Edwin nets 21, Seton Hall brushes up Georgetown, 82-67
Fuquan Edwin scored 21 factors and Seton Venue defeated Georgetown 82-67 on Thursday evening for its first sweep of the Hoyas given that the 2002-03 period.
Sterling Gibbs added 18 points and seven assists as the Pirates (14-12, 5-8 Big East) broke a three-game losing streak and handed Georgetown (15-11, 6-8) its 2nd straight loss. Eugene Teague, which was benched last game by train Kevin Willard for an attitude problem, came off the bench and had 12 factors and seven rebounds.
D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera had 20 points to lead Georgetown, which was coming off an unpleasant 22-point loss to St. John's. The Hoyas didn't play a lot a lot better in this game, enabling the Pirates to shoot 55 percent from the industry.
Edwin, that racked up 15 points in the initial one-half, struck his very first two shots to provide the Pirates the lead and they never tracked. They shot nearly 54 percent from the field in the one-half in taking a 37-28 lead and they were tested simply once.
Georgetown emerged of the closet room after the intermission and looked like it prepared to make it a game. Jabril Trawick attacked 2 free throws and put in a rebound to reduce the deficit to 5 points and Markel Starks attacked a jumper to cut the frame to 3. The Hoyas had a possibility to get even more detailed after Patrik Auda missed a 3-pointer, however Smith-Rivera missed out on a jumper and Seton Hall discovered its game.
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Gibbs sandwiched a free throw and a three-point play around a rapid break layup by Edwin to push the result in 43-34. A set of free throws by Gibbs a min late made it a double-digit lead and Georgetown never endangered once more.
The Hoyas, whose winning streak seemed to put them back in the run for an NCAA event berth, are now in trouble. Their last 4 regular-season games are against Xavier, Marquette, Creighton and Villanova.
Starks finished with 13 points and Trawick included 11.
The gain was just the 4th in the last 12 games for Seton Venue, and the sweep of Georgetown was only its 3rd because the Big East was developed for the 1979-80 season.
