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Saturday, January 10
Washington, D.C.
1:00 PM
Providence College
75
at
82
Georgetown
Providence Falls To No. 9 Georgetown 82-75
1/10/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 10, 2009
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WASHINGTON (AP)--Austin Freeman scored 18 points, Greg Monroe nearly had a triple-double, and No. 9 Georgetown held Providence scoreless for more than 6 minutes to rally for an 82-75 victory Saturday that ended the Hoyas' two-game Big East losing streak.
Georgetown (11-3, 2-2) trailed by nine points in the first half, and allowed Providence (11-5, 3-1) to go ahead 44-40 on Brian McKenzie's 3-pointer with 16:15 left. More bad news for Georgetown: Its leading scorer, DaJuan Summers, went to the sideline with four fouls shortly thereafter.
That, though, is when Monroe began to get more assertive, leading a 15-0 run by the hosts. After a one-basket first half, he finished with 13 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists.
Marshon Brooks scored 15 of his 18 points in the second half for Providence, which was trying to get to 4-0 in Big East play for the first time. He helped make things interesting down the stretch after Georgetown had gone ahead by 16 points at 66-50.
Providence chipped away at the big deficit, pulling to 76-73, but Weyinmi Efejuku wasted a chance to make it a one-point game when he missed a layup after a steal with about a minute left. Monroe finished off a fastbreak the other way with a rim-shaking, two-handed slam, making it 78-73 with 56.3 seconds left.
Similarly, Monroe was in the right places at the right times during the game's key stretch. Jason Clark, a freshman who had made only four 3-pointers all season, connected from beyond the arc to put Georgetown ahead 45-44--the Hoyas' first lead since 8-6.
A few minutes later, Monroe split two defenders, drove down the lane and rose for a left-handed dunk over Jonathan Kale, who fouled him on the play. Monroe chest-bumped teammate Henry Sims, pounded his fist over his heart and yelled, "Let's go!"
Then, after composing himself, Monroe made the free throw to complete his three-point play and give Georgetown a 50-44 lead with 13 minutes remaining. Later, Monroe's two foul shots capped the run at 55-44.
Georgetown was coming off losses to current No. 1 Pittsburgh and No. 13 Notre Dame--and struggled early against unranked Providence, which had won four games in a row.
The game's first four baskets were all 3-pointers, as Providence ran its outside-oriented three-guard offense and Georgetown had problems getting the ball inside to Monroe.
Helped by two droughts by the Hoyas of longer than 3 1/2 minutes without a field goal, Providence took a 21-12 lead midway through the first half on Efejuku's dunk following a steal.
When Monroe came back in with about 3 minutes left in the first half after taking a breather, he had more personal fouls (two) than rebounds (one)--and had yet to attempt a field goal or a free throw.
His Hoyas trailed by eight at that point, but Monroe helped trim that deficit to 36-33 at halftime. First, the 6-foot-11 freshman grabbed an offensive rebound and zipped a pass to Summers for a dunk, then Monroe finally scored his only points of the half off a putback with 1:04 to go.
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