VILLANOVA, Pa. – The Georgetown University women's basketball team lost a tough one to the Villanova University Wildcats 53-51 in overtime on Wednesday afternoon in a BIG EAST Conference matchup at Finneran Pavilion in Villanova, Pennsylvania. With the loss, the Hoyas drop to 12-4 on the season and 2-3 in league play, while the Wildcats improve to 10-5 for the year and 3-1 in the conference. 

Interim Head Coach Darnell Haney

• "It was a tough game, and Villanova found a way to win. But we learned that you have to come with it every night in this league. This is one of, if not the best conference in the country and we need to be up for the fight. Opportunities are always given, but the win needs to be earned. We have to take the opportunities that we are presented with and we have to learn to do that. To fight through adversity and to be tough enough to fight through to win. To play Georgetown basketball regardless of what's going on. And we're going to get there, I'm confident that we will."

How it Happened

• The teams traded triples to begin the contest before a putback from junior Brianna Scott gave the Hoyas the 8-6 lead.
• Both squads struggled to score for much of the first quarter, but it was the Hoya defense that was the star of the period as GU did not allow a Villanova two-point field goal for the first 10 minutes of action.
• Some late buckets down low made it 11-6 at the end of the first.
• Makes from senior Kelsey Ransom and graduate student Alex Cowan gave the Blue & Gray the nine-point lead early in the second, but the Wildcats began to heat up as an 11-0 run midway through the period put the Wildcats ahead 19-17.
• A triple from Ransom put the Hoyas back on top before VU scored a pair from beyond the arc to make it 27-23 at the half.
• Villanova held the Hoyas off despite some big defensive stops by the Blue & Gray, and Georgetown would cut it to five at the 1:22 mark on a layup in traffic from Scott.
• The Wildcats answered on the other end leading 40-33 at the end of the third.
• With VU leading by six, the Georgetown defense held the 'Cats scoreless for the rest of regulation and went on a run culminating with a jumper by Graceann Bennett to tie the game at 44 and send it into overtime.
• In the extra period, the lead would go back and forth until there were 19 seconds to go as Villanova's Lucy Olsen converted the and one.
• Graduate student Mya Bembry came up with a huge play to knot the game at 51.
• Free throws gave 'Nova the lead and the Hoyas could not find the answer, dropping the heartbreaker 53-51.

Of Note

• Scott led the way for the Hoyas with a double-double 13 points and 13 rebounds as well as four blocks and two assists.
• Bennett added 13 points and nine boards, while Cowan rounded out those in double figures with 11 points.
• Ransom had eight points as well as five rebounds and seven assists in the contest.
• The Hoyas shot 32.8% (21-64) from the field, and the Blue & Gray allowed 31.3% (20-64) shooting by the Wildcats.
• GU outrebounded VU 52-42, and Georgetown forced 10 'Cat turnovers on four steals.
• Lucy Olsen was the lone 'Cat in double figures with 28 points and nine rebounds for the game.

Up Next

• The Hoyas will head back out on the road for a matchup with the Providence College Friars next Wednesday evening for a BIG EAST contest at Alumni Hall. The opening tip is scheduled for 7 p.m.
• Fans can tune in to watch the contest on the BIG EAST Digital Network on FloSports presented by Invesco QQQ. Click here for special University pricing.
• Live stats will be available at GUHoyas.com.