Well that was fun. Georgetown shook off a sluggish, frustrating first half-plus to mount a furious comeback to beat the hated Connecticut Huskies, 72-69. The win, which saw the Hoyas play their best stretch of basketball since before conference play began, was Georgetown’s second straight in a critical home stand.
The first 23-plus minutes appeared to be more of the same for a Georgetown team that has struggled to defend and to generate consistent half-court offense. The Hoyas suffered repeated breakdowns on the defensive end, failing to rotate over to open Connecticut shooters, letting Husky ball-handlers easily penetrate to the basket, and sometime just not running back on defense as the visitors sought out easy points in transition.