Now that's how you ring in your 22nd birthday. While us mere mortals tend to accomplish nothing the day after our 22nd birthday, Jason Clark dropped a career high 31 points to lead Georgetown to a 83-75 WIN over DePaul tonight. The senior guard scored 31 points on an Austin Freeman-esque 14 shots, while acting as the primary ballhandler with Markel Starks unable to go tonight for yet to be discovered reasons. Clark's partner-in-crime, Henry Sims, scored 16 points and grabbed 7 rebounds before fouling out with 3 minutes to go. Hollis Thompson scored 14 points as well, as Georgetown's top 3 scorers contributed 61 of 83 points.
With this victory, the Hoyas now move to 15-3 overall and 5-2 in Big East play with a game at the Verizon Center against Rutgers on Saturday. After losing games to West Virginia and Cincinnati, the Hoyas have regained their composure, winning consecutive road games in the rugged Big East.
More thoughts after The Jump.
With Starks out tonight, Georgetown's freshmen were counted on even more than usual. Otto Porter only scored 4 points, but grabbed a RIDICULOUS 15 rebounds to go along with two steals and two blocks. Greg Whittington played well again, with 5 points and 4 rebounds. Most impressively, Jabril Trawick handled DePaul's full court press very well, also scoring 9 crucial points and committing only 2 turnovers.
Nate Lubick played excellently as well. The sophomore banger filled up the stat sheet with 4 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, and a steal. In addition, Lubick was the subject of nearly 100 different white person basketball cliches in 27 minutes of action.
The Hoyas outrebounded DePaul 43-18, in the single most dominant performance on the glass this season. Georgetown shot 54% from three and 53% from the field as well. Not as impressive, the Hoyas managed to shoot a measly 57% from the free throw line. I am going to call that an anomaly and assume it won't happen again this year, because I'd rather not think about gauging my eyeballs out again for a while.
We'll find out more about Starks and why he didn't play tonight during the post game press conference, but from the looks of it, he looked more under the weather than concussed, which were the two prevailing theories. That's what 0 years of Medical School will teach you, folks.
Rutgers is NEXT.
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Plus 25 on the boards tonight..
43-18 O_o ….Beast
yaboynyp - January 17, 2012
though jabril's 2 turnovers were with the line in play
wadetandy - January 17, 2012
#DefinitelyNotBitterIGotTheLineAtMinusNine
wadetandy - January 17, 2012
Lol.. damn dude I hurt for you.. no joke
yaboynyp - January 17, 2012
Gamblings the best
#countingthedaystothederby
iheartgregmonroe - January 17, 2012 via mobile
Otto Porter had 3 fewer rebounds than all of DePaul
aja32 - January 17, 2012
fabulous stat
loveshack99 - January 18, 2012
Critical stretch of schedule coming up over the next 5 games
Rutgers and a desperate Pitt team followed by a week in which we play UConn USF and Cuse. If you looked up “trap game” in the dictionary you would see “Georgetown v. USF, 2/4/12.”
rochesterhoya07 - January 17, 2012
A winless Pitt terrifies me.
Shades of USF in whatever year that was that we were their only win.
BornonthisBandWagon - January 17, 2012
me too
showed last note that they’ll still get up for big games
VictorPage'sLeftEye - January 17, 2012 via Android app
No kidding
Jones “graduated,” right?
PerryMcDonald'sRightCross - January 17, 2012
technically
he left early for the pro’s I believe, but the point is he’s not there anymore.
hoyasincebirth - January 17, 2012
Only halfway watched the game because of work but
I like this Jason Clark fellow
VictorPage'sLeftEye - January 17, 2012 via Android app
Odd game
If i did not see the score board i thought we blew them out by about 25. Still dont know why the game was close. Hope markel is just sick/ok and not crosbyed.
Clark was masterful, putting together a first team all BE campaign. We will miss him a lot next year.
bunk moreland - January 17, 2012
Something to do with the 18(?) turnovers I'd assume.
along with the lousy free throw shooting.
