Box Score Dec. 31, 2007
Final Stats
Washington, D.C. -
When you think of Georgetown basketball, images of a smothering defense led by the likes of Patrick Ewing, Alonzo Mourning and Dikembe Mutombo quickly comes to mind. One of the last things that would be associated with the Hoyas is the vision of three-pointers dropping into the basket. But that was the version of Georgetown basketball the Fordham Rams encountered in the Verizon Center as the eighth-ranked Hoyas connected on a season-high 12 three-pointers en route to an 82-55 win over the Rams.
With the loss, Fordham evens its record at 6-6 on the year while Georgetown improves to 10-1.
The loss overshadowed solid performances by seniors Bryant Dunston and Marcus Stout for the Rams. Dunston turned in his second straight double-double with 20 points and a game-high 16 rebounds, while Stout added a season-high 27 points, shooting 6-for-11 from long distance.
The Hoyas shot 52.2% from behind the three-point arc in the game, including 8-for-12 in the first half. Even 7-2 senior center Roy Hibbert, a Preseason All-American at the Big East Preseason Player of the Year, contributed from long range, hitting the first three-pointer of his career.
After Jessie Sapp opened the game with a missed three-pointer 24 seconds into the contest, Georgetown hit its next six straight attempts from behind the arc, building a 32-9 lead following a Jonathan Wallace three with 12:08 remaining in the period.
Georgetown would get the lead to 30, 41-11, following a DaJuan Summers three-pointer with 8:38 left in the period before the Rams scored nine straight points over the next 3:38 to cut the deficit back to 21, 41-20. Stout scored all nine points in the run with three three-pointers.
A Hibbert jumper stopped the Georgetown scoring drought and after an Austin Freeman three-pointer gave Georgetown a 46-20 lead with just under four minutes left, Stout answered with his fourth straight trifecta to make it a 46-23 game with 3:50 remaining.
The Rams trailed 50-27 at the break but the Hoyas scored the first five points of the second half to take a 55-27 lead 40 seconds into the period. A Dunston jumper made it a 55-29 game with 17:39 left but that was as close as the Rams would get.
Fordham will next be in action on Wednesday, January 9th as they open their Atlantic 10 season by traveling to Pittsburgh to face the Duquesne University Dukes at 7:00 PM.
Notes
Fordham outrebounded Georgetown, 39-35, in the game and committed a season-low eight turnovers...The meeting was the first between the two schools since January 18, 1979...Fordham stills leads the all-time series, 27-23, and is 184-171 all-time against other Jesuit schools...Dunston's previous season-high for rebounds was 14 in the Rams last outing versus Binghamton...The 16 rebounds are the most for Dunston since he grabbed 18 against St. Bonaventure as a freshman in 2005...The double-double was the 28th of Dunston's Fordham career...The 20 points brings Dunston's career total to 1,562, good for sixth place on the Fordham all-time list, 135 points behind Ken Charles...Dunston's 16 rebounds brings his career total to 809, moving him ahead of Damon Lopez and Darryl Brown and into fifth place on the Fordham career rebounding list...Dunston also recorded one block in the game and now has 21 blocks over the past six games and 247 in his career, 11 behind Lopez for the Fordham all-time record...Stout's previous season-high was 22 which he accomplished twice, the last time against Hofstra...The 27 points brings his career total to 1,445, moving him ahead of Jean Prioleau and into seventh place on the all-time list.
