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May 19, 2013

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In Shabazz Muhammad’s debut, UCLA loses to Georgetown

NEW YORK — Markel Starks scored 23 points and Georgetown beat No. 11 UCLA 78-70 in the semifinals of the Progressive Legends Classic on Monday night at the Barclays Center, spoiling the college debut of Shabazz Muhammad. Otto Porter had 18 points, 11 rebounds and five assists for the Hoyas (3-0), who will face No. 1 Indiana in Tuesday night's championship game. The Hoosiers beat Georgia 66-53. The Hoyas opened the second half on a 12-0 run — with Greg Whittington hitting two 3s — to take a 43-29 lead, their biggest of the game. The Bruins (3-1) were within ...

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  1. The Rebels will go much farther than UCLA this year. You should have stayed home Shabazz.

  2. Shabazz would have had to play second fiddle to Bryce n katin....katin got the best of him when they went head to head last year. .....he best will be in the nba.

  3. i watched the game and ucla doesnt have much of a disciplined team shooting wise on the floor maybe that will change . hard for howland to keep all those players happy sharing playing time

  4. He looked chubby and slow. Also how does he get cleared and the kids at Indiana don't?

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