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HOUSTON (AP) -- The Georgetown Hoyas didn't shoot very straight
at the start of each half Sunday. They didn't really need to,
though, against the Houston Cougars.
|  | | Nathaniel Burton and the Hoyas improved their record to 11-0. |
Anthony Perry scored 16 points, going 4-for-7 from 3-point
range, as No. 21 Georgetown overcame its problems on offense and beat
Houston 79-63.
"We didn't shoot very well but then Anthony got us going,"
Hoyas coach Craig Esherick said. "Houston made several runs at us
and I thought we handled them all well. We have a better team than
we did last year."
The Hoyas, 11-0 for their best start in 11 seasons, fell behind
8-2 before turning things around to take a 49-30 halftime lead.
They went only 3-for-12 to start the second half, but still
pulled away from the Cougars thanks in part to making 11 of 25
3-point attempts.
"I got myself in a rhythm after that slow start," Perry said.
"The big guys got me involved by throwing the ball back out to me
a lot. We have a lot of confidence. We think we can match up with
anybody inside and outside."
Georgetown hit 37.5 percent of its field goals for the game and
21 percent in the second half.
Houston shot 37 percent for the game.
The Hoyas are 5-0 overall against the Cougars. Georgetown beat
Houston 84-75 in the 1984 NCAA championship game.
The Cougars (3-9) lost for the seventh time in eight games.
There were 50 fouls called in the game but only one player
fouled out -- Houston freshman Alton Ford with 7:21 left.
"I was concerned somewhat," Esherick said of the rough play.
"But we had a veteran SEC crew and they had officiated our game
before. They basically said they were going to call any contact and
not let it get out of hand in the second half. That really favored
us because we were ahead."
After Georgetown's poor start, it reeled off 14 straight points
for a 16-8 lead. Perry got the Hoyas started with a pair of
3-pointers early in the run.
The Hoyas' size and depth finally wore down the Cougars.
"It was like you had to beat your man who would be (6-foot-11)
and then there would be another 6-11 guy come up on you," Cougars
forward Patrick Okafor said. "That was very frustrating."
After taking their 8-2 lead, the Cougars scored only three more
field goals the rest of the half.
George Williams led Houston with 17 points. Okafor added 11.
"We definitely faced one of the best teams in America,"
Houston coach Ray McCallum said. "It was a major challenge for us
with their size from the beginning, and then they got their
perimeter game going."
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