rutgers up by 5. panic time for georgetown? not. they scored 6 straight. 52-50 georgetown. later on down the stretch, 2-1 carter, floater at the buzzer. no. georgetown surviving 52-50. >> our defense won the game for us. our defense enabled us to with stand the day where we were not good offensively. and then, you know, as you were saying, we had some timely bashes. >> three hours up the road,maryland had their hands full with temple. florida state temple, duke, virginia tech. four teams that will give mark turgeon's club a good idea where they stand. let's go to the famous palestra in philly. contesting the rebound, twists his ankle. he was done for the day. second half, he took over 8 straight to pull the terps within one. down the stretch, their defense couldn't hold it. juan fernandez from deep. they beat the terps 73-60. >>> rapid fire here. overtime in morgan town. cincinnati, bob huggins facing his old town. dennis, the mountain man with a mountain hook, one of four players in double figures. west virginia wins 77-74 in overtime. george mason, he said delete button,

. >>> 20th ranked georgetown hosting rutgers, second half off the miss sugar rogers leading the breakma gee, converted the three point play, owner at 19, georgetown upset rutgers, 54-36 season low scarlet knights. >> that is a look at sports hard to believe, 4 years ago. >> i know. >> bob bar in regard's giants defeated the patriots. >> sitting off with the kids. >> two adorable kids i can't believe are his. >> who do you have? >> giants. >> they beat the niners. >> makes sense to me. >> who do you have. >> i have good weather. >> speaking of which take it away. >> plenty of sunshine tomorrow, temperatures on the rise, look at tuesday and wednesday, 50 degrees tuesday and wednesday slight chance of a shower wednesday into thursday those temperatures are rocking. >>> we are back tonight at 10, for the news edge at 11 we hope you will be too see you then bye bye 

georgetown upsets rutgers. >>> when we return, a special honor for the guy who helped built the comcast center. gary williams on an emotional night.  >>> gary williams was 22 years as the basketball coach at maryland. won more games than any maryland basketball coach in the school's history. last week, in an emotional dedication, the coach returned to comcast center and gave the fans one last clinched fist. maryland honored williams by dedicating the court in his name. this was prior to the duke game, appropriate. so he got to see his old nemesis, coach k, one more time. after the ceremony, williams tried to put his career and the dedication into perspective. >> obviously, this is something special to me. it's a big thrill. when i left here in 1968, i never thought anything like this would be possible. never thought i would be back as a coach to start with. it's been a great ride. a lot of great people. assistant coaches, players. it's always about the players that determines your success, not just their ability, but the character they show. so i've been proud to coach

georgetown within one. rutgers up 47-45. scarlet knights lead by five. but the hoyass come back. ahead to otto porter. it's a two-point game. ensuing georgetown possession. the hoyas go to porter. the freshman delivers. hits the jumper. georgetown up by two. eight seconds to go. here's the radio cause from the voice of the hoyas. >> trying to drive, down the lane, puts it up, no! hoyas win! hoyas win! hoyas win! hoyas win! hoyas win! hoyas win! hoyas win! >> they were down five and came back to beat rutgers 52-50! >> i love that, the energy. otto porter scored the hoyas' final six points. georgetown improves to 6-2 in the big east. upset alert. notre dame knocks off number one and previously undefeated syracuse 67-58. also, duke goes down in durham. florida state beats duke 76-73, snapping the blue devils' 45-game home win streak. on wednesday at college park, maryland will try to beat duke 37 terms on the road in temple. trying to bounce back after their loss against fsu. second half, terms down ten, but they rally. howard from the wing. got it. 5 1/2 to go now. the leading score

rutgers a chance to tie it. eli carter misses. time expires and georgetownn to beat rutgers. >> i think this was our defense won the game for us. our defense enabled us to withstand the day where we were not good offensively. >> we know we're going to have days like that. we are very good defensive team. so if we can get on transition and get stops and knock down our free throws, that takes

