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WASHINGTON - The Georgetown University women's basketball squad (4-20, 2-10 BIG EAST) fell, 64-48, to the Villanova University Wildcats (14-10, 8-4 BIG EAST) Sunday afternoon in a BIG EAST Conference matchup at McDonough Arena. The Hoyas will get back on the court next weekend with a pair of home contests.

"I was proud of our team's fight, I was proud that we played hard and we played through the end of the game," said Georgetown Head Coach Natasha Adair. "The second-half effort showed a lot of what we can do, we just have to make sure we come out ready and we put it all together."

Junior forward Dominique Vitalis (Bloomfield, N.J./Gill St. Bernard's) led the Hoyas with 14 points and seven rebounds as well as a block and a steal. Freshman guard Dorothy Adomako (Midlothian, Va./Cosby) added nine points, and both junior guard Brittany Horne (Carmel, N.Y./Carmel) and sophomore guard Faith Woodard (Brandon, Fla./Freedom) posted eight points, respectively.

Georgetown outrebounded Villanova, 38-32, and had just 11 turnovers, while the Wildcats had five.

The Wildcats jumped out to a 7-0 lead, but Horne got the Blue & Gray on the board with two-consecutive 3-pointers. At that point, Caroline Coyer took over for VU hitting from beyond the arc and building the lead to as much as 13, 22-9, midway through the half.

Georgetown battled, but couldn't stop the hot-shooting Wildcats as the lead continued to grow despite an uptick in offense from the Blue & Gray.

Late in the first half, Georgetown struggled to find the bottom of the net. The squad went into the break trailing, 38-17.

The Hoyas outrebounded the Wildcats, 21-20, but shot just 23.3 percent (7-of-30) from the floor. The Blue & Gray took care of the ball with just six turnovers, but the Wildcats were better with just one in the half and 51.9 percent (14-of-27) shooting from the field.

Villanova opened the second with a 5-0 run, but GU answered with layups from Vitalis and freshman point guard DiDi Burton (Baltimore, Md./Baltimore City College Prep). Vitalis scored eight of GU's first 12 points as the Blue & Gray looked for production inside.

A 3-pointer from junior guard Logan Battle (Springfield, Va./West Springfield) cut it under 20, 50-32, at the nine-minute mark in the half.

A late spurt including a three by Horne and a layup in transition from Vitalis cut it to 17, and at the one-minute mark, Burton went to the line and sank a pair of free throws to make it 61-46.

A Wildcat three was matched with another Vitalis layup as GU played to the final whistle, but fell, 64-48.

The second half was better with GU shooting 46.2 percent (12-of-26) and outscored the Wildcats, 31-26.

Georgetown will continue its homestand next weekend as the team hosts Xavier University on Friday and Butler University on Sunday. Friday's game is scheduled to tip at 8 p.m., and will be shown live on the BIG EAST Digital Network. Live stats will also be available at www.GUHoyas.com.

It is also Georgetown's Hail to Kale night, for more information on the event visit GU's athletic website.