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Georgetown 81, Towson 52 11/30/02

Gerald Riley scored 22 points as Georgetown overcame an inconsistent shooting effort to defeat Towson 81-52 before a holiday crowd of 6,107 at MCI Center.

Towson held an early 8-4 lead that was erased by a 13-0 Georgetown run early. However, the Hoyas only led by 14 at the half and did not mount the overwhelming run that many would expect against Towson, a team defeated by 51 in last year's meeting.

The Tigers certainly gave the Hoyas opportunities, thanks to 32 turnovers and 25 Georgetown steals. (The 25 steals was two short of the team record, set in 1999 versus Southern-New Orleans.) The Hoyas managed only 35% shooting and 27% three point shooting, however, keeping the score closer than expected. Forward Mike Sweetney had an off game, scoring only 10 points, and Wesley Wilson added only three points in 16 minutes of play.

Defensively, the Hoyas kept Towson scorers Brian Allen and Jamaal Gilchrist to 2 for 7 shooting and six points overall. Lawrence Hamm (10 points) was the only Tiger in double figures; he scored six of his ten points with back to back three pointers in the first two minutes of play.

Guard play continues to improve. Brandon Bowman and Tony Bethel combined for 26 points, while Drew Hall did the little things that will make him a valuable asset to the backcourt this year. Although he was 0-4 from the field, Hall dished nine assists and did not commit a turnover in 25 minutes of play.

Game stats:



           MIN  2FG  3FG  FT  REB   A   PF  PTS
Starters:
Bowman     22  4-10  2-6  1-1   2   0   1   11
Bethel     19  5-13  2-5  3-3   2   1   0   15
Riley      22   6-9  2-3  8-9   3   1   3   22
Sweetney   21  4-10  0-1  2-2   8   0   1   10
Wilson     16   1-4  0-0  1-4   8   0   0    3
Reserves:
Freeman    19   4-7  0-0  1-1   4   0   4    9
Faulkner    4   0-2  0-0  0-0   2   0   0    0
Hall       25   0-4  0-4  2-2   0   9   1    2
Ross        2   0-0  0-0  0-0   1   0   1    0
Samnick    19   1-6  0-0  4-8   7   0   4    6
Owens      15   0-1  0-1  2-2   3   1   1    2
Cook       16   0-4  0-2  1-2   1   2   2    1
Hillier    DNP
Beal       DNP
TOTALS         25-70 6-22 25-34 41  14  18  81

Here are links to post-game coverage.

Georgetown 80, James Madison 60 11/26/02

Gerald Riley scored a career high 23 points as the Georgetown Hoyas powered past James Madison 80-60 at MCI Center.

Much of the Hoyas' early scoring fell in the hands of Mike Sweetney, who scored ten straight points midway through the second half before sitting early with his second foul. The Dukes closed to ten, 34-24, but solid defense allowed the Hoyas to carry a 45-28 lead into halftime.

Georgetown pulled away early in the second half, thanks to Gerald Riley. Riley scored ten of the Hoyas' first 12 points to allow the Hoyas to open with a 12-4 run at 57-32 and the team never looked back. Georgetown led by as many as 30, 75-45, before play got sloppy and the Dukes narrowed the lead to 80-60 at game's end. Outside of Sweetney and Riley, who combined for 57 percent shooting and 44 points, the rest of team's play was uneven and it showed statistically, with 14 for 41 from the field (34 percent), 2 for 10 from three point range.

James Madison fared poorly on rebounding (picking up only five offensive rebounds) and in bench scoring (with only ten points coming from reserves). The Dukes had a slight edge in second half field goal percentage, but many of the shots came with the outcome already in hand.

"Getting Sweetney in foul trouble was one of the things we wanted to do," said JMU's Ian Caskill to the Harrisonburg Daily News Record. Caskill finished with a career high 20 points, but noted that "We got him out of the game [in the first half], but we couldn't really capitalize on it too much."

Game stats:



           MIN  2FG   3FG  FT   REB  A   PF  PTS
Starters:
Bowman      16   2-7  0-1  0-0    6   2   1    4
Bethel      29   2-7  1-4  2-3    4   3   0    7
Riley       24  8-13  4-4  3-4    3   6   3   23
Sweetney    20  9-17  0-0  3-7    9   0   3   21
Wilson      26   3-9  0-0  2-4    8   1   4    8
Reserves:
Freeman     10   1-1  0-0  0-0    1   0   4    2
Hall        24   0-1  0-1  2-2    3   5   2    2
Ross         4   0-2  0-1  0-0    0   0   0    0
Samnick     17   2-7  0-0  0-0    5   0   1    4
Owens       12   1-2  0-0  0-0    2   3   1    2
Cook        18   3-5  1-2  0-1    3   0   1    7
Hillier    DNP
Beal       DNP
TOTALS     200 31-71 6-14 12-21  44  20  20   80

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Diaw Redshirted 11/23/02

The Washington Times reported in Saturday's editions that freshman walk-on Amadou Kilkenny-Diaw will be redshirted and will not play this season.

Diaw, a 6-8 forward from St. Alban's School on Washington, averaged 11 points a game last season at St. Alban's. "He's allowed to basically warm up — that's the rule — but he can't play," Esherick told the Times.

Senior Trenton Hillier and freshman Ryan Beal are the remaining walk-ons on the 2002-03 squad. There is no word whether a third walk-on will replace Diaw on the roster.

HOYA Basketball Preview 11/12/02

The extensive HOYA basketball preview issue is available online. Once again, it has set a high standard for coverage that should be of interest to any Georgetown basketball fan. Here are links to the articles:

 

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