Last weekend, the Georgetown Hoyas pulled out a huge non-conference win against the Duke Blue Devils. But the Hoyas were not content with just one victory over a top-ten team.
On Saturday afternoon, they were successful in their quest to pick up another.
In the snow-covered Verizon Center, the Hoyas beat the second-ranked Villanova Wildcats, 103-90. The loss was Villanova’s first Big East loss, and only their second loss overall.
Julian Vaughn contributed 13 points in G'Town's victory over Villanova.
The Hoyas got big games from guards Jason Clark and Austin Freeman – they combined to shoot 16 of 23 from the field, including 8 three-pointers made. Georgetown dominated early behind the guards great shooting, and got a good second-half effort from big man Greg Monroe (19 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists in the game). Five Georgetown players ended the contest in double figures to set a season-high scoring total for them.
Villanova got its typical high-scoring game from Scottie Reynolds (24 pts.), but he didn’t have an efficient effort as he shot 6-17. The Hoyas forced him into committing 6 turnovers, which punctuated a tough night for the shooting star.
The free throw line was very good to the home team as they made 39 free throws, compared to just 17 for the Wildcats.
Next up, Georgetown has a couple of softer opponents (Providence, Rutgers) before tackling Syracuse. The Wildcats must bounce back to battle West Virginia on Monday night.
T Lamont is an administator and author covering all sports for Ball or Nuthin'. Send T Lamont a question or comment for future discussion (tlamont@ballornuthin.com). 
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