rutgers can tie. misses the shot. time expires. georgetown holds on to defeat rutgers 52-50. maryland in philly. alex len forced to make an early exit to the locker room. len was limited to seven minutes after suffering a right ankle injury. he watched the second half from the bench. the terps in all red today, he drives. hangs in the lane. the offbalance floater falls. he gets the foul. 15 points. terps down 3 at the half. second half we go. maryland trailed by as many as 10. but terrell sparks the rally. he hits the long two pointer here. a team high 20 points and then temple ends the game on a 16-4 run. wyatt drives and sinks the lefty. he scores 20. maryland falls 73-60. >>> ryan pearson and george mason hosting towson who lost 38 games in a row. we'll show you why second half towson down 10. rejected by jonathan. patriots on a break. look at wright, the big dunk, he also gets fouled. game high 22 points for him. towson tigers are 0-20 tonight. >> getting booed by wizards fans. stay with us, the news edge at 10:00 will be right back.  >>> blood, violence, and sex. that's what you'll fi

. >>> georgetown hosting rutgers. scarlet knights led for much of the game. just over a minute remaining. otto porter knocks down the "j" in the lane, wear tied at 50. a pair of free those gave georgetown the lead. carter's runner, no. hoyas hang on to break rutgers' heart if 52-50. >>> michigan state hosting purd purdue. first half tied at 18. greene throws it up. adrian paine slams it down. spartans the two-point lead. early in the second half now. brandon wood gets it done from the outside. the three-pointer. michigan state up by 14. then later in the half, greene feeds derek nicks right here, very nice. spartans crush purdue 83-58. >>> that's it. off to the dew tour. wo we'll see you a little bit later. >>> somber hearts at killington, vermont, as the action sports community continues to mourn. thursday, canadian freestyle skier sarah burke passed away. she was 29, a pioneer in her sport. she won numerous competitions in the halfpipe including the dew tour and the x-games. it was a dream of sarah's to win the olympics but first her event would have to be i

. >>> college hoops, 18 georgetown hosting 12th-ranked rutgers. f, georgetown in transition. rogers gives it to tia mcgee. she gets the bucket and the foul. mcgee had a game -high 21 point. hoyas in control. hoyas catch rutgers sleeping, sugar rogers up and in. that was cool. rogers the leading scorer in the big east finished with 19 points. georgetown knocks off rutgers 54-36, holding the scarlet knights to their lowest point total this season. good for them. hoyas improve to 17-5 overall, 6-3 in the big east. coming up tonight on "sports final," we hope, novak djokovic and rafa nadal play an epic australian open final. super bowl week aupon us. the patriots land in indy. we'll talk with tom brady and coach bill belichick. plus gary williams honored at comcast center this week. dan hellie catches up with the legendary coach. would gary be interested in the wizards' coaching job? find out in just a few minutes on "sports final." >> that's a good tease. >> that is. >> thank you, hakem. >>> after the break, he happened to be at the right place at the

the last chance for rutgers. georgetown hangs on and win a tough 152-50 over rutgers.g in philly today. game time was 11:00 a.m. that was a long two. this is the second half. this pulls maryland closer. temple comes right back. fernandez fires. 73-60. the caps had a disappointing effort last night. they have to put it behind them. the travel to pittsburgh to take on their nemesis. the caps are having trouble getting their shots off. they have now gone 17 straight games with 30 or fewer shots including the last seven with fewer than 25 shots on goal. they lost last night to the hurricanes. the players know what they have to do. >> we have to do a better job of getting them in a position to get in. they have to do their job and get it in. >> sometimes we do not cycle enough and sometimes too much. we have to find a spot in the middle. having less than 25 shots you have to get angry. >> tomorrows championship is in the nfl. baltimore is playing for the crown. the ravens have arrived in new england and are getting some rest to prepare for the patriots. the winner tomorrow

rutgers has a chance to time eli carter's shot is off the rim. georgetown ton to defeat rut rutgers -- rutgers. >> our defense won the game for us. our defense is built to sustain the days when we are not good offensively. >> i knew we were going to have things like that. >> we are a very good offensive team. if we can get stops and knock down our free throws, that takes away from everything. >> philly against tell you will, the final league opponent. 7-foot center alex len limited to just 7 minutes. he suffered a right ankle injury in the first half and did not return. keyshawn howard drives, hangs the offbalance floater, gets fouled. terms down 3 at the half. second half we go. maryland trails by as many as 10. but terrell strokeland fuels the rally. he had a team high 20 points. but then temple ended the game on a 16-4 run. khalif white's drive. maryland falls 73-60. >>> ryan pearson and george mason hosting towson losing a recorow. patriots on the break, edwards to sherrod wright for the exclaiming dunk. george mason over towson 72-60. tigers are now 0-

