Hoyas' struggles continue in 2nd consecutive home lost to Pitt 72-57 and Message from Georgetown's #1 Fan

KEEP THE FAITH HOYAS!

Hoyanation and friends, once again I enjoyed having the honor and privilege to see my Hoyas play as usual no matter the cause.  I don't know if some others feel this way, so I can only speak for myself because after all I am the Georgetown Hoyas #1 Fan.  I'm trying to see which way I want to go with this, positively of course, lol.  I won't go into full detail because I just want to write about my team I so d love with all of my heart.  Yes, the blue and gray that I bleed everyday! 

So many fans have jumped ship, but I haven't and never will because I'm as a true a Hoya fan as they get, and wait a minute, I'm really considered a Hoya too.  I think this Big East conference testimony of faith for the Hoyas, Hoyanation and friends.  After all it's what life is about.  You go through the up's and downs of life, but there's that true person or persons' that stick with you through thick and then.  There normally there to lift you up because you've gotten so far down they help you get back up and be the great person they know you are.  The same goes for Hoyas.  Right now, they're struggling and down Hoyanation and friends.  I would not like to assume that so many people have jumped off the bandwagon. 

Article in The Hoya about me (Kent aka Glidehoyas) (Georgetown Die-Hard Integral Part of Fan base 3/19/2010 written by Kevin Wessel)

"One day at the basketball camp, Boone used his experience to teach his team a lesson of strength in the face of adversity. His team was down 20 points when another staff member walked by and began joking about the mountain they had to climb.  “I said I’ve been down before — my son — I’ve been down before and always came back,” Boone recalls.  “I huddled up with my kids and I said, ‘Kids, we’re down right now.  I know you heard that.  Now you have to dig down deep inside yourself and be scrappy.”  His team came back to win the game, and Boone felt the same pride he once had watching his son play.  “When I went home I was on a cloud,” he says. “I was like, ‘Thank you, Chavis.’  - Kevin Wessel (The Hoya Sports)

Now, it's time to see who the REAL BLUE AND GRAYERS!  IT'S TIME TO RAISE UP HOYANATION AND FRIENDS EVEN MORE. WE RAISE UP WHEN WE'RE WINNING, NOW WE NEED TO RAISE UP EVEN MORE BECAUSE WE'RE DOWN!  IT'S A DOUBLE TAKE!!!  LET'S GOOOOOO!!!

STUDENT SECTION:  WHEN YOUR TEAM IS DOWN, YOU'RE THERE TO LIFT THEM UPPPPPPPP!!!  NOT JUST WHEN THEY'RE WINNING!  WE DON'T NEED A SIGNAL TO TELL US, "NOISE, NOISE NOISE", KNOW THAT WHEN YOUR TEAM IS DOWN YOU'RE THERE TO LIFT THEM UP!!!  LET'S GO HOYAS!  LET'S GOOOOOO!!!

Here's some photos I took with my cell phone before and during the game:

LEGENDARY BOBBY KNIGHT

HOYA CHEERLEADERS

JACK THE HOYA IN MOTION

WE JUST HAVE TO START OVER AGAIN, AND DO THIS WRIGHT WAY!

Glidehoyas

Hoyas look to glide into second conference win against #5 Pitt

HOYAS, WE CAN DO THIS NOW!

GLIDE

PLEASURE

VS.

The highly ranked #5 Pitt Panthers (15-1  3-0 BE) glide into the Verizon Center, Washington, DC to take on the #22 Hoyas (12-4  1-3 BE).  The Hoyas are trying to figure out how to get another win in conference play.  Struggling as of late, the Hoyas are looking for a way to change courses to get this ship sailing in the right direction in the Big East.  Hopefully, they can figure it out with a big victory over the Pitt Panthers (1st in the Big East) to jumpstart the rest of the season.  I think they way to do some of this is to get more of the Hoyas in the line up, someway, somehow.  "We're in a place where we don't want to be right now," Georgetown coach John Thompson III said. "Everyone in that locker room from myself on down has to figure out how to get us out of this place.

