National Basketball Association
Providence 70, Georgetown 52
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Where: Amica Mutual Pavilion, Providence, Rhode Island
Officials:
# James Breeding, # Mike Stuart, # Jeffrey Anderson
Attendance:
9187
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Providence 70, Georgetown 52: Kadeem Batts scored 21 points and Bryce Cotton added 20 points and seven assists as the host Friars snapped a three-game slide.
Josh Fortune collected 13 points, nine rebounds and five assists for Providence (11-5, 1-2 Big East), which picked up its first conference victory. LaDontae Henton chipped in 10 points to reach double figures for the sixth straight contest.
D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera led the Hoyas (10-4, 2-1) with 19 points. Mikael Hopkins scored 12 points off the bench and Nate Lubick grabbed nine rebounds for Georgetown, which had a three-game winning streak come to an end.
The Friars scored the first six points of the game and never trailed, stretching it out to 14-4 on Cotton’s 3-pointer less than nine minutes into the contest. The Hoyas crept back and tied it at 21 on Smith-Rivera’s 3-pointer, but Providence recovered and took a 28-23 lead into the break.
Georgetown pulled within 37-34 five minutes into the second before Fortune hit back-to-back 3-pointers to spark a 14-0 burst and give the Friars their biggest lead of the contest. Providence led 56-45 with just over four minutes left before Henton hit 3-pointers on back-to-back possessions to help put the game away.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The Friars snapped an eight-game losing streak in the series. … Former Providence G Brandon Austin, who was suspended for the season in late December, announced he has decided to transfer to Oregon. … Georgetown G Markel Starks matched a season low with eight points on 4-of-15 shooting.
Top Game Performances
| Georgetown |
|
Providence |
|
D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera 19 |
Scoring |
Kadeem Batts 21 |
|
Markel Starks 3 |
Assists |
Bryce Cotton 7 |
|
Nate Lubick 9 |
Rebounds |
Josh Fortune 9 |
|
D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera 5 |
Free Throws Made |
Kadeem Batts 9 |
|
Nate Lubick 2 |
Steals |
Tyler Harris 2 |
|
Aaron Bowen 2 |
Blocks |
Carson Desrosiers 4 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Georgetown
|
52 |
39.6 |
2-7 |
12-19 |
7 |
32 |
3 |
6 |
15 |
| Providence
|
70 |
44.9 |
7-20 |
19-27 |
16 |
29 |
8 |
6 |
10 |
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