National Basketball Association
Georgetown 37, Tennessee 36
When: 6:30 PM ET, Friday, November 30, 2012
Where: Verizon Center, Washington, District of Columbia
Officials:
# James Breeding, # Karl Hess, # Michael Stephens
Attendance:
13656
By SportsDirect Inc.
No. 25 Georgetown 37, Tennessee 36: Junior guard Markel Starks hit a jumper with 4:08 left to give the host Hoyas the lead and were the final points of the SEC/Big East Challenge contest.
Georgetown (5-1) won despite shooting 36.4 percent from the floor and getting outrebounded 35-27.
Tennessee (4-2), troubled all night by the Hoyas' 2-3 zone which featured four starters 6-8 or better, failed to come away with a point on its final six possessions. The Volunteers turned the ball over three times and missed three shots, including a pair of 3-pointers in the final four seconds that didn't come close.
Junior forward Otto Porter had eight points, seven rebounds, four assists and three steals to lead the Hoyas while sophomore forwards Greg Whittington and Mikael Hopkins added eight points apiece.
Guards Trae Golden and Skylar McBee each scored eight points to lead the Vols, who shot 32.6 percent from the floor, including 3-of-16 from 3-point range (18.8 percent).
GAME NOTEBOOK: Tennessee scored four points in the first 10:15 while falling behind 12-4 but the Hoyas answered with a scoring drought of their own and scored four points, all on Hopkins free throws, over the final 10:10 of the first half. ... The 18 first-half points were the fewest for the Vols in a game in eight years. ... Georgetown went scoreless for more than six minutes during one stretch in the first half, the 10th time during Cuonzo Martin's 40 games as coach the Vols have held an opponent scoreless for five minutes or more in a game.
Top Game Performances
| Tennessee |
|
Georgetown |
|
Trae Golden 8 |
Scoring |
Mikael Hopkins 8 |
|
Trae Golden 4 |
Assists |
Otto Porter 4 |
|
Jarnell Stokes 9 |
Rebounds |
Otto Porter 7 |
|
Josh Richardson 2 |
Free Throws Made |
Mikael Hopkins 4 |
|
Quinton Chievous 1 |
Steals |
Otto Porter 3 |
|
Jarnell Stokes 2 |
Blocks |
Mikael Hopkins 3 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Tennessee
|
36 |
32.6 |
3-16 |
3-11 |
6 |
35 |
3 |
2 |
13 |
| Georgetown
|
37 |
36.4 |
1-7 |
4-9 |
11 |
27 |
4 |
9 |
9 |