Tune in at 7:00 PM ET as Georgetown takes on Syracuse. Kail Schofield will be liveblogging for your enjoyment.
Hello everyone, and welcome to the Carrier Dome, site of tonight's Big East battle between the Georgetown Hoyas and the Syracuse Orange!
The Hoyas are 3rd in the Big East, and a win tonight would give them a great shot of finishing in the top 2 in the conference. They currently sit at 8-3, and 18-4 overall.
The Orange have won 3 straight after dropping their only game to Notre Dame. They are 1st in the Big East at 10-1, and sit 23-1 overall, ranked #2 in the polls.
The Hoyas feature a balanced attack, with 5 players averaging 8ppg or more. Jason Clark leads the way at 15.2ppg.
Fab Melo is back in the fold, averaging 3 blocks. A key component if the Orange are thinking Final Four.
It's Rivalry Week!!!
JIm Boehim looking to set the record for most wins at 1 school. Impressive.
tipoff is almost here!
Tonight's matchup features the best O in the Big East (Cuse) v the best D in the Big East (Hoyas)
Cuse in the white, Hoyas in the black unis
and here we go!
Hoyas start with 2 missed treys, 2 offensive rebounds, and then a missed shot out of bounds
Melo with the pump fake, and to the rim for the jam to open the scoring!
And the Hoyas Lubick counters on the glass! 2-2
Triche can't hit from outside
Hoyas miss another three, they can't get going from outside
Melo misses down low!
Hoyas 1-6 to start the game
Clark gets position inside and finishes! 4-2 Gtown
Fair can't connect on the 12 footer
another 3 missed by Starks!
Jardine misses a floater, and Melo is called for an offensive foul on the rebound. his 1st foul
16:17 to go, and we have a timeout
Hoyas have tried 4 treys so far, and all of them have been badly off the mark. Cuse is doing a great job of keeping the ball outside the paint. Hoyas trying to move the ball around on the top, but Cuse is sliding well.
And a shameless plug for the new Air Jordans on the Hoyas players...
Sims misses off the side of the backboard. Orange run, and Joseph is fouled trying to dunk!
He hits 2/2, and the score is tied at 4.
Cuse pressures and the Hoyas throw it out of bounds!
Gtown in the zone D
Triche can't hit a 3
Sims gets in the paint, and scores on the lefty bank shot!
Fair penetrates and scores with the layup! 6-6
Sims takes a wild shot from 14 feet and clanks off the rim
and Fair gets inside again!
8-6 Cuse
Another 2 offensive boards leads to a Porter bucket!
Cuse comes right back with a quick bucket! 10-8
Thompson connects from 3pt land! 11-10 Hoyas
Hoyas have 4 offensive boards already!
Joseph is fouled and gets to the line. He swishes both, and the Orange lead 12-11.
