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Georgetown Drops Heartbreaker in Overtime to Visiting Syracuse

WASHINGTON - Syracuse tied the game with a minute remaining in regulation, and proceeded to outscore the Georgetown men’s basketball team, 17-10, in overtime to hand the Hoyas their first loss of the season, 86-79, on Saturday afternoon in front of 15,418 fans at Capital One Arena. With the loss, Georgetown slips to 8-1 while the Orange improve to 9-1 on the year.

“It’s a game that we should’ve won,” Georgetown Head Coach Patrick Ewing said. “When you’re up double figures, especially down the stretch, you can’t make the mistakes that we made.”

Junior center Jessie Govan (Queens Village, N.