Washington, DC--

If the Hoyas learned anything from their loss to Duke on Saturday night, they did learn that long range shots could win a game or lose a game for you. Just ask the James Madison Dukes, as the Hoyas tied a school record with 16 three pointers in route to a 89-53 rout at Verizon Center

The Hoyas were led by Junior Forward Jeff Green, who finished with 17 points in one of his best games of the season. A key part of the Hoyas offense for the past two seasons, Green has yet to find his calling this season, maybe tonight was the awakening of Green we have been waiting for all season long.

"I think that our problem playing Duke and Oregon, I think we were up too fast and kind of antsy and kind of hesitating on some of the things we do, because we don't want to make mistakes early on," Green said. "I think tonight we kind of came out and we just laid back, we knew what we were supposed to do and we did it, and things went our way. We didn't hesitate to make the certain passes we know we can make. It was pretty good for us, to get our confidence back up."

Georgetown entered the game in a 3-for-23 slump in 3-point shooting from losses to Oregon and Duke, but the Hoyas (5-3) made 16 of 33 against James Madison to tie their record set in a 76-51 win over Davidson in 2004. Ewing Jr. hit the 16th 3-pointer with 3:56 to play.

For the Hoyas, Head Coach John Thompson III could see a different Jeff Green tonight as he too first possession against James Madison and drove hard left and made a lay-up. Over the next three minutes, he sank two three-pointers, one from the left corner and one from the right side. He scored 13 points in the first half, making all four shots he attempted, as Georgetown opened up a 47-29 advantage at the break.

"Our guys will find a way to relax and play better as the season progresses. We have just had a stretch of tough games and now that we have Jeff in the groove the shooting will improve," said Thompson