Game 31. Today s Numbers from the Hilltop. Tuesday-Saturday, March 9-13, 2010 Madison Square Garden New York, N.Y.

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1 GEORGETOWN BASKETBALL 2010 BIG EAST TOURNAMENT Georgetown (21-9, 10-8 BIG EAST) vs. Syracuse (28-3, 15-3 BIG EAST) Tuesday-Saturday, March 9-13, 2010 Madison Square Garden New York, N.Y. Georgetown Sports Information Senior Communications Director Bill Shapland Sports Information Director Mike Mex Carey Game 31 today s game Tipoff Thursday, March 11, noon (ET) TV ESPN Radio ESPN 980 AM; Rich Chvotkin handles the call Coach John Thompson III is in his sixth season at the helm of the Hoyas... In five years at Georgetown, Thompson has led the Hoyas to the 2007 NCAA Final Four, the 2007 BIG EST Tournament Championship and two-straight BIG EAST Regular crowns ( , )... He has a record of at Georgetown and a nine-year record of , including a record at Princeton... The Hoyas have made the postseason every year since JTIII took over the program in JTIII has led the Hoyas to at least 20 wins in four of his six season at the helm of the program. georgetown in the big east tournament Georgetown has an all-time record of in BIG EAST Tournament play... GU earned a first round bye after finishing 10-8 during the regular season and beat South Florida, 69-49, in the second round. georgetown AGAINST SYRACUSE Georgetown has an all-time record of against Syracuse... The Hoyas are 6-6 against Syracuse in the BIG EAST Tournament. about georgetown... Georgetown enters today s game with an 21-9 overall record... The Hoyas earned a first round bye after posting a 10-8 mark in the BIG EAST... GU advanced to the quarterfinals, beating South Florida, Georgeotwn is ranked No. 22 in the country in the Associated Press Top 25 poll and No. 22 in the ESPN/USA Today Top 25 Coaches poll... Junior guard Austin Freeman leads the team in scoring with 16.9 points per game, including 19.5 points against BIG EAST opponents... Freeman did not start against Notre Dame and did not play against West Virginia after what was thought to be a stomach virus... The junior was diagnosed with diabetes on Wednesday... Sophomore center Greg Monroe was named to the All-BIG EAST First Team... Monroe is second on the team in scoring with 16.0 points per game (16.2 in league games) and leads the team with 9.5 rebounds per game... Monroe, who has 11 double-doubles this season, scored 12 points and had 12 assists in the win at Providence... Freeman and fellow junior guard Chris Wright have shared some of the scoring load as well... Wright is third on the team in scoring with 14.2 points (14.0 in BIG EAST games) and leads the team with 4.0 assists per game... The Hoyas junior backcourt duo of Freeman and Wright has combined to average 31.1 points per game, 6.4 assists and 6.4 rebounds and is shooting 51.5 percent from the floor (332-of-653), 41.0 percent (93-of-227) and 80.2 percent of their free throws (161-of-200)... Sophomore guard Jason Clark is fourth on the team with 10.5 points per game,third with 3.8 rebounds... Junior Julian Vaughn, who scored a career-high 19 points at Providence, is fifth on the team with 7.8 points and second on the team with 4.5 rebounds... Freshman guard Hollis Thompson is averaging 4.2 points and 2.4 rebounds... Freshman forward Jerrelle Benimon has averaged 1.6 points and 2.4 rebounds in 14.4 minutes per game the last 10 games... Another freshman, guard Vee Sanford, came off the bench and scored a career-high nine points against West Virginia on Tuesday. Today s Numbers from the Hilltop 491 Points scored for Austin Freeman this season... the 27th-best single season in school history. 63.9% Percentage of Georgetown s scoring from Austin Freeman, Greg Monroe and Chris Wright this season... They have scored 1,399 of 2,188points, a 46.6 per game average. 49.6% Georgetown s team field goal percentage this season, which ranks No. 4 nationally and is the ninth-best in school history. 49.3% Georgetown s field goal percentage against BIG EAST opponents, which is the best in league games 61 Number of consecutive starts for junior guard Chris Wright and sophomore center Greg Monroe 28 Austin Freeman s rank on the all-time scoring list at Georgetown with 1,136 points 25 Games in double figure scoring for junior guard Austin Freeman... he had a streak of 20-straight games end against Notre Dame. 15 Number of times that juniors Austin Freeman and Chris Wright and Greg Monroe have scored in double figures in the same game this year... GU is 14-1 when that happens. 13 Georgetown s ranking nationally in the RPI Ratings 12 Assists for Greg Monroe at Providence, the most for a GU player since 2002, and the most ever for a center in BIG EAST play. 10 All-BIG EAST honorees under John Thompson III, including Greg Monroe and Austin Freeman... Monroe was named to the First Team and Freeman earned Second Team honors. 