georgetown has won night straight at home against rutg s rutgers. henry simm ditches. carter gets an open look, buries it. scarlet knights lead by five. chucks it ahead to otto porter, out front by his lonesome, he makes it up and in. it's a two-point game. the freshman delivers, hits the jumper. we're tied at 50. here we go. then porter at the free-throw line. he's clutch, get them both. here's the radio call from the voice of the hoyas. >> eli carter trying to drive, down the lean, no, hoyas win, hoyas win, hoyas win. they were down five and came back and beat rutgers 52-50. >> 38 years he's been the voice of the hoyas, he said it serve ti seven times thachl's not his record. here's what coach john thompson ii had to say. >> sometimes you're having a bad offensive day and it's because the other team is disrupting you i thought this was the second time this year that we were missing lay-ups. this team, these guys understand and they're willing to do, now we have to go to a different style. the style of an offensive team. wh >> coach j.t. and the hoyas have plenty of t

georgetown on the break finishing strong. rutgers up by 2. carter that is good. the final six points of the game for georgetown, including three free throws. georgetown hangs on to win a tough one 52-50. maryland playing in philadelphia against temple. second-half, temple what the three? no, yes. temple's fernandez of fires the three-pointer, and the final 72-60. army taking on american at bender arena. brewer with the layout. brewer from way outside, the three is good. american wins, 57-55. george mason trying to hold on to their top stopped, the patriots turning defense and offense. the fast break corey edwards jams at home. mason got a head early, kept the lead 72-60 over towson. george washington welcoming charlotte, big night. 19 points, three boards. the colonials win. there now and a four way tie for the a-10. the high school game of the night, maybe the season, better arena, a-you campus, dematha against gonzaga. jenkins had 27 points. the eagles with a big lead but dematha made it disappear. the pass is tipped, ball game. and sat out over dematha 76-74. b

the hoyas had a whole week off after beating rutgers last saturday. georgetowneth in the country at 16-3 overall and the panthers dismal in conference play, 1-7 and 1-3 at home and john thompson 3 said don't get caught up in the numbers. >> and in this league, you would be a fool if you looked at records. and everything in the league is good. they have a player-of-the-year and sitting on the bench. a lot of good players and we look at the record more as a blip opposed to who they are. >> and tennis down under. semi finals of the aussie open, rule number one, taking on andy murray and what a night this was. with the full five sets, going four hours and 50 minutes. and rallied after trailing two sets to one to pull this out in thrilling fashion and -- you'll have to beat nadal in the finals. good luck. >>> and the second round of the abu dhabi championship, tiger woods is in contention today with a 3-under 69. the shots like this on 12 and to brian bolter can make that one and he's too shots off of the lead and how about the u.s. open win and from congressional? a

the hoyas had a week off since beating rutgers last saturday. georgetown is ranked ninth in the country, 16-3 and the panthers have been dismal, 1-7 overall, 1-3 at home, but john thompson iii says pittsburgh is still dangerous. >> in this league you'd be a fool if you look at records. you know, every team in this league is very good. pitt still have the play of the year and have jamie sitting on the bench and a lot of very good players. we look at their record more as a blip on the pole that's who think are. >>> we're still a few months away from the first golf major of the season, the masters at augusta national, but when we get there, maybe just maybe tiger woods will be tiger woods again and bring his old golf game with him. today 2nd round of the abu dhabi championship, tiger keeping himself right in contention, shot a 3-under 69 with tee shots like this on 12, kick it in for birdie. he would and he is only two shots off the lead at 5-under par. >>> back in the united states 2nd round of the farmers insurance open, torre pine, beautiful. steve marino

