WASHINGTON - The