9 Opponents ranked in the top-25 in the RPI Ratings the Hoyas play this year Duke (2), Syracuse (4), West Virginia (6), Villanova (7), Pittsburgh (9), Temple (15) and Butler (17). The Hoyas play Villanova and Syracuse twice. Washington was 17 and UConn was 9 when they played the Hoyas. 8 Austin Freeman s rank in the BIG EAST in scoring. 7 Wins over nationally-ranked teams this season. 7 BIG EAST Tournament Championships for Georgetown, the most of any school in the conference. 6 Three-point field goals hit by sophomore guard Jason Clark against Villlanova tied for the second-most in a single game in Georgetown history. 5 Times in a century that the Georgetown men s basketball team has had no seniors on its roster ( , [20-13], [13-11], [6-3], [13-7]) 3 McDonald s All-American s on the Georgetown roster Austin Freeman and Chris Wright, along with center Greg Monroe. 1 Georgetown s Strength of Schedule rating

2 Georgetown Basketball Georgetown Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 10, 2010) All games RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 15 FREEMAN, Austin MONROE, Greg WRIGHT, Chris CLARK, Jason VAUGHN, Julian THOMPSON, Hollis BENIMON, Jerrelle SIMS, Henry SANFORD, Vee MESCHERIAKOV, Niki STEPKA, Stephen DOUGHERTY, Ryan Team Total Opponents TEAM STATISTICS GU OPP SCORING Points per game Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT Field goal pct POINT FG-ATT point FG pct pt FG made per game FREE THROWS-ATT Free throw pct F-Throws made per game REBOUNDS Rebounds per game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists per game TURNOVERS Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio STEALS Steals per game BLOCKS Blocks per game ATTENDANCE Home games-avg/game Neutral site-avg/game Score by Periods s Georgetown Opponents Date Opponent Score Att. 11/13/09 at Tulane W /17/09 TEMPLE W /21/09 at Savannah State University W /28/09 LAFAYETTE W /30/09 MOUNT ST MARY'S W /05/09 AMERICAN W /08/09 vs Butler W /12/09 vs WASH W /19/09 OLD DOMINION L /23/09 HARVARD W * 12/31/09 ST. JOHN'S W * at DePaul W * 1/6/10 at Marquette L * 01/09/10 CONNECTICUT W * 01/14/10 SETON HALL W * 01/17/10 at Villanova L * 01/20/10 at Pittsburgh Panthers W * 01/23/10 RUTGERS W * 1/25/10 at Syracuse L /30/10 DUKE W * 02/03/10 SOUTH FLORIDA L * 02/06/10 VILLANOVA W * 2/9/10 at Providence College W * 2/14/10 at Rutgers L * 02/18/10 SYRACUSE L * 2/23/10 at LOUISVILLE W * 02/27/10 NOTRE DAME L * 3/1/10 at West Virginia L * 03/06/10 CINCINNATI W /10/10 vs South Florida W * = Conference game

3 Georgetown All-Time BIG EAST Tournament Results Record Year Seed Opening Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals 20-9 (10-8) 2010 # South Florida Syracuse # (7-11) 2009 # St. John s # (15-3) 2008 #1 Bye Villanova # West Virginia #5 vs. #7 Pittsburgh 23-6 (13-3) 2007 #1 Bye Villanova # Notre Dame # Pittsburgh # (10-6) 2006 # Notre Dame # Marquette # Syracuse # (8-8) 2005 # Seton Hall # Connecticut # (4-12) 2004 # Boston College # (6-10) 2003 # Villanova # Syracuse # (9-7) 2002 # Providence # (ot) Miami # (10-6) 2001 #2 Bye Seton Hall # (6-10) 2000 # West Va. # Syracuse # Connecticut # (6-12) 1999 # Providence # Miami # (6-12) 1998 # Miami # Rutgers # (11-7) 1997 #2 Bye Miami # B.C. # (13-5) 1996 #2 Bye Miami # Villanova # UConn # (11-7) 1995 #4 Bye Miami # UConn # (10-8) 1994 #6 Bye B.C. # (ot) Seton Hall # Providence # (8-10) 1993 # Miami # Seton Hall # (12-6) 1992 #2 Bye Miami # St. John s # Syracuse # (8-8) 1991 #6 Bye UConn # Providence # Seton Hall # (11-5) 1990 #3 Bye Providence # UConn # (13-3) 1989 #1 Bye B.C. # Pittsburgh # Syracuse # (9-7) 1988 #3 Bye Seton Hall # (12-4) 1987 #1 Bye B.C. # Providence # Syracuse # (11-5) 1986 #3 Bye Pittsburgh # (ot) Syracuse # (14-2) 1985 #2 Bye UConn # Syracuse # St. John s # (14-2) 1984 #1 Bye Providence # St. John s # (ot) Syracuse # (11-5) 1983 #4 Bye Syracuse # (10-4) 1982 #2 N/A Providence # St. John s # Villanova # (9-5) 1981 #2 N/A Seton Hall # Syracuse # (5-1) 1980 #3 N/A Seton Hall # St. John s # Syracuse #1 Georgetown in the BIG EAST Tournament Georgetown will play the winner of the DePaul/South Florida game in the second round of the BIG EAST Tournament on Wednesday, March The Hoyas have an all-time record of in BIG EAST Tournament play... When the Hoyas have been the top seed in the tournament, the team has a 14-1 record... The Hoyas won the BIG EAST Tournament Championship with wins over Villanova, Notre Dame and Pittsburgh... Georgetown has won seven BIG EAST Tournament Championships (1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989 and 2007), more than any other league member. BIG EAST Tournament Championships Georgetown (7) Connecticut (6) Syracuse (5) St. John s (3) Seton Hall (2) Boston College (2) Villanova (1) Providence (1) Pittsburgh (1) Louisville (1) Georgetown in the BIG EAST Tournament When... Seed Seeded Opponent is seeded # # # # # # # # # # #11 N/A N/A # # N/A BIG EAST Championship Results vs. W-L Boston College 3-2 Connecticut 2-5 Marquette 1-0 Miami 6-2 Notre Dame 3-0 Pittsburgh 3-1 Providence 7-1 Rutgers 0-1 St. John s 5-1 Seton Hall 4-4 South Florida 1-0 Syracuse 6-6 Villanova 4-0 West Virginia 2-0 Total 46-23

