second half, henry sims going to try to get it to thompson. they are going to stick with it and thompson get two of the team high's 20, but the hoyas were down 6. pretty good player, going to drain the 3, and the mountain nears led by 11. the hoyas don't go away easily. they would rally. off the steel here. thompson is going to miss it, but watch porter. he's a freshman. cleaning up the mess. and the hoyas are down 4. inbound to gary brown and the little guy is going to go coast to coast and can't stop him. can't stop west virginia. it's the hoyas first big loss of the year. paul hewitt and george mason hosting georgia state. the first half, georgia state, they are going to miss the three. upper marlboro with the rebound and throws the touchdown pass to mike morrison pais tri yachts bench loving it. final minute, the lead is only down to one. now ryan pierson is going to get it inside. he was held without a field goal, but yeah, that's going to go. george mason defeats georgia state to take over sole possession of first place. how about americ

georgetown everyone makes a run, henry sims put your thing down and reverse it. that cut it to 6. but breakdowns like exhibit a, right here, pitt getting the victory over georgetown, 72-60. >>> great game at syracuse. west virginia lost 12 of 13 to the orange. kevin jones from the corner. money earning from mountain vernon! he had 20 points, 8 boards. orangeville took the lead on free-throws back to west virginia. jones for the win! no! hits the iron. syracuse survivors, 63-61. great ballgame. james madison at george mason. has a guy named humtee on their team. he's your chance to do the hump! he and 27. ryan pearson his ninth double- double of season. 29 points, 15 boards. patriots old hohn 89-79 to win that game today. as bad as the wizards have been in the last few years they're even worse away from verizon center. you count last year, washington is 3-46 on the road, including 0-248 year. last night was a chance for a breakthrough. houston isn't that good. and the whiz were in it for two plus quarters, then went cold, and the defense disappeared. and a close game turned into a

henry sims doing some window work. that cut us to 6. the big breakdowns down the stretch, like this one right here. somebody just left a back door wide open. pit wins 72-60. great game at syracuse at high noon today. west virginia lost 12 of 13. to the orange, kevin jones dropping like it's hot. that tied it at 61. seven ties in the second half. this one for the win. jones, no. because syracuse had just hit a couple free throws, so they hold on. 63-61. syracuse with a big win today over west virginia. tony bennett in virginia, playing great basketball. mike scot squeezing between two defenders. second half, joe lining it up from deep. the calves needed all of that, because nc state would make a late run. holding on 61-60. we're going to tiger woods, i guess, last year, tiger woods won his final. he normally starts the season on american soil, but this season he elected to go overseas. why? not sure. but maybe it's because rory mcllroy was there. tiger wanting to gauge himself against some of the up and comers. third round, tiger gets it

second half now, henry sims is going to try to lob to howard thompson, broken up, but they're going to stick with it. the hoyas were still down 6. west virginia's darryl truck bryant coming off a screen and nails the 3. the mountaineers up by 7. but the hoyas would rally. miss, watch otto porter, a freshman, a good-looking one at that. he gets the deficit down to 4. hoyas hanging around. but on the ensuing position. they go coast to coast. 74-62, first big east loss of the season for georgetown. how about american hosting colgate. eagles working inside to the senior. final minute of the first half, you can see simon mccormick. he's going to drive the lane and get it to go. au closes the half on an 18-0 run and they beat colgate 80- 54. >>> seth greenberg of the virginia tech starting a.c.c. play. jerrell eddie hit the 32. hokie up by 1, first lead of the game. but many final seconds, demon deacons have a point guard by the name of d.j. harris. wake forrest defeats virginia tech 58-55 >>> to say that the wizards' start to the season has been rough, that would be an understatement. last

it's baltimore's own, cleveland melvin going to get a shot spiked by henry sims, back to the big fella when he runs the court. up by 5 at that point. more pressure. forces another miss. got other way. he had 13 points. in the first half, big night for clark. the boys up by 6 at the break. second half, all jason clark all the time. off the steal. here regoes again, going to get the easiest points of the night. a career high 31. 83-75. how about maryland on the road tonight against florida state. first half, michael snare going to miss the lay in. the terps are going to come the other way. and terrell underneath to ashton. nice pass for the slam. maryland only down three. just hanging around in the second half. terps led 42-40. there's the steal. bernard jane, get nothing. throwing it down. seminoles go on to win. now when we return, more of an emotional vernon davis, the former former terp is a reason they are so close to the super bowl. we'll be back. i want a baby. a baby? but we were gonna see the northern lights in alaska. and go spelunking with the guys. yeah, i said it-- spelunkin

now tied at 66, just over two minutes to play, henry sims gives them a two-point lead. here's sims again through jason clark. tied again under a minute sims to hollis thompson. he had 16. georgetown wins 73-70 and improve to 13-1, 3-0 in the big east. jt3, what do you have? >> that's what's going to win games in this conference. you got to get stops and i thought there were long stretches there where our defense -- in the 2nd half. first half we're not even going to talk about because that was borderline embarrassing i thought, you know, but then as bad as the 1st half was i guess i'm as proud of the guys what they did in the 2nd half and just strapping up. that's the only way to put it. just decided want to get it stopped. >> rough night for coach k and the entire duke team on the road at temple upset. final minute owls breaking the blue devils pressure. hollis jefferson with the finish and the foul. mike she chef shethe owls spring the upset at home. george washington falls to saint bonventure. john wall and the wizards in orlando tonight looking for their first win o