but lately, georgetown is holding off teams like rutgers by just two points.ran into a struggling pittsburgh team and quickly learned there is no such thing as an easy win in the big east. 11-0 against top ten opponents there. and the panthers come out strong. up 27-12. pitt goes up, wide open for the flush. panthers take a 17-point lead. georgetown, just 9 of 27 from the field in the first. but they finish the half on an 8-2 run, capped by this three-pointer by otto porter. it's good. hoyas down 33-22 at the break. late in the second half, pitt only leading by six. but then they turn it on. lamar patterson, inside, taylor brings it down. inside hard. pitt pumped up and on their next defensive possession. time winding down on the shot clock, waterson lays it in. and pitt regains a double digit lead. upset georgetown, 72-60. wearing sneakers for a good cause, coaches versus cancer. like seeing that. no-look pass. nice slam. terms rolling in the first half, up 32-19 at the break. second half, here come the hokies, can't handle the ball. he turns it over. robert

georgetown wins it by 8. they host rutgers on saturday. terps trying to win their fourth straight against florida state. stogland sophomore, young guy. he may be young but he's ready. he had 24. the top of the key, the jumper is wet. but nobody else had double digits. and james here former staff sergeant in the air force, 26 years old, man among board. florida state wins. lady hoyas at marquette. this is amanda reed. she's an intern here at channel 9. look at the young lady here. she comes up with the steal. she had 18. georgetown wins 67-39. amanda reese with four points tonight for the lady hoyas. doing a good job. all time greatest muhammad ali enjoying his 70th birthday. he has spent most of his time doing great humanitarian work. his wife is throwing him five birthday parties. his first was saturday night in his home. finally australian open. normally the ball boys just have to worry about not tripping when they run across the net. this guy worried about some sniper flyer. >> oh. >> that is alex kadrett. he's taking on roger federer.

georgetown hoyas win 83-75. they host rutgers this weekend. >>> the 17th ranked lady hoyas in milwaukee take on marquette. georgetown started the game on a 26 run and basically never got off the accelerator. lady hoyas win easily 67-39, now 4-2 in the big east. >> our time is 6:24. save the swimming terps. how a group says it will be able to keep the maryland swimming and diving team afloat. >> saving money at the grocery store. easy steps to cut the cost for every family. >> right now, monika has a quick check on our morning traffic. >> nothing quick about this one on the northbound side of 395, you're moving very slowly to get to king street because of this accident on the right shoulder causing delays back in springfield. more on this and other area roadways coming up in my next report. you're watching 9news now. stay with us. we're gonna erase breast cancer once and for all. walking 60 miles... in three days. (woman) we're united. (woman) a family. (woman) a coming together of thousands. so that one has to suffer the agony of

georgetown wins it by 8. they host rutgers on saturday.aryland, terps trying to win their fourth straight against florida state. terrell says mem row to florida state. my jumper is baking. the acc's leading scorer had 20 plus. he had 24. no one else scored in double digits. bernard james, former staff sergeant in the air force, just popping in as air force i. florida state wins 84-70. that will do it for your morning sports. have a great wednesday, everybody. >> thanks so much. timesaver traffic now on the northbound side of i-95, slow traffic. route 123 to the occoquan river. a bit of volume in springfield. more on area roadways coming up in my next report in three minutes. you're watching 9news now. stay with us. [ male announcer ] how'd you learn to do that? when did you start that project? every new year comes with a few stories waiting to be built. it's when our brand-new to-do lists become "you did that yourself?" so when we can save more on the projects that let us fix, make, and do more, that just makes the stories even better. mor

. >>> well, making headlines in sports, georgetown fans filled up the verizon center against rutgers.iled by five at the break. they won a close one 52-50. mark tour again and maryland in philly against temple. the final nonleague opponent ended action after that. alex len suffered a right ankle injury and did not return. terps were down by three at the break and trailed in the second half. they would cut the lead to one but come up short. maryland falls to temple 73-60. >>> some other local scores, george mason defeated townsend to improve to 7-1 in conference play. and au took down army 67-55 to improve to 9-0 at home. >>> nfl players are down to the final four. the ravens play in the second straight afc title game against the patriots this afternoon. the 49ers host the giants in the nfc championship game. you can catch the action at fox on 6:30 p.m. here is dave ross and wisdom martin. >> wisdom, we are down to championship weekend. nice glasses. >> i'm trying to see what is going on in your head. >> i know what ed reefs is thinking. he is thinking that joe flacco is basically bord

