National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Connecticut 78, Georgetown 70
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Where: XL Center, Hartford, Connecticut
Officials: # Ray Natili, # Pat Driscoll, # Michael Stephens
Attendance: 16294

Kemba Walker took over late and finished with 31 points and 10 assists as No. 12 Connecticut beat No. 9 Georgetown 78-70 in Hartford on Wednesday for its fourth victory over a top 10 team this season.

Jamal Coombs-McDaniel added 23 points on 8-of-11 shooting for the Huskies (20-5, 8-5 Big East), who moved into a tie for fifth in the Big East with Villanova and St. John’s.

Chris Wright scored 19 points for the Hoyas (20-6, 9-5), who had their eight-game winning streak come to an end.

Connecticut trailed by a point at the break but quickly took control in the second half and ran the lead up to as much as nine points 55-46 when Coombs-McDaniel hit a pair of free throws with 12:47 left.

Georgetown chipped away and retook the lead 70-69 when Austin Freeman cut through for a layup with 3:54 to play.

But Walker responded with a driving layup of his own, grabbed a rebound at the other end and knocked down a jumper as the Huskies pulled away.
Top Game Performances
 
Georgetown   Connecticut
Chris Wright 19 Scoring Kemba Walker 31
Chris Wright 5 Assists Kemba Walker 10
Nate Lubick 8 Rebounds Alex Oriakhi 8
Austin Freeman 4 Free Throws Made Jamal Coombs-McDaniel 5
Jason Clark 1 Steals Jamal Coombs-McDaniel 2
Julian Vaughn 2 Blocks Charles Okwandu 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Georgetown 70 43.1 8-21 6-10 14 28 3 3
Connecticut 78 54.2 4-14 10-16 17 29 7 6