Jayden Epps scored 20 points and dropped the winning arrangement with five seconds left when Georgetown beat Villanova 75-73 on Tuesday in Washington.
Micah Peavy hit five 3 points and got 19 points and Jordan Burks had 14 points when Georgetown (17-13, 8-11 Big East) swept Wildcats in a two-game regular seasonal series for the first time since 1992-93.
Eric Dixon scored 24 points-all during the second half-when Villanova (18-13, 11-9) ended the regular season. Jordan Longino added 17 points when Wildcats lost on Georgetown for the first time since the 2018-19 season.
Georgetown, which made 14 of 31 3-point attempts (45.2 percent), ended the match on a 15-4 run after releasing 69-60 with 3:43 left after a Enoch Boakye Dunk. Hoyas went on a 7-0 driving to close within 69-67 on a Drew Fielder Dunk.
Dixon finished Hoya’s spurt with two free throw. Burks made a arrangement at the other end to get Georgetown within 71-69 with 1:58 left. Two Jayden Epps Free-Kast band the game at 71-all with 1:13 to go, and Burks gave Hoyas a lead of 73-71 with 37 seconds left before Jhamir Brickus tied it in 73 nine seconds later.
Early in the second half, Georgetown built a nine-point lead, but Dixon led Villanova back. Hoyas was up 46-37 with 13:57 left after a Peavy 3-pointer. Wooga Poplar responded with the 3-pointer before Dixon got Villanova’s next 13 points.
Georgetown started the second half on an 8-0 driving to take the lead 37-29 after a Peavy 3-pointer. Dixon responded at the other end with his first basket in the game, a 3-pointer with 18:04 left to get Villanova.
The game was tied to 29 at half.
Dixon, entered Tuesday after Back-to-Back 30-Plus score play, finished 8 out of 19 from the field.
Georgetown won the first meeting 64-63 on January 14 at Villanova’s campus.
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