After another week off following the La Salle game , the Hoyas journeyed to the Carrier Dome to face Syracuse – their archrival throughout the 34-season history of the original Big East Conference of 1979 – 2013 – on a snowy day on which Syracuse honored former Orange great Dwayne " Pearl " Washington , who had died of cancer in April 2016 . Syracuse jumped out to an 11 – 4 lead , its largest of the game , in the first 5:08 , but Georgetown came back and L. J. Peak sank a basket to tie the game at 31 – 31 with two minutes left until the intermission , in part thanks to Peak 's 12 first-half points . The game was tied 33 – 33 at halftime , but Georgetown pulled ahead to its largest lead of the game , 67 – 60 , with only 2:36 left to play . The Orange closed to 69 – 66 with 1:04 left , but the Hoyas hit nine free throws in the final 38 seconds to come away with a 78 – 71 victory , their sixth over the Orange in the last eight meetings . Peak had a double-double with 23 points and 11 rebounds and Rodney Pryor scored 20 points . Georgetown , which entered the game averaging 28.5 trips to the free-throw line per game and shooting 77.5 percent in free throws , went 22-of-25 from the free-throw line , while Syracuse made only 14 of its 25 free throw attempts . The Hoyas improved their all-time record against Syracuse to 43 – 49 , their all-time road record against Syracuse to 13 – 30 , and their record against the Orange under John Thompson III to 11 – 7
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2016–17 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team