GAMEDAY Mens Basketball
Connecticut 68, Georgetown 62
By BOBBY BANCROFT
AP Sports Writer
WASHINGTON - Adama Sanogo and Tristen Newton each scored 15 and Alex Karaban knocked down two late 3-pointers as No. 24 UConn held for a 68-62 win at last-place Georgetown.
Despite leading for most of the game, the heavily favored Huskies (18-4, 7-6 Big East) needed a late 8-1 run to earn the season sweep over the last-place Hoyas. UConn has won two straight and three of four.
Brandon Murray's three-point play with 4:42 left put the Hoyas on top at 61-60. It was Georgetown's first lead since the 16:16 mark in the first half. Murray scored 14 of his game-high 21 points after halftime for the Hoyas (6-18, 1-12), who have lost six straight games to UConn.
Karaban knocked down a 3-pointer from the top of the key. After Murray missed a 3-pointer on the other end, Sanogo followed up a Huskies miss with an emphatic dunk for a 65-61 lead.
After another Murray free throw cut the Huskies lead to 65-62, Karaban knocked down another 3-pointer for the final points of the game. Karaban finished with 11 points and was 3 for 7 from deep after making 1 of 5 to start.
Georgetown missed its final seven shots of the game. The Hoyas have lost three straight since a Jan. 24 win against DePaul ended their record-setting, 29-game Big East losing streak.
BIG PICTURE
UConn: Once the favorites in the league, the Huskies enter a difficult four-game stretch against teams all vying for NCAA bids. The Huskies went 1-3 this season against upcoming foes Marquette, Creighton, Seton Hall and Providence.
Georgetown: Patrick Ewing is 74-102 in his sixth season coaching at the school that he led to the 1984 NCAA championship as a player. The Hoyas have clinched a losing Big East record for the fourth straight season. Ewing's lone winning season came in his second season in 2018-19 when the Hoyas finished 19-14 and lost in the first round of the NIT.
February 4, 2023
| UConn | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| A. Karaban | F | 29 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 3-7 | 2-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| A. Sanogo | F | 29 | 6-11 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 4-6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| J. Hawkins | G | 35 | 4-13 | 0-0 | 2-7 | 2-2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| T. Newton | G | 33 | 6-14 | 0-2 | 3-5 | 3-8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| A. Jackson Jr. | G | 30 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 3-10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| N. Alleyne | 16 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| D. Clingan | 11 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| J. Calcaterra | 10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| H. Diarra | 5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| S. Johnson | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 27-64 (.422) |
2-5 (.400) |
12-24 (.500) |
19-38 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 68 | |
| Georgetown | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| A. Akok | F | 27 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Q. Wahab | C | 27 | 5-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3-6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| P. Spears | G | 37 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Murray | G | 34 | 8-18 | 3-5 | 2-5 | 1-4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 21 |
| J. Riley | G | 19 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| J. Heath | 26 | 5-11 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 1-3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | |
| B. Mozone | 15 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| B. Ezewiro | 12 | 1-1 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| W. Bristol Jr. | 3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Totals | 200 | 23-53 (.434) |
9-14 (.643) |
7-16 (.438) |
11-31 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 62 | |
