Game 10 2009-10 Georgetown Basketball Harvard (7-2) at No. 14
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2009-10 GEORGETOWN BASKETBALL Harvard (7-2) at No. 14/13 Georgetown (8-1) Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2009 • noon (ET) McDonough Arena • Washington, D.C. Georgetown Sports Information | www.guhoyas.com Senior Communications Director | Bill Shapland | 202-687-2492 | [email protected] Sports Information Director | Mike “Mex” Carey | 202-687-2475 | [email protected] Game 10 Today’s Top 10 from the Hilltop TODAy’s GAME 10 Years as a head coach for Georgeotwn’s John Thompson III, Tipoff – none who has a 192-94 all-time record, including a 124-52 record on the TV – none Internet – Live video of the game will be available on the Georgetown Athlet- Hilltop. ics website – www.guhoyas.com 9 Games against teams ranked in the top-20 in the RPI Ratings Radio – ESPN980 AM; Rich Chvotkin handles the call the Hoyas will play this year – Temple (2), St. John’s (13), UConn (5), Coach – John Thompson III is in his sixth season at the helm of the Hoyas Villanova (11), Syracuse (8), Duke (1) and West Virginia (6). The ... In five years at Georgetown, Thompson has led the Hoyas to the 2007 NCAA Hoyas play Villanova and Syracuse twice. Final Four, the 2007 BIG EAST Tournament Championship and two-straight BIG EAST Regular crowns (2006-07, 2007-08) ... He has a record of 124-52 8 Times that John Thompson III-coached teams have beaten at Georgetown and a nine-year record of 192-94, including a 68-42 record at Harvard (Princeton was 8-0 against the Crimson). Princeton ... The Hoyas have made the postseason every year since JTIII took 7 Underclassmen on the Georgetown roster this season – the over the program in 2004-05. Hoyas have three sophomores and four freshmen on the team Categories that Georgetown ranks among the top-50 in NCAA THE SERIES 6 This will be the third all-time meeting between Georgetown and Harvard ... statistics – scoring defense, scoring margin, FG percentage, rebound The Hoyas lead the head-to-head series, 2-0. margin, FG percentage defense and blocked shots. 5 Times in a century that the Georgetown men’s basketball team UP NEXT has had no seniors on its roster (2009-10, 1992-93 [20-13], 1955-56 Georgetown will play next on Thursday, Dec. 31, hosting BIG EAST Confer- [13-11], 1923-24 [6-3], 1910-11 [13-7]) ence rival St. John’s in the league opener for both teams ... The game will be shown live on ESPN2 with Bob Wischusen and Bill Raftery calling all of the 4 NBA Draft picks over the last three years, the most of any school action ... It can be heard locally on AM 570. in the BIG EAST Conference (Jeff Green, Roy Hibbert, Patrick Ewing, Jr. and DaJuan Summers) 3 McDonald’s All-American’s on the Georgetown roster – juniors Austin Freeman and Chris Wright, along with ABOUT GEORGETOWN... sophomore center Greg Monroe Georgetown is coming off a 61-57 loss to Old Dominion on Saturday, Dec. 19 ... 2 Number of wins over nationally-ranked teams this year. The loss ended the Hoyas eight-game win streak to start the season and ended a 20-game home court win streak over non-league opponents ... The Hoyas return 1 Underclassman on the Preseason All-BIG EAST Team – George- today to Verizon Center, where they have won their last 21 games against non- town sophomore Greg Monroe. league opponents ... The last time Georgetown lost to a non-league opponent at The Phonebooth was a 57-50 decision to Oregon during the 2006-07 season ... Georgetown is ranked No. 14 in the latest Associated Press Top 25 poll and No. 13 in the ESPN/USA Today Top 25 Coaches poll ... Sophomore center Greg Monroe was named the BIG EAST Player of the Week and the ESPN.com Player of the Week on Dec. 14 ... He is one of four players averaging double figures in scoring for the Blue & Gray, leading the team with 15.2 points per game and is tops on the team with 9.9 rebounds per game ... Monroe is 20th in the BIG EAST in scoring and third in the BIG EAST in rebounding ... Junior guard Austin Freeman is second on the team with 12.2 points per game and fourth with 4.0 rebounds per game ... Freeman leads the BIG EAST in free throw percentage, connecting on 95.2 percent of his shots from the charity stripe (20-of-21) ... Junior guard Chris Wright is third on the team with 11.7 points per game ... Wright, who handed out a season-high seven assists against Old Dominion, leads the team with 3.4 assists per game ... Sophomore guard Jason Clark is tied for third on the team with 11.4 points per game, third with 4.7 rebounds and leads the team, hitting 18- of-46 three-point field goal attempts (39.1%) ... Junior Julian Vaughn, who scored a career-high 18 points in the win over Washington, is fifth on the team with 9.1 points and second on the team with 5.9 rebounds ... After hitting only one of his first 10 free throws, Vaughn has connected on 7-of-9 in the last two games ... Freshman guard Hollis Thompson, who is averaging 5.1 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game, was named the BIG EAST Rookie of the Week on Dec. 7 after scoring 16 points against Lafayette. LAST TIME OUT... Old Dominion spoiled Georgetown’s annual game at McDonough Arena, beating the Hoyas 61-57 on Saturday night … The Hoyas rallied to cut the lead to 59-57 on Greg Monroe’s two free throws with 1:16 remaining, but Frank Hassell’s tip-in with 41 seconds left ended a 3 1/2 minute drought for the Monarchs and wound up being the final points scored in the game … Monroe finished with 15 points and seven rebounds for the Hoyas … Julian Vaughn and Austin Freeman had 13 points apiece DID YOU KNOW?... Georgetown sophomore center Greg Monroe is the latest in a long line of Hoya players who have come from the state of Louisiana ... Here is a breakdown of former Hoyas from the Bayou... Georgetown Basketball 2008-09 Georgetown Season Box Score (as of Dec 20, 2009) All games RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 8-1 5-1 2-0 1-0 CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 8-1 5-1 2-0 1-0 Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 10 MONROE, Greg 9-9 293 32.6 51-113 . 4 5 1 3-11 . 2 7 3 32-54 . 5 9 3 25 64 89 9.9 18 0 28 25 12 10 137 15.2 15 FREEMAN, Austin 9-9 291 32.3 39-84 . 4 6 4 12-32 . 3 7 5 20-21 . 9 5 2 8 28 36 4.0 16 0 14 20 1 9 110 12.2 04 WRIGHT, Chris 9-9 294 32.7 36-77 . 4 6 8 8-24 . 3 3 3 25-30 . 8 3 3 2 25 27 3.0 16 0 31 26 2 11 105 11.7 21 CLARK, Jason 9-9 312 34.7 35-72 . 4 8 6 18-46 . 3 9 1 15-19 . 7 8 9 9 33 42 4.7 15 0 23 19 0 21 103 11.4 22 VAUGHN, Julian 9-9 202 22.4 36-62 . 5 8 1 2-5 . 4 0 0 8-19 . 4 2 1 20 33 53 5.9 19 0 13 19 19 3 82 9.1 01 THOMPSON, Hollis 9-0 188 20.9 16-30 . 5 3 3 7-14 . 5 0 0 7-12 . 5 8 3 7 18 25 2.8 22 0 12 7 7 4 46 5.1 30 SIMS, Henry 9-0 98 10.9 10-16 . 6 2 5 0-2 . 0 0 0 9-13 . 6 9 2 6 17 23 2.6 15 0 4 9 8 1 29 3.2 11 SANFORD, Vee 7-0 39 5.6 3-8 . 3 7 5 1-3 . 3 3 3 6-6 1.000 1 6 7 1.0 2 0 4 3 1 5 13 1.9 20 BENIMON, Jerrelle 5-0 30 6.0 3-4 . 7 5 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 2 2 4 0.8 4 0 0 3 1 1 6 1.2 25 STEPKA, Stephen 2-0 4 2.0 1-1 1.000 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.0 05 MESCHERIAKOV, Niki 7-0 44 6.3 2-8 . 2 5 0 1-5 . 2 0 0 1-2 . 5 0 0 1 1 2 0.3 11 1 2 4 1 0 6 0.9 12 DOUGHERTY, Ryan 3-0 5 1.7 0-2 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Team 17 14 31 3 Total.......... 9 1800 232-477 . 4 8 6 52-142 . 3 6 6 123-176 . 6 9 9 98 241 339 37.7 140 1 131 138 52 65 639 71.0 Opponents.....