National Basketball Association
Georgetown 77, St. John's 60
When: 1:00 PM ET, Saturday, January 4, 2014
Where: Capital One Arena, Washington, District of Columbia
Officials:
# Pat Driscoll, # Brian O'Connell, # Mike Roberts
Attendance:
10164
By SportsDirect Inc.
Georgetown 77, St. John’s 60: D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera scored a season-best 31 points and made a career-high six 3-pointers as the Hoyas routed the visiting Red Storm in the 100th meeting between the longtime Big East rivals.
Smith-Rivera was 9-of-12 from the field – including 6-of-7 from 3-point range – while scoring 25 or more points for the fourth time this season. Markel Starks scored 12 points and Joshua Smith grabbed six rebounds for Georgetown (10-3, 2-0), which shot 56.1 percent from the field and was 9-of-14 from 3-point range while beating St. John’s for the sixth consecutive time.
Max Hooper scored 13 points and Sir’Dominic Pointer added 11 to lead the Red Storm (9-5, 0-2), who shot 39.7 percent from the field and missed 10 of 20 free-throw attempts. Leading scorer D’Angelo Harrison had just four points on 1-of-12 shooting.
The Hoyas dominated from the outset and enjoyed a 15-4 lead before the game was 5 1/2 minutes old and boosted it to 26-8 on Aaron Bowen’s basket with about 8 1/2 minutes left in the half. Smith-Rivera later hit two 3-pointers during a 14-3 push to make it a 27-point lead and Georgetown took a 42-16 lead into the break.
The lead reached 30 on Smith-Rivera’s 3-pointer early in the second half and topped out at 33. The Red Storm followed with a 20-6 burst to whittle the margin under 20.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Georgetown shot 62.5 percent from the field in the first half while St. John’s checked in at 21.4. … Starks and St. John’s Rysheed Jordan drew technical fouls late in the second half and Georgetown’s Jabril Trawick was called for one about a minute later. … Smith-Rivera’s career high of 33 points came last season against DePaul.
Top Game Performances
St. John's |
|
Georgetown |
Max Hooper 13 |
Scoring |
D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera 31 |
JaKarr Sampson 2 |
Assists |
Markel Starks 4 |
D'Angelo Harrison 7 |
Rebounds |
Joshua Smith 6 |
Sir'Dominic Pointer 3 |
Free Throws Made |
D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera 7 |
Sir'Dominic Pointer 3 |
Steals |
Joshua Smith 4 |
Sir'Dominic Pointer 3 |
Blocks |
Mikael Hopkins 3 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
St. John's
|
60 |
39.7 |
4-15 |
10-20 |
8 |
28 |
5 |
12 |
12 |
Georgetown
|
77 |
56.1 |
9-13 |
22-36 |
17 |
32 |
4 |
9 |
18 |