The Duke Blue Devils will make the trek to Washington D.C. tomorrow in preparation for Saturday's show down with the 15-4, 6-3 Georgetown Hoyas. John Thompson 111 has his team rebounding from a 16-15 season that ironically started going south with their loss at Duke in mid January last year. Coach Thompson who is 131-55 in his 6th season at Georgetown has his Hoyas poised for a return to the NCAA tournament next year after missing it last year.
The Hoyas play a short bench that most times encompasses only 7 players and in their loss on Monday night to Syracuse the bench did not score. Here are the starters and key reserves.
6-3 Jr. Austin Freeman 16.0 points, 3.9 rebounds, 2.4 assists
6-11 Soph. Greg Monroe 14.8 points, 10.1 rebounds, 3.1 assists
6-1 Jr. Chris Wright 14.6 points, 2.7 rebounds, 4.2 assists
6-2 Soph Jason Clark 10.8 points, 3.7 rebounds
6-9 Jr. Julian Vaughn 8.2 points, 5.3 rebounds
6-7 Fr. Hollis Thompson 3.5 points, 2.4 rebounds
6-7 Fr. Jerrelle Benimon 1.3 points
The Hoyas average 72.1 points, and give 62.0 per game. They shoot 49.4% from the field and give up 40.2%. They shoot 39.7% from three on 6.3 made and give up 32.6% on 6.1 made per game. The are out rebounding their opponents by 4.2 per game and they commit 14.6 turnovers , while forcing 13.7.
Notes: The Hoyas and Blue Devils have a common opponent in St. Johns. Both teams defeated the Red Storm, the Hoyas 66-59. The Hoyas have a good win at Pittsburgh and a bad loss against Old Dominion. The game is scheduled for 1 pm and will be televised on CBS.
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