4 Georgetown at Madison Square Garden (since )... Georgetown has a long history of playing in the World s Most Famous Arena... The Hoyas have an all-time record of at Madison Square Garden... Since the start of the BIG EAST Conference during the , the Hoyas have an all-time record of at the Garden... Under John Thompson III, Georgetown is 13-6 at MSG. Date W/L GU Opp. Opponent high Scorer 12/26/79 L OT vs Boston College HF Floyd, Shelton, 20 12/28/79 W vs Lafayette HF Shelton, 16 1/6/82 W at St. John s Floyd, 16 1/8/83 L at St. John s Jackson, 20 3/10/83 L vs Syracuse BE Ewing, 18 1/21/84 W at St. John s Ewing, 18 3/8/84 W vs Providence BE Ewing, 18 3/9/84 W vs St.John s BE Ewing, 24 3/10/84 W OT vs Syracuse BE Ewing, 27 2/27/85 W at St. John s Williams, 25 3/8/85 W vs Connecticut BE Ewing, Martin 20 3/9/85 W vs Syracuse BE Wingate, 16 3/10/85 W vs St. John s BE Jackson, 19 1/11/86 L at St. John s Williams, 25 3/5/86 W vs Pittsburgh BE Williams, 16 3/6/86 L OT vs Syracuse BE Wingate, Williams 18 2/2/87 L at St. John s Williams, 26 3/6/87 W vs Boston College BE Williams, 24 3/7/87 W vs Providence BE Williams, 22 3/8/87 W vs Syracuse BE Williams, 25 2/24/88 L at St. John s Smith, 25 3/11/88 L vs Seton Hall BE Smith, 21 2/25/89 W at St. John s Mourning, Smith 14 3/10/89 W vs Boston College BE Smith, 24 3/11/89 W vs Pittsburgh BE Smith, 26 3/12/89 W vs Syracuse BE Mourning, 21 2/3/90 W at St. John s Tillmon, 20 3/9/90 W vs Providence BE Bryant, Mutombo 18 3/10/90 L vs Connecticut BE Tillmon, 23 2/25/91 L at St. John s Mutombo, 16 3/8/91 W vs Connecticut BE Mourning, 19 3/9/91 W vs Providence BE Mourning, 17 3/10/91 L vs Seton Hall BE Mourning, 22 3/2/92 L at St. John s Mourning, 17 3/13/92 W vs Miami BE Mourning, 28 3/14/92 W vs St. John s BE Mourning, 25 3/15/92 L vs Syracuse BE Mourning, 23 2/1/93 L at St. John s Harrington, 21 3/11/93 W vs Miami BE Jacques, 17 3/12/93 L vs Seton Hall BE Harrington, 22 3/29/93 W vs UAB NIT Harrington, 11 3/31/93 L vs Minnesota NIT Harrington, 17 2/19/94 W at St. John s Harrington, 31 3/11/94 W vs Boston College BE Harrington, 21 3/12/94 W OT vs Seton Hall BE Butler, 24 3/13/94 L vs Providence BE Butler, 18 3/5/95 L at St. John s BE Iverson, 28 3/10/95 W vs Miami BE Iverson, 31 3/11/95 L vs Connecticut BE Iverson, 27 11/22/95 W vs Georgia Tech Trn. Page, 25 11/24/95 L vs Arizona Trn. Iverson, 40 1/27/96 L at St. John s Iverson, 39 3/7/96 W vs Miami BE Iverson, 38 3/8/96 W vs Villanova BE Page, 34 Date W/L GU Opp. Opponent high Scorer 3/9/96 L vs Connecticut BE Page, 20 2/1/97 W at St. John s Sheffey, 21 3/6/97 W vs Miami BE Page, 31 3/7/97 L vs Boston College BE Page, 18 3/4/98 W vs Miami BE Long, 24 3/5/98 L vs Rutgers BE Long, 18 11/10/98 L vs Temple PSN Braswell, 15 11/11/98 L vs Illinois PSN Perry, Watkins, 10 1/11/99 L at St. John s Perry, 16 3/3/99 W vs Providence BE Boumtje-Boumtje, 18 points 3/4/99 L vs Miami BE Braswell, Watkins, 12 1/12/00 L at St. John s Braswell, 18 3/8/00 W vs. West Virginia BE Braswell, 19 3/9/00 W vs Syracuse BE Braswell, Scruggs, 20 3/10/00 L vs Connecticut BE Scruggs, 27 2/21/01 L at St. John s Braswell, 19 3/8/01 L vs Seton Hall BE Scruggs, 12 3/6/02 W vs Providence BE Sweetney, 18 3/7/02 L OT vs Miami BE Wilson, 16 3/12/03 W vs Villanova BE Sweetney, Bethel, 12 3/13/03 L vs Syracuse BE Sweetney, 29 4/1/03 W vs Minnesota NIT Sweetney, 32 4/3/03 L vs St. John s NIT Sweetney, 25 2/18/04 L at St. John s Bowman, 20 3/10/04 L vs Boston College BE Bowman, 14 2/20/05 L at St. John s Green, 20 3/9/05 W vs Seton Hall BE Bowman, 16 3/10/05 L vs Connecticut BE Cook, 17 1/8/06 W at St. John s Owens, 24 3/8/06 W vs Notre Dame BE Bowman, 25 3/9/06 W vs Marquette BE Cook, Green 16 3/10/06 L vs Syracuse BE Bowman, 12 2/1/07 W at St. John s Green, 24 3/8/07 W vs Villanova BE Hibbert, 14 3/9/07 W vs Notre Dame BE Green, 30 3/10/07 W vs Pittsburgh BE Green, 21 1/30/08 W at St. John s Macklin, 18 3/13/08 W vs Villanova BE Sapp, 23 3/14/08 W vs West Virginia BE Hibbert, 25 3/15/08 L vs Pittsburgh BE Hibbert, 17 3/3/09 L OT at St. John s Monroe, 18 3/10/09 L vs. St. John s BE Wright, 14 12/8/09 W Butler Monroe, 24 3/10/10 W South Florida BE Clark, 16 Monroe, Record all time BE=Big East Tournament HF=ECAC Holiday Festival PSN=Pre-Season NIT SIP=Sportswriters Invitational Playoff (runners-up of NCAA and NIT tournaments)

