MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS 202.687.6564 (OFFICE) [email protected] 1984 NCAA CHAMPIONS | SEVEN-TIME BIG EAST TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS | 30 NCAA APPEARANCES | 11 NIT APPEARANCES 2019-20 MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES SCHEDULE GAME 3: GEORGETOWN (2-0, 0-0 BIG EAST) Time/ VS. PENN STATE (2-0, 0-0 BIG TEN) Date Opponent TV Result TIPOFF – THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2019 (6:30 P.M. ET) NOV. 6 MOUNT ST. MARY’S CBSSPORTS W, 81-68 LOCATION – WASHINGTON, D.C. (CAPITAL ONE ARENA) NOV. 9 CENTRAL ARKANSAS MASN2 W, 89-78 TV – FS1 - KEVIN KUGLER (PLAY-BY-PLAY), DONNY MARSHALL (ANALYST) NOV. 14 PENN STATE ! FS1 6:30 P.M. RADIO – THE TEAM 980, RICH CHVOTKIN ON THE CALL NOV. 17 GEORGIA STATE FS1 7:30 P.M. NOV. 21 VS. TEXAS # ESPN2 7 P.M. SERIES INFO GEORGETOWN ABOUT THE PENN STATE NOV. 22 VS. CAL / DUKE # ESPN2 5 / 7 P.M. HOYAS MATCHUP NITTANY LIONS NOV. 30 UNC GREENSBORO FS2 2 P.M. Overall Record ..........20-22 85.0 PPG 87.5 DEC. 4 AT OKLAHOMA STATE % ESPN+ 8 P.M. Home ...........................13-9 DEC. 7 AT SMU ESPNU 9:30 P.M. Away ...........................6-12 73.0 OPP PPG 55.0 DEC. 14 SYRACUSE FOX 1 P.M. Neutral ......................... 1-1 48.8 FG% 48.0 DEC. 17 UMBC FS1 6:30 P.M. Streak ...........................W5 41.7 OPP FG% 37.2 DEC. 21 SAMFORD FS1 NOON 16 3PM 23 DEC. 28 AMERICAN FS1 NOON First Meeting: 43 3PA 61 DEC. 31 AT PROVIDENCE * FS1 5:30 P.M. 12/071908 H W, 49-26 37.2 3PT% 37.7 JAN. 3 AT SETON HALL * FS1 9 P.M. JAN. 8 ST. JOHN’S * FS1 6:30 P.M. Last Meeting: 32 FTM 34 JAN. 11 AT VILLANOVA * FS1 NOON 12/06/2004 H W, 66-53 41 FTA 57 JAN. 15 CREIGHTON * CBSSPORTS 7 P.M. 78.0 FT% 59.6 JAN. 18 MARQUETTE * FS1 2 P.M. LAST 5 MEETINGS: 47.5 RPG 42.5 JAN. 22 AT XAVIER * FS1 6:30 P.M. Loc. Result Rec. +19 REB. MARGIN +7.5 JAN. 28 BUTLER * CBSSPORTS 9 P.M. 02/02/1974 H W, 63-58 16-22 17.5 APG 17.5 FEB. 2 AT ST. JOHN’S * CBS 1 P.M. 02/01/1975 A W, 77-66 17-22 16.0 TO/GAME 13.5 FEB. 5 SETON HALL * FS1 8:30 P.M. 01/27/1976 H W, 71-63 18-22 FEB. 8 DEPAUL * MASN2 NOON 8.0 SPG 9.5 11/23/2003 A W, 79-78 19-22 FEB. 15 AT BUTLER * FOX 2:30 P.M. 3.5 BPG 6.5 FEB. 19 PROVIDENCE * FS1 8:30 P.M. 12/06/2004 H W, 66-53 20-22 FEB. 22 AT DEPAUL * FS1 9 P.M. FEB. 26 AT MARQUETTE * FS1 8:30 P.M. ABOUT THE MATCHUP MARCH 1 XAVIER * CBS 2 P.M. • Thursday will be the 43rd meeting all-time between the Hoyas and Nittany Lions, with MARCH 4 AT CREIGHTON * MASN2 8 P.M. Penn State holding a 22-20 series advantage. MARCH 7 VILLANOVA FOX NOON • The last matchup coming during the 2004-05 season and Georgetown has won the last five meetings, dating to 1973-74. home games in BOLD CAPS played at Capital One Arena • Overall, the Hoyas are 65-92 all-time against members of the Big Ten Conference and 1-0 * BIG EAST Conference game ! Gavitt Tipoff Games under Head Coach Patrick Ewing. # 2K Empire Classic; Madison Square Garden; New York, N.Y. • This will be Georgetown’s fourth contest in the Gavitt