WASHINGTON - The Georgetown University women's basketball team will travel to Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Saturday to take on the Marquette University Golden Eagles in a BIG EAST Conference matchup at the Al McGuire Center. The opening tip is scheduled for 3 p.m., ET and the game will be broadcast live on ESPN+ with Bob Brainerd and Chloe Marotta on the call.
Fan Information
- New this season, the BIG EAST Conference has partnered with ESPN to broadcast more than 75 women's basketball games on ESPN+.
- All remaining Georgetown women's basketball contests that are not broadcast on linear television will be available on ESPN+.
- Live stats will be available at GUHoyas.com.
About the Hoyas
- Georgetown (10-7, 3-6 BIG EAST) is coming off of a big 59-34 win over St. John's on Tuesday evening at McDonough Arena.
- Sophomore Destiny Agubata led the way for the second game in a row with 15 points to go along with four assists and a steal.
- Graduate student Laila Jewett added 13 points as the other Hoya in double figures.
- Junior Brianna Byars led Georgetown on the glass with seven boards as well as eight points and an assist.
- The Blue & Gray shot 40.0% (22-55) from the field, and allowed just 28.6% (12-42) shooting by St. John's.
- GU outrebounded the Red Storm by a huge 40-26 margin with a 15-6 advantage on the offensive boards.
- This was the lowest opponent point total of the season for the Hoyas. The last time GU held an opponent under 35 points was an 88-31 victory over Virginia University of Lynchburg to open the 2024-25 campaign. The last time against a Division I opponent was a 45-30 victory over Loyola (Md.) on November 13, 2018.
- Miller leads the way for the Hoyas this season with 10.9 ppg.
- Jewett is averaging 10.1 ppg to rank second and leads the squad with 55 assists.
- Junior Cristen Carter leads the team on the glass with 5.8 rpg to go along with 6.6 ppg.
About the Golden Eagles
- Marquette (11-6, 5-3 BIG EAST) dropped its third game of BIG EAST play on Wednesday night at Seton Hall, 64-61.
- Lee Volker had 20 points, while Halle Vice recorded her BIG EAST leading seventh double-double of the season.
- The duo of Vice and Skylar Forbes have combined to average 32.0 points, 16.2 rebounds, 5.1 assists, 2.0 steals and 1.9 blocks per game in league play.
- MU sits second in the country at 39.5% as five of the eight players with at least 10 attempts are shooting above a 40% clip.
Series Info
- Georgetown is 4-29 all-time against Marquette and 1-15 on the road.
- Last year, the Hoyas fell 75-58 in the meeting in Milwaukee as GU went 0-2 against the Golden Eagles.
- The last Georgetown victory over Marquette was an 85-58 win at home during the 2017-18 season
- The lone road victory was a 67-39 triumph in 2012.