5 possible starting lineups Georgetown Hoyas Possible Starters No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown Notes 4 Chris Wright G Jr. Bowie, Md. BIG EAST career-high 27 points at Pittsburgh Averaging assists, 46.9% FG, 34.6% 3FG 15 Austin Freeman G Jr. Mitchellville, Md. Second-Team All-BIG EAST selection 25 games in double figures; 18 games at least 15 points Last 10: 18.6 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 2.1 apg, 52.6% FG, 44.2% 3FG 10 Greg Monroe C So. New Orleans, La. First-Team All-BIG EAST selection Led team in scoring 12x, rebounding 26x and assists 12x Last 10: 17.9 ppg, 9.0 rpg, 3.9 apg, 1.4 bpg, 55.1% FG 21 Jason Clark G So. Arlington, Va. Scored career-high 24 points vs. Nova; 6 3-pointers Last 10: 10.1 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 45.5% FG, 41.7% 3FG 22 Julian Vaughn F Jr. Vienna, Va. Career-high 19 points at Providence, 11 in doubles in Averaging 7.8 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 1.5 bpg, 57.6% FG Reserves No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown Notes 1 Hollis Thompson F Fr. Los Angeles, Calif. Averaging 4.2 points and 2.4 rebounds 20 Jerrelle Benimon F Fr. Warrenton, Va. Last 10 games, 1.6 points and 2.4 rebounds, 14.4 minutes 11 Vee Sanford G Fr. Lexington, Ky. Scored career-high 9 points at West Virginia 30 Henry Sims C So. Baltimore, Md. Averaging 1.5 points and 1.5 rebounds Schedule & Results Georgetown University Day Date Opponent tv/result Time/Record Fri. Nov. 13 at Tulane W, Tues. Nov. 17 TEMPLe w, Sat. Nov. 21 at Savannah State W, Sat. Nov. 28 LAFayette w, Mon. Nov. 30 MOUNT ST. MARY S W, Sat. Dec. 5 AMERICan w, Tues. Dec. 8 Jimmy V Classic (New York, N.Y.) vs. Butler W, Sat. Dec. 12 John Wooden Classic (Anaheim, Calif.) vs. Washington W, Sat. Dec. 19 OLD DOMINION! L, Wed. Dec. 23 HARVARd w, Thurs. Dec. 31 ST. JOHN S * W, /1-0 Sun. Jan. 3 at DePaul * W, /2-0 Wed. Jan. 6 at Marquette L, /2-1 Sat. Jan. 9 CONNECTICUT * W, /3-1 Thurs. Jan. 14 SETON HALL * W, /4-1 Sun. Jan. 17 at Villanova * L, /4-2 Wed. Jan. 20 at Pittsburgh * W, /5-2 Sat. Jan. 23 RUTGERS * w, /6-2 Mon. Jan. 25 at Syracuse L, /6-3 Sat. Jan. 30 DUKe w, Wed. Feb. 3 USF L, /6-4 Sat. Feb. 6 VILLANOVa w, /7-4 Tues. Feb. 9 at Providence W, /8-4 Sun. Feb. 14 at Rutgers L, /8-5 Thurs. Feb. 18 SYRACUSE L, /8-6 Tues. Feb. 23 at Louisville * W, /9-6 Sat. Feb. 27 NOTRE DAME L, /9-7 Mon. March 1 at West Virginia L, /9-8 Sat. March 6 CINCINNATI * W, /10-8 BIG EAST TOURNAMENT Wed. March 10 vs. South Florida W, Thurs. March 11 vs. Syracuse noon ESPN BOLD CAPS indicate home games played at Verizon Center unless otherwise noted * BIG EAST Conference game! McDonough Arena STARTERS Georgetown enters the BIG EAST Tournament with a 21-9 overall record after the Hoyas win over South Florida The Hoyas are ranked No. 22 in the latest Associated Press Top 25 poll and No. 22 in the ESPN/USA Today Top 25 Coaches poll. Georgetown is rated No. 13 in the country in the latest RPI Ratings and the team s Strength of Schedule is No. 1. This year, the Hoyas play nine games against teams ranked among the top-25 in the RPI and 18 against teams rated among the top-75. The Hoyas rank fourth in the BIG EAST in scoring defense (64.9 ppg), sixth in field goal percentage defense (41.0%) and sixth in three-point field goal percentage defense (32.1%). Only 49 opponents have scored more than 60 points against Georgetown in the last four years, spanning 133 games. Georgetown has held 22 opponents to below 45 percent shooting from the field this season; 11 opponents have shot below 40 percent... In the last four seasons spanning 133 games only 28 opponents have shot higher than 45 percent against the Hoyas. The Hoya offense has also been efficient this year Georgetown ranks No. 4 in the country in field goal percentage (49.6%) and second in the BIG EAST... The Hoyas are third in the conference in three-point field goal percentage (39.2%) and 16th nationally. GU has scored at least 69 points 19 times this season; under John Thompson III, the Hoyas are when scoring at least 69 points. Georgetown has connected on at least 50 percent of its field goals 14 times this season the Hoyas rank second in the BIG EAST in field goal percentage, connecting on 49.8 percent of their shots. Georgetown connected on 68.2 percent of its field goals in an win over Seton Hall on Jan It was the best single game performance against a BIG EAST team under JTIII and it was the second-best single game under JTIII overall... All-time, the performance against Seton Hall was the eighth-best single game performance in 103 years. Georgetown did that one better on Jan. 30 in an win over Duke... The Hoyas converted on 71.7 percent of their shots, the best single-game performance under JTIII... It was tied for the third-best single-game performance in school history. Junior guard Austin Freeman is the team s most experienced player with 81 career starts in 93 games he and backcourt mate Chris Wright have combined for 142 starts. The Hoyas were 12-3 at Verizon Center this season and had an 11-game win streak at their downtown home ended with a loss to USF... The Hoyas have a record at Verizon Center... Under JTIII, Georgetown is 71-16, including a mark against the BIG EAST. The Hoyas started the season with an 8-0 record, the best start under sixth-year Head Coach John Thompson III; it was the first time a Hoya team has started a season with 8-straight wins since the season.