Tipoff Games, and the Hoyas hold a BIG EAST Tournament: March 11-14, 2020; Madison Square 1-2 record in the series with the one victory coming in an 88-80 win at Illinois last season. Garden; New York, N.Y. • The Hoyas (2-0) are coming off an 89-78 victory over Central Arkansas on Saturday afternoon behind Omer Yurtseven’s second-straight double-double. • Jagan Mosely put in a flawless effort with 13 points from a 4-for-4 effort from the field including 2-for2 from downtown and a 3-for-3 performance from the charity stripe. • Penn State enters Thursday’s contest with a 2-0 record after home wins over Maryland Eastern Shore (84-46) and Wagner (91-64) to start the season. GEORGETOWN VS. PENN STATE (GAVITT TIPOFF GAMES) 1 MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES THINGS TO LOOK FOR IN THE 2019-20 HOYAS GEORGETOWN’S 55 REBOUNDS VS. CENTRAL ARKANSAS WERE THE TEAM’S MOST SINCE GRABBING 55 BOARDS AGAINST COPPIN STATE ON NOV. 30, 2016. THE +24 REBOUND MARGIN (55-31) WAS GU’S MOST SINCE +28 (51- 23) AGAINST MOUNT ST. MARY’S ON NOV. 15, 2017. OMER YURTSEVEN’S BACK-TO-BACK DOUBLE-DOUBLES ARE THE FIRST BY A HOYA SINCE JESSIE GOVAN DID SO AGAINST LIBERTY AND SYRACUSE (DEC. 3-8, 2018). GOVAN WAS THE LAST PLAYER TO HAVE DOUBLE-DOUBLES IN THREE- STRAIGHT GAMES, DOING SO IN FEBRUARY 2018. JAMES AKINJO LED THE BIG EAST AND RANKED 10TH ALL-TIME IN PROGRAM HISTORY WITH 173 ASSISTS LAST SEASON. LAST SEASON, GEORGETOWN HAD THE FRESHMAN LEADERS IN THE CONFERENCE IN: - SCORING (AKINJO, 13.4 PPG; MCCLUNG, 13.1 PPG) - REBOUNDING (LEBLANC, 7.3 RPG) - FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE (LEBLANC, .630) - ASSISTS (AKINJO, 173, 5.2 APG) - FREE THROW PERCENTAGE (AKINJO, .812; MCCLUNG, .798) - BLOCKED SHOTS (LEBLANC, 1.09 BPG) GEORGETOWN’S RETURNERS COMBINED FOR 63 DOUBLE- FIGURE SCORING PERFORMANCES LAST SEASON, INCLUDING NINE 20-POINT EFFORTS. GEORGETOWN VS. PENN STATE (GAVITT TIPOFF GAMES) 2 MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES 2019-20 GEORGETOWN MEN’S BASKETBALL NUMERICAL ROSTER NO. NAME HT. WT. POS. CL. HOMETOWN / HIGH SCHOOL / PREVIOUS SCHOOL 0 Jahvon Blair 6-4 190 G Jr. Brampton, Ontario / Athlete Institute Prep 1 Jamorko Pickett 6-8 206 G/F Jr. Washington, D.C. / Massanutten Military Academy [Va.] 2 Mac McClung 6-2 186 G So. Gate City, Va. / Gate City 3 James Akinjo 6-1 185 G So. Oakland, Calif. / Salesian College Preparatory 4 Jagan Mosely 6-3 215 G Sr. Marlboro, N.J. / St. Anthony 5 Timothy Ighoefe 6-11 250 C Fr. Lagos, Nigeria / NBA Academy Africa 10 Chuma Azinge 6-3 183 G Fr. San Marino, Calif. / Choate Rosemary Hall 11 Galen Alexander 6-6 227 F Jr. Breaux Bridge, La. / Lafayette Christian / Jones County CC 12 Terrell Allen 6-3 180 G Gr. Upper Marlboro, Md. / DeMatha Catholic / UCF 15 Myron Gardner 6-6 222 F Fr. Detroit, Mich. / SPIRE Academy [Ohio] 20 George Muresan 6-9 218 F Sr. Potomac, Md. / St. Andrew’s Episcopal School 22 Jaden Robinson 6-3 185 G So. Baltimore, Md. / Mount St. Joseph 23 Josh LeBlanc 6-7 215 F So. Baton