The Hoyas were down 19 at one point to the Huskies, but Austin Freeman led them to the comeback win.
Austin Freeman Shines, Georgetown Wins
If you switched channels at halftime of Georgetown-UCONN, you could be forgiven. The Huskies were up 15 points at halftime, and the Georgetown Hoyas had looked painfully ordinary all afternoon. And... If you missed the second half, please allow me to summarize:
Austin Freeman. Err... austin freeman?
Read Article >Casual Hoya: Freeman’s Huge Day
SB Nation’s Georgetown blog, Casual Hoya, starts their reaction to the Hoyas thrilling 72-69 comeback win over UConn with a telling stat.
Head over there to check out the rest of the post and discuss the comeback.
Read Article >The UConn Blog: Epic Collapse
The visual leading off the postgame discussion thread over at SB Nation’s new UConn blog, the aptly-named The UConn Blog, says everything that can be said about Saturday’s 72-69 Georgetown win from the Huskies’ perspective.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, there’s a substantial essay at the top of the page to spur discussion.
Read Article >No. 12 Georgetown Hosts No. 13 UConn In Early Saturday Clash
Read more at our Georgetown blog, Casual Hoya, and our Connecticut blog, The UConn Blog.
Freeman drained another three -- he finished the contest with five treys -- for a 66-65 lead then Monroe rebounded a Freeman miss and converted a putback to get that one-point edge, 68-67, with 1:30 on the clock. Oriakhi was fouled on the other end and made both shots for a 69-68 game before Vaughn’s tip-in off a Monroe miss.
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