We're the same group of guys who were in there two or three weeks ago, and now we just have to find out how to get back there."  The Hoyas were only down by 3 points with 2:53 but continued to turn the ball over and the Mountaineers capitalized off of those mistakes.  “The good thing is we’re four games into an eight game season.  The bad news is we’ve lost three of those four games,” Thompson said.  “This is the Big East, so no game gets any easier.”

This would take a lot of pressure off of the older Hoyas'.   I guess you could say we could start some sort of youth movement here, lol.  This would give the youth some added confidence, and also give the starters some well needed rest during these tough games.  After all, the youth were tested and past the test in tough nonconference play this season.  

Once the starters come back into the game they'll be rested and ready to pick up where the youth left off.  We still have a ways to go, so we can keep everyone fresh as much as we can.  The older Hoyas' have been through the Big East wars in the past, and our early brutal nonconference games as well.  The rest is well needed.  It's almost like they need to recharge, so to speak. "Our confidence as a team, the morale, is a little down because of the way we've been losing," Wright said, "but we've got to stay together. We have good enough players that we're going to come out of this."  I think senior point guard Chris Wright said it best, "we have good enough players"!

Senior Austin Freeman (17.9) leads the Hoyas in scoring.  Senior Julian Vaughn (6.5 rebs.)  Senior Chris Wright (5.9) is the leader in assists for the Hoyas.  Junior Jason Clark scored a game high (16 pts.) against WVU last game.  Pitt's Ashton Gibbs (16.4) is leading his team in scoring, and Gary Mchgee (7.2) is the leader in rebounding for the Panthers.

Coach Jamie Dixon’s Pitt teams are commonly called hardworking, aggressive, defense-minded and resourceful.  They win by making few mistakes and rebounding with a passion.  While they have 15 more conference games to play, the Panthers are averaging 81.2 points overall and 83.3 points in the Big East the most during Dixon’s eight seasons as coach.

Marquette Coach Buzz Williams quotes on Pitt:

"Pitt gets more offense out of set plays than any other major-college team. The Panthers start three seniors and two juniors, so their familiarity with that offense allows them to play with patience and confidence." 

“We never did run them off their (offensive) routes,” said Williams, whose team was outrebounded 38-29. “They play kind of like the Steelers play.  They run a play after every dead ball, they run a play after every basket.  We never ran them off their line.”  “When a team is getting 30 percent of its offense on 3s, it’s hard to beat anybody,” Williams said.

With the Hoyas' poor offensive rebounding so far this season, the bigs will need to step up on the boards with a "sense or urgency", in order to win this highly contested affair.  The Pitt Panthers outrebounded their last opponent, Marquette 38-29, so the Hoyas have to be on high alert and sky high for those rebounds.  Pitt's last game was a win 89-81 against Big East foe Marquette.  While watching the game on Saturday ESPN, the Panthers had a 16 point lead on the Golden Eagles, but with Coach Buzz William's relentless coaching and getting his players to keep playing hard at all costs the Golden Eagles closed the gap to 8 by games end.  

WE CAN DO THIS NOW!

 

COMMON, LUPE FIASCO, JENNIFER HUDSON

HOYA SAXA!

WE ARE GEORGETOWN!

Glidehoyas

Mountaineers surprise Hoyas on the homefront 65-59

FIGURE IT OUT HOYAS!

Marooon 5

I could really use a wish right now.  All I can say is wow.  I saw some of same wrongs things being done in this game as last game.  With so many people on so many boards and blogs talking negative about my Hoyas (12-4 1-4 BE) I think I'll continue to keep my talk in my blog POSITIVE!  For an early game there were many fans especially West Virginia fans.  From going to most home games the Mountaineer fans always come in drobes. 

Coach Huggins had this to say about his team in his last win on the road against DePaul 67-65. "We can be 5 on 0 and we’ll throw the ball away,” he said after his team committed 16 turnovers against DePaul.  To tell you the truth, I was terribly concerned with our passing coming into this game. We just don’t pass the ball very well.”