sims, henry sims making a play. he had 13 points. georgetown takes the lead. under 30 seconds left. sims to thompson. he buried the three-pointer. eight of 16 points come in the final minutes. o odem for the tie. no good. clark grabs the rebound. hoyas won 11 in a row. here is the head coach. >> first off, we are not going to talk about the first half. that was borderline embarrassing, i thought. you know, then as bad as the first half was, i guess i'm proud of the guys for what they did in the second half, strapping up. it's the only way to put it. >> georgetown taking care of business. they play at west virginia saturday. nba now. a miserable night for the wizards. washington missed 12 shots from the floor. dwight howard dominated. they start the season, 0-6 for the first time in history. today, they had a meeting. rolls were established. all righty. rashard lewis sharing pleasan y pleasantries with howard. not in my house. big block. misses. howard with the rebound. magic going the other way. nelson knocks down the three-pointer. 7-0, orlando. mcgee trying to play defense. perfec

sims, no henry sims, yeah. at 11. hoyas. up by 6. sims going the miss the jumper, auto porter can flat out balk. one of his rebounds, up by 3. providence going to turn it over and mark stark going to get it up ahead to clark going to get the finish and the foul a game high 16 georgetown looking good. they just beat providence, 49- 40. >>> our trifecta winner has to be the cats who rang in the new year in style in columbus maybe they are getting back on track in the third, they trailed 2-0, ovechkin, wyman going to get it, the lead cut in half a minute and a half later 4 on 4 off hockey, wicked gets past mason, tied at 2. 28 seconds later this is in a furry, here comes wyman down the right side. mason and the cats, 2 minutes a 3 seconds go from being down 2 to up 1 later, orlov. ovechkin buried second goal in the game back to back, on track. 16th of the year cats rally to defeat the blue jackets, 4-2. >>> it is a new year that does not stop wisdom martin and i from seeing things slightly did i havely but our first -- differently but o

henry sims misses, gets the rebound and scores. he had 11. the hoyas up by six. with four minutes left, and the lead down to one. sims misses another jumper. the freshman, one of the 15 boards and gets the putback and the foul. porter with six, the lead now is 3. the final seconds, providence, a huge turnover here. ahead to jason clark and with the lay-in, plus one, clark with a game high 16 points. georgetown defeats providence, 49-40 for the 10th win in a row. >> marching has the ability, you know, probably more so than the last few years to win, you know, a quote, unquote, pretty game or to win when it's ugly and this is an ugly game. >> all we're concerned with is accumulating wins and we want to keep accumulating wins. some nights is going to be pretty, some nights, a lot of nights in the league is not going to be pretty, and i think that we have to continue to grow. >> ugly wins better than ugly losses, right? turgeon and maryland hosting stanford, looking to go unbeaten in the month of december. the first half, to terrell, one of the six three-pointers, a

henry sims with a tell and a give and go. georgetown had a six-point lead at the break. jace son clark would score a career high 31 points. the hoyas win 38-75. the caps looking for theirating win in a row at home but it wasn't to be. the islanders scored a goal in each period to win 3-0. this is the first time the caps have been shut out this year. they were shut out -- they were last shut out in the final game of last season when current caps goalie was in the net for florida. >>> looks like mother nature is playing a game of basketball with the camera out there this morning. this is wednesday, january 18th, folks. that is the u.s. capitol dome if you can make it out between the jiggling back and forth there. it is windy out there. good morning. i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm stony -- i'm tony perkins. steve has the day off. the wind is pretty dramatic. blew my car around on the way in. >> absolutely. winds gusting to about 30 miles per hour, blowing over 20. the winds are bringing in much colder air. yesterday, we hit 60 degrees last night close to midnight. >> wow! >> the

full-service basketball featuring henry sims. pat jam on one end. on the other, flush work. hoyas up 6 at the break. second half, jason clark, 20/20 vision with a career high. georgetown wins it by 8. they host rutgers on saturday. maryland, 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

henry sims finds clark for the lay-up and takes the lead. clark with 26 points. 25 seconds left. hollis thompson with the three to take the lead for good. hoyas beat 20th ranked marquette 73-70 to win their 11th straight game. >> there were times there that yes, it was frustrating. but i don't think -- i think we -- from our poor decisions in the first half and our numerous turnovers in the first half, our talking points were to stay with it. at both ends of the court. >> the wizards could use some of the talking to visiting the orlando magic. john wall with a steal. attempts the lay-up. wants a goaltending call but doesn't get it. it was just that kind of night for them. magic's dwight howard dominated with 28 points making it look easy. wizards fall to 0-6, the worst start in franchise history. that's going to do it for your morning sports, i'm kristin berset, have a great thursday. >> that's too bad. >> come on, wiz! >> thousands of pentagon workers and contractors will learn more about plans to downsize the u.s. military. that story is coming up. >> plus, a meeting today coul