WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University women's basketball team fell in overtime 66-58 to the Providence College Friars Sunday afternoon at McDonough Arena in a BIG EAST Conference matchup. It marked the second contest in a five-game homestand for the Blue & Gray. With the loss, the Hoyas fall to 6-8 on the season and 1-5 in league play.  

How it Happened

• The Hoyas opened the scoring, but the Friars (9-9, 4-5 BIG EAST) answered quickly with a three of its own.
• The lead would shift back-and-forth until a small 5-0 PC run gave the Friars the 14-10 advantage.
• Graduate student Mary Clougherty came down and sank a triple to stop the momentum as GU pulled within one.
• In the final two minutes of the first period, Providence scored a pair of buckets as Georgetown trailed 18-13 at the end of the stanza.
• A jumper from graduate student Milan Bolden-Morris and a putback by classmate Anita Kelava made the score 18-17 before the Friars answered with the 3-pointer.
• At the 2:04 mark in the second, PC would build the lead to as much as 10, but Bolden-Morris knocked down a pair from the charity strip to make it 30-22 at the half.
• Providence clung to the advantage, but late in the third period it was the Blue & Gray making the comeback with a 5-0 run which included four points from sophomore Kelsey Ransom.
• A free throw from Kelava would put the Hoyas down just four, 38-34, with one quarter to go in regulation.
• The Friars attempted to pull away as the fourth began, but it was Ransom on her own knocking down the triple and following that up with a traditional three-point play to pull GU within one.
• Ransom's jumper at 4:38 would give the Hoyas their first lead since the opening minutes of the game as Georgetown battled back.
• The lead swung back-and-forth until a pair of free throws with 19 seconds to go would put PC up by three.
• The Hoyas called timeout and set up a play as Ransom found graduate student Kaylin West open on the left wing. West's 3-pointer banked in with three seconds to go to set up overtime with the score tied at 51.
• Georgetown had the advantage early in the overtime period, but free throws allowed Providence to move ahead and eventually secure the 66-58 victory.

Of Note

• Ransom led the way with 21 points for the Hoyas as well as a team-best nine rebounds.
• Bolden-Morris was the other Hoya in double figures with 16 as well as six rebounds.
• The Hoyas shot 36.4 percent (20-55) from the field and allowed 41.4 percent (24-58) shooting by the Friars.
• Georgetown outrebounded Providence 36-33, and the GU defense forced 17 Friar turnovers.

Schedule Notes

• The Hoyas will continue their five-game homestand on Tuesday as the squad hosts the St. John's University Red Storm at 7 p.m. at McDonough Arena. The game will be broadcast on the BIG EAST Digital Network presented by SoFi on FloSports. Live stats will be available at GUHoyas.com.

All Georgetown women's basketball home games are currently scheduled to be played at McDonough Arena. All Georgetown University indoor on-campus intercollegiate athletics events will be played with no fans in attendance for the month of January due to the emergence and rapid spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in the Washington, D.C., region, across the country, and globally.