Rouge, La. / Madison Prep Academy 32 Malcolm Wilson 6-11 205 C Fr. Columbia, S.C. / Ridge View 34 Qudus Wahab 6-11 237 C Fr. Lagos, Nigeria / Flint Hill [Va.] 44 Omer Yurtseven 7-0 264 C Sr. Istanbul, Turkey / Fenerbahce Baseketbol Subesi / NC State COACHING STAFF HEAD COACH: Patrick Ewing (Georgetown ’85), third season ASSISTANT COACHES: Louis Orr (Syracuse ’80), third season Robert Kirby (Pan American ’83), third season Akbar Waheed (Niagara ‘99), fourth season DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS: Bill Howze (Maryland ‘94) SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE HEAD COACH: Jonathan Wallace (Georgetown ‘08) DIRECTOR OF SPORTS PERFORMANCE: Michael Hill (Northern Iowa ‘02) MEN’S BASKETBALL HEAD ATHLETIC TRAINER: Michael Leonard (UNCG ‘07) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE James Akinjo .....................Uh-Kin-Joe Jahvon Blair .......................Juh-VONN Timothy Ighoefe .............ig-o-EFF-ay Josh LeBlanc ......................Leh-BLAHNK (not Leh-BLANK) Jagan Mosely ....................Jay-gun Jamorko Pickett ..............Juh-MARK-oh Qudus Wahab ..................KOO-duss WAH-hobb Omer Yurtseven .............Oh-mehr Yurt-sev-uhn 2019-20 GEORGETOWN MEN’S BASKETBALL ROSTER BREAKDOWN HOYAS BY CLASS HOYAS BY STATE / COUNTRY HOYAS BY POSITION Graduate Student (1) – Terrell Allen District of Columbia (1) - Jamorko Pickett Centers (4) – Timothy Ighoefe, Qudus Wahab, Malcolm Seniors (3) – Jagan Mosely, George Muresan, Omer California (2) - James Akinjo, Chuma Azinge Wilson, Omer Yurtseven Yurtseven Canada (1) - Jahvon Blair Guards (8) – James Akinjo, Chuma Azinge, Terrell Allen, Juniors (3) – Galen Alexander, Jahvon Blair, Jamorko Louisiana (2) - Galen Alexander, Josh LeBlanc Jahvon Blair, Mac McClung, Jagan Mosely, Jamorko Pickett Maryland (3) - Terrell Allen, George Muresan, Jaden Pickett, Jaden Robinson Sophomores (4) – James Akinjo, Josh LeBlanc, Mac Robinson Forwards (5) – Galen Alexander, Myron Gardner, Josh McClung, Jaden Robinson Michigan (1) - Myron Gardner LeBlanc, George Muresan, Jamorko Pickett Freshmen (5) – Chuma Azinge, Myron Gardner, Timothy New Jersey (1) - Jagan Mosely Ighoefe, Qudus Wahab, Malcolm Wilson Nigeria (2) - Timothy Ighoefe, Qudus Wahab South Carolina (1) - Malolm Wilson Turkey (1) - Omer Yurtseven Virginia (3) - Mac McClung GEORGETOWN VS. PENN STATE (GAVITT TIPOFF GAMES) 3 BASKETBALL HOYA GEORGETOWN 2004-05 Review GAME 3 GAME 4 Official Basketball Box Score -- GAME TOTALS -- FINAL STATISTICS Official Basketball Box Score -- GAME TOTALS -- FINAL STATISTICS Delaware State vs Georgetown Coastal Carolina vs Georgetown Georgetown at Davidson Georgetown vs. Penn State 11/29/03 1:00 p.m. at MCI Center 11/25/03 7:30 p.m. at MCI Center -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov. 30, 2004 • 7 p.m. • Belk Arena Dec. 6, 2004 • 7:30 p.m. • MCI Center VISITORS: Delaware State 0-2 VISITORS: Coastal Carolina 1-2 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 05 HUNTER, Terrance...