Washington, D.C—

By the time the Hoyas reached halftime of today’s game against UCONN, they realized that they had dug themselves a big hole one that was going to be difficult to dig out of, but like many Hoyas teams over the years have done, no lead is safe and that is exactly what Austin Freeman crew did after the break.

Freeman and the Hoyas went on a 14-3 run to start the first half and had pulled to three at 53-50 with 9:44 remaining in the second half controlled their own destiny after Freeman continued shoot the lights out.   A much better job of execution than the first half led to open shots and Hoyas Head Coach John Thompson III agreed there was nothing good about the first half.

"In the first half, our execution, I thought, was horrible. And that's the only way to put it," Thompson said."We were just out there running around," he added. "Our focus at both ends of the floor was lacking. And they realized it. And they decided at halftime: 'We're not going to do that."

On the other end of the court the Huskies offense was just plain horrible according to Head Coach Jim Calhoun.

“We  wasted a "brilliant first half" with an "awful five minutes" early in the second -- "when we took our 20 minutes of work, threw it away and said, 'OK, now let's play an even game,” said Calhoun.

What was most notable for the Hoyas in the end result today, was that they went scoreless for more than 5:30. They had little more than a free throw for nearly twice that. Georgetown missed 11 consecutive shots during that drought, and at one point, its shooting accuracy for the game dipped to 24 percent on   6 for 25 from the field. They finished the game 41.5 percent from the field. Suprisingly the Huskies shot 47.5 percent and still found a way to lose.

The Hoyas took final control of the game when Julian Vaughan tipped in a shot with 44 seconds remaining giving the Hoyas a 70-69 advantage.

Chris Wright stole the ball away on the inbound by UCONN and Greg Monroe put the exclamation on the day with a lay-up with seven seconds remaining.