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Your Georgetown Hoyas (12-10, 4-7 BIG EAST) traveled to Hinkle Fieldhouse this snowy weekend and took down the Butler Bulldogs by a score of 77-64. This was the third consecutive BIG EAST win for the Hoyas, who are benefiting both from markedly improved team cohesion on the floor and the presence of Vince Iwuchukwu.
Speaking of the big man, he scored 17 points and 6 rebounds, plus went 4/4 from the line. Malik Mack also had 17 points and a half dozen assists. KJ Lewis added 14 points, and a pair each of assists and steals. The team as a whole shot 50% from three point range—something fans have seen before on the historic Hinkle hardwood.
Butler was coming off a 22-point smackdown at SJU, while Georgetown had a convincing and long overdue win at home over DePaul. The concerning pregame news du jour pertained to Julius Halaifonua, who was unavailable due to some sort of back pain that led him to remain on the bench in warmup gear.
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The Hoyas’ gameplan was cooking early, with Mack finding Iwuchukwu for a dunk on their first possession, followed not long after by a triple from Lewis.
Butler scored three unanswered buckets, but the hosts’ inattentiveness on an inbounds play creating an opening for Lewis to grab a steal and dunk it.
With Halaifonua unexpectedly sidelined, Jayden Fort stepped in for early minutes and immediately worked his way inside for a layup. On the next possession, Isaiah Abraham found Fort again in the paint and he converted. Iwuchukwu banking in a three off the glass wasn’t on my bingo card, but damn we’ll take it.
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Kayvaun Mulready notched what was already the team’s third triple of the night to put Georgetown ahead 21-20. Iwuchukwu’s turnaround jumper added another pair. Through the first 10 minutes, the lead changed hands on what felt like every possession, but the Hoyas were able to execute more cleanly.
For the entire season thus far, long range shooting has been a sore point for the Hoyas, so seeing Mack also hit from…
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Publish date : 2026-02-01 16:38:00
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