first half. Jessie Sapp, who had been shooting 28 percent from three-point range for the season and in his past six games had failed to score in double figures, shot 12-for-42 (28.6 percent) from the floor, had a career-high four three-pointers and a career-high 20 points in the game. Jeff Green scored 15 points, Roy Hibbert had a double-double (10 points and 13 rebounds), and Georgetown got an easy 80-55 victory, the 17th time they had won their first-round game in their past 18 NCAA tournament appearances. In the second round, Georgetown faced seventh-seed Boston College, a former Big East rival, in a very physical game. The Hoyas, entering the game second in the United States in field goal percentage at 51 percent, shot only 38 percent during the game, and the Eagles led 30-26 at halftime and stretched their led to 39-31 early in the second half. Then the Hoyas went on a 10-0 run to take the lead, 41-39, with 11:44 left in the game. Georgetown took the lead for good at 46-44 with 8:03 remaining, but the game stayed close, with the Eagles trailing by no more than four points and by as few as one. During the final minute and a half, the Hoyas drew fouls and made critical free throws to come away with a 62-55 win. Hibbert, who had a double-double (17 points and 12 rebounds), scored 15 of his points in the second half. Jeff Green also had a double-double (11 points and 12 rebounds), while Jonathan Wallace contributed 15 points. In the East Regional semifinals – their second consecutive appearance in the "Sweet Sixteen" – the Hoyas faced sixth-seeded Vanderbilt, a team Georgetown had defeated early in the season. The Commodores staked themselves to a 32-24 lead at halftime, but the Hoyas battled back in the second half, with DaJuan Summers making three clutch three-pointers, and neither team ever led by more than four points during the final 17 minutes of play, a stretch in which the game saw eight lead changes and four ties. Hibbert fouled out with 3:28 left to play, a major blow to the Hoyas in a tight game, but the Commodores were unable to take much advantage of his absence, and a Jonathan Wallace jump shot put the Hoyas ahead 64-61 with 1:03 left in the game. With 48.8 seconds to go, Vanderbilt's Derrick Byars sank two