Luke Harangody didn’t let being in foul trouble against an athletic Georgetown team bother him. Neither did Notre Dame coach Mike Brey.
Harangody thought he would spend about 10 minutes on the bench when he picked up his fourth foul with 15:17 left and the 13th-ranked Fighting Irish up by six points. Instead, he sat less than 4 minutes, then scored 10 points and grabbed five rebounds down the stretch to help Notre Dame (11-3, 2-1 Big East) beat the ninth-ranked Hoyas 73-67 last night and end a five-game losing streak to Georgetown.
Brey said he didn’t think for too long about putting Harangody, who finished with 31 points and 11 rebounds, back in.
“When you’re an older player, a veteran player, my feeling is sometimes coaches sit guys with foul trouble too much. He’s played a lot of basketball,” Brey said. “I talked with him when I took him out. I told him, ‘I need you to be smart.’ ”
Harangody, who never had scored more than 13 points in three previous games against Georgetown, scored Notre Dame’s final 13 points of the first half to give the Irish an 11-point lead.
“He’s the MVP of our league,” Georgetown coach John Thompson III said of the reigning Big East player of the year. “He makes good decisions.”
The Hoyas (10-3, 1-2) closed to 71-67 with 15 seconds left when Chris Wright scored inside, but Kyle McAlarney, who missed the front end of a 1-and-1 14 seconds earlier, made two free throws with 12 seconds left.
McAlarney, who was 1-of-5 from 3-point range in a loss Saturday at St. John’s, was 5-of-11 from 3-point range last night, finishing with 17 points.
Freshman Greg Monroe led Georgetown with 21 points and 10 rebounds.
Oklahoma 100, Mary.-ES 64
Blake Griffin had 20 points and 16 rebounds to lead host No. 6 Oklahoma.
The Sooners (14-1) played without coach Jeff Capel, who was hospitalized earlier in the day with stomach flu. Assistant coach Mark Cline took over in his absence.
Griffin recorded his 12th double-double in 15 games and had four blocked shots in 22 minutes.
N’eastern 73, Hofstra 50
In Boston, Hofstra (9-5, 1-2 CAA) never led and finished with 25 turnovers and 16 field goals. Manny Adako scored 16 points for Northeastern.
American 62, Columbia 50
In Washington, Garrison Carr hit seven 3-pointers to help American hand Columbia (4-9) its third straight loss.
Manhattan 59, Canisius 57
In Buffalo, Darryl Crawford’s jumper with five seconds left gave Manhattan the win. Devon Austin led the Jaspers with 13 points; Frank Turner had 18 for Canisius.
LIU 74, Sacred Heart 67
In Brooklyn, Kyle Johnson and Jaytornah Wisseh both scored 17 points for Long Island (6-7, 3-1 Northeast). Ryon Howard had 20 points for the Pioneers (4-9, 2-2).
Wagner 78, FDU 69
In Hackensack, Joey Mundweiler scored 18 points and the Seahawks (9-4, 2-1 NEC) pulled away in the final two minutes to defeat Fairleigh Dickinson (2-11, 2-2).