GAMEDAY Mens Basketball
Xavier 92, Georgetown 85
(AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
By JEFF WALLNER
Associated Press
CINCINNATI - Zach Freemantle tied a career-high with 30 points and Colby Jones had 20 as No. 8 Xavier handed Georgetown its 29th straight Big East loss, 95-82.
Adam Kunkel scored 14 points to help the Musketeers (16-4, 8-1 Big East) bounce back from a 73-72 loss at DePaul on Wednesday, which snapped an 11-game winning streak.
Primo Spears scored a career-high 37 points and Akok Akok had 14 for the Hoyas (5-15, 0-9 Big East), who have lost 10 straight games. Spears' previous high was 34 against LaSalle on March 5, 2022.
Georgetown went on an 11-0 run in the first half to tie the score 24-24, but the Musketeers responded with a 9-0 run to regain control.
Spears scored 17 points in the first half to keep the Hoyas close. Xavier led 45-39 at halftime.
Freemantle's 3-pointer gave the Musketeers their largest lead of the game, 76-64, with 9:11 left.
Freemantle also scored 30 points vs. UConn on Feb. 13, 2021.
Xavier, which averages 83.5 points, scored 90 or more points for the sixth time this season.
BIG PICTURE:
Georgetown: The Hoyas' program continues to struggle under legendary former player Patrick Ewing, who is 73-99 since becoming head coach in 2017. Ewing's contract runs through this season. Georgetown's last regular-season Big East win came on March 2, 2021, at home against Xavier.
Xavier: The Musketeers lead the nation in assists per game at 20.6, but had only 13 in the loss at DePaul, its second-lowest total of the season behind nine in a loss to Duke on Nov. 25. On Saturday, they dished out a season-high 31 assists.
January 21, 2023
| Georgetown | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| A. Akok | F | 36 | 6-9 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 2-10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| Q. Wahab | C | 26 | 4-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| P. Spears | G | 37 | 15-31 | 4-6 | 3-11 | 0-3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 37 |
| J. Riley | G | 34 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| B. Mozone | G | 27 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| W. Bristol Jr. | 24 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| B. Ezewiro | 13 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| D. Anglin | 4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| M. Wilson | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 202 | 31-62 (.500) |
13-18 (.722) |
7-22 (.318) |
9-31 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 82 | |
| Xavier | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| Z. Freemantle | F | 33 | 12-19 | 4-6 | 2-3 | 4-11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 30 |
| J. Nunge | F | 28 | 3-13 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 3-9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| S. Boum | G | 37 | 4-7 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| A. Kunkel | G | 32 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1-4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| C. Jones | G | 28 | 8-11 | 1-4 | 3-5 | 0-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 20 |
| D. Claude | 21 | 1-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |
| J. Hunter | 19 | 4-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
| K. Tandy | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Totals | 200 | 39-71 (.549) |
9-17 (.529) |
8-14 (.571) |
13-38 | 31 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 95 | |