6 LAST THREE GAMES FOR GEORGETOWN Georgetown 69, South Florida 49 Sophomore center Greg Monroe scored 12 of his team-high 16 points in the second half, leading three players in double figures as No. 8 seed Georgetown limited No. 9 seed South Florida to 29 percent shooting from the floor as the Hoyas topped the Bulls, 69-49, during the second round of the BIG EAST Tournament... Sophomore guard Jason Clark scored 16 points, connecting on 4-of-6 shots from long distance, and junior guard Chris Wright added 15 points, five rebounds and four assists... Georgetown led by 12 points at the half, but USF trimmed the lead to nine points, 48-39, on a pair of free throws from Chris Howard with 10:09 to play... The Hoyas, however, used a 12-5 spurt over 5:02 to take a commanding lead on a conventional three-point play from Monroe with 5:07 left in the game... The run was started by a three-pointer from Wright, followed by a layup from junior guard Austin Freeman, a free throw from sophomore center Henry Sims and a three from Clark before Monroe s play... Keyed by Monroe, who scored five of the team s next seven points, Georgetown opened up a lead on a layup from the First Team All-BIG EAST center with 1:57 to play... A layup from freshman forward Jerrelle Benimon gave the Hoyas their biggest lead, 69-46, with 42 seconds left. Georgetown 74, Cincinnati 47 Junior guard Austin Freeman missed two of the final three games of the regular season after what was originally thought to be a stomach virus... After returning to campus before the Hoyas played West Virginia, the junior guard was diagnosed with diabetes... His status for Saturday s regular season finale against Cincinnati was a game-time decision... When the game started, so did Freeman... And he picked up right where he left off, scoring a game-high 24 points as Georgetown beat the Bearcats, 74-47, Improved to 20-9 overall and closed out the BIG EAST regular season with a 10-8 league mark that earned the team a first round bye in the conference tournament... Freeman scored 14 of his 24 points in the second half as the Hoyas out-scored Cincinnati over the final 20 minutes, leading four players in double figures... Monroe recorded his 11th double-double of the season with 19 points and 15 rebounds, while junior guard Chris Wright added 16 points, four assists and two steals... Sophomore guard Jason Clark pushed the Hoya lead back to six points early in the second half, 32-26, but a layup from Yancy Gates narrowed the gap to Georgetown responded with a 12-5 run over 3:59 and widened the gap to 11 points, 46-35, on a layup from Monroe with 14:22 to play... The lead grew to 15 points, 50-35, after Freeman scored on a layup and hit a pair of free throws with 11:18 to play... A layup from Lance Stephenson, who scored a team-high 23 points for Cincinnati, narrowed the gap to 50-37, but that was the first field goal in 5:13 for UC and one of only eight in the second half... A 9-2 spurt over the next 1;50 extended Georgetown s lead to 20- points, 59-39, on a Freeman layup with 8:10 to play... The biggest lead for Georgetown was 31 points, first on a layup from Clark with 3:28 to play (72-41) and then on a layup from junior forward Julian Vaughn with 2:35 to play (74-43). West Virginia 81, Georgetown 68 Sophomore center Greg Monroe scored 22 points and grabbed nine rebounds and junior guard Chris Wright scored 21 points and handed out seven assists as an under-manned Georgetown team lost to No. 10 West Virginia, 81-68, in front of 13,211 fans at WVU Coliseum Monday night Trailing at the break, West Virginia out-scored the Hoyas 10-1 over the first 3:10 of the second half and extended their lead to 26 points, 53-27, on a jumper from Kevin Jones The Hoyas, however, responded with a 12-1 run over 2:10 and pulled to within 16 points, 54-38, on pair of baskets from freshman guard Vee Sanford, first a three-pointer and then a jumper, forcing WVU to call a timeout Wright started it with one of two free throws, Monroe scored on a dunk and Wright hit two more free throws before Sanford s jumpers The Mountaineers pushed the lead back to 18 points, 58-40, on a layup from Joe Mazzulla with 10:46 to play, but again the Blue & Gray fought back. A three-pointer and a jumper from Wright pulled the Hoyas to within 15 points, 60-45, but free throws from Da Sean Butler made it with 8:08 to play The Hoyas responded with another run, this time an 8-0 spurt over 4:15 and pulled to within nine points, 62-53, on a Clark breakway layup after a steal from Wright near midcourt Georgetown had a chance to make it a two possession game after forcing a Mountaineer turnover, but the Hoyas turned it over on their end and Butler hit two free throws and a layup to make it with 3:57 left in the game Georgetown managed to get to within TALE OF THE TAPE syracuse Georgetown Scoring Average Scoring Defense Scoring Margin Field Goal Percentage 51.5% 49.6% FG Percentage Defense 39.4% 41.0% Three Point FG % 37.9% 39.2% Three Point FG % Defense 30.9% 32.1% Free Throw Percentage 67.0% 71.1% Rebound Average Opponents Rebound Average Rebound Margin Assists Turnover Average Turnovers Forced Turnover Margin Steals Blocks points three times in the final minutes on a Monroe free throw with 2:58 left (68-58), on a layup from freshman forward Jerrelle Benimon with 2:15 left (70-60) and on Wright free throws with 1:56 left (72-62) but WVU hit seven of eight free throws in the final minute to seal the win. TEN all-big east honorees under jtiii Since John Thompson III was named head coach prior to the season, ten players have earned postseason honors from the BIG EAST Conference, including sophomore Greg Monroe being named Rookie of the Year in and current NBA standout Jeff Green being named BIG EAST Player of the Year in Year Player honor Greg Monroe First Team Austin Freeman Second Team Greg Monroe Rookie of the Year All-Rookie Team Austin Freeman All-Rookie Team Jonathan Wallace Second Team Roy Hibbert First Team Patrick Ewing, Jr. Rookie of the Year Jeff Green Player of the Year Jeff Green First Team Roy Hibbert First Team DaJuan Summers All-Rookie Team Jonathan Wallace Honorable Mention Jeff Green Second Team Roy Hibbert Second Team Brandon Bowman Third Team Jeff Green All-Rookie Team monroe, freeman earn all-big east honors Sophomore center Greg Monroe was named to the All-BIG EAST First Team and junior guard Austin Freeman was named to the All-BIG EAST Second Team in an announcement made by league officials on March 7... Monroe finished second on the team in scoring with 16.0 points per game and led the team in rebounding with 9.6 boards per game... Monroe, last year s BIG EAST Rookie of the Year and the only underclassmen on this year s preseason All- BIG EAST Team, was recognized by the conference four times this season, being named Player of the Week once and earning a spot on the Honor Roll three times... He had 11 double-doubles this season, including one game in which he recorded at least 10 points and assists (against Providence, 12-12)... Freeman, meanwhile, led the team in scoring with 17.3 points per game, which ranked eighth in the BIG EAST... He scored 19.5 points per game against conference opponents, which ranked fourth in the league... The junior co-captain, who missed two games and was diagnosed with diabetes the