Circus Saximus - January 17, 2012
So pissed at the ESPN broadcast
for not telling us why Starks was out of the game and not even acknowledging it until the second half. UGH!
hoyasincebirth - January 17, 2012
Apparently a stomach bug
according to Tarik
aja32 - January 17, 2012
So pissed at the ESPN3 broadcast
For not working.
wadetandy - January 17, 2012 via mobile
So pissed that the bar I was at
Started trivia night midway through the game…
Hoya Saxual - January 17, 2012 via mobile
Come NCAA time, this team's love of turnovers will destroy us
tjm62 - January 18, 2012
One day, Luke of 2live crew will kill 50 cent for stealing that line, still, it was in good taste here. Glad to see you’re over your depression!
I still can’t believe Georgetown out rebounded them by that much and only won by 8.
Refs were pretty bad, so was Depaul’s offense.
Given time though, I feel Purnell can right the ship.
In the mean time, Clark should get an award for that performance.
EvilButterfly - January 18, 2012
title is banging
had to retweet, i giggled too much after seeing it….
sidenoteL turnovers are a problem if they dont see it now i dont know else how to feel about it
Ronny Thompson's Forehead - January 18, 2012
3 things:
1) THANK GOD I had the restraint to not take G’town -9. Between Starks not playing, the 40ft 3 at the half, and the way we shot free throws I would probably be hanging from my ceiling fan if they didn’t cover by 1 lousy pt.
2) Jason Clark was phenomenal tonight. I keep saying “wait til next year when all these guys have another year under their belt, as long as Hollis stays we will be even better”, but now i’m not so sure. Who would you rather have? Clark or Hollis? At this point I think its clear Clark is our best player. Hollis has an amazing stroke, but he is still just a shooter and not an all around scorer the way Jason is. Which brings me to pt 3…
3) Why does no one but Clark attack the rim off the dribble?? The only other guy who does it is Sims our SLOW FOOTED CENTER. Not bashing Sims because I love that he does do it. My point is why don’t we see this from anyone else?? Starks does it well when he does, but it seems like it is becoming less common. Starks, Thompson, Trawick: i’m looking at you. This would also lead to more dunks which we are -643 in the dunked to dunked on ratio so far this year. GO UP STRONG.
Gripes aside, a W is a W. HOOOOOOYAS.
PhillyPeetzWitRanch - January 18, 2012
i wonder the same thing
dribble drive penetration is not something we do nearly enough of
Lord Humongous - January 18, 2012
Perhaps everyone isn't as fleet-footed like JClark?
Big Spoon - January 18, 2012
Starks and Trawick do it quite a bit.
I just don’t think the other’s: Hollis, Otto, Greg don’t have the handle, confidence, and speed yet to pull it off consistently.
hoyasincebirth - January 18, 2012
For the number of times they described Nate Lubick as "blue collar" or "hard-working"
he should be eligible to join a union.
whiplash614 - January 18, 2012
Or play WR for the Patriots
WarmupEwing - January 18, 2012
I also liked the comment that Trawick has been the biggest spark off the bench
I think that bench spark has been Porter but why mention that if you don’t bother saying it was his first start.
I also think JT3 almost screwed up not starting Trawick because if Clark didn’t have a 85 nova shooting night we would have lost. We looked bad without anyone running the offense.
RileysDressLikeAHoyaJersey - January 18, 2012 via mobile
I just wish
There had been more “lunch pail” references
HoyaParanoia85 - January 18, 2012
well-played, JGD
“In addition, Lubick was the subject of nearly 100 different white person basketball cliches in 27 minutes of action.”
That in-bounding play off his back was ridiculous. But agree that all and all he played great. What you expect from such a blue collar guy I guess…
loveshack99 - January 18, 2012
Clark has some speed on him
Gtownfan92 - January 18, 2012 via iPhone app
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