They were all around the Verizon Center whether it be the upper levels or lower levels.  West Virginia (10-4  2-2 BE) had lots of support from their fans, and it showed in their play.  They won 65-59.  It seemed the Mountaineers were hungry for another road win after previously playing poorly on the road before the DePaul game.  Mountaineer Senior guard Casey Mitchell was 10-19 and had 28 points to lead his team in scoring this afternoon. “We wanted someone else to be 1-3, not us,” Mitchell said. 

Coach Bob Huggins on the play of senior Mountaineer guard Casey Mitchell:

“Casey, I thought, was really assertive early in the year and played really, really hard,” Huggins said, “and then had a stretch where he didn’t play very hard. It’s hard to get shots when you aren’t playing very hard.”

Jason Clark scored  was 7-10 and scored 16 points to lead the Hoyas in scoring this afternoon.  He and senior power forward Julian Vaughn had 5 rebounds and only 4 points (29 mins).  I think Jason received Coach Thompson III's message about getting the basket and finishing after last games loss of shooting too many 3's. 

The Hoyas were outrebounded 29-20 and also had 18 turnovers to WVU's 13.  Mountaineer's also led in assists 14-10.  The Hoyas bench scored a total of 19 points. 

As our two senior guards struggled Austin Freeman went scoreless in the first half and finished with 11 points on 3 for 8 shooting, while Chris Wright was 3 for 13 including 1 for 7 from 3-point range and finished with 9 points and 5 turnovers. “Our confidence as a team, the morale, is a little down because of the way we’ve been losing,” Wright said, “but we’ve got to stay together.  We have "GOOD ENOUGH "PLAYERS" that we’re going to come out of this.” 

I think this is a smart quote by senior lead guard Chris Wright.  "I think he's trying to send a message, after all he is a point guard and a point guard is an extension of the the coach on the court, says Glidehoyas."  If you can read between the lines I think you know what I'm talking about.  Let's play everyone!  Well, mostly everyone.“We’re in a place where we don’t want to be right now,” Georgetown coach John Thompson III said. “Everyone in that locker room from myself on down has to figure out how to get us out of this place. We’re the same group of guys who were in there two or three weeks ago, and now we just have to find out how to get back there.”

We Got The Pieces To Fit, We Just Have To Put Them Together Hoyas!

Finger Eleven

STAY POSITIVE HOYANATION AND FRIENDS!

BASKETBALL IS LIFE, YOU WIN SOME YOU LOSE SOME, WHEN YOU LOSE, HOW YOU GONNA ACT?

GLIDEHOYAS!

Well rested and confident the Hoyas take on the Mountaineers at home

VS.

Well Hoyanation and friends, I can say thinking from a fan's standpoint about my team, the Hoyas, I think they are well rested, raring and ready to go.  After playing so many games in so few days, and most of the Hoyas starters playing logging many minutes they should be off to a fresh start now in conference play.  I think it's time to start playing mostly all of our players now.  We've played them in the "toughest" nonconference schedule and a couple of the "hostile" environments on the road in the land.  So there's really no reason not to play them now.  These group of sophomores and different, they can flat out play and contribute in one way or another.  As long as our Coach Thompson III shows confidence in our Hoyas, they will have the confidence to run away with it.  It's almost as if it's how we raise our children, you teach and show them and watch how they run with it, it's amazing, so amazing so amazing.

AMAZING HOYAS!

To me, one of the fun parts of watching my Hoyas play is watching them "GET UP" after a loss, this in turn teaches them and winning and losing on and off of the court.

GET UP HOYAS!

MARY MARY

The Hoyas (12-3 1-2), 6-0 on the homefront look to keep the streak going to 7 against the West Virginia Mountaineers (9-4 1-2).  After coming off of close, tough loss against the St. John's Red Storm, the Hoyas are looking for their second win in Big East play.  Austin Freeman (18.3 pts.) lead the Hoyas in scoring and power forward Julian Vaughn (6.8) is the leader in rebounding for the Hoyas.  Chris Wright (6.2) is the leader in assists.  Vee Sanford is leading the Hoyas in three point shooting at (66.7%).

