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Georgetown snaps 29-game conference losing streak

AP
Jan 25, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) Primo Spears scored 21 points and Georgetown snapped a 29-game conference losing streak with an 81-76 victory over DePaul on Tuesday night.

Georgetown (6-15, 1-9) won its first Big East game since March 13, 2021, ending the longest skid in the history of the conference. The Hoyas also ended a 10-game losing streak this season.

Spears also contributed six assists for the Hoyas. Akok Akok scored 12 points and added six rebounds and four blocks and Brandon Murray recorded 12 points.

Umoja Gibson led the Blue Demons (9-12, 3-7) in scoring, finishing with 24 points, four assists and three steals. Javan Johnson added 13 points.

Spears scored nine points in the first half and Georgetown went into the break trailing 37-36. Georgetown used a 10-0 run in the second half to build a 12-point lead at 75-63 with 1:39 remaining.

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1st Half
DEP
Blue Demons
37
GTWN
Hoyas
36

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Yor Anei vs. Akok Akok (Blue Demons gains possession)
19:36	+2	Eral Penn makes two point layup	2-0
19:18		Yor Anei shooting foul (Qudus Wahab draws the foul)
19:18	+1	Qudus Wahab makes regular free throw 1 of 2	2-1
19:18	+1	Qudus Wahab makes regular free throw 2 of 2	2-2
18:49		Eral Penn misses three point jump shot
18:47		Philmon Gebrewhit offensive rebound
18:39		Javan Johnson misses three point jump shot
18:37		Primo Spears defensive rebound
18:38		Eral Penn personal foul
18:16		Akok Akok misses three point jump shot
18:14		Eral Penn defensive rebound
17:58		Eral Penn misses two point layup
17:56		Eral Penn offensive rebound
17:47		Philmon Gebrewhit misses two point jump shot
17:45		Akok Akok defensive rebound
17:38	+2	Primo Spears makes two point driving layup	2-4
17:22		Philmon Gebrewhit misses three point jump shot
17:20		Akok Akok defensive rebound
17:11		Qudus Wahab misses two point layup
17:09		Qudus Wahab offensive rebound
17:07		Da'Sean Nelson shooting foul (Qudus Wahab draws the foul)
17:07		Qudus Wahab misses regular free throw 1 of 2
17:07	+1	Qudus Wahab makes regular free throw 2 of 2	2-5
16:55		Javan Johnson turnover (out of bounds)
16:29	+2	Jordan Riley makes two point driving layup	2-7
16:14		Caleb Murphy turnover (lost ball) (Brandon Murray steals)
16:13		Da'Sean Nelson personal foul
16:02		Brandon Murray turnover (lost ball) (Umoja Gibson steals)
15:58	+2	Umoja Gibson makes two point layup (Yor Anei assists)	4-7
15:35		Primo Spears misses two point jump shot
15:33		Qudus Wahab offensive rebound
15:28		TV timeout
15:26		Brandon Murray misses two point jump shot
15:24		Eral Penn defensive rebound
15:01		Yor Anei misses two point layup
14:59		Akok Akok defensive rebound
14:43		Qudus Wahab misses two point hook shot
14:41		Umoja Gibson defensive rebound
14:31		Caleb Murphy misses two point jump shot
14:29		Qudus Wahab defensive rebound
14:12		Brandon Murray misses three point jump shot
14:10		Yor Anei defensive rebound
14:01	+2	Umoja Gibson makes two point jump shot	6-7
13:59		Hoyas 30 second timeout
13:40	+2	Bradley Ezewiro makes two point dunk (Primo Spears assists)	6-9
13:15	+2	Eral Penn makes two point layup	8-9
13:01		Bryson Mozone misses three point jump shot
12:59		Primo Spears offensive rebound
12:56		Primo Spears misses three point jump shot
12:54		Javan Johnson defensive rebound
12:31	+2	Da'Sean Nelson makes two point layup	10-9
12:00		Bradley Ezewiro misses two point hook shot
