Washington, DC--

In this afternoon's match-up the Cincinatti Bearcats, the Hoyas did what they have been known for a long time now, play defense! This defense was just too much for the Bearcats to handle as evidenced by the Hoyas emptying their bench with a little under two minutes remaining in what would be a very easy 73-53 victory.

The Hoyas defense was so strong this afternoon that it left a lasting impression on Bearcats Head Coach Mark Cronin.

"I'd say they're by far the best defensive team we've played all year," Cronin said. "It's very, very hard to get an open shot, and then when we did get some open shots, we didn't even hit the rim a few times. But I think that's a byproduct of how hard you've got to work to get an open shot against their defense."

The Hoyas were led by Jessie Sapp with 16 points, but it was the inside presence of Roy Hibbert that was really too much to handle for the Bearcats. Hibbert who had 12 points in the game had 5 blocked shots which really made the Bearcats shift their shooting to more of a perimeter game than they expected.

"I felt it's my natural job just to go ahead [and block shots]. I always say, no easy looks at the basket," said Hibbert. "I'm going to try to alter as many shots as I can. Make it hard for them to get layups."

Georgetown gave the Bearcats one of the toughest time they might have seen all season long from outside. Cincinnati shot just 5 for 15 from long range and they held Vaughn (13 points), who is one of the league's top scorers and three-point shooters.

The Hoyas forced Cincinnati into 18 turnovers, which included 10 steals, the most they have had in a conference game this season. Georgetown scored 27 points off of those turnovers, and often were able to push the ball with most of the Cincinatti players finding ways to keep Hibbert out of the middle for easy shots.

Cincinatti did manage to keep the game within reason a 34-27 at the half, but the Hoyas went on a run that moved the lead to 13 points with 13:58 remaining in the second half behind a thunderous dunk by Jermiah Rivers of yet another turnover by the Bearcats.