Owners of a lamentable 29 straight, record BIG EAST game loosing streak, Georgetown's men's team has another opportunity to end the swoon on deck, as tomorrow they take on Xavier in Ohio. Basic game information is:
What: Georgetown (5-14, 0-8/11th in BIG EAST) at Xavier (15-4, 7-1/1st)
When: 1.23.23, Noon EST
Where: Cintas Center, Cincinnati, OH
Broadcast: FS1, Team 980 (DMV radio), Siriius 382
Tix: Get a seat starting at $23 each
Real time stats: GUHoyas.com
In-game chat: Premium Court
Team statistics stand:
individually, Georgetown, coached by Pat Ewing in his sixth season doing so, benefits from 15.5 ppg via sophomore guard Primo Spears, 14.7 ppg contributed by backcourt mate Brandon Murray. The tandem slots ninth and 14th, respectively.
Ewing's frontcourt of junior Akok Akok and senior Qudus Wahab are highly positioned among Blue and Grey/league reboudnders, with the latter pacing G'Town and landing eighth with 7.5 ppg, the former's 6.8 rpg slotting him 10th.
Xavier, coached by Archie Miller in the first year of his second stint leading the Musketeers, counts on 16.9 ppg from grad transfer, Souley Boum. Joining him on the league's top scorer list are a trio of teammates: Senior big Jack Nunge (14.8 ppg/9th), senior forward Zach Freemantle (14.6 ppg/15th), along with Colby Jones, a junior wing who provides 14 ppg, landing him 17th in the league.
Freemantle is Miller's top boarder, pulling down 8.3 rpg, the BIG East's fourth top mark. Xavier, like Georgetown, boasts two guys closely situated on the conference's; Nunge comes in fifth with 8.1 rpg.
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