Casey Mitchell (16.8) lead West Virginia (9-4 1-2) in scoring and John Flowers (6.4) lead the team in rebounding.  The Mountaineers last win was an intense road game win against the DePaul Blue Demons 67-65.   A team which has lost 16 consecutive Big East regular-season contests. The Mountaineers, a Final Four team last season, have struggled with all phases of the game and this was no different, but they held on to win 67-65. “We survived,” said coach Bob Huggins, who watched DePaul’s Brandon Young have an open 3 with a chance to take the lead in the closing seconds only to have it hit the rim.

Huggins is upset with the way his team is passing the ball and knows that can be a problem against Georgetown in the next game. “We can be 5 on 0 and we’ll throw the ball away,” he said after his team committed 16 turnovers against DePaul. “To tell you the truth, I was terribly concerned with our passing coming into this game. We just don’t pass the ball very well.”   Well, I hope this continues for the Mountaineers, LOL!

One other thing I forgot to mention was last season's Big East Tournament Championship game against the Mountaineers, oh I remember, oh boy do I remember!  I cried right there after that game in the World's Greatest Arena, Madison Square Garden after that championship loss.  I really felt bad for my team and Hoyanation.  The MSG had to the nerve to "loudly" play John Denver's  song "Country Roads" which made all the matters worse!

LET'S GO HOYAS! 

BEAT THE MOUNTAINEERS!

Glidehoyas

CLAP YOUR HANDS HOYANATION AND FRIENDS! CLAP IT UP!

CLAP YOUR HANDS HOYANATION AND FRIENDS!

HOYA SAXA!

CLAP YOUR HANDS

DEITRICK HADDON

FAITH, BELIEVE HOYAS!

Hoyanation and friends, I'm sitting back thinking about my Hoyas, and it's all positive thoughts.  No matter what anyone says, I can never have anything negative to say about my team because I'm "truly" a Georgetown Hoyas.  Even when it seems things are going wrong, I still think positive.  The way I'm thinking for every negative there's a positive, so why keep elaborating on the negative.  I think the one we as Hoya fans have to do is keep everything in perspective.  First off, our Hoyas are college students, and secondly, basketball players.  They also are great people.  These young men have dreams just like anyone of us ever had.  As I know it, from dreaming, playing, and coaching the game, I truly love it.  So, I know the Hoyas feel this way too.  I know lots of people have "high expectations" for our Hoyas, and so do they.  To have these expectations is okay as long as they keep it in everything in "perspective."  Another words, let's the boys be boys.

LET THE BOYS BE BOYS!

HOYAS!

But to go as far to talk negatively about our team is not the answer especially if you're a "TRUE" Hoya fan.  True fans know the problems, but find solutions through positivity to help the Hoyas uplift themselves.  As I learned in church, the saying goes, "if you're going to look down a man, then look down on him to lift him up."   This saying should go true for our Hoyas.  When they're down they know it, so they don't have to be reminded so negatively.  What they need is for "EACH" and "EVERYONE" to clap it up and lift them up. 

I read on some of these Hoya talkboards and you wouldn't think that some of these folks were Hoya fans.  Some, not all, of these "so called" fans talk very negatively about our coach, team and individual players.  This is not good at all.  Unfortunately, most of these folks are adults.  But, I think they are adults trying to live their dreams through these young men, and I don't think that's a wise thing to do.  I think the wisest and fun thing to do is sit back, enjoy, cheer and watch these Hoyas grow right before our very eyes.  I think this a lot funner to do.  After all I couldn't wait until the season started, so either way I'm gonna have fun win or lose.  I'm just saying, I'm a "true Hoya fan for life."
If you ever noticed during the game when the Hoyas are struggling Coach Thompson III, is constantly clapping his hands trying to lift him team, and we should do the same also during and after the game for them to know we have their back also. 

This would in turn inspire them for their next outing.  This is what makes the game of basketball so fun, the ups and down of our team and how they overcome obstacles through adversity.  This is what is so "special" about the game we so dearly love.  If we can let's have lots more "ENCOURAGEMENT" and "POSITIVE" feedback even if things don't our way.  Let's do it for our mighty Georgetown Hoyas because:

WE ARE GEORGETOWN!

