YES. Your Georgetown Fighting Hoyas Have Arrived. Our boys went into a hostile arena and took down a tough opponent Tuesday night, winning a 88-80 thriller over the Illinois Fighting Illini in the Gavitt Games. The win instantly became Georgetown’s signature non-conference win of the Patrick Ewing Era and the coming-out party for three talented Hoya freshmen.
The headliner of the evening was James Akinjo, who put up a team-high 19 points and 7 assists. The freshman floor general got into the lane at will, found open teammates cutting the win, and hit big shots. None was bigger the little big man’s floater and-one with 40 seconds remaining that proved to be a dagger.