Your fighting Georgetown Hoyas fell behind early and stayed that way on Saturday afternoon, suffering an error-filled 74-65 road defeat to the Marquette Golden Eagles. The Hoyas committed 25 turnovers and just as many mistakes defensively, where they let Marquette’s perimeter shooters free for 13 three-pointers. The loss dropped Georgetown to 0-2 in Big East play.
Considering Georgetown trailed for the game’s final 33 minutes, things started relatively well for the Hoyas. Big man Jessie Govan was able to get deep post position twice in the opening minutes, scoring 4 early points that kept the visiting Hoyas even with their hosts.