Diana Pulupa 2020-21 Schedule
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
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 19: GEORGETOWN (7-11, 5-8 BIG EAST) Time/ AT DEPAUL (4-11, 2-11 BIG EAST) Date Opponent TV Result NOV. 25 UMBC FS1 W, 70-62 TIPOFF – SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2021 (NOON ET) DEC. 1 NAVY CBSSN L, 78-71 LOCATION – CHICAGO, ILL. (WINTRUST ARENA) DEC. 6 NO. 11/15 WEST VIRGINIA ! FS1 L, 80-71 TV – FS1 - ERIC COLLINS (PXP), DICKEY SIMPKINS (ANALYST) DEC. 8 COPPIN STATE FS1 W, 80-48 RADIO – THE TEAM 980, SIRIUSXM 384, 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 DEPAUL DEC. 13 UCONN * FS1 POSTPONED Overall Record ............. 32-11 HOYAS MATCHUP BLUE DEMONS DEC. 20 AT ST. JOHN’S * FS1 L, 94-83 Home .............................. 16-3 71.3 PPG 65.9 DEC. 23 AT SETON HALL * FS1 L, 78-67 Away .............................. 14-6 73.2 OPP PPG 71.1 DEC. 30 CREIGHTON * FS1 POSTPONED JAN. 2 MARQUETTE * CBSSN L, 64-60 Neutral ............................. 2-2 42.5 FG% 42.0 JAN. 6 AT BUTLER * FS1 L, 63-55 Streak ................................L1 42.3 OPP FG% 41.6 JAN. 9 AT SYRACUSE ESPN L, 74-69 155 3PM 83 First Meeting: JAN. 13 DEPAUL * FS1 POSTPONED 429 3PA 261 JAN. 16 AT PROVIDENCE * FS1 POSTPONED 1941-42 JAN. 20 AT MARQUETTE * FS1 POSTPONED Last Meeting: 36.1 3PT% 31.8 214 FTM 138 JAN. 26 AT XAVIER * FS1 POSTPONED 02/22/2020 JAN. 30 PROVIDENCE * CBS W, 73-72 287 FTA 208 FEB. 3 AT NO. 15/12 CREIGHTON * FS1 W, 86-79 74.6 FT% 66.3 FEB. 7 AT NO. 3/3 VILLANOVA FOX L, 84-74 LAST 5 MEETINGS: 40.4 RPG 38.1 FEB. 9 NO. 19/T17 CREIGHTON * CBSSN L, 63-48 Loc. Result Rec. FEB. 13 BUTLER * CBSSN W, 78-63 01/24/2018 H L, 74-73 30-9 +5.0 REB. MARGIN +1.4 FEB. 20 SETON HALL * CBSSN W, 81-75 02/27/2019 H W, 82-73 31-9 13.9 APG 11.9 FEB. 23 UCONN* FS1 L, 70-57 03/06/2019 A L, 101-69 31-10 16.0 TO/GAME 16.4 FEB. 27 AT DEPAUL * FS1 NOON 02/08/2020 H W, 76-72 32-10 5.8 SPG 7.2 MARCH 2 XAVIER * FS1 7 P.M. 02/22/2020 A L, 74-68 32-11 MARCH 6 AT UCONN * CBS NOON 4.0 BPG 4.1 home games in BOLD CAPS played at McDonough Arena ABOUT THE MATCHUP * BIG EAST Conference game • Georgetown and DePaul play for the first time this season on Saturday, in what is GU’s ! Big 12-BIG EAST Battle penultimate road contest. • Jahvon Blair leads the team in scoring with 15.8 ppg, ranking sixth in the BIG EAST. He is one of four players among the top 10 in both scoring and assists (9th; 4.3 apg). He also leads the league in 3-pointers per game (2.7). • Jamorko Pickett (12.6) and Qudus Wahab (12.1) are also scoring in double figures. Wahab is second in the conference in rebounding (8.2), while third in blocks (2.0) and field goal percentage (57.6). Pickett is third in rebounding (8.1). • Georgetown is atop the BIG EAST in rebounding (40.4) and rebounding margin (+5.0). • DePaul comes in with a 4-11 record and a 2-11 mark in BIG EAST play, having lost six of their past seven games, including a loss at Creighton on Wednesday. • The Blue Demons average just 65.9 ppg and are allowing 71.1 ppg to opponents. They are second behind the Hoyas in team rebounding (38.1). • Charlie Moore leads DePaul with 14.2 ppg and 4.3 apg. Javon Freeman-Liberty is scoring 13.4 ppg, while Romeo Weems is pulling down 6.1 rpg. GUHOYAS.COM | GAME 19 | GEORGETOWN AT DEPAUL 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 4-3, KNOCKED OFF A RANKED OPPONENT AND IMPROVED IN A HANDFUL OF STATISTICAL CATEGORIES, SEEING INCREASES IN FG% (+1.7%), 3FG% (+2.1%), AND ASSISTS/GAME (+1.4). 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 AGAINST BUTLER ON FEBRUARY 13. 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 8.6 3-POINTERS PER GAME (3RD - BIG EAST). GU HAS MADE 10+ TREYS IN NINE GAMES THIS SEASON, TRIPLING LAST SEASON’S EFFORT (3). JAHVON BLAIR HAS MADE A TEAM-HIGH 49 3-POINTERS ON THE SEASON AND LEADS THE BIG EAST WITH 2.7 3-POINTERS/GAME. HE IS THIRD ON GU’S CAREER LIST (193) WHILE JAMORKO PICKETT HAS DRAINED 34 TREYS THIS SEASON AND IS IN SEVENTH PLACE, MOVING PAST MARKEL STARKS AND GERALD RILEY. PAINT BY NUMBERS SINCE RETURNING FROM ITS PAUSE, GEORGETOWN HAS MADE ITS PRESENCE KNOWN IN THE PAINT. GU’S INSIDE GAME IS ROOTED IN THE SHOOTING OF WAHAB, WHO HAS GONE 33-OF-51 (64.7%) IN THE SEVEN-GAME STRETCH. GUHOYAS.COM | GAME 19 | GEORGETOWN AT DEPAUL 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 19 | GEORGETOWN AT DEPAUL 3 2020-21 GEORGETOWN MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES GEORGETOWN VS. DEPAUL: SERIES INFO OVERVIEW GAME • Saturday will be the 44th all-time meeting between Georgetown and DePaul. The Hoyas hold a 32-11 series advantage, including a 14-6 mark in Washington, D.C.