WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University women's basketball team earned its first BIG EAST Conference victory of the year behind a season-high performance from sophomore Kelsey Ransom, downing the Providence College Friars, 55-47, on Sunday afternoon at the Alumni Hall in Rhode Island. With the win, the Hoyas rise to 4-4 on the season and 1-1 in the conference, while the Friars fall to 4-5 this year and 1-1 in league play.

Head Coach James Howard

• "We challenged them in the locker room to make the first run and allow them to take the first timeout and we did. Our whole thing has always been about defense and being the aggressor and I think when you see where we were at the half with the score, it played to our favor, holding them to 19 points. We saw a team that found a will to win tonight and that's what you need in a close game. Kelsey Ransom played big for us with her downhill play, Graceann Bennett with down low blocking and Yasmin Ott hitting a timely three in the corner on our run, I can't say enough about our kids making plays when needed. I think it was a blessing to us what a road win can do for us this early in December. It can rejuvenate you and the locker room was ecstatic. Knowing we're going into Christmas .500 in the BIG EAST, we'll take it."

How it Happened

• Senior Jillian Archer was part of a Hoya run to open the game, scoring one of the first two baskets on a 6-0 run and totaling seven of the first 11 Georgetown points.
• The Blue & Gray led by five, 14-9, at the end of the first.
• Ransom went on a 6-0 run through most of the second to help the Hoyas to a 22-19 lead.
• With under 10 seconds remaining in the half, freshman Brianna Scott drained an uncontested three to send the Hoyas into the intermission with a 25-19 edge.
• Providence took the lead in the third, but Ramson ended a Friar run to pull the Hoyas within one, 30-29, beating the shot clock buzzer on a layup to her left.
• The sophomore then pickpocketed Providence's Audrey Koch at the top of the key and turned the steal into a bucket for a Hoya 31-30 edge.
• Sophomore Yasmin Ott hit a three from the corner with 42 seconds left in the third, giving the Blue & Gray a six-point lead heading into the final frame.
• Both squads exchanged buckets over the opening four minutes of the fourth with junior Graceann Bennett, Ott and Ransom pitching in, reaching its largest lead of the game, 44-32.
• The Hoyas went on to score seven of its nine points from the charity stripe over the final 3:30 to knock off the Friars, 55-47.

Of Note

• Ransom registered a season-high 21 points to go along with four boards, a team-high four assists and three steals. The sophomore shot 11-for-15 from the free throw line and drew 10 fouls in her 39 minutes of action.
• Bennett chipped in 12 points on 5-of-8 shooting from the floor while pulling down a team-high six rebounds and swatting a pair of shots.
• Archer added seven points and five rebounds while Ott and graduate student Milan Bolden-Morris tallied six points apiece.
• The team's 16 made free throws were the second most in any game this season, one behind the 17 scored against Salem (W. Va.).

Schedule Notes

• The Hoyas will return to McDonough Arena on Thursday, Dec. 9 for a 7 p.m. matchup with George Washington. The nonconference meeting will be broadcast on the BIG EAST Digital Network presented by SoFi on FloSports. Live stats will be available at GUHoyas.com.