Jessie Govan had 24 points, 16 rebounds and three blocks in Howard win.
MBB Minute -- Hoyas Move To 7-0; St. John's Meets Arizona State Tonight
In the only BIG EAST game on Thursday, Georgetown remained one of the nation’s eight undefeated teams with an 81-67 victory over Howard. The Hoyas are 7-0.
Jessie Govan recorded his fifth double-double of the season with 24 points and 16 rebounds. He also blocked three shots. Kaleb Johnson added 18 points, eight rebounds and four assists. Kaleb Johnson contributed 16 points, nine rebounds and four assists.
BIG EAST teams are a combined 69-16 (.812) this season going into Friday. If non-conference play ended today, that would be the league’s best mark since 1988-89 (113-23, .831).
The Friday schedule also has only one contest. St. John’s continues its western trip with a game against No. 16 Arizona State in Los Angeles. The Red Storm have yielded only 52.7 points per game in their current three-game winning streak. Arizona State ranks fifth nationally in scoring, averaging 92.7 ppg and gave Xavier its only loss of the season.
The Saturday schedule is crowded with eight games. FS1 has two games involving in-state rivals with Marquette at Wisconsin at noon ET followed by Creighton hosting Nebraska at 2:30 p.m. The action continues at 5 p.m. when No. 13 Xavier meets Colorado at Cintas Center.
Also at noon, Butler hosts Youngstown State on FSN. Georgetown has a quick turnaround, playing North Carolina A&T at 2:30 p.m. on FS2.
No. 19 Seton Hall is playing at home against VCU in the Never Forget Tribute Classic. FOX will televise at 3 p.m. Also at 3 p.m., Providence travels to Massachusetts for a game carried on NESN. DePaul is on the road, but still local when it meets Illinois-Chicago in a game televised locally on NBC Sports-Chicago.