Hoyas Defeat Samford for 5th Consecutive Win (photos)
By • December 22, 2019 0 1447
Center Omer Yurtseven scored a career-high 32 points and 17 rebounds, plus four blocked shots, to lead the Georgetown men’s basketball team (9-3, Big East) to a 99-71 win over the Samford Bulldogs (6-8, Southern) of Birmingham, Alabama, on Dec. 21 at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. Sophomore Mac McClung added 25 points to go along with his 5 assists and a career-high seven rebounds.
It was the team’s fifth consecutive victory as it tries to shake off the impact of losing four roster players, including two starters, to transfer in recent weeks. McClung’s game has clearly picked up. He was averaging 11.9 points per game before the transfers and 22.2 per game since Dec. 2. He is shooting over 40 percent from the three-point circle versus less than 28 percent last year.
Brandon Austin led Samford with 26 points and Josh Sharkey had 24. The smaller Bulldogs were out-rebounded, 53-30.
Georgetown’s next game will come against hometown rival American University (4-6, Patriot League) at Capital One Arena on Saturday, Dec. 28, at noon. Following that game, the Hoyas will begin Big East play on Tuesday, Dec. 31, at Providence (6-6, Big East).
View Jeff Malet’s photos from courtside by clicking on the photo icons below.
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- Jagan Mosely fot eh Hoyas drives past Josh Sharkey of Stamford. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Mac McClung of the Hoyas makes a behind the back pass over Logan Dye of Stamford. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Jamorko Pickett of the Hoyas is guarded by Logan Padgett of the Bulldogs in the first half. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Omer Yurtseven of the Hoyas dunks over Logan Padgett of the Bulldogs in the first half. Photo by Jeff Malet.
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- Jagan Mosely of the Hoyas is guarded by Deandre Thomas of the Bulldogs in the first half.. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Jagan Mosely of the Hoyas brings the ball upcourt in the first half.. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Terrell Allen of the Hoyas avoids a block attempt by Donte Tatum of the Bulldogs in the first half. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Terrell Allen of the Hoyas avoids a block attempt by Donte Tatum of the Bulldogs in the first half. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- positioning for a rebound (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Mac McClung of the Hoyas drives the lane past Logan Dye and Deandre Thomas of the Bulldogs in the first half. Photo by Jeff Malet.
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- Mac McClung of the Hoyas drives the lane past Logan Dye and Deandre Thomas of the Bulldogs in the first half. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Omer Yurtseven of the Hoyas passes to Terrell Allen in the lane. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Jamorko Pickett of the Hoyas is guarded by Josh Sharkey of the Bulldogs in the first half. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Mac McClung of the Hoyas is guarded by Logan Padgett of the Bulldogs in the first half. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Jamorko Pickett of the Hoyas goes up for a score in the first half. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Jamorko Pickett of the Hoyas is guarded by Josh Sharkey of the Bulldogs in the first half. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Terrell Allen of the Hoyas is guarded by Josh Sharkey of the Bulldogs in the 2nd half. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Mac McClung of the Hoyas is guarded by Deandre Thomas of the Bulldogs in the 2nd half. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Jagan Mosely of the Hoyas is guarded by Logan Padgett of the Bulldogs. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Hoya Santa gives away t-shirts. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Georgetown alumnus Janine Segner of Herndon Va. proudly shows off her Hoyas pajamas at courtside. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Brandon Austin of Stamford gets tangled up with Terrell Allen of the Hoyas (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Brandon Austin of Stamford gets tangled up with Terrell Allen of the Hoyas (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Omer Yurtseven of the Hoyas lays it in in the 2nd half. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Mac McClung of the Hoyas has the ball batted away by Deandre Thomas of the Bulldogs in the 2nd half. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Mac McClung of the Hoyas has the ball batted away by Deandre Thomas of the Bulldogs in the 2nd half. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Hoyas freshman big man Qudus Wahab slam dunk in the 2nd half. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Mac McClung of the Hoyas is guarded by Logan Padgett of the Bulldogs in the first half. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Mac McClung of the Hoyas is guarded by Logan Padgett of the Bulldogs in the first half. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Logan Dye of the Bulldogs is denied on the final shot of the game by Timothy Ighoefe of the Hoyas. (photo by Jeff Malet)