this season georgetown is 6-2 in the conference including a three-game winning streak. their latest win was last saturday at home against rutgerstto porter scored the hoyas' final six points helping georgetown hang on to a two-point victory. as for the pitt panthers they're 1-7 in the big east but chew on this. at the peterson event center the panthers are 11-0 against top ten opponents. j.t. three and the ninth ranked hoyas know they'll have their hands full. >>> in this league you'd be a fool if you look at records. you know, every team in this league is very good. pitt is still pitt and know how to play. they have jamie sitting on the bench and a lot of good players. so we look at the record more as a blip opposed to that's who they are. >> their record doesn't show how good they are. they are always a tough team. the games that i've seen them play, you know, they weren't getting blown out. they were losing and losing by a couple points. so they're the same team they had in the past, still a tough team to play. >> georgetown and pitt scheduled to tip off tomorrow at 4:00. >>> talking tennis now. on sunday novak djokovic will

georgetown. yesterday, the hoyas hosting rutgers. just over a minute to go, hoyas down two, otto porter comes up clutch. the freshman hits the jumper. game tied at 50. then, georgetown up by two. scarlet knights have a chance to tie or win. eli carter's shot no good, and the hoyas hang on, winning 52-50. otto porter scored the hoyas' final six points. tenth-ranked georgetown improves to 6-2 in the big east. >>> maryland on the road at temple. terps trailing in the second half. terrell stowman knocks down this jumper. maryland down just one, but temple goes on a 16-4 run to end the game and the owls beat the terps 73-60. >>> in fairfax, george mason against towson. sherrod wright scored a team-high and they improve to 7-1 in the caa. meanwhile, towson has lost 39 in a row. >>> in foggy bottom, george washington taking on charlotte and migich finished with a season-high 19 points, helping the colonials defeat the 49ers 60-52. gw wins its third straight conference game. >>> at bender arena, america hosting army. troy brewer scored 19 of

georgetown hoyas begin to be one of the biggest surprises in college basketball. remember, preseason polls had them tenth in the big east. now at the end of january, they barely beat rutgers just by two points. they proved you can't sleep on any team in the big east. the panthers play well at the peterson event center. 11 and 0, pate goes inside. panthers take a 17-point lead. georgetown just nine of 27 from the field in the first. they have a eight point run by otto porter. hoyas down 33-22 at the break. pitt just too strong. with time winding down on the shot clock. lamar lays it in to give pitt it's digit lead. panthers upset number 10 georgetown 72-60. let's go to hokies and the turks. the coaches were wearing sneakers for coaches fighting cancer. nick faust's no look pass. up 32-19 at the break. second half, here come the hokies. victor levitae returns with the jam on the other end. just like that virginia tech is within 7. but the hokies could not find an answer for terrell. he nails the second of back to back threes. gives maryland a 12 point lead. later under three, watch stoglyn again. marilyn wins 73-69, terps are now 3 and 3 in the acc. a little caa action, pau

georgetown was their rebounding. they had 47 of them, allowing them to completely dominate the boards. the 15-3 hoyas will return home to take on rutgers friday. >>> a new jersey legislator is now apologizing for referring to the philadelphia eagles as gay birds and the dallas cowboys as cow girls. assemblyman charles maynard told the "jersey journal" that he only wrote part of the message that was posted on his facebook page. the "post," which has been -- the post, which has been deleted,a appeared during the game between the giants and packers. the democrat from jersey city said the friend added the gay birds portion. maynard also told the paper that he does support gay rights. >>> the first couple didn't travel far to celebrate the first lady's 48th birthday. the president took michelle obama, the first lady, to blt steak on i street last night. the first couple was joined by senior white house adviser valerie jarrett and other friends. the restaurant says the chef made them steak and special seafood dishes that are not on the menu. if you've ever been to blt, the popovers are to die for. >> good? >> i don't even eat anything else.