A rivalry game wasn’t enough to shake the issues that have plagued Georgetown of late, as the Hoyas ventured to the Carrier Dome Saturday only to return with a 74-69 loss to Syracuse. The defeat was Georgetown’s fifth straight, and kept the Hoyas winless on the road.
From the tip, this game lacked the trappings of a normal Georgetown-Syracuse game. There was no manic Syracuse home crowd, ramping up the pressure on the visitors from the tip. Gone were the shots of Derrick Coleman or whatever hated Orange legend wore an ankle bracelet to that day’s game. Instead, as with the rest of this season, Georgetown competed in front of empty stands and scarcely more noise.