGHOEFE (51.5%, 51-OF-99). GUHOYAS.COM | GAME 17 | GEORGETOWN VS. SETON HALL 2 2020-21 GEORGETOWN MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES 2020-21 GEORGETOWN MEN’S BASKETBALL NUMERICAL ROSTER NO. NAME HT. WT. POS. CL. HOMETOWN / HIGH SCHOOL / PREVIOUS SCHOOL 0 Jahvon Blair 6-4 190 G Sr. Brampton, Ontario / Athlete Institute Prep 1 Jamorko Pickett 6-9 206 G/F Sr. Washington, D.C. / Massanutten Military Academy [Va.] 2 Dante Harris 6-0 170 G Fr. Alcoa, Tenn. / Lakeway Christian Academy 3 Jalen Harris 6-2 166 G GS Wilson, N.C. / Word of God Christian Academy / Arkansas 4 Chudier Bile 6-7 195 F GS Denver, Colo. / Denver South / Northwestern State 5 Timothy Ighoefe 7-0 250 C So. Lagos, Nigeria / NBA Academy Africa 10 Chuma Azinge 6-3 183 G So. San Marino, Calif. / Choate Rosemary Hall [Conn.] 13 Donald Carey 6-5 187 G GS Upper Marlboro, Md. / Frederick Douglass / Siena 14 Jamari Sibley 6-8 200 F Fr. Milwaukee, Wis. / Oak Hill Academy [Va.] 20 TJ Berger 6-4 170 G Fr. West Chester, Pa. / Westtown School 22 Jaden Robinson 6-3 185 G Jr. Baltimore, Md. / Mount St. Joseph 23 Collin Holloway 6-6 220 F Fr. Baton Rouge, La. / Port Allen 24 Kobe Clark 6-4 180 F Fr. St. Louis, Mo. / Vashon 32 Malcolm Wilson 7-0 205 C So. Columbia, S.C. / Ridge View 34 Qudus Wahab 6-11 237 C So. Lagos, Nigeria / Flint Hill [Va.] 55 Victor Muresan 6-10 190 F Fr. Potomac, Md. / Georgetown Day COACHING STAFF HEAD COACH: Patrick Ewing (Georgetown ’85), fourth season ASSISTANT COACHES: Louis Orr (Syracuse ’80), fourth season Robert Kirby (Pan American ’83), fourth season Akbar Waheed (Niagara ‘99), fifth season DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS: Bill Howze (Maryland ‘94) SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE HEAD COACH: Clinton Crouch (Saint Francis ‘01) DIRECTOR OF SPORTS PERFORMANCE: Michael Hill (Northern Iowa ‘02) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Chuma Azinge ..................choo-ma AH-zin-gay T.J. Berger .............................burger Chudier Bile .......................choo-dee-er bih-lay Jahvon Blair .......................Juh-VONN Timothy Ighoefe .............ig-o-EFF-ay Jamorko Pickett ..............Juh-MARK-oh Jamari Sibley .....................juh-mar-ee Qudus Wahab ..................koo-duss wuh-HOBB 2020-21 GEORGETOWN MEN’S BASKETBALL ROSTER BREAKDOWN HOYAS BY CLASS HOYAS BY STATE / COUNTRY HOYAS BY POSITION Graduate Student (3) – Chudier Bile, Donald Carey, District of Columbia (2) - Dante Harris, Jamorko Pickett Centers (3) – Timothy Ighoefe, Qudus Wahab, Malcolm Jalen Harris California (1) - Chuma Azinge Wilson Seniors (2) – Jahvon Blair, Jamorko Pickett Canada (1) - Jahvon Blair Guards (8) – Chuma Azinge, T..J. Berger, Jahvon Blair, Juniors (1) – Jaden Robinson Colorado (1) - Chudier Bile Donald Carey, Dante Harris, Jalen Harris, Jamorko Sophomores (4) – Chuma Azinge, Timothy Ighoefe, Louisiana (1) - Collin Holloway Pickett, Jaden Robinson Qudus Wahab, Malcolm Wilson Maryland (3) - Donald Carey, Victor Muresan, Jaden Forwards (6) – Chudier Bile, Kobe Clark, Collin Freshmen (6) – T.J. Berger, Kobe Clark, Dante Harris, Robinson Holloway, Victor Muresan, Jamorko Pickett, Jamari Collin Holloway, Victor Muresan, Jamari Sibley Missouri (1) - Kobe Clark Sibley Nigeria (2) - Timothy Ighoefe, Qudus Wahab North Carolina (1) - Jalen Harris Pennsylvania (1) - T.J. Berger South Carolina (1) - Malcolm Wilson Wisconsin (1) - Jamari Sibley GUHOYAS.COM | GAME 17 | GEORGETOWN VS. SETON HALL 3 2020-21 GEORGETOWN MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES GEORGETOWN VS.