The Bulls were led by forward Augustus Gilchrist, who finished with 22 points and seven rebounds.

The Hoyas were led by guard Chris Wright who finished with 25 points and four assists.

USF went on a 7-0 run midway through the first half to give themselves a 19-14 lead, then went on a 5-3 run to extend their lead to 24-17. However, the Hoyas went on a 9-0 run just before the half to claim the lead at 26-24. The Bulls went into the locker room trailing the Hoyas 28-26, behind Gilchrist who had 11 points and four rebounds.

In the first half, the Bulls trailed in field-goal percentages, only shooting 30.3 percent (10-of-33), compared to the Hoyas 50 percent (10-of-20), and 11.1 percent (1-of-9) from long-range, compared to Georgetown's 57.1 percent (4-of-7). However, in the first half the Bulls did score more points off turnovers, 9-0, and saw more points from their bench, 11-5.

From the 7:17 mark in the first half until the 11:46 mark in the second half, the only scorer for the Bulls was Gilchrist with eight points. To start the second half the Bulls tied it up off a Gilchrist jumper, however USF would not get that close again for the rest of the game. Midway through the second half the Hoyas went on a 7-0 run, extending their lead to 49-38.  

With under a minute left in the game, the Bulls saw their best opportunity to inch closer to the Hoyas as Anthony Crater forced a turnover with the score being 56-51. The Bulls couldn't take advantage of the opportunity with Robertson missing the reverse lay-up and turned it back over to the Hoyas. Needing to foul, the Bulls fouled Georgetown's Chris Wright three times, with Wright knocking down all six free-throw attempts, securing the win for the Hoyas.

The Bulls shot 39 percent (23-of-59) on the night, compared to the Hoyas 51.2 percent (22-of-43). The Bulls only hit one three pointer for the game, which was likely a result of guard Shaun Noriega leaving the game early in the second half with a foot injury. The Bulls did however out-rebound the Hoyas 17-7 on offense, and outscore them 17-6 on second opportunity shots.

The Bulls go back on the road as they travel to DePaul on Feb. 26, then return for their home finale against Pittsburgh on Mar. 2.

Game Notes

- The USF starters were Anthony Crater, Shaun Noriega, Hugh Robertson, Jarrid Famous and Augustus Gilchrist. It was the first time the Bulls have used the lineup since the season opener vs. Southern Miss. The start was only Noriega's second of the season.
 
- The Bulls outrebounded Georgetown 27-25 and have now outrebounded their opponent in 23 of 28 games this season.

- The USF bench outscored the Georgetown bench 21-8. The Bulls have outscored the opponents bench by a 56-23 margin in the last two games.

- Anthony Crater notched seven assists for his 12th game this season with at least five dishes.

- Georgetown averaged 74.4 points coming into the game but managed only 61. It was the second-straight game the Bulls have held a top-10 opponent at least nine points under their season average.

-  Augustus Gilchrist was the only Bull to score a field goal for a stretch of 15:31 beginning at the 7:17 mark of the first half through the 11:46 mark of the second period.
 
- Gilchrist's 22 points is his best performance since Jan. 9 vs. Louisville (25 pts.) and his
fifth 20-plus point performance of the season. He has scored at least 10 points in all but seven games this season.

- Hugh Robertson netted 10 points for his 12th double-digit performance of the season and his first in the last six games.