WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University women's basketball team will travel to Evanston, Illinois to face the Northwestern University Wildcats in a nonconference matchup on Sunday. The opening tip is scheduled for 4 p.m. EST at the Welsh-Ryan Arena.

Fan Information

• The game will be broadcast on the Big Ten Network with Sloane Martin doing play-by-play and Christy Winters Scott as the analyst. Winters Scott is the mother of Georgetown junior Brianna Scott.
• The livestream can be found here.
• Live stats will be available at GUHoyas.com.

About the Hoyas

• Georgetown is coming off a home win over Howard on Thursday night 45-43, making it unbeaten in the last four games.
• Senior Kelsey Ransom led the Hoyas once again with her second double-double of the season, scoring 12 points and tying her career-best on the boards with 14 in the contest.
• Ransom also led the Hoyas with four assists and as many steals on the evening.
• Graduate student Alex Cowan added seven points for Georgetown, while classmate Graceann Bennett tallied four points, eight rebounds and three blocks.
• The Hoyas shot 30.9% (17-55) from the field, and the Blue & Gray allowed just 24.2% (15-62) shooting by the Bison, also forcing 15 Bison turnovers on 10 steals.
• Ransom was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on Monday. She is 14th in the league in scoring (15.1 ppg), sixth in rebounding (7.9 rpg), seventh in assists (3.7 apg) and leads the league with an impressive 3.4 steals per game. This was her first nod to the honor roll this season and the fifth of her career.
• The Blue & Gray is leading the league and ranked second in the nation in scoring defense averaging 46.1 ppg.
• GU's 6-1 record is its best start since the 2010-11 campaign when the Hoyas started the year 7-1. That season, the squad went 24-11 with a trip to the NCAA Sweet 16.

About the Wildcats

• Northwestern is 3-4 to start the season, dropping their last three contests and most recently falling to Loyola Chicago 73-68.
• The Wildcats are currently standing last among the Big Ten's 14 teams.
• Hailey Weaver leads the Wildcats and ranks 19th in the league with an average of 13.7 ppg, putting up a career-high 20 points in Northwestern's last contest. She also averages 5.1 rebounds per game.
• Melannie Delaney is behind her with 13.1 ppg and 2.7, sitting at 21st in the Big Ten.

Series Info

• The Hoyas are 1-0 in their only meeting against Northwestern.
• The matchup was a close 55-54 victory during the 2017-18 campaign played in Nashville, Tenn. for the Challenge in Music City.