It has not been a good stretch of basketball for the Georgetown Hoyas — especially on the road.
The Hoyas are 7-21 and dead last in the Big East. They’ve also only won two games in the conference, but the good news is one of those games was the last one. Georgetown beat the Butler Bulldogs, 68-62.
Notably, the win came on the road, which marked the Hoyas’ first road win this season, and it snapped a 22-game losing skid that dated all the way back to February 2021.
Head coach Patrick Ewing credited his team’s resilience in the second half for the win. Georgetown entered halftime down 37-32.
“For the most part we fought — we made mistakes in the first half, I got on them at halftime, they stayed focused and they came out and played in the second half. Everyone did some positive things to be able to come away with a win,” Ewing said, via the team’s website. “Qudus Wahab with his four offensive rebounds was big for us, Brandon (Murray) with his 17 points, Jay Heath with his clutch plays down the stretch. We did a great job defensively – they hit six threes at one point in the first half and they only made one in the second half and that’s where the game was right there.”
Mentioning Murray’s 17 points, the sophomore guard also added six rebounds, two assists and two steals. As Ewing mentioned, senior center Wahab came off the bench and was a force on the glass. He had four offensive rebounds and eight total to go along with 14 points.
Georgetown had lost six in a row before the big win at Hinkle Fieldhouse. Butler (13-15) has now lost two in a row and seven out of its last nine.