11:58		Hoyas offensive rebound
11:58		TV timeout
11:55	+2	Primo Spears makes two point jump shot (Bradley Ezewiro assists)	10-11
11:40		Eral Penn offensive foul
11:40		Eral Penn turnover (offensive foul)
11:23	+3	Akok Akok makes three point jump shot (Primo Spears assists)	10-14
10:56		Qudus Wahab shooting foul (Da'Sean Nelson draws the foul)
10:56	+1	Da'Sean Nelson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	11-14
10:56	+1	Da'Sean Nelson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	12-14
10:45		Akok Akok misses two point jump shot
10:43		Qudus Wahab offensive rebound
10:34	+3	Wayne Bristol Jr. makes three point jump shot (Brandon Murray assists)	12-17
10:17	+2	Javan Johnson makes two point jump shot (Da'Sean Nelson assists)	14-17
9:52	+2	Wayne Bristol Jr. makes two point layup	14-19
9:39		Wayne Bristol Jr. personal foul
9:27	+2	Umoja Gibson makes two point layup (Yor Anei assists)	16-19
8:57	+2	Primo Spears makes two point jump shot	16-21
8:41		Akok Akok personal foul
8:38		Javan Johnson misses three point jump shot
8:36		Hoyas defensive rebound
8:25		Philmon Gebrewhit personal foul
8:22		Primo Spears turnover (bad pass) (Umoja Gibson steals)
8:18	+3	Umoja Gibson makes three point jump shot	19-21
8:00		Brandon Murray misses two point jump shot
7:58		Qudus Wahab offensive rebound
7:50		Javan Johnson shooting foul (Primo Spears draws the foul)
7:50		TV timeout
7:50		Primo Spears misses regular free throw 1 of 2
7:50		Primo Spears misses regular free throw 2 of 2
7:50		Yor Anei defensive rebound
7:36		Brandon Murray personal foul
7:26	+2	Yor Anei makes two point layup (Javan Johnson assists)	21-21
7:08		Bradley Ezewiro offensive foul
7:08		Bradley Ezewiro turnover (offensive foul)
6:48	+3	Philmon Gebrewhit makes three point jump shot	24-21
6:29		Umoja Gibson shooting foul (Jordan Riley draws the foul)
6:29	+1	Jordan Riley makes regular free throw 1 of 2	24-22
6:29		Jordan Riley misses regular free throw 2 of 2
6:29		Eral Penn defensive rebound
6:28		Akok Akok personal foul
6:13		Philmon Gebrewhit misses three point jump shot
6:11		Da'Sean Nelson offensive rebound
6:07		Da'Sean Nelson misses two point layup
6:05		Philmon Gebrewhit offensive rebound
6:03	+2	Philmon Gebrewhit makes two point layup	26-22
5:52		Primo Spears misses three point jump shot
5:50		Bradley Ezewiro offensive rebound
5:39		Jordan Riley misses two point jump shot
5:37		Eral Penn defensive rebound
5:37		Bradley Ezewiro personal foul
5:37		Eral Penn misses regular free throw 1 of 1
5:37		Qudus Wahab defensive rebound
5:26		Da'Sean Nelson personal foul
5:26	+1	Bryson Mozone makes regular free throw 1 of 2	26-23
5:26	+1	Bryson Mozone makes regular free throw 2 of 2	26-24
4:56		Caleb Murphy misses two point layup
4:54		Qudus Wahab defensive rebound
4:50	+3	Bryson Mozone makes three point jump shot (Brandon Murray assists)	26-27
4:29		Javan Johnson turnover (bad pass) (Wayne Bristol Jr. steals)
4:18		Qudus Wahab misses two point jump shot
4:16		Wayne Bristol Jr. offensive rebound
4:16	+2	Wayne Bristol Jr. makes two point tip layup	26-29
4:16		Yor Anei shooting foul (Wayne Bristol Jr. draws the foul)
4:16		Wayne Bristol Jr. misses regular free throw 1 of 1
4:16		Eral Penn defensive rebound
4:07	+2	Caleb Murphy makes two point driving layup	28-29
3:43		Qudus Wahab misses two point hook shot
3:41		Bryson Mozone offensive rebound
3:37		Wayne Bristol Jr. misses three point jump shot
3:35		Philmon Gebrewhit defensive rebound
3:34		Wayne Bristol Jr. technical foul
3:34		TV timeout
3:27		Umoja Gibson misses technical free throw 1 of 1