7 week of the final regular season game, was eighth in the league in field goal percentage (54.2%), leads the BIG EAST in three-point field goal percentage (47.9%), is ninth in three-point field goals made (56) and is fifth in free throw percentage (84.3%)... Monroe being named to the All-BIG EAST first team gives Georgetown 22 all-time selections to that squad... Freeman s second team recognition marks the 17th time a Georgetown player has been placed on that squad... Since the BIG EAST was formed in , Georgetown players have earned 73 all-conference honors. freeman update Junior guard Austin Freeman missed the West Virginia game and played only 23 minutes against Notre Dame after what was originally thought to be a stomach virus... Freeman left the team in West Virginia on Monday morning and returned to Georgetown, where he was treated at the University Hospital by the team doctor... It was announced on Wednesday, March 3 that Freeman has been diagnosed with diabetes... Head Coach John Thompson III said in a press conference on Thursday that Freeman s status for the Cincinnati game would be day-to-day... Freeman started against the Bearcats in the regular season finale and scored 24 points, leading the Hoyas to a win, earning the No. 8 seed in the BIG EAST Tournament. THE SERIES WITH SYRACUSE Today s game with Syracuse will be the 84th meeting all-time between the schools... The Orange lead the head-to-head series, Georgetown is 3-7 against Syracuse under John Thompson III... Syracuse has won the last three meetings between the teams, including both games this season. IT S NOT ALL IN THE NUMBERS Sometimes statistics can lie... Maybe they don t lie, but in many ways, statistics SERIES HISTORY Total Games: 83 Series Record: 46-37, Syracuse At Georgetown: 20-10, GU At Syracuse: 29-10, Syracuse Neutral: 7-6, Georgetown Overtime: 7 (5-2, Syracuse) 1-point games: 7 (4-3, GU) 2-point games: 12 (4-8, GU) 1-10 point games: 56 (32-24, SU) Most Points Scored - GU: 97 (97-92, GU win, ) Most Points Scored - SU: 108 (108-95, SU win, ) Largest Victory Margin - GU: 27 points (65-38, ) Largest Victory Margin - SU: 26 points (95-69, ) Longest Win Streak - GU: 6 Longest Win Streak - SU: 6 don t tell the full story... Never can that be more evident than in the play of junior guard Chris Wright, junior forward Julian Vaughn, or in the case of the Georgetown bench... When the Hoyas beat Louisville on Feb. 23, a lot of people spoke about the points scored by Austin Freeman or the number of rebounds Greg Monroe grabbed. Wright scored only four points and had four assists, but he also played 38 minutes and consistently broke down the Louisville press, allowing the Hoyas to set up their offense... It was the sixth time this season that Wright had played at least 38 minutes (Georgetown is 5-1 when he does)... Vaughn s contributions, meanwhile, can get a bit lost in the shuffle... He may not score a ton of points, but he has done a lot of the grunt work in the post for Georgetown, which has allowed for more space for scoring and rebounding for Monroe, who ranks among the top-20 in the BIG EAST in both of those categories... The bench, a point of discussion throughout the season, has provided steady contributions as the season has gone on, sometimes obvious, sometimes subtle... Freshman guard Hollis Thompson is averaging 6.4 points in the last five games... Forward Jerrelle Benimon has made his mark by providing solid minutes... Since coming back from an early-season ankle injury, he has played double figure minutes in 11 of the last 13 games... In that span, he has scored in nine games and has nine games with at least two rebounds... Another freshman, guard Vee Sanford, has also made his mark... When he came in against Butler earlier in the year, it was a surprise to many, but in just one minute he came up with a big steal and hit two free throws during a key first half stretch of a big early-season win... Against Louisville on Feb. 24, he played only four minutes, but was fouled taking a 3 and hit two shots, two points of 10 by the Hoya bench during the first half...just a little something that helped keep Georgetown in the game when Freeman and Monroe stole the headlines in the second half. Monroe Selected to the Naismith MIDseason Watch List Georgetown Sophomore center Greg Monroe was one of 30 players named to the Naismith Trophy midseason team, announced by the Atlanta Tipoff Club on Feb Monroe was one of seven players from the BIG EAST Conference named to the list, the most of any conference... The top 30 midseason men s list was compiled by the Atlanta Tipoff Club s Board of Selectors, comprised of leading basketball journalists from around the country... Last year s BIG EAST Rookie of the Year, Monroe was the only underclassman selected to the Preseason All-BIG EAST Team and has been recognized by the conference four times this year, earning Player of the Week honors once and being named to the Honor Roll three times... Monroe is second on the team in scoring with 15.7 points per game and leads the team in rebounding, grabbing 9.6 boards per game... He ranks 16th in the league in scoring and fourth in rebounds and also ranks among the league leaders in assists (15th,3.65 apg), steals (15th, 1.35 spg) and blocked shots (9th, 1.65 bpg)... The Naismith Trophy presented by AT&T is the most prestigious national basketball award and is given annually to the men s college basketball player of the year... This year, the award will be presented at the NCAA Men s Final Four in Indianapolis... Other notable Naismith Men s College Player of the Year winners include former Georgetown All-American Patrick Ewing, Bill Walton (UCLA), Larry Bird (Indiana State), Michael Jordan (North Carolina), David Robinson (Navy), Kevin Durant (Texas) and last year s winner, Blake Griffin of Oklahoma. for starters Georgetown Head Coach John Thompson III has confidence in the rotation he has used this season, saying after the game at Marquette that the players have trained to be in shape for a long season... The Hoyas starters juniors Austin Freeman, Chris Wright and Julian Vaughn, along with sophomores Jason Clark and Greg Monroe have combined to play 79.5 percent of the team s minutes this season (4,772 of 6,000) and have combined to score 89.4 percent of the team s points (1,957 of 2,188). half and half Georgetown has scored more and shot better in the second half of games compared to the first half... The Hoyas have scored 969 points in the first half this season, 32.3 points per game, while shooting 47.0% from the floor... In the second half, Georgetown is averaging 40.6 points (1219 points) and shooting 52.0 percent from the floor... Here are some individual averages by half this year: Player First Half Second Half Austin Freeman 7.1 ppg 9.8 ppg Chris Wright 6.8 ppg 7.4 ppg Greg Monroe 7.0 ppg 9.0 ppg Jason Clark 5.2 ppg 5.3 ppg Julian Vaughn 3.0 ppg 4.7 ppg youth being served Georgetown returns three starters and seven letterwinners from last year s team, but enter the season with a roster carrying no seniors it is only the fifth time in the history of the program that the Hoyas have no seniors on the roster ( , , , )... With only five upperclassmen on the roster, Georgetown is one of the youngest teams in the country the Hoyas are one of only 24 tea.ms in the country with five seniors or fewer on their roster. INDICATORS Georgetown scored at least 69 points 16 times last season... Since John Thompson III took over at the helm of the Hoya program, when the team has scored at least 69 points, good things happen... In five-plus years,

