Hoyas hold off 'Nova, keep faint NCAA hopes alive

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02/28/2009 - Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - DaJuan Summers scored 16 points and Chris Wright added 13 with a pair of clutch free throws in the final seconds, as Georgetown kept its flickering NCAA Tournament hopes alive with a 56-54 victory over 10th-ranked Villanova at the Wachovia Center.

The Hoyas (15-12, 6-10 Big East) snapped a two-game skid and won for just the third time in their last 12 games. Georgetown's NCAA hopes are helped by the fact that they've played the toughest schedule in the country. The Hoyas will end their regular season with conference bottom-feeders St. John's and DePaul before Big East Tournament play.

Dante Cunningham scored 13 points and grabbed nine rebounds for Villanova (23-6, 11-5), which had a three-game winning streak stopped. The Wildcats, who will finish the regular season with games at Notre Dame and at home against Providence, may have seen their hopes for a double-bye in the Big East Tournament erased.

The top four teams don't play in the conference tournament until the quarterfinals and Villanova is currently in fifth place.

Georgetown built a 50-42 lead with just over nine minutes to play, but Villanova roared back with six straight points and drew within 50-48 with 6:46 left on a pair of free throws by Dwayne Anderson.

Jessie Sapp ended Georgetown's lengthy drought with a layup on the next possession and Cunningham countered for Villanova before the teams went cold for the next four minutes.

Corey Stokes had a chance to pull Villanova even with 1:15 left, but made just one of two free throws. A layup by Wright extended the Hoya lead to three and Reggie Redding turned the ball over on Villanova's next trip, although the ball appeared to be deflected out of bounds by a Georgetown player.

The Hoyas, however, turned it back over on the inbounds play and Stokes missed an off-balanced three-point attempt with 14.4 seconds remaining. Wright was fouled soon after and drained two from the line.

Stokes buried a three-pointer with 3.5 seconds left to make it a two-point game, but Wright eluded the Villanova pressure and raced downcourt to run out the remaining time.

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