3:27		Blue Demons offensive rebound
3:27		Qudus Wahab shooting foul (Umoja Gibson draws the foul)
3:27	+1	Umoja Gibson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	29-29
3:27	+1	Umoja Gibson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	30-29
3:12	+2	Brandon Murray makes two point layup (Primo Spears assists)	30-31
2:52		Caleb Murphy misses two point jump shot
2:50		Ryan Mutombo defensive rebound
2:45	+2	Primo Spears makes two point layup	30-33
2:45		Yor Anei shooting foul (Primo Spears draws the foul)
2:45	+1	Primo Spears makes regular free throw 1 of 1	30-34
2:32		Umoja Gibson turnover (double dribble)
2:20	+2	Brandon Murray makes two point jump shot (Primo Spears assists)	30-36
1:51	+2	Javan Johnson makes two point jump shot	32-36
1:32		Brandon Murray misses three point jump shot
1:30		Javan Johnson defensive rebound
1:13	+2	Umoja Gibson makes two point layup (Eral Penn assists)	34-36
0:53		Primo Spears misses two point jump shot
0:51		Blue Demons defensive rebound
0:51		Blue Demons 30 second timeout
0:41		Caleb Murphy misses two point layup
0:39		Ryan Mutombo defensive rebound
0:34		Primo Spears turnover (bad pass) (Caleb Murphy steals)
0:31	+3	Umoja Gibson makes three point jump shot	37-36
0:01		Primo Spears misses two point jump shot
0:00		Hoyas offensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
DEP
Blue Demons
39
GTWN
Hoyas
45

Time		Play	Score
19:50		Brandon Murray misses three point jump shot
19:48		Philmon Gebrewhit defensive rebound
19:33		Qudus Wahab blocks Philmon Gebrewhit's two point layup
19:31		Brandon Murray defensive rebound
19:27		Primo Spears misses two point jump shot
19:25		Eral Penn defensive rebound
19:19	+2	Javan Johnson makes two point dunk (Umoja Gibson assists)	39-36
18:55	+2	Qudus Wahab makes two point layup (Primo Spears assists)	39-38
18:29		Umoja Gibson turnover (lost ball) (Jordan Riley steals)
18:11	+2	Qudus Wahab makes two point hook shot	39-40
17:48	+2	Javan Johnson makes two point layup	41-40
17:24	+2	Primo Spears makes two point stepback jump shot	41-42
17:03		Yor Anei misses two point hook shot
17:01		Qudus Wahab defensive rebound
16:53		Yor Anei shooting foul (Qudus Wahab draws the foul)
16:53	+1	Qudus Wahab makes regular free throw 1 of 2	41-43
16:53	+1	Qudus Wahab makes regular free throw 2 of 2	41-44
16:44		Javan Johnson misses two point jump shot
16:42		Primo Spears defensive rebound
16:35	+2	Jordan Riley makes two point layup (Brandon Murray assists)	41-46
16:20		Javan Johnson offensive foul
16:20		Javan Johnson turnover (offensive foul)
16:08		Philmon Gebrewhit shooting foul (Jordan Riley draws the foul)
16:08		Jordan Riley misses regular free throw 1 of 2
16:08	+1	Jordan Riley makes regular free throw 2 of 2	41-47
15:48		Da'Sean Nelson misses two point jump shot
15:46		Qudus Wahab defensive rebound
15:36		Primo Spears misses two point jump shot
15:34		Caleb Murphy defensive rebound
15:20	+2	Eral Penn makes two point layup (Caleb Murphy assists)	43-47
14:59	+2	Akok Akok makes two point jump shot (Brandon Murray assists)	43-49
14:37		Eral Penn misses two point jump shot
14:35		Brandon Murray defensive rebound
14:29		Da'Sean Nelson blocks Akok Akok's two point layup
14:27		Eral Penn defensive rebound
14:23	+3	Umoja Gibson makes three point jump shot (Caleb Murphy assists)	46-49
14:21		Blue Demons 30 second timeout
14:21		TV timeout
13:51	+2	Jordan Riley makes two point layup (Akok Akok assists)	46-51
13:38		Eral Penn misses two point layup
13:36		Eral Penn offensive rebound
13:35		Qudus Wahab shooting foul (Da'Sean Nelson draws the foul)
