Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers vs Georgetown Hoyas Match Player Stats On Nov 06, 2019

James Akinjo scored 17 of his 20 points in the second half, and Omer Yurtseven scored 10 points in a late-game 20-0 run as Georgetown rallied from 19 points down to beat Mount St. Mary's 81-68 on Wednesday night in Washington.

Georgetown won the season opener for both teams by scrambling back from a 46-27 deficit in the final 17:08 of regulation. The Hoyas scored 25 points in the first half but then exploded for 56 points in the second half to beat the Mountaineers, who fell to 0-22 all-time against Big East Conference opponents.

Mount St. Mary's initially thwarted Georgetown's offense. The Hoyas made only 9 of 30 first-half field-goal attempt. They went more than eight minutes without a made field goal and could not generate any rhythm on offense. The Mountaineers built a 12-point halftime lead and used a quick 9-2 burst to push their lead to 19 roughly three minutes into the second half.

Georgetown hit only one of its first 12 3-point shots, but the Hoyas made seven of their last nine attempts from beyond the arc. That scoring binge, led by Akinjo's second-half scoring, buried the Mountaineers.

Mount St. Mary's called timeout after a made basket with a 67-61 lead and 6:28 left in regulation. That break helped Georgetown, which scored the game's next 20 points. Yurtseven scored six of the first nine points in that run to give Georgetown a 70-67 lead with 4:40 left.

When Georgetown's Jagan Mosely hit a trey for a 73-67 advantage with 3:05 remaining, the Hoyas gained their biggest lead of the night, and they built on it from there. Mount St. Mary's did not hit a field goal in the final 6:28.

Yurtseven matched Akinjo's 20 points to lead the Hoyas in scoring. Mac McClung added 16 points.

Jalen Gibbs scored 19 points and Vado Morse scored 18 for the Mountaineers.

--Field Level Media