Georgetown Opens Foreign Tour with 103-77 Win

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Georgetown Men’s Basketball Opens Foreign Tour with 103-77 Win

NASSAU, Bahamas – The Georgetown University men’s basketball team opened its 2019 Bahamas Foreign Tour with a 103-77 win over the Commonwealth Bank Giants at the Kendal G.L. Isaacs Gymnasium in Nassau. It was the first of a three-game schedule for the Hoyas.

o Six Hoyas were in double figures with James Akinjo (Oakland, Calif. / Salesian College Preparatory) leading the way with 16 points followed by Mac McClung (Gate City, Va. / Gate City) adding 15.

o Juniors Jamorko Pickett (Washington, D.C. / Massanutten Military Academy [Va.] and Jahvon Blair (Brampton, Ontario / Athlete Institute Prep) each chipped in 14 points while Terrell Allen (Upper Marlboro, Md. / DeMatha Catholic / UCF) and Omer Yurtseven (Istanbul, Turkey / Fenerbahce Baseketbol Subesi / NC State) added 11 and 10, respectively.

o Yurtseven led the team with nine rebounds and the Hoyas outrebounded their opponents 46-42.o Pickett and Myron Gardner (Detroit, Mich. / SPIRE Institute [Ohio]) each dished out four helpers as the team tallied 20 assists.

o The Hoyas put 12 in the scoring column with half reaching double figures.

The Hoyas will return to action on Wednesday, August 14. A subscription-based web broadcast will be available through FloSports.

CASUAL GAMETHREAD HERE.