The 13th-ranked Georgetown Hoyas are playing inspired basketball, and they carry plenty of momentum into today's Big East Conference clash with the resurgent Providence Friars.
Austin Freeman scored 23 points and Jason Clark added 18, as 13th-ranked Georgetown held off a late Providence charge and extended its winning streak to six straight with an 83-81 victory at the Verizon Center.
The 25th-ranked West Virginia Mountaineers will face a significant challenge tonight as they host the suddenly surging Seton Hall Pirates in a Big East Conference showdown at WVU Coliseum.
Travon Woodall hit a three-pointer with 48 seconds remaining and No. 5 Pittsburgh outlasted Providence, 83-79, in Big East action at Dunkin' Donuts Center.