WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University women's basketball team defeated the St. John's University Red Storm 51-43 on Tuesday evening in a BIG EAST Conference matchup at McDonough Arena. With the win, the Hoyas improve to 17-10 on the season and 7-9 in league play, while the Red Storm drop to 15-13 for the year and 9-7 in the conference. 

Interim Head Coach Darnell Haney

• "We want to beat everyone we play, and St. John's is a really good team with some solid players and a great coach. We came out and didn't finish early, but once they started falling it eased our anxiety and we grew and got better from there."

How it Happened

• St. John's jumped out to a quick lead, but the play of graduate student Mya Bembry and junior Brianna Scott tied the game up late in the first period.
• With 28 seconds left, a layup from graduate student Graceann Bennett cut the deficit to two, but a triple by the Red Storm at the buzzer made it 13-8 at the end of the first quarter.
• The squads traded buckets throughout the second stanza as GU would pull within one of four occasions.
• In the final minute of the half, the Red Storm managed a pair of jumpers.
• However, a layup from senior Kelsey Ransom at the horn put the Blue & Gray down three 23-20 after 20 minutes of action.
• Looking at a three-point deficit, a 5-0 run by the Hoyas gave GU its first lead of the game on a layup from Scott.
• SJU quickly answered, but a Scott triple at the end of the shot clock made it 34-33 in favor of the Hoyas.
• After three quarters of action, Georgetown held the 36-35 advantage.
• The Blue & Gray started the fourth quarter strong with an 8-2 run including a pair of jumpers from Bembry.
• St. John's attempted a comeback, but the Hoya defense got stops and managed to keep it a two-possession game.
• As the time wound down, the Red Storm could not find an answer resulting in the 51-43 final.

Of Note

• Scott led the way with 21 points and nine rebounds to lead the Hoyas in both categories.
• Ransom added 11 points and three steals to go along with five rebounds.
• Bembry managed a big game posting eight points and pulling down nine boards as well as registering four blocks in the game.
• The Blue & Gray shot 40.7% (22-54) from the field, and Georgetown allowed just 30.6% (15-49) shooting by the Red Storm.
• GU outrebounded SJU 39-29, and Georgetown forced 12 Red Storm turnovers on six steals.
• Unique Drake led St. John's with 14 points, while Jillian Archer added 10 in the game.

Up Next

• The Hoyas will close out the home slate at McDonough Arena on Saturday as the squad hosts the Butler University Bulldogs in a BIG EAST contest at 2 p.m.
• Tickets can be purchased at GUHoyas.com/tickets. Additionally, Georgetown students as well as GU faculty and staff will be admitted for free for all games at McDonough Arena with a valid GoCard.
• Fans can tune in to watch the contest on the BIG EAST Digital Network on FloSports presented by Invesco QQQ.
• Live stats will be available at GUHoyas.com.