8 Georgetown is when scoring at least 69 points... The team was 17-1 during the when scoring at least 69 points... In his nine years of coaching, Thompson-led teams are when scoring at least 69 points. HANDOUTS When sophomore center Greg Monroe handed out 12 assists in a win over Providence on Feb. 9, it was the first time a Hoya player had handed out at least 10 assists since Kevin Braswell handed out 10 against Notre Dame, eight years to the day on Feb. 9, According to the BIG EAST Conference, Monroe is the only center in BIG EAST history to hand out double figure assists in one game. double-double Sophomore center Greg Monroe recorded his ninth double-double of the season on Feb. 9 at Providence, but this time it was his first double-double with points and assists... Monroe scored 12 points and handed out a careerhigh 12 assists in the win over the Friars... Monroe scored 16 points and had 14 rebounds at Louisville on Feb. 24, his 10th double-double of hte season... It was also the third-straight game with at least 10 points and 10 rebounds for Monroe... It was the first time a Georgetown player had at least three-straight double-doubles since former All-American Roy Hibbert accomplished that feat during the season when the Hoyas went to the Final Four... Hibbert had five straight double-doubles, one in the BIG EAST Tournament (vs. Pittsburgh, 18-11), and then in four-straight NCAA Tournament games (vs. Belmont, 10-13; vs. Boston College, 17-12; vs. Vanderbilt, 12-10; vs. North Carolina, 13-11)... Overall, Monroe has 11 double-double this season... He scored 19 points and had 15 rebounds in the regular season finale against Cincinnati. the wright stuff Junior guard Chris Wright said after the win at Pittsburgh on Jan. 20 that he knew he would be expected to step up this season... Not only because he was named a co-captain along with junior teammate Austin Freeman, but because he expected it of himself... He has done that and then some this season... Through 30 games, Wright is third on the team in scoring with 14.2 points per game (14.0 in league)... He has connected on 46.9 percent of his field goals (153-of-326) and ranks 22nd in the league in scoring... Wright is also averaging 4.0 assists, 2.9 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game...in BIG EAST games only, Wright was tied for fifth with 4.39 assists per game and he ranked fourth with a 2.32 assist/turnover ratio... He has been named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll twice this season, first when he scored a career-high 34 points in a win over Harvard... Against Pittsburgh, he scored a BIG EAST career-high 27 points... In the last 10 games, he is averaging 12.8 points per game, while shooting 38.8 percent from the floor (45-of-116)... In that span, he has handed out 39 assists (3.9 apg) and committed only 16 turnovers (1.6 tpg). the monroe doctrine Sophomore Greg Monroe is among the top-20 in the BIG EAST in scoring, rebounding, field goal percentage and blocked shots... The only underclassmen on the Preseason All-BIG EAST First Team, Monroe ranks 13th in the league in scoring with 16.0 points per game... He is also fourth in the league in rebounding, grabbing 9.5 boards per game... The 6-11 center is 11th in field goal percentage (51.7%) and is tied for ninth in the league in blocks with 1.53 per game... He is also second on the team in assists (105, 3.5 per game) and third in steals (36, 1.2 per game)... Monroe has led the team in scoring 10 times this season, in rebounding 26 times and in assists 11 times. austin powers Junior guard Austin Freeman has stepped up his scoring this year... He averaged 9.1 points as a freshman and 11.4 points as a sophomore... This year, he has seen his scoring average jump nearly six points, leading the team with 16.9 points per game, which ranks eighth in the BIG EAST... In conference games, he averaged 19.5 points per game, which was fourth in the league... Here is a breakdown of his scoring average overall and in GEORGETOWN QUICK FACTS Location...Washington, D.C., Founded President... John J. DeGioia Interim Athletics Director...Daniel R. Porterfield, Ph.D. Enrollment...14,148 total... 6,853 undergraduate Nickname...Hoyas Colors... Blue & Gray Conference... BIG EAST Home Court (Capacity)...Verizon Center (20,600);...McDonough Arena (2,500) Coaching Staff Head Coach... John Thompson III Alma Mater...Princeton 88 Record at School (Years) ,.695 (5) Career Record (Years) ,.668 (9) Assistant Coaches... Kenya Hunter (Duquesne 96)...David Cox (William & Mary 95)... Mike Brennan (Princeton 94) Men s Basketball Trainer... Lorry Michel Media Information Men s Basketball Contact...Bill Shapland Office Phone... (202) Fax... (202) Home Phone... (703) shaplanw@georgetown.edu Men s Basketball Contact... Mike Mex Carey Office Phone... (202) Cell Phone... (917) mbc32@georgetown.edu Press Row...(202) (Verizon Center)...(202) (McDonough Arena) league games since he came to Georgetown. Year Overall FG% 3FG% BIG EAST ppg 53.1% 46.7% 19.5 ppg ppg 48.2% 30.6% 10.1 ppg ppg 51.3% 40.0% 9.2 ppg free from free Junior guard Austin Freeman is fifth in the BIG EAST Conference in free throw percentage, connecting on 84.3 percent of his shots from the charity stripe... Freeman has connected on 75-of-89 shots from the line this season... He hit 14-straight at one point (12/31/09-1/14/10)... The junior guard also ranks No. 78 nationally in free throw percentage. passing 1,000 When junior guard Austin Freeman hit his first basket against Villanova on Feb. 6, he became the 41st player in program history to reach the 1,000-point mark for his career... He has played in 93 career games and has scored 1,144 points, a 12.3 per game average... Freeman now ranks 28th all-time in scoring at Georgetown... He needs three more points to pass Victor Page ( ) for 27th place. points in a season Junior guard Austin Freeman is not only moving up the career scoring charts at Georgetown... Freeman, who missed most of the Notre Dame game and all of the West Virginia game and was diagnosed with diabetes prior to the regular season finale against Cincinnati, scored 24 points against the Bearcats... He has scored 491 points this season... That figure is the 26th-best single season performance in school history... He needs 13 more points to pass Kevin Braswell ( ) for 25th place... Allen Iverson scored 926 points during the season, the most in school history.

