Pearl singlehandedly lit up the vaunted Georgetown defense to put SU up four late, before the infamous Andre Hawkins-Michael Graham tussle in which an apparent punch was thrown by Graham.
While all of his other numbers have remained mostly the same, Lydon was looked at as a player to pick up the offensive slack for Trevor Cooney, Malachi Richardson and Michael Gbinije, departed stalwarts from last year’s Final Four team.