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Posted at 10:47 a.m., Sunday, January 25, 2009

CBKB: Seton Hall stuns No. 12 Georgetown 65-60

By JIM O'CONNELL
Associated Press

NEWARK, N.J. — Jeremy Hazell scored 23 points, including the clinching free throws with 8.1 seconds left and Seton Hall got its first Big East win of the season, 65-60 over No. 12 Georgetown on Sunday.

The Pirates (10-9, 1-6) won by holding the Hoyas (12-6, 3-4) to their worst shooting game of the season and despite not hitting a 3-pointer in a game for the first time in more than 17 years. Seton Hall had lost six straight and eight of nine and four of the losses were to ranked teams.

Freshman Greg Monroe had 17 points to lead Georgetown, which lost its third straight. The Hoyas entered the game third-best in the Big East in shooting at 48.2 percent but they shot 32 percent (17-for-52), including going 3-for-22 from 3-point range.

Seton Hall forced the Hoyas to spread their offense against a zone and except for a brief spurt by Monroe in the second half, Georgetown just couldn't put the ball in the basket.

The Hoyas shot 25 percent in the second half and at one stretch went 9:31 without a field goal until Monroe scored down low three straight times, the last one part of a three-point play that gave Georgetown its last lead, 56-55 with 4:20 left.

Robert Mitchell, who had 20 points, gave the Pirates the lead for good on a short jumper 23 seconds later. DaJuan Summers' two free throws with 1:30 to play brought Georgetown within 61-60 and even though Seton Hall committed a turnover and then made one of two free throws twice, the Hoyas couldn't capitalize, missing three 3-point attempts over the final 40 seconds.

Hazell made two free throws with 8.1 seconds left to make it 65-60 and Seton Hall was able to celebrate its first league win on the day it staged a reunion for the 1988-89 team that lost in overtime to Michigan in the national championship game.

The Pirates finished 0-for-13 from 3-point range with Hazell missing 10 of them. The last time Seton Hall did not make at least one 3 in a game was Dec. 7, 1991, against Iona when it went 0-for-11, span of 504 games.

UNLV holds the record with a 3 in 688 consecutive games since the rule went into effect for the 1986-87 season.