Hoyas flatten FIU

NCAA Basketball Betting Lines

12/23/2008 - Washington, DC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Austin Freeman scored 17 points and Chris Wright donated 14, as No. 12 Georgetown doubled up Florida International, 76-38, at the Verizon Center.

DaJuan Summers added 13 points and five rebounds, while Greg Monroe netted 10 points for the Hoyas, who rolled into the holiday reprieve with a six-game winning streak.

Michael Dominguez scored over half of FIU's total with 20 points and Freddy Asprilla added nine. The Golden Panthers lost their fifth straight and dropped to 0-6 in true road games.

The Hoyas never trailed, scoring the game's first six points and reaching FIU's 38-point total on Monroe's two free throws with 5:18 left in the first half. The two shots from the charity stripe staked the Hoyas to a 38-12 lead, and the advantage grew to 43-16 by intermission.

Back-to-back threes by Freeman and Omar Wattad gave the Hoyas a 51-21 edge early in the second half, and Jason Clark's two free throws made it a 30-point lead at 60-30 with 8:53 to go.

Seven more points in succession, capped by Henry Sims' three-pointer, made the score 67-30, and the Hoyas coasted to the final buzzer.

Game Notes

Georgetown has won all three meetings between the schools...The Hoyas shot 42.2 percent from the floor and made 12-of-26 from beyond the arc...FIU went 6-of-22 from three-point range...The Hoyas made 20 more free throws (26) than the Golden Panthers attempted (6).

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Miami has covered the UNDER in four of their last five games whereas Chicago has covered the UNDER in five out of their last six.
When playing on Saturdays, Miami covered 80% of their games this season.
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At home, Miami covered the UNDER about 66% of the time whereas Chicago covered the UNDER about 61% of the time.
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At home, Orlando covered the UNDER 64% of the time while Detroit covered the UNDER in 63% of their away games.
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