Georgetown Celebrates 100th Anniversary by Beating Marquette

It was a day of historic proportion for the Georgetown Hoyas' men's basketball team.  Celebrating their 100th anniversary, the 22nd-ranked Hoyas faced the No. 11 Marquette Golden Eagles.  Coach John Thompson was nervous about falling flat on such a huge weekend.  Unfortunately for some of us, he didn't need to worry, as Georgetown topped Marquette with a 76-58 win. 

Marquette's speed was no match for Georgetown's size.  The Golden Eagles started the game 3-14 from the field, and that set up the rest of the game.  Even with a 9-0 run to cut the lead to one, they weren't able to continue to play at that level and they were down by 28-26 at the half.  The Hoya's Roy Hibbert showed he was made of the same stuff as other great Georgetown centers with 23 points and 11 rebounds, and Jeff Green matched his career-high with 24 points.  It was the seventh-straight win for the Hoyas (18-5, 8-2 Big East).

For Marquette Golden Eagles, Ousmane Barro had 14 points and 12 rebounds.  Sophomore guards Dominic James, Wesley Matthews and Jerel McNeal combined for 19 points, far below their average of 42.6.  James seems to be in a skid, going 2-for-17 from the field and 5-for-35 in his last three games.  Prior to facing Georgetown, the Golden Eagles (21-5, 8-3 Big East) had won eight straight. 

"My shot selection probably was very poor," James said.  "That just comes from not getting my teammates the ball enough.  But that's the great thing about basketball - you can go home and get better and there's always the next game."  For the Golden Eagles, I hope so!