13:35		TV timeout
13:35		Da'Sean Nelson misses regular free throw 1 of 2
13:35		Da'Sean Nelson misses regular free throw 2 of 2
13:35		Akok Akok defensive rebound
13:21	+2	Akok Akok makes two point dunk (Brandon Murray assists)	46-53
12:53		Caleb Murphy turnover (bad pass) (Jordan Riley steals)
12:52		Caleb Murphy personal foul
12:44		Javan Johnson shooting foul (Brandon Murray draws the foul)
12:44	+1	Brandon Murray makes regular free throw 1 of 2	46-54
12:44	+1	Brandon Murray makes regular free throw 2 of 2	46-55
12:35	+3	Zion Cruz makes three point jump shot (Umoja Gibson assists)	49-55
12:17		Primo Spears misses two point jump shot
12:15		Zion Cruz defensive rebound
12:06		Zion Cruz turnover (bad pass) (Brandon Murray steals)
12:06		Eral Penn personal foul
11:53		Philmon Gebrewhit personal foul
11:53		TV timeout
11:53		Brandon Murray misses regular free throw 1 of 1
11:53		Da'Sean Nelson defensive rebound
11:36		Wayne Bristol Jr. shooting foul (Zion Cruz draws the foul)
11:36	+1	Zion Cruz makes regular free throw 1 of 2	50-55
11:36	+1	Zion Cruz makes regular free throw 2 of 2	51-55
11:23		Bradley Ezewiro misses two point layup
11:21		Hoyas offensive rebound
11:19		Akok Akok misses three point jump shot
11:17		Javan Johnson defensive rebound
11:02	+2	Da'Sean Nelson makes two point layup (Javan Johnson assists)	53-55
11:02		Bradley Ezewiro shooting foul (Da'Sean Nelson draws the foul)
11:02	+1	Da'Sean Nelson makes regular free throw 1 of 1	54-55
10:35		Da'Sean Nelson personal foul
10:35	+1	Primo Spears makes regular free throw 1 of 2	54-56
10:35	+1	Primo Spears makes regular free throw 2 of 2	54-57
10:20		Javan Johnson misses three point jump shot
10:18		Akok Akok defensive rebound
10:05		Akok Akok misses three point jump shot
10:03		Akok Akok offensive rebound
9:58		Wayne Bristol Jr. misses three point jump shot
9:56		Qudus Wahab offensive rebound
9:45		Primo Spears turnover (bad pass) (Javan Johnson steals)
9:40		Akok Akok blocks Eral Penn's two point layup
9:38		Blue Demons offensive rebound
9:39		Jump ball. (Blue Demons gains possession)
9:36		Akok Akok blocks Yor Anei's two point layup
9:34		Eral Penn offensive rebound
9:33	+2	Eral Penn makes two point layup	56-57
9:14		Primo Spears misses two point jump shot
9:12		Eral Penn defensive rebound
8:50	+2	Yor Anei makes two point layup (Umoja Gibson assists)	58-57
8:31		Qudus Wahab offensive foul
8:31		Qudus Wahab turnover (offensive foul)
8:16		Umoja Gibson misses two point jump shot
8:14		Yor Anei offensive rebound
8:13		Yor Anei misses two point layup
8:11		Bradley Ezewiro defensive rebound
8:03		Jordan Riley turnover (bad pass) (Umoja Gibson steals)
7:52		Bradley Ezewiro shooting foul (Yor Anei draws the foul)
7:52		TV timeout
7:52		Yor Anei misses regular free throw 1 of 2
7:52		Yor Anei misses regular free throw 2 of 2
7:52		Jordan Riley defensive rebound
7:30		Yor Anei shooting foul (Bradley Ezewiro draws the foul)
7:30		Bradley Ezewiro misses regular free throw 1 of 2
7:30	+1	Bradley Ezewiro makes regular free throw 2 of 2	58-58
7:12		Da'Sean Nelson turnover (bad pass) (Brandon Murray steals)
7:01	+2	Brandon Murray makes two point jump shot	58-60
6:35		Akok Akok blocks Da'Sean Nelson's two point layup
6:33		Javan Johnson offensive rebound
6:28		Javan Johnson misses two point jump shot
6:23		Blue Demons offensive rebound
6:19		Caleb Murphy offensive foul
6:19		Caleb Murphy turnover (offensive foul)
6:09		Caleb Murphy personal foul
6:09	+1	Akok Akok makes regular free throw 1 of 2	58-61
6:09	+1	Akok Akok makes regular free throw 2 of 2	58-62
