As CBS News reported last week, Sen. Scott Brown (D-Mass.), Education Secretary Arne Duncan and the White House’s Reggie Love led “Hill’s Angels,” a team of a dozen lawmakers and others, in a charity basketball game against Georgetown University law school professors on Wednesday. The 24th annual Home Court Game benefitted the Washington Legal Clinic for the homeless. The clinic provides free legal services to the D.C. homeless on issues ranging from unfair evictions to acquiring food stamps.“Obviously, legal services for people who need it, especially in these tough economic times it’s serious,” Brown told CBS News. “You know you have to commend the school for doing this for what 25 years now, that’s great.”

The “Home Court Game” has raised over $4 million in the past 24 years and this year’s event netted a record $414,000.

“Obviously, legal services for people who need it, especially in these tough economic times it’s serious,” Brown told CBS News. “You know you have to commend the school for doing this for what 25 years now, that’s great.”

The “Home Court Game” has raised over $4 million in the past 24 years and this year’s event netted a record $414,000.

Georgetown University’s newspaper, The Hoya, also covered the exhibition game, pointing out that it is an event primarily orchestrated by students.

About 350 people filled the bleachers at the Trinity-Washington University basketball center, many of them students who came to cheer on the Law Center team. A new addition to the Hoya Lawyas was William Treanor, the Law Center’s dean.

“We won last year, and I have to say this year they’ve gone all-out,” Treanor said at halftime. “They’ve got one former pro player and at least three former college players, but we’re pretty pleased with what we’re doing. We have the most heart.”

Sen. Brown, known in his playing days as “Downtown Scotty Brown” at Tufts University, led the Hill’s Angels in scoring with 15 points. Thune, who also played in college and whom Brown calls “the fastest man in Congress,” added nine points and eight rebounds.

Duncan, a co-captain in his days with the Harvard Crimson, also had a brief professional stint in Australia. The secretary of education also played in this year’s NBA All-Star Weekend celebrity basketball game in Los Angeles. He scored nine points Wednesday and led his team in assists.

“This is the least I could do to come out and support this extraordinary cause,” Duncan said after the game. “The students are doing such great work and making a huge difference in the community, so I was happy to be a small, small part of this.”

Rooting for both squads were cheerleaders from Georgetown and Thurgood Marshall Academy Public Charter High School in Southeast D.C. Jack the Bulldog also made an appearance to devour a box topped by a miniature Capitol dome replica.

The competitive contest was filled with memorable moments. In the first half, Brown blocked the shot of Associate Professor Laura Donohue, drawing a chorus of boos from the crowd. On the first possession of the second half, Reggie Love, a former national champion with Duke University’s Blue Devils, threw down a powerful two-handed dunk.

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The congressional team was led by Thune and Sen. Robert Casey, Jr. (D-Pa.) and coached by Rep. Laura Richardson (D-Calif.). The team featured three senators, two Senate aides and five members of the House of Representatives along with Duncan and Love. In 24 years, Home Court has raised nearly $4 million for the legal clinic, mostly through donations from attendees. The annual game provides over one-third of the charity’s budget.

“I was stunned at over $400,000 — it’s amazing,” Duncan said. “To see all the time and effort that the students put in, this what it’s all about. These are the future leaders. They are making a huge impact in the community. I’m just so proud of what they’re doing.”