Published Feb 26, 2023
Hoyas Hope to Fry Friars
Ron Bailey  •  HoyaReport
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The last regular season home game of 2022-23 is upon us for Georgetown, with the ever physical, constantly dangerous Providence Friars standing as the visitors. For those counting, it's the penultimate 2022-23 regular season chance for HC Pat Ewing et al to improve their unseemly 2-36 BIG EAST Conference record over the last two years.

General game information follows:

What: Providence (20-8, 12-5/3rd, in BIG EAST, 20th/1ith nationally) at Georgetown (7-22, 2-16/11th)

Where: Capital One Arena, NW, WDC

When: Saturday, February ??, 2023, 1230p EST

Tix: Seats start at $9 each!

Broadcast: Fox, 99.1 FM (DMV), Sirius 381

Stats: GUHoyas.com

Chat: Premium Court

Leading Ewing's bunch in scoring is sophomore guard Primo Spears' 15.4 ppg, trailed slightly by class/position mate Brandon Murray's 14.6 ppg. The third double figure scoring Hoya is the team's additional starting guard, junior Jay Heath (12.7 ppg).

Missing that scoring standard by the slimmest of margins is senior pivot Qudus Wahab, at 9.9 ppg. He leads GU via 7.3 rebounds each time out. Akok Akok, a junior forward comes in a rebound less.

From a BIG EAST global perspective, Spears is seventh in the league, Murray stands 14th. Wahab charts 6th to Akok's 13th.

On the other hand, Ed Cooley's PC's HC gets a conference leading 16.8 ppg from sophomore forward Bryce Hopkins, who also is second among BIG EAST rebounders at 8.9 rpg.

Next in line at Providence and 17th in scoring league wide is sophomore guard Devin Carter (13.2 ppg). Senior forward Ed Croswell scores 12.9 ppg, which places him 22nd in the conference.

Croswell, also stands out rebounding, pulling down 7.3 each game,. Such work has earned him seventh place in the BIG EAST.

As units, how do these team's stack up?


Providence at Georgetown '23 Team Statistics
Stats Providence/BIG EAST Rank G'Town/BIG EAST Rank

Points Per Game

73.5 ppg/3rd

70.7 ppg/8th

Points Per Game Allowed

70.2/6th

77 ppg/11th

Field Goal %

46.3%/4th

43.1%/10th

Field Goal % Allowed

43.3%/3rd

45.4%/11th

3pt Field Goal %

35.1%/5th

31.6%/11th

3pt Field Goal % Allowed

31.9%/3rd

37.6%/11th

Rebounds Per Game

39.1 rpg/3rd

36.4 rpg/6th

Off Rebound %

35.3%/2nd

29.7%/6th

Blocked Shots Per Game

4.8 bpg/2nd

4.6 bpg/3rd

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