Georgetown men’s head basketball coach Ed Cooley has been suspended one game after throwing a water bottle that hit a child following the Hoyas’ 80-77 loss to Xavier on Saturday.
With less than five seconds to play and down three points, Georgetown had an opportunity to send the game to overtime but missed a three-pointer at the buzzer at the Capital One Arena in Washington, DC.
The 56-year-old Cooley chucked what appeared to be a plastic water bottle into the stands and video showed the bottle apparently hitting a mother and child sitting a few rows behind the Hoyas bench.
Cooley apologized to the family of the child that was hit with the water bottle.
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