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Georgetown swarms Pirates in 12-point win
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Georgetown's Chris Wright, left, and Greg Monroe, right, battle for the ball against Seton Hall's Keon Lawrence during the first half. Georgetown won against Seton Hall 85-73.
WASHINGTON — Chris Wright scored 21 points to lead No. 11 Georgetown to an 85-73 victory over Seton Hall on Thursday night.
Jason Clark added 20 points on 5-of-6 shooting, including 4-of-4 from 3-point range, for the Hoyas (13-2, 4-1), who have not lost in eight games this season at the Verizon Center.
Jeremy Hazell, who entered as the Big East's second-leading scorer at 23.3 points per game, led the Pirates (10-6, 1-4) with 17 points but was held in check for most of the game.
Hazell scored eight points in the game's final minute. He ended up 6 of 14 from the field, 3 of 9 on 3-pointers.
The Hoyas used a 15-0 run over a 4-minute stretch to take a 21-7 lead with 11 $ \frac{1}{2} $ minutes left in the first half. Wright capped the run with two straight steals he converted into fast-break layups, part of the Hoyas' defensive effort that had nine steals by halftime.
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While the defense was creating turnovers and keeping Hazell in check, Georgetown's offense was working efficiently.
The Hoyas led 44-28 at half time.
The Hoyas took their largest lead of the game, 19 points, with 13 minutes left to play. Then Seton Hall made its move.
The Pirates scored the next 10 points, helped by some sloppy Georgetown play. Seton Hall seemed to figure out the Hoyas' defense — nearly all of Seton Hall's points in the second half came on layups or free throws — and Georgetown's offense, which rarely missed in the first half, went cold. Seton Hall's run coincided with the start of a 6-minute stretch when the Hoyas did not make a field goal.
The Pirates cut the lead to 61-54 before Georgetown came out of the slump.
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COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Chism fights for Tennessee victory
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KNOXVILLE. Tenn. — Wayne Chism had 12 points, 12 rebounds and six steals and No. 9 Tennessee shook off a slow start to beat Auburn 81-55 on Thursday night.
Bobby Maze and J.P. Prince
Through the first half. Tennessee
both had 14 points for the Volunteers, while Scotty Hopson chipped in 11 and Kenny Hall 10.
DeWayne Reed had 19 points and Frankie Sullivan added 14 for Auburn (9-8, 0-2). Lucas Hargrove hit his first four shots in the first half for 10 points but didn't score
3-pointer as the shot clock expired to give Tennessee a 53-43 lead with 13:46 left.
Tennessee looked sluggish after its 76-68 victory against then top-ranked Kansas on Sunday.
The teams were tied at 42 with 18:19 left when Maze hit a jumper in the lane to launch an 11-1 run that seemed to knock off the rust. The Vols started taking advantage inside, finishing with 48 points in the paint.
(13-2, 1-0) looked sluggish after its 76-68 victory against then top-ranked Kansas on Sunday. That's when Chism took over, fighting for rebounds and steals.
Renaldo Woolridge hit a
again.
The Tigers entered the game shooting 31.9 percent from behind the arc but relied on their perimeter shooting to build an early lead, going was 10 of
The Tigers have lost 10 straight games against top 10 teams and six straight meetings with Tennessee in Knoxville. Tennessee leads the all-time series 69-37.
Auburn's fools began piling up early though, and 10 Tennessee free throws contributed to a 16-0 run late in the first half. The Vols led 38-37 at halftime.
24 from three-point range before halftime.
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