No. 18 Georgetown Hosts Howard on Saturday at Verizon Center

GAME TIME: NOON

TV: MASN, SNY & BRIGHTHOUSE NETWORK (Fla.) 

INTERNET LIVE: ESPN3


WASHINGTON, D.C. - The No. 18/21 Georgetown University men's basketball team hosts D.C. rival Howard on Saturday in a non-league contest at Verizon Center. Tipoff is slated for noon.

The game will be shown live on MASN, with Jason Knapp and Mark Tillmon calling all of the action. Fans can also see the game on SNY in New York and Connecticut and on the Brighthouse Network in Florida. Locally, fans can tune into Rich Chvotkin's radio call on ESPN 980 AM.

The Hoyas improved to 7-1 with an 84-44 win over NJIT last Saturday, the team's fifth-straight win. Georgetown moved into the national rankings after five-straight wins, highlighted by victories over then-No. 8 Memphis (91-88 in overtime) and at then-No. 12 Alabama, 57-55. The Hoyas are ranked No. 18 in the Associated Press poll and No. 21 in the ESPN/USA Today Top 25 Coaches' poll.

The meeting with Howard on Saturday will be the seventh all-time between the schools, with Georgetown leading the head-to-head series, 6-0. The last meeting between the teams was a 79-55 Hoya win during the 2004-05 season.

Junior forward Hollis Thompson (Los Angeles, Calif./Loyola), who was named the BIG EAST Player of the Week on Monday, led the team to three wins week, including the thriller at Alabama, when he hit a three-pointer with 1.8 seconds left to seal the team's second triumph over a top-15 team this season. Thompson is second on the team in scoring (15.0 points per game) and rebounding (5.5 rpg). He is shooting 56.8 percent from the floor and 58.8 percent from three-point land.

Last week, Thompson averaged 17.7 points, 6.3 rebounds and 2.7 assists to lead the Hoyas to wins over IUPUI, Alabama and NJIT. He recorded his second career double-double in the win over IUPUI, scoring 21 points and grabbing 10 rebounds, and against NJIT, he scored 20 points and set a career-high with six three-point field goals.

Howard enters Saturday's game with a 3-5 overall record following a 72-65 win over Delaware State earlier in the week. Calvin Thompson leads the team in scoring with 11.3 points per game, while Mike Phillips is second on the team with 9.8 points and leads the team with 7.5 rebounds per game.

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