National Basketball Association
Georgetown 80, High Point 45
When: 9:00 PM ET, Thursday, December 5, 2013
Where: Capital One Arena, Washington, District of Columbia
Officials:
Attendance:
4676
By SportsDirect Inc.
Georgetown 80, High Point 45: Markel Starks scored a game-high 18 points and had five assists as the host Hoyas breezed to their fourth straight win.
D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera scored 17 points and Joshua Smith added 11 points for Georgetown (5-2). It was the 46th straight non-conference home win for the Hoyas.
Jorge Perez-Laham had 10 points and John Brown finished with eight points and seven rebounds for High Point (3-4). The Panthers, who entered the contest shooting 51.3 percent from the floor, connected on just 16-of-57 shots.
Starks had a 3-pointer as Georgetown jumped out to a 11-2 lead in the first three minutes. The Hoyas extended the lead to 26-11 on a short Starks' jumper with 5:56 to go en route to a 28-16 halftime lead.
Starks scored five straight points as Georgetown opened the second half with a 10-0 run during the first two minutes. The Hoyas extended the lead to 57-25 on a layup by Smith with 10:21 left and led by as many as 40 points down the stretch.
GAME NOTEBOOK: High Point played without F Allan Chaney, the team's second leading scorer (15.4) and rebounder (8.6), who is sidelined while doctor's evaluate a heart ailment that flared up in the Panthers' 66-56 win over Wofford on Nov. 24. ... Georgetown connected on 10-of-24 3-pointers. ... High Point shot only 18.5 percent in the first half including 1-of-11 from 3-point range.
Top Game Performances
| High Point |
|
Georgetown |
|
Jorge Perez-Laham 10 |
Scoring |
Markel Starks 18 |
|
Anthony Lindauer 4 |
Assists |
Nate Lubick 5 |
|
John Brown 7 |
Rebounds |
Moses Abraham 8 |
|
Adam Weary 3 |
Free Throws Made |
D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera 2 |
|
John Brown 1 |
Steals |
Joshua Smith 2 |
|
Devante Wallace 2 |
Blocks |
John Caprio 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| High Point
|
45 |
28.1 |
3-21 |
10-14 |
11 |
33 |
4 |
5 |
16 |
| Georgetown
|
80 |
55.2 |
10-24 |
6-11 |
23 |
36 |
4 |
6 |
15 |
For more information, contact us