Glidehoyas

Hoya lose 61-58 to the Red Storm in 3 Big East Conference game at MSG

DON'T LET ME FALL

 

B.O.B

HOYAS!

I was thinking about this game and asking myself some questions.  Will the Hoyas (12-3, 1-2 Big East) be able to deal with senior the laden starters for the St. John's Red Storm (10-3, 3-0 Big East).  Will we use most of our bench players especially when our starters aren't playing well.  How come we used the bench players during "tough" non-conference games, but are not using them now?  I know it's the Big East, but it's still basketball, and we are the Big East.  Those non-conferences were said to be Big East like especially playing on the road in hostile environments. 

Can someone please help me with this.  In my opinion, we have a team full of players that can play, that's the bottom line.  They can contribute in some kind of way.  Most of the Hoya bench players are pieces to our puzzle which can be "easily" be solved.  Play them!  This game of basketball and our conference isn't about feelings right now.  We need to win and win NOW with most of the players we have! 

Aaron Bowen, Vee Sanford, Markel Starks and the biggest and strongest Hoya of them all Moses "Vice Grip" Ayegba get ready!  One vocal player and leader on the bench that I really love is freshman "pure" point guard Markel Starks, yes the freshman.  You would think this kid is a senior the way he leads his team from the sidelines.  Markel "truly" knows what a point guard is and does.  A point guard is an extension of the coach on the court, but right now he is doing both from the sidelines and on the court when he gets the chance.  One fan has this to say about about Markel:

 "I was sitting very close to the Hoyas bench tonight so I got to see the guys interact quite a bit.  I thought the game was over at 47-45 when the guys came over for a timeout and (person) was sitting off to the side of the huddle chewing out his teammates and looking like he didn't want to be playing basketball.  At the same time, (person) was also screaming and ranting.  The one guy on the team who was trying to calm everyone down and bring the guys together: no, not any of our seniors, but Mr. Markel Starks, a freshman."  - Fan sitting behind the Hoya bench in MSG

The game started off with the Hoyas making nice, sharp, crisp passes and scoring inside the perimeter and paint.  With the strong leadership play of reserve junior Henry Sims, in the first half, the Hoyas took the lead 14-10 at the 12:16 mark and clearly had the momentum at this point.  The Hoyas went without scoring until sophomore Hollis Thompson made a 2 point layup at 11:23.  The Hoyas were still up 16-12.  

The momentum started to change with senior Chris Wright turning the ball over at the 10:56 mark.   St. John's Paris Horne made a two point dunk from Wright's turnover to put the score at 16-14.  The Hoyas didn't make another basket until 9:30 with a follow up tip in by Henry Sims for 2 point.   At 9:01 Paris Horne makes a 3 pointer.  At 8:38 Hollis Thompson follows up with a 3 pointer himself with the score at 21-18 Hoyas. 

From the 8:24 minute to the 3:49 minute, the Hoyas did not score until DeWayne Brownlee, Jr. was called for a blocking foul on freshman forward Nate Lubick.  Lubick knocked down both free throws with score still being close at 26-23 Hoyas.  After 3:49 in the first half, the Hoyas did not score until 10 seconds left in the first half with Chris Wright making a desperate 3 pointer to end the half.  During this whole stretch senior Austin Freeman was no where to found.

The second half reminded me of the first half.  At the 16:25 in the second half, Hollis Thompson tied the game at 35-35 with a steal and a layup.  At 16:01, the Red Storm's Dwight Hardy made a two point layup assisted by teammate Justin Brownlee to take the lead 37-35.  With the Hoyas not scoring since the 16:25 mark, the scored remained at 37-35 St. John's until Henry Sims was fouled by Justin Burrell and went to the line to make one of his free throws to put the score at 37-36 with St. John's still in the lead. 

