Thomas Sorber comes up big again as Georgetown tops Fairfield

Thomas Sorber scored 17 of his game-high 25 points in the second half on Saturday to help Georgetown beat visiting Fairfield 69-57 in Washington.

Sorber made 11 of 16 shots and grabbed nine rebounds for the Hoyas (2-0). The freshman forward has been Georgetown's top scorer in each of its first two games. He had 20 points in the Hoyas' 85-77 win over Lehigh on Monday.

Georgetown also got 12 points from Jayden Epps and eight points, five rebounds, five assists and seven steals from Micah Peavy.

Braden Sparks had 17 points and eight rebounds to lead the Stags (0-2), who lost 96-58 at Rhode Island on Monday. Jamie Bergens added 12 points and Prophet Johnson paired seven points with six boards.

The Hoyas carried a 36-33 lead into the second half and started pulling away by taking advantage of Sorber's size advantage in the paint.

Georgetown fed the 6-foot-10 big man near the basket for multiple layups, including back-to-back buckets that pushed the lead to 49-41 with 12:27 to play. Julius Halaifonua's 3-pointer midway through the second half made it 52-43, the Hoyas' largest advantage to that point.

Sparks answered with four straight points for Fairfield before the hosts rattled off the next six to take their first double-digit lead at 58-47 with 5:26 to go.

Sorber later hit his lone 3-pointer of the game to make it 61-49 at the 4:16 mark. He went on to score Georgetown's next six points, including his traditional 3-point play that boosted the Hoyas ahead 67-53 with 1:25 left.

Georgetown outshot the Stags 47.4 percent (27 of 57) to 33.3 percent (20 of 60) and held a 15-4 advantage in points off turnovers.

Fairfield went just 1 of 8 from 3-point range in the second half after making 7 of 14 in the opening period.

The Stags started hot from distance, drilling five triples in the game's first seven minutes. Sparks connected twice from long range before Michael Rogan's three gave the visitors a 19-11 lead at the 13-minute mark.

Georgetown eventually found its shooting touch and drilled six straight shots to pull ahead 31-28 with 4:07 left. Malik Mack hit three shots during the flurry, including one of the Hoyas' four 3-pointers during the first half.

Epps canned Georgetown's final trey before halftime, connecting from the left corner at the buzzer.

--Field Level Media