Cody’s Blog

The Georgetown Hoyas showed the nation how to beat an extremely talented Duke Blue Devil team; play a physical brand of basketball and take away their bread and butter; the three-point shot. Behind their first sell-out crowd of the season, the #11 ranked Hoyas obliterated the Blue Devils in every aspect of the game, including field goal percentage, on their way to their 16th win off the season. Georgetown shot 71.7% from the field, including 46% from beyond the arc, and held the prolific Duke offense to just 37% from the field. The Blue Devils are extremely dependant on the three ball, and the Hoyas completely shut them down only allowing them to go for 31% from three land. Although the Blue Devils scored 77 points, they played little to no defense on Georgetown and gave up the most points they have all season. Greg Monroe, Chris Wright, and Austin Freeman, the Hoyas’ version of the “big three”, combined on 70% of their points, while the rest of the team only scored 27 points and the Hoyas grabbed what is quite possibly their biggest win of the season. Georgetown sits in a solid position at 6-3 in the Big East and 16-4 overall, but face the Big East gaunlet the rest of the way as they close out the year with all of their games being in-conference.