Coppin Men’s Hoops Hangs Tough at Georgetown in BB&T Classic

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Karonn Davis matched a career-high with 20 points as the Coppin State University men's basketball team fell to undefeated Georgetown, 76-60, on Sunday night at Capital One Arena as part of the BB&T Classic. The Eagles now stand at 0-8 on the year going into their home opener against Navy on Wednesday, December 6 at 7 pm.

Davis made 4-of-11 shots from the floor with a pair of threes while also sinking ten out of 12 shots from the line to match a 20 points he scored two seasons ago as a sophomore at Niagara. A graduate transfer from Philadelphia, Pa., Davis also recorded a career-high eight rebounds and dished out four assists with just one turnover in 37 minutes,

Coppin also got 13 points from Tre' Thomas off the bench which matches his season-high and a season-high ten points from freshman Taqwain Drummond who made his first career start. Drummond made a trio of three-pointers on the day.

Georgetown (6-0) led from start to finish but the undersized Eagles hung in there with hustle and tenacious defense. Coppin forced the Hoyas into 16 turnovers and turned that in 22 points but Georgetown's size inside proved to be the difference. The Hoyas outscored the Eagles, 30-8 in the paint and made 24-of-36 shots from the free throw line with big-man Jessie Govan going for 26 points and 16 rebounds while making 11-of-14 from the line.

Coppin went into halftime trailing, 37-27 and with 12:32 left in regulation, faced a 50-36 deficit after a layup by Marcus Derrickson. The Eagles then clawed their way back into the game with a 10-1 run over the next three-and-a-half minutes sparked by triples from Davis, Thomas and Drummond.

After Drummond's three with 9:04 left made the score 51-46 in favor of Georgetown, Derrickson responded with a three of his own, forced a turnover and took the ball coast-to-coast for a layup which extended the lead back to double-digits.

Derrickson finished with 13 points on the night, 11 of which came in the second half.

For the game, Coppin shot just 30% from the field and made a season-high nine threes. The Eagles were outrebounded by 12 but recorded more offensive rebounds than the Hoyas who had just six offensive rebounds which is a season-low.

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