Senior Umoja Gibson scored a season-high 31 points and Javan Johnson added 21 to lead DePaul to an 83-76 victory over Georgetown in Big East play on Thursday in Chicago.
Gibson shot 8 of 12 from the field, including 5 of 8 from 3-point range, and was a perfect 10 of 10 from the free-throw line to go along with five assists and four rebounds. Johnson hit 8 of 14 from the floor, including 5 of 7 from 3-point range.
Jalen Terry finished with 14 points, five rebounds and five assists for the Blue Demons (7-7, 1-2 Big Ten), who ended a three-game losing streak.
The Blue Demons shot 28 of 62 (45.2 percent) from the field, including a red-hot 11 of 22 (50 percent) from 3-point range.
Georgetown (5-9, 0-3) dropped its 23rd straight Big East regular-season game dating to a win over Xavier on March 2, 2021.
The Hoyas were led by Brandon Murray, who had a career-high 29 points. The sophomore made all five of his 3-point attempts to go along with four rebounds. Qudus Wahab added 13 points and 16 rebounds, while Bryson Mozone chipped in nine points and seven rebounds.
The Hoyas, who have lost four straight games, shot 29 of 60 (48.3 percent) from the field, including 7 of 14 from beyond the arc.
After Wahab’s two free throws gave Georgetown a 61-58 lead with 9:42 remaining, DePaul countered with a 10-0 run to take a seven-point lead it wouldn’t relinquish following Terry’s layup with 7:21 to go.
Georgetown pulled within 75-73 on Primo Spears’ jumper with 1:48 left, but Gibson followed with two free throws for a four-point lead with 1:28 left.
After Wahab split a pair of free throws with 1:13 left, Murray split another pair to make it 77-75 with a minute to go. Gibson sank two free throws to make it a four-point game with 20 seconds left.
DePaul went on a 10-4 run over the final 3 1/2 minutes of the first half to take a 47-40 advantage into halftime.
–Field Level Media
