National Basketball Association
Xavier 81, Georgetown 75
When: 6:30 PM ET, Wednesday, January 9, 2019
Where: Cintas Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
Officials:
# Earl Walton, # Lamar Simpson, # James Breeding
Attendance:
10224
By Field Level Media
Zach Hankins had 23 points and 10 rebounds and Xavier rallied from a 17-point first-half deficit to defeat visiting Georgetown 81-75 on Wednesday night.
Tyrique Jones added 19 points and 10 rebounds for Xavier (10-7, 2-2 Big East), which had lost two straight, and Naji Marshall scored 13 points.
Hankins converted 10 of 14 from the field as the Musketeers outscored the Hoyas 48-28 in the paint.
Jessie Govan had 27 points and eight rebounds or Georgetown (11-5, 1-2), which lost its second straight game. James Akinjo scored 13 points for the Hoyas and Greg Malinowski added 12.
Marshall's free throws made it 65-58 with 5:34 remaining in the game and the lead toggled between seven and five points -- primarily thanks to Govan and Hankins -- until an offensive foul on Hankins led to two Jamorko Pickett free throws which pulled the Hoyas within 75-72 with 55 seconds left.
Jones and Paul Scruggs hit two free throws apiece before Akinjo's 3-pointer made it 79-75, but Elias Harden's free throw made it 80-75 Xavier with 14 seconds left and Georgetown got no closer.
Xavier has won six in a row against Georgetown
Govan scored seven straight points to cap a 17-2 run that put Georgetown up 28-15.
LeBlanc's dunk with 3:49 remaining gave the Hoyas their biggest lead of the first half, 39-22, but the Musketeers rallied, closing the half with a 12-0 run to pull within 39-34 at intermission.
The Hoyas hit their first six 3-point attempts before finishing 7 of 13 in the first half while Xavier converted 1 of 9 3-pointers.
Xavier continued the run after intermission, scoring the first five points of the second half to tie the score, and Ryan Welage's jumper gave the Musketeers a 61-54 lead at the 9:06 mark.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Georgetown |
|
Xavier |
Jessie Govan 27 |
Scoring |
Zach Hankins 23 |
James Akinjo 6 |
Assists |
Paul Scruggs 4 |
Jessie Govan 8 |
Rebounds |
Zach Hankins 10 |
James Akinjo 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Tyrique Jones 9 |
James Akinjo 1 |
Steals |
Naji Marshall 2 |
Kaleb Johnson 2 |
Blocks |
Zach Hankins 3 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Georgetown
|
75 |
43.1 |
10-27 |
15-18 |
19 |
31 |
3 |
2 |
7 |
Xavier
|
81 |
46.7 |
3-13 |
22-28 |
13 |
35 |
3 |
4 |
4 |