now ranked No. 14, faced another ranked opponent, No. 23 West Virginia, in a contest between the two best defenses in the Big East Conference. Georgetown's Princeton offense outdueled West Virginia's trap defense, and the Hoya defense crimped West Virginia's three-point shooting – among the best in the United States – holding the Mountaineers to 9-for-26 (38 percent) shooting from three-point range. The Hoyas shot 58 percent from the floor and outrebounded West Virginia 35-19, outscoring the Mountaineers 17-0 during one stretch in the first half to jump out to a double-digit lead they never relinquished. Shooting 79 percent from the floor in the first half, Georgetown led 37-20 at halftime and opened the second half with a 7-0 run to take a 44-20 lead. Roy Hibbert went 12-for-13 (92.3 percent) from the free-throw line and had 20 points, Jeff Green had 15 points, and Jonathan Wallace scored 14. In the next game, Jeff Green had 19 points and DaJuan Summers had 11 in a tight victory over Villanova that required Georgetown to come from a 37-29 deficit to eke out a 58-55 win. Jessie Sapp had 16 points and made a three-point shot from half-court as the buzzer sounded to end the first half. The win gave Georgetown its first nine-game winning streak since 2003-04. The Hoyas extended their winning streak to 10 – their first 10-game streak since they opened the 2003-04 season 10-0 – with a win at Cincinnati that saw Jeff Green score 21 points and Jonathan Wallace contribute 17. Three days after beating Cincinnati, No. 12 Georgetown again faced a ranked opponent, No. 10 Pittsburgh, at the Verizon Center, with a chance to climb into first place in the Big East. In a ragged game in which both sides had poor outside shooting and committed more than their share of turnovers, the score stood at 49-49 when Georgetown went on an 8-2 run that ultimately clinched a 61-53 upset win and sole possession of first place for Georgetown. Jonathan Wallace scored 17 points, Jeff Green had 14, and Roy Hibbert added 12. The win over Pittsburgh gave Georgetown 11 straight wins, its longest winning streak since an 11-victory run in 1995, but the streak came to end at Syracuse two days later, as the Orange used a 17-0 run in the second half to upset the No. 9 Hoyas, 72-58. DaJuan Summers and Patrick Ewing