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Hoyas Defeat Louisville 70-60 in FREEMAN Hall

Austin Freeman led the Georgetown Hoyas with 29 points as Georgetown went on the road and defeated Louisville 70-60.  Freeman came out of the locker room at halftime like a man on fire, scoring 24 points, including 8 in the first two minutes.  Greg Monroe had another phenomenal game as well, contributing 16 points, 14 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals.  Chris Wright played a very wise game, only scoring 4 points, but controlled the tempo throughout.

Georgetown outrebounded Louisville 31-26, and Monroe completely outclassed Samardo Samuels.  In other good news, the bench contributed 12 points, with Hollis Thompson leading the way with 6 points on two three pointers.  In bad news, Jason Clark is in a bit of a slump, scoring 4 points on 1-4 shooting and Julian Vaughn seems to be banged up.  He only played about 20 minutes tonight and was laboring getting up and down the floor.

The Hoyas outscored Louisville by 16 in the second half, due to Freeman's flawless 20 minutes and a re-dedication to the defensive end of the floor.  We can wax poetic about Wright's double figures, the Princeton offense, and Greg's ability to finish with both hands, but the reality is that when we play with energy on the defensive end, we are a completely different team.

Waitresses in Louisville be weary tonight, Rick Pitino seems irritable and horny.

Notre Dame is next for the Hoyas on Saturday at the Phone Booth.  A double bye is still in the picture, we need to win the next three and Marquette needs to lose one.

Plenty more to follow tomorrow, for now I need to go to the gym, which closes at 10:00 PM.

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fitting

that this was the 2nd to last game at Freedom Hall. Always hated the name…

by Hoya Vey on Feb 23, 2010 10:12 PM EST reply actions  

too bad

we didn’t have the honor of closing down that hall like we did manley field house

by sleepyhoya on Feb 23, 2010 10:24 PM EST up reply actions  

Yeah

’cuse does instead

I can have oodles of charm when I want to.

by aja32 on Feb 23, 2010 10:45 PM EST via mobile up reply actions  

are we sure about that...

do we need to check the ny times article again?

by Hoya Vey on Feb 23, 2010 11:20 PM EST up reply actions  

Great, great game

Man, I was one angry gamewatcher early on. Second half was a masterpiece. Nothwithstanding Greg’s and Austin’s heroics, I was most impressed with Wright. He exercised extraordinary restraint and hit some clutch free throws down the stretch to close it out. Great leadership and decisionmaking at the point to do what was necessary to get the W. And another ridiculous game from Free and Monroe. The behind the head pass? We’ll be watching that on SportsCenter. Loved it! Pumped for ND.

Btw, also got a good chuckle out of the waitress zing. Nice JGD!

Let’s go Hoyas!

by beatcuse on Feb 23, 2010 10:52 PM EST reply actions  

no behind the head pass!

damn SportsCenter – only showed freeman’s shots

Good talk.

by Hire Esherick on Feb 23, 2010 11:19 PM EST up reply actions  

Random

Piece on JT III and his father on front of ESPN now

I can have oodles of charm when I want to.

by aja32 on Feb 23, 2010 10:56 PM EST via mobile reply actions  

hahahhaha

It probably didn’t hurt that JT3 didn’t directly follow Dad. That sacrificial lamb was Craig Esherick, who began as a graduate assistant under JT2 in 1984 and eventually succeeded him in 1999. In his first season, Esherick went 15-15 and lost to Princeton in the first round of the NIT. On the Tigers’ bench as an assistant coach: JT3.

by TheDoctorIsIn on Feb 23, 2010 11:17 PM EST up reply actions  

make a heatwarming comment

and be the sacrificial lamb like the article says?

by Hoya Vey on Feb 24, 2010 12:17 AM EST up reply actions  

Ray's Pizza

There is a guy that works at Ray’s Pizza in Greenwich Village that looks just like Esherick. Every time I am boozed up and in that place, I greet him with a loud “Ladies and Gentlemen, Craig Esherick!”

Usually, only my friends laugh. But last weekend I was in there, and two Hoya fans were already eating when I burst in. One of them shot root beer out his nose. Didnt get a name. But was a rare Gtown moment in NY.

by boumtje on Feb 23, 2010 11:33 PM EST reply actions  

What's' with the gym?

does jgd have an appt for some iron and tanning with ‘the situation’?

fuhgedaboutitttt….

thinking he went to a rutgers bar to do shots with the crowd and then try and slink out without paying

by vivalajolla on Feb 24, 2010 12:03 AM EST reply actions  

Nah...

He had to go to curves and get his pilates on…

by turnover by ray reed on Feb 24, 2010 10:06 AM EST up reply actions  

You sound a lot like Merlin Wilson's Sister

Anybody else think that? Anybody?

It's not you, it's me.

by Jeff Green's Dad on Feb 24, 2010 2:16 PM EST up reply actions  

Opponents Beware, The Hoyas are now 2-0...

Against teams who refuse to take part in “Sleeping with the Enemy”

by tbr2001 on Feb 24, 2010 9:02 AM EST reply actions  

tbr2001

is excellent at reading comprehension.

yesterday’s SWTE mentioned louisville as the 2nd school that didn’t cooperate with us. it is actually the 3rd.

i had forgotten about ODU since that game never happened.

Casually.

by CasualHoya on Feb 24, 2010 2:34 PM EST up reply actions   1 recs

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