Charity ball(ers)
Forget this weekend’s Final Four in Detroit — the real basketball action happened Wednesday night right here in Washington, as Georgetown’s law buffs took on members of Congress at the annual Home Court charity event to benefit the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless.
The “Hoya Lawyas” faced off against the “Hill’s Angels” in a basketball battle at Gonzaga High School to determine the lesser of the two evils. The congressional ballers finished on top with a 48-42 win in the final minutes of the game.
Their skills would never take them to the Final Four, but seeing a side of Congress missing from their political profiles is what made the game. A few notable highlights include:
Mervyn Jones — son of the late Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, D-Ohio, who founded the event — had a respectable dunk and carried the team to victory in the final minutes of the game.
MVP goes to all-of-5-feet-nothing Rep. Frank Kratovil, D-Md., who tore up the court with some ball skills that would look more at home on the Harlem Globetrotters’ court.
Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Pa., the connoisseur of the no-look pass, sank a few jumpers of his own, while 48-year-old stud Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., strutted his well-maintained bod across the court.
The “that guy” award for excessive butt slapping and almost fouling out goes to Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio. Hand check!
-reporting by Ryan Freeman
