1/29/2004
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. ? Georgetown's women's basketball team lost at West Virginia, 70-61. The Hoyas drop to 9-9 on the year and 3-5 in BIG EAST play.
West Virginia was able to beat a long-time nemesis in Georgetown to run its winning streak to five, including four in a row in conference play. The Hoyas had won four out of the last five games against WVU and beat the Mountaineers badly in Washington, D.C., last year.
Tonight the Mountaineers were able to find a way to contain Georgetown All-America candidate Rebekkah Brunson (Oxon Hill, Md./Oxon Hill), particularly in the second half. Brunson scored 12 at halftime and only managed to get 19 for the game.
?I?ve never played anyone as physical as her,? said WVU's Meg Bulger, who teamed with Janell Dunlap to hold Brunson to seven second-half points. ?She?s the best post I?ve played against.?
?She?s tough; she?s an All-American period,? said West Virginia?s Sherell Sowho. ?We just tried to check her out and make sure she wasn?t getting offensive rebounds and just played solid defense.?
The key point in the game came at the start of the second half when West Virginia forced three straight Georgetown turnovers and turned them into an 11-0 run to take a 41-34 lead. WVU built its advantage to as many as 11 at 48-37 and 50-39 before the Hoyas were able to cut it all the way down to three, 50-47 at 9:10.
Kate Bulger followed with a three-point basket to put West Virginia back up by six, and Meg Bulger nailed a critical three with 3:20 left to put the Mountaineers back up by seven.
Another three by Kate Bulger gave WVU and eight-point advantage with 1:07 left and Yolanda Paige finished off the Hoyas with a free throw and a layup.
Kate Bulger scored a game-high 21 points and Meg Bulger came off the bench to contribute 11. Paige and Sowho chipped in with 10 points each; Paige handed out a game-high seven assists. The Mountaineers out-rebound the much taller Hoyas, 36-34.
In addition to Brunson?s 19, guard Mary Lisicky (Whitehall, Pa./Whitehall) scored 14 and Bethany LeSueur (Garden City, N.Y./Garden City) added 12.
Georgetown committed 16 turnovers for the game and shot just 38.2 percent, including 29.6 percent in the second half.
Georgetown comes home for a matchup with Villanova this Saturday, January 31st, at 1 p.m.
