WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University women's basketball team lost its final home game of the 2019-20 season, dropping a 76-56 decision to the Marquette University Golden Eagles Sunday afternoon at McDonough Arena in a BIG EAST Conference matchup.  With the loss, GU fell to 5-22 overall and 2-14 in league play while MU moved to 21-7 overall and 11-5 in the BIG EAST.
 
How it Happened

• After the Golden Eagles took the early lead, back-to-back buckets from sophomore Nikola Kovacikova tied it at six.
• Following two quick points, a trey by graduate student Brianna Jones put GU on top 9-8.
• Marquette would once again gain the advantage as the Hoyas battled even, tying it at 18 on a 3-pointer by graduate student Taylor Barnes.
•  In the final seconds of the first quarter, junior Tatiana Thompson threw one up trying to beat the shot clock to tie the game at 21.
• Senior Anita Kelava's layup put GU up early in the second quarter, but Marquette came back with a 5-0 run to gain the advantage.
• Georgetown tied it up again on another trey by Thompson as she banked in the triple from the top of the key to make it 28-28.
• Marquette would lead by as much as eight down the stretch, but Barnes knocked down a jumper at the buzzer to make it 42-36 at the half and give Barnes her 1,000th career point.
• The Golden Eagles came out hot hitting a pair of buckets and forcing a Hoya timeout.
• Georgetown had opportunities, but could not get within single digits trailing 56-46 at the end of the third quarter.
• The fourth was much of the same as GU could not get anything going eventually falling 76-56.

 
Of Note

• Barnes led the way with 15 points, while Jones added 11 as the two Hoyas in double figures.
• Kelava added four points and a squad-best six rebounds.
• Georgetown shot 36 percent from the field hitting 23-of-63 shots while the Golden Eagles managed 56 percent hitting 29-of-52.
• The Blue & Gray was outrebounded 39-27, but committed just nine turnovers to Marquette's 16. 

 
Up Next
The Hoyas will close out the regular season on the road next weekend taking on a pair of BIG EAST rivals. Georgetown will head to Providence on Friday to play the Friars at 7 p.m.  On Sunday, GU will face the Creighton University Bluejays in Omaha in a 2 p.m. ET matchup.  Both games will be broadcast live on the BIG EAST Digital Network (BEDN) and live stats will be available at GUHoyas.com. Fans can also follow the Hoyas on Twitter for in-game updates at @GeorgetownWBB.
 
The BIG EAST has a dedicated channel on Caffeine, www.Caffeine.tv/BEDN, where fans can find all BEDN content. In addition to appearing on Caffeine, all BEDN events will be co-streamed on YouTube via the conference's main channel, www.youtube.com/BIGEASTConference, and Twitter on the main BIG EAST handle, @BIGEAST.