Curry Helps Davidson Cream Georgetown

Stephen Curry led Davidson to victory against Georgetown in the 2nd round of the NCAA Tournament.

Davidson was in the middle of an exciting run, making their way back from a 17 point slump against Georgetown. Stephen Curry had a 3 pointer giving Davidson a 5 point lead with 2:56 left on the clock. When they started to make their comeback Curry scored 25 of his 30 points in the second half of Davidson's 74-70 Midwest Regional 2nd round victory. They scored 30 of his 40 points in the 2nd half against Gonzaga just 2 days before.

Curry continued to make the shots scoring 18 of Davidson's 24 points in the last 7:13 of the game. Roy Hibbert scored with 11:57 on the clock, giving the Hoyas their last lead at 50-39. ,At that point Georgetown was outscored 21-20 thanks to Curry, who has been averaging 25.7 points per game. Before now, Davidson hadn't won an NCAA Tournament game since the 60s. They will reach the regional final if it can beat Wisconsin in Detroit.

Davidson didn't have it easy the whole time though. Curry had difficulty in the 1st half when he missed 6 of his first 7 shots getting 2 fouls. He misfired on 10 of his first 11 attempts and his stroke was way off. Luckily for Davidson, Curry was able to pull things together.

The Hoyas were in the lead, 48-33 when Curry's four-point play got him and the Wildcats going which started to lean things in Davidson's favor. Georgetown's Jonathan Wallace spent most of his time trying to guard Curry. Wallace stated he was anticipating a wonder play from Curry and saw it come to fruition.

One year after making the Final Four, Georgetown won't be moving on. But good news for the Wildcats.

"We stayed focused, stuck to our system and got Stephen Curry the ball," said Jason Richards who got 20 points, 5 assists and 1 turnover in forty minutes. "You can't think that you're not going to win the game. We fought for a full 40 minutes and came out on top."nnnn