5:48	+2	Da'Sean Nelson makes two point layup	60-62
5:29	+3	Akok Akok makes three point jump shot (Primo Spears assists)	60-65
5:16	+3	Javan Johnson makes three point jump shot (Caleb Murphy assists)	63-65
4:44	+2	Primo Spears makes two point jump shot	63-67
4:23		Umoja Gibson misses three point jump shot
4:21		Primo Spears defensive rebound
4:04		Primo Spears misses two point layup
4:02		Da'Sean Nelson defensive rebound
3:58		Akok Akok blocks Caleb Murphy's two point layup
3:56		Jordan Riley defensive rebound
3:32	+2	Brandon Murray makes two point jump shot	63-69
3:25		Blue Demons 30 second timeout
3:25		TV timeout
3:10		Umoja Gibson misses two point jump shot
3:08		Bradley Ezewiro defensive rebound
2:50		Philmon Gebrewhit shooting foul (Brandon Murray draws the foul)
2:50	+1	Brandon Murray makes regular free throw 1 of 2	63-70
2:50	+1	Brandon Murray makes regular free throw 2 of 2	63-71
2:42		Brandon Murray personal foul
2:42		Primo Spears personal foul
2:42		Da'Sean Nelson misses regular free throw 1 of 1
2:42		Jordan Riley defensive rebound
2:18		Da'Sean Nelson blocks Brandon Murray's two point jump shot
2:16		Bradley Ezewiro offensive rebound
2:15		Umoja Gibson personal foul (Bradley Ezewiro draws the foul)
2:15	+1	Bradley Ezewiro makes regular free throw 1 of 2	63-72
2:15	+1	Bradley Ezewiro makes regular free throw 2 of 2	63-73
2:01		Umoja Gibson turnover (lost ball) (Brandon Murray steals)
1:39	+2	Primo Spears makes two point driving layup	63-75
1:37		Blue Demons 60 second timeout
1:23	+2	Philmon Gebrewhit makes two point layup	65-75
1:23		Akok Akok shooting foul (Philmon Gebrewhit draws the foul)
1:23	+1	Philmon Gebrewhit makes regular free throw 1 of 1	66-75
1:09		Javan Johnson shooting foul (Akok Akok draws the foul)
1:09		Akok Akok misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:09		Akok Akok misses regular free throw 2 of 2
1:09		Eral Penn defensive rebound
1:01	+2	Javan Johnson makes two point layup	68-75
0:43		Hoyas 30 second timeout
0:39		Umoja Gibson personal foul
0:39		Primo Spears misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:39		Primo Spears misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:39		Eral Penn defensive rebound
0:36		Jordan Riley personal foul
0:36	+1	Umoja Gibson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	69-75
0:36	+1	Umoja Gibson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	70-75
0:35		Hoyas 30 second timeout
0:34		Philmon Gebrewhit personal foul
0:34	+1	Primo Spears makes regular free throw 1 of 2	70-76
0:34	+1	Primo Spears makes regular free throw 2 of 2	70-77
0:29		Wayne Bristol Jr. personal foul
0:29		Umoja Gibson misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:29	+1	Umoja Gibson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	71-77
0:28		Zion Cruz personal foul
0:28		Bradley Ezewiro misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:28		Bradley Ezewiro misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:28		Javan Johnson defensive rebound
0:21	+2	Umoja Gibson makes two point layup	73-77
0:20		Javan Johnson personal foul
0:20	+1	Bryson Mozone makes regular free throw 1 of 2	73-78
0:20	+1	Bryson Mozone makes regular free throw 2 of 2	73-79
0:09	+3	Caleb Murphy makes three point jump shot (Umoja Gibson assists)	76-79
0:04		Caleb Murphy personal foul
0:04	+1	Primo Spears makes regular free throw 1 of 2	76-80
0:04	+1	Primo Spears makes regular free throw 2 of 2	76-81
0:02		Caleb Murphy misses three point jump shot
0:00		Zion Cruz offensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Zion Cruz offensive rebound