Chris Wright scored 19 points, including seven during a decisive second-half run, leading No. 15 Georgetown to a 69-58 win over Mount St. Mary's on Saturday.
The Hoyas shot a season-low 38 percent to beat the pesky Mountaineers, and the game was in doubt until Wright led an 11-1 spurt to take a 47-33 lead with 11:01 left. His off-balance 3-pointer with the shot clock expiring game the Hoyas' their biggest lead of the game.
DaJuan Summers added 13 points for the Hoyas (8-1). Jessie Sapp had a career-high nine rebounds.
Kelly Biedler had 16 points for Mount St. Mary's (3-7), which lost its fifth straight.
Still, the Mountaineers didn't go down easily. They cut the lead to 58-52 with 4:44 remaining, before Georgetown held them scoreless for 3½ minutes to put the game away.
Georgetown has one more non-conference game remaining on Dec. 23 against Florida International.
Then comes Big East play and a date with No. 2 Connecticut.
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Mount St. Mary's, whose previous four losses were by five points or less, stayed with Georgetown most of the first half. Austin Freeman's layup with 3:29 left gave the Hoyas a 26-24 lead. Georgetown ended the half on a 9-0 run to lead 33-24.
Mount St. Mary's aggressive play kept them in the game, but their poor free throw shooting didn't help. Even though the Hoyas missed their first four free throws, the Mount missed six of its 13 attempts.