The Red Storm remained in the lead up until the 8:44 mark with Julian Vaughn making a two point dunk assisted by Nate Lubick to tie the score for the fourth time in the game 45-45.  The Red Storm's D. J. Kennedy stole the ball from the Hoyas.  Justin Brownlee made the 2 point shot plus the foul shot after Hoya guard Jason Clark fouled him to put his team up 48-45 at the 7:29 mark. 

After this score, the game went into a 15 round slug mode.  It was truly a toe to toe slugfest.  It reminded me of a heavyweight fight which was fought in the the World's Famous Arena back in the day.  This game definitely reminded me of the back in the day St. John's/Hoyas games with Louie Carnessca and John Thompson, Jr.  Wow!  

St. John's kept the lead until Hoya Hollis Thompson made a 2 point layup at the 3:53 mark in the second half to take the lead back from the Red Storm 51-50.  The Red Storm took the lead back with at 3:16 on a big lay up basket by Dwight Hardy 52-51.  Justin Burrell was fouled by Julian Vaughn at 2:36.  He knocked down both free throws to keep his team up 54-51.  Julian Vaughn made a layup at 2:22 for 2 points with an assist from Chris Wright, score 54-53 St. John's.  At 1:24 Julian Vaughn fouled Paris Horne.  He made 1 of 2 free throws to put the score at 55-53 St. John's. 

Hoya guard Jason Clark grabbed a big rebound off from the second free throw miss of St. John's Paris Horne, and ran the length of the court with ball and scored to tie the game at 55-55 with .55 secs. to go in the game.  Jason was also fouled on that play by Justin Burrell (fouled out).  He made the free throw to put his team ahead 56-55. 

With the Red Storm have the next possession at .42 seconds left in the game Dwight Hardy made a "crucial" layup to put the Storm up 57-56.  At .24 seconds Clark grabbed another "crucial" rebound on the defensive end and was fouled by Dwight Hardy.  Clark makes both free throws to put the Hoyas up 58-57 with .23 second to go in the game.  Man, this game was a "slugout fest!"  It's not over yet!  At .13 seconds Dwight Hardy travels the length of the court and goes to the rack and misses the layup, but the Hoyas forgot to block out his teammate Justin Brownlee after the miss, so he followed the shot up and scored the two points to put his team up for good 59-58. 

The Hoyas get another possesion and Austin Freeman comes down and gets his shot blocked by Brownlee and misses the 2 pointer with .06 seconds left in regulation.  Brownlee grabs the rebound and get fouled by Jason Clark with .02 seconds left in the game.  Brownlee goes to the line and makes both free throws and puts the game at 61-58.  Chris Wright takes the ball out and let's it fly with .01 on the clock, game over.  St. John's Redstorm win the game 61-58.  This was one heck of a game Hoyanation and friends. 

I think the Hoyas will make up their minds on they want to do and how they want to do it for the remainder of the season.  They can turn things around with some mild to major adustments, so I hope the players will understand this.  It's time to win Hoyanation, and I'm sure you would agree with me.  I always if I have all my troops with me, everybody is going to fight.  The same goes for basketball if I have all my players and they're healthy and can play we're all going to fight fight fight! 

Let's Go Hoyas, Let's FIGHT!!!

GET READY AARON, MARKEL, AND MOSES!

Moses "Vice Grip" Ayegba at Midnight Madness 2010sending it down

Big Mo throwing it down against Loyola

The Strongest Hoya!

Aaron Bowen very athletic and acrobatic (Your Airness Jr.) LOL!

I BELIEVE I CAN FLY, I BELIEVE I CAN TOUCH THE SKY!

THE HOYAS BEST AND QUICKEST DEFENDER

MARKEL STARKS

PURE POINT GUARD AND EXTENSION OF THE COACH ON THE COURT

VEE SANDFORD

ATHLETIC AND LOTS OF ENERGY

CLAP IT UP HOYAS, CLAP IT UP!

WE ARE GEORGETOWN!

Glidehoyas

The Big Apple awaits the Hoyas

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Hoyanation and friends, I don't know about you, but I'm in a New York "Empire" State of Mind!

