All season long, Georgetown Head Coach John Thompson III has talked about the importance of limiting turnovers. His Hoyas are averaging 16.4 turnovers per game in conference play – the third-highest in the Big East – so when Georgetown (14-5, 4-2 Big East) had a season-low seven turnovers against DePaul (12-9, 3-4) Wednesday night, Thompson was quick to focus on that statistic as the key to his team’s 66-52 victory over the Blue Demons.

“We had seven turnovers, and so we took care of the ball down on the other end,” Thompson said. “We have to continue to have games like that where we don’t turn the ball over.”

Junior forward Jeff Green had his best Big East game of the year from a statistical standpoint, tallying 19 points – including 10 in the second half – as the Hoyas opened up their lead. In his most aggressive performance this year, Green was just one point shy of matching his season high and added three rebounds, two assists, two steals with just one turnover.

“I was just taking what they gave me,” Green said. “They gave me a lot of open looks and my shots went down. I wasn’t really trying to force anything, I just took what they gave me and they gave me a lot of open lanes.”

Green had plenty of help against the Blue Demons Wednesday night in Verizon Center. For the first time this season, every Georgetown player that saw time had at least one field goal, and the Hoyas put four players in double digits for the seventh time this year.

Freshman forward DaJuan Summers – on his 19th birthday – had 12 points and six rebounds, his third straight game in double-figures. Junior center Roy Hibbert added 12 points, and junior guard Jonathan Wallace rounded out the double-digit scoring with 11 points and three assists. Sophomore guard Jessie Sapp was the only starter not to reach double figures with just two points, but compensated with a team-leading five assists and two steals.

DePaul’s could not match Georgetown’s balanced attack. Junior guard Draelon Burns scored a game-high 20 points and sophomore forward Wilson Chandler notched 10, but no other Blue Demon had more than five points as DePaul dropped their second game in a row.

“I think it’s pretty difficult to play when you don’t have the opportunity to counter physical play and get to the free throw line,” DePaul Head Coach Jerry Wainwright said. “The secret to winning is they had four guys in double figures. That’s how you win, especially a game in the 60s.”

The Hoyas continued to shoot well as a team. For the fourth straight game and 13th time this year, Georgetown converted over half its field goals (53.3 percent).

The Demons out shot the Hoyas in the first half, knocking down 68.4 percent of their shots, but sloppy play kept it close. Averaging just over 11 turnovers per game, DePaul had 10 turnovers in the opening half alone.

“In the first half, they shot the cover off the ball,” Thompson said. “They are a very good shooting team and we were allowing them to do what they do. We were allowing them to get shots.”

DePaul’s hot start melted in the second half, however, and shot just 26.9 percent from the floor. The Hoyas took advantage of the Demons’ slowed production, going on a 14-4 run midway through the half to open up a double-digit lead they would take to the final buzzer.

“In the second half we wanted to just try to keep a body in front of them, and we were fortunate that the balls that were going in in the first half didn’t go in in the second half,” Thompson said.

With three wins in a row, the Hoyas head into their next Big East matchup with a bit of momentum. Georgetown will play host to Cincinnati (10-9, 1-4) on Saturday at noon at Verizon Center, a winnable game for the Hoyas against the struggling, undersized Bearcats.

Cincinnati has played 13 of its 19 games at home this year and is only 1-5 in games away from Fifth Third Arena.