9 AGAINST NATIONALLY-RANKED TEAMS When Georgetown beat Connecticut on Jan. 9, it was the team s fourth win over a ranked team during the season... The Hoyas trailed by 19 points in the first half (40-21) and by 15 points at halftime (40-25) before storming back behind a career-high 33 points from junior guard Austin Freeman for the win... Georgetown has wins over No. 17 Washington at the John Wooden Classic, and a win over then-no. 22 Butler at the Jimmy V Classic... When GU beat UW and Butler in consecutive games, it was the first time the Hoyas had consecutive wins over ranked teams since closing out the regular season with wins over Marquette (70-68) and Louisville (55-52)... Including the team s win over No. 21 Temple, the Hoyas are 7-4 against nationally-ranked teams this season. taking advantage of charity Georgetown hit 39 free throws in a win over Villanova on Feb The 39 free throws were the most against a BIG EAST opponent and the second-most in a single game in Georgetown history... Most Free Throws Single Game, Team 1 Morgan St., 12/19/ Villanova, 2/6/ UDC, 12/14/ Providence, 1/6/ Syracuse, 3/10/ The Hoyas trio of Austin Freeman, Greg Monroe and Chris Wright have led the way at the line, combining to hit 73.7 percent of their free throws (280-of-380)... Between the three, they average 12.7 trips to the sin stripe per game... In addition, they have combined to take 64.4 percent of the team s free throws overall (380-of-588 attempts). doing the little things After junior Julian Vaughn scored 11 points and had seven rebounds in a win over American, the opposing coach said that the 6-9 forward was doing a lot of the little things for the Hoyas... To say that Vaughn s contributions have been helpful would be a vast understatement... The Florida State transfer is fifth on the team in scoring with 7.8 points per game, but is second on the team with 4.5 rebounds per game... He is also tied for the team lead in blocks with 46 (1.53 per game, which ranks tied for ninth in the BIG EAST), and is averaging 1.63 assists per game... Vaughn has scored in double figures 11 times this year... He also ranks fifth in the BIG EAST in field goal percentage, connecting on 57.6 percent of his shots... And while it appears that Vaughn has struggled from the free throw line this year he is shooting 57.4% (35-of-61) he has also stepped up in that area as well... Vaughn missed his first nine attempts this season, but since hitting the last of four attempts against Lafayette, he has connected on 67.3% (35-of-52) of his shots from the charity stripe. hitting the mark Georgetown has connected on at least 50 percent of its field goals 13 times this season... Team Hoyas posted a season-best of 71.7 percent in an win over Duke on Jan The team shot 68.2 percent in an win over Seton Hall... That was the best performance by a JTIII-coached team against a BIG EAST opponent... Under John Thompson III, when the team has connected on at least 50 percent of its field goals, the Hoyas are TOP-SCORING GAMES UNDER JTIII When Georgetown scored 103 points against Villanova on Feb. 6 in a , it marked the second-most points scored by a Hoya team under John Thompson III... The 103 points were the most against a BIG EAST team under JTIII... The last time a Georgetown team reached the century mark against a league opponent was during the season, a overtime loss to Notre Dame... The last time a Hoya team scored at least 100 points in regulation against a BIG EAST opponent was on March 2, 1996, a win over Villanova... Here is a look at the highest scoring games under John Thompson III: Points Opponent Result Date 110 Radford W, Dec. 15, Villanova W, Feb. 6, Savannah State W, Dec. 8, North Carolina W, (OT) March 19, at Syracuse L, (OT) Feb. 14, James Madison W, Dec. 5, Syracuse W, Jan. 14, Duke W, Jan. 19, Jacksonville W, Dec. 9, 2007 TOP-SCORING INDIVIDUAL GAMES UNDER JTIII When Chris Wright scored 34 points in an win over Harvard on Dec. 23, it not only set a career-high in points for the junior guard... It was the first time a Georgetown player had scored at least 30 points since Jeff Green scored 30 against Notre Dame on March 9, 2007 during the BIG EAST Tournament... The 34 points also were the most scored by a Georgetown player under sixth-year Head Coach John Thompson III... It did not take long for another player to reach the 30-point mark, as Austin Freeman threw up 33 points in a win over UConnon Jan Here is a look at the top-scoring individual games under JTIII: Points Player opponent Date 34 Chris Wright Harvard Dec. 23, Austin Freeman Connecticut Jan. 9, Jeff Green Notre Dame March 9, 2007 (BET) 29 Austin Freeman Louisville Feb. 23, Greg Monroe Villanova Jan. 17, Brandon Bowman Penn State Dec. 6, Chris Wright Pittsburgh Jan. 20, Jonathan Wallace at Syracuse Feb. 16, Roy Hibbert Cincinnati Jan. 27, Brandon Bowman South Carolina March 24, 2005 (NIT) 25 Austin Freeman Villanova Feb. 6, Chris Wright at Syracuse Feb. 14, Roy Hibbert West Virginia March 14, 2008 (BET) 25 Brandon Bowman Notre Dame March 8, 2006 (BET) 25 Ashanti Cook Oregon Dec. 3, Brandon Bowman Seton Hall Feb. 2, 2005` ncaa leaders Georgetown ranked among the top-75 teams in several different statistical categories in the weekly NCAA statistical reporting... In addition to team leaders, junior guard Austin Freeman ranks 30th in the country in field goal percentage, connecting on 54.2 percent of his fieild goals, and sophomore center Greg Monroe ranks 34th in the country with 9.6 rebounds per game. GEORGETOWN AMONG NCAA LEADERS (As of March 4) Category Rank Percentage Field Goal Percentage 4th 49.8% 3-point FG Percentage 16th 39.4% Blocked Shots per Game 33rd 5.0 bpg Assists per Game 32nd 15.2 bpg Scoring Margin 69th +7.6 ppg STINGY DEFENSIVE EFFORTS One of the trademarks of the Georgetown teams led by John Thompson III has been an efficient offense... What has often gone overlooked is the stingy Hoya defense... Two years ago, Georgetown held 27 opponents to below their scoring average entering the game... Last year the Hoyas were just as determined... Only 11 opponents scored more than 60 points against the Hoyas and the team allowed only 58.1 points per game... The Hoyas held opponents below their season shooting average in all but three games last season, and only four opponents connected on more than 45 percent of their field goals last season... In the last three-plus years spanning the team s last 131 games only 29 opponents have shot higher than 45 percent from the field against the Hoyas.