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12/30 03:43 CST Georgetown hosts St. John's after Halaifonua's 20-point game
Georgetown hosts St. John's after Halaifonua's 20-point game
By The Associated Press
St. John's Red Storm (8-4, 1-0 Big East) at Georgetown Hoyas (9-4, 1-1 Big East)
Washington; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Georgetown plays St. John's after Julius Halaifonua scored 20
points in Georgetown's 97-67 victory over the Coppin State Eagles.
The Hoyas have gone 7-1 at home. Georgetown is eighth in the Big East at
limiting opponent scoring, allowing 73.6 points while holding opponents to
42.5% shooting.
The Red Storm play their first true road game after going 8-4 with a 1-3 record
in neutral-site games to start the season. St. John's ranks sixth in the Big
East shooting 34.6% from 3-point range.
Georgetown's average of 6.5 made 3-pointers per game this season is only 0.2
more made shots on average than the 6.3 per game St. John's allows. St. John's
averages 7.8 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.1 more makes per game than
Georgetown allows.
The matchup Wednesday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams
in conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Caleb Williams is averaging 11.2 points and 5.9 rebounds for
the Hoyas. Halaifonua is averaging 15.1 points over the last 10 games.
Bryce Hopkins is scoring 13.9 points per game and averaging 4.3 rebounds for
the Red Storm. Zuby Ejiofor is averaging 12.1 points and 7.0 rebounds over the
last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Hoyas: 6-4, averaging 79.4 points, 33.7 rebounds, 17.2 assists,
7.2 steals and 3.8 blocks per game while shooting 45.0% from the field. Their
opponents have averaged 75.7 points per game.
Red Storm: 7-3, averaging 82.6 points, 34.5 rebounds, 15.2 assists, 8.8 steals
and 6.0 blocks per game while shooting 45.7% from the field. Their opponents
have averaged 68.3 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data
Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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