Georgetown Males’s Basketball Faces Saint Peter’s at McDonough Enviornment

WASHINGTON – The Georgetown College males’s basketball crew returns to McDonough Enviornment, its on-campus residence, for the primary of two video games on the intimate setting. The Hoyas host the visiting Saint Peter’s College Peacocks on Saturday, December 13 as a part of a doubleheader with the ladies’s basketball crew. Tipoff is scheduled for two:30 p.m. at McDonough Enviornment following the ladies’s basketball tilt in opposition to Delaware State, scheduled for a midday tipoff.
 
FOLLOW THE HOYAS

• Saturday’s sport could be seen stay on ESPN+ with Jeremy Huber calling the play-by-play and Martin Bahar offering evaluation.
• The sport could be heard domestically on Staff 980 and on the SiriusXM app with Wealthy Chvotkin on the decision in his 52nd season.
• A hyperlink to the stay stats could be discovered on GUHoyas.com.

 
ABOUT THE HOYAS

• The 2025-26 season marks the third yr below Head Coach Ed Cooley. In his second season, Cooley guided Georgetown to doubling its wins from the season earlier than and ending with an total report of 18-16 and 8-12 in BIG EAST play. The squad earned a bid to the inaugural School Basketball Crown, advancing to the quarterfinals earlier than falling to eventual Crown Champions Nebraska.
• Within the final outing, Georgetown fell to the then-No. 16/17 College of North Carolina Tar Heels on Sunday night, 81-61, in Chapel Hill. KJ Lewis led a trio of Hoyas in double figures with 17 factors on 46.7% (7-15) taking pictures from the sphere whereas including a squad-best seven rebounds to go together with a trio of steals. Julius Halaifonua chipped in 14 factors and 4 rebounds, whereas Langston Love got here off the bench to spherical out these in double figures with 10 factors on 80.0% (4-5) taking pictures. Malik Mack paced the offense with 4 assists whereas Halaifonua and Lewis every added a block apiece.
• A quartet of Hoyas are scoring in double figures led by Lewis who’s tallying 16.7 ppg, whereas Mack averages 15.7 ppg, Vince Iwuchukwu notches 11.8 ppg and Caleb Williams manages 11.6 ppg. Lewis’ 16.7 ppg ranks fifth within the BIG EAST Convention.
• Lewis leads the Hoyas on the glass with 6.1 rpg, adopted by C. Williams with 5.7 rpg and Julius Halaifonua with 4.8 rpg.
• Mack paces the offense with 4.6 apg, which ranks fourth within the league, adopted by Lewis with 2.9 apg and Jeremiah Williams with 2.6 apg.
• Lewis leads the BIG EAST and the Hoyas in strips with 2.6 spg whereas Kayvaun Mulready tallies 1.5 spg. Georgetown is fourth within the convention with 8.00 spg.
• Earlier than the beginning of the 2025-26 season, Lewis was named to the Preseason All-BIG EAST Second Staff and Mack was named to the Preseason All-BIG EAST Third Staff. The Hoyas have been additionally chosen sixth within the BIG EAST Preseason Coaches’ Ballot.

 
ABOUT THE PEACOCKS

• Saint Peter’s enters the matchup with a 4-4 begin to the 2025-26 season, together with a 2-0 report in Metro Atlantic Athletic Convention (MAAC) motion.
• Saint Peter’s went 12-16 through the 2024-25 season with a 7-13 mark in MAAC motion.
• In its final outing, Saint Peter’s picked up its second convention win of the season on Sunday at Run Child Run Enviornment, defeating Niagara, 71-43. Bryce Eaton and TJ Robinson every tallied 14 factors to steer a quartet of Peacocks in double figures as Brent Bland and Jahki Gupton added 10 apiece. Zaakir Williamson grabbed a squad-best 9 rebounds whereas Eaton’s six helpers paced the Saint Peter’s offense.
• Bland leads Saint Peter’s in scoring, averaging 15.8 ppg whereas Robinson rounds out these averaging double figures with 12.5 ppg.
• Bland, Gupton and J’Quan Ewing every seize 4.9 rpg to steer the Peacocks on the glass.
• Eaton’s 4.0 apg paces the Peacock offense.
• Saint Peter’s is led by Head Coach Bashir Mason in his fourth season.

 
ABOUT THE SERIES

• Georgetown and Saint Peter’s will meet for the twenty first time in program historical past, with the Hoyas holding the 14-6 edge within the sequence.
• The final assembly between the 2 groups was January 16, 1980 with the Blue & Grey taking the 64-49 win through the common season. Craig Shelton led a trio of Hoyas in double figures with a game-best 16 factors, adopted by John Duren’s 15 (6-10 FG) and Eric “Sleepy” Floyd’s 12 (5-10 FG). Shelton grabbed a squad-best eight boards adopted by Floyd’s seven. 
• Cooley maintains a 12-1 report in opposition to Saint Peter’s.
• The Hoyas maintain an 89-43 report in opposition to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Convention, whereas Cooley is 81-33 in opposition to the convention.