EMPIRE STATE OF MIND HOYAS!

JAY-Z FEAT. ALICIA KEYS

I must say I'm ready for the next game.  The Hoyas just played a game against Big East foe DePaul yesterday.  But today is a new day and I'm refocused and I'm in a "Empire State of Mind!"  I know my Hoyas, Hoyanation and friends are too.  The Hoyas (12-2 1-1 Big East) hustle up to the Big Apple to take on the Big East first place St. John's Red Storm (9-3 2-0 Big East). 

The Red Storm are on a roll in the Big East.  In their last game against Providence, the Red Storm were 29-55 in field goals and shot 4-11 from 3 point range and had 31 rebounds total.  The Hoyas look to put a stop to the Red Storms run on Big Monday on ESPN 7 pm.  St. John's beat both West Virginia Mountaineers. Also beat Providence on the road by 2 points. This marks the second-straight road victory hat makes Red Storm 2-0 in league play for the first time since 1999-00.   

The last meeting between to the two teams was on New Year's Eve of 2010 in Washington, D.C., which resulted in a 66-59 Georgetown win.  St. John's shot just 39%.  Senior Chris Wright scored a game high of 21 points for Hoyas in the two teams last meeting.  For the Red Storm, Senior Dwight Hardy led his team with 14 pts. in the outing.  The Red Storm start 5 seniors, so the Hoyas have to be prepared, stay poised, play smart and under control when St. John's makes their runs during stretches of the game.  As long as the Hoyas play with a "sense of urgency" they should prevail in the Big Apple against St. John's.

Allen Iverson scores 39 points against St. John's

WE ARE GEORGETOWN!

Hoyas vs. Red Storm 12/31/10

as former Coach David Cox, freshman to be Markel Starks and Glidehoyas look on (lol, yup that's me with the "G" on my cap cheering my Hoyas in the big payback game on New Year's Eve 2010

Glidehoyas



Hoyas "Regroup" against the DePaul Blue Demons in tough win 86-75

Hearing this song "It's A Beautiful Day" by U2  today at the game in the Verizon Center, D.C., made me feel pretty good and after this song tit seemed like the Hoyas pick up their defense and regrouped for the win.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY!

U2

HOYAS!

Although it was a tough for the Hoyas (12-2 1-1) in the first half, the Hoyas fought through it and found their way.  I think they needed a tough game to win and they did.  Hoyanation and friends the Hoyas seem to be a bit in a lull with the Blue Demons playing hard and doing all the necessary things to keep themselves in the game especially in the first half.  The Hoyas turnovers gave DePaul easy baskets which kept them in the game for most of the first half and parts of the second.  The little mistakes were almost adding up the big picture but Coach Thompson III substitutions prevented this.  I think during the holidays it's tough for some teams to get up especially playing a game midday on New Year's Day.  You can see the energy level pick up a little bit after the second half.

In my opinion, I think their should be more communication/point communication. This starts with our point guard Chris Wright simply because he's our point leader. These verbal, physical and mental things are the small things that add up to the big picture.  A "Win"! Rebounding seemed to be a big issue with the Hoyas on both ends of the floor, but picked up in the second half.  The shooting-challenged Blue Demons made only two baskets outside the paint in the first half and hit their first 3-pointer with 7 minutes left in the game. Coach Oliver Purnell’s team stayed in the game with hustle plays 12 steals and a 39-36 rebounding edge, only the third time this season DePaul has outrebounded an opponent.

Freshman Cleveland Melvin was 13-19 and scored a season-high 29 points for the Blue Demons (6-8, 0-2).  Although senior Austin Freeman and junior Jason Clark scored 21 points a piece, both players gave us the baskets when we need them.  Although the Blude Demon's hung around, it was Austin's leadership and the ability to hit the big shots when we needed them in the first half proved to be the factor to keep the Hoyas in the lead.  Most of  Jason's points came in the second half with good offensive inside play.

HOYAS IN ACTION 1/1/11

  

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KERI HILSON

WE ARE GEORGETOWN!

GOOD JOB HOYAS!

Glidehoyas