Georgetown blog Casual Hoya figured the first Big East loss of the season had to happen sooner than later, but still finds little to be pleased with over Wednesday’s 69-55 loss to Notre Dame.
Georgetown Vs. Notre Dame: Abromaitis Outshines Freeman In Irish Victory
As painful as it is to say, Notre Dame played an outstanding game, forcing the Hoya Trinity (eat it, JGD) into their worst game of the season with Chris Wright, Jason Clark, and Austin Freeman combining for 34 points. . . Of which, Freeman had 21. We’ve wondered when this Georgetown team would go cold and it happened tonight in spades – with the team shooting only 18% from 3 point range and a measly 55% from the free throw line.
Notre Dame blog Rakes of Mallow credits Notre Dame’s defense for forcing Georgetown into a woeful shooting night.
Georgetown is a very good team and Notre Dame just suffocated them on defense, contesting threes while avoiding the easy back door cut lay ups in one of the finest defensive efforts I’ve seen from a Brey team. On offense, the Irish had their rough stretches, but they took smart shots from distance, crashed the boards (eleven offensive rebounds) and shared the ball with proficiency. Eric Atkins had a rough introduction to Big East play and Jack Cooley maybe didn’t get enough burn, but the starting five was dominant, as Scott Martin continues to impress and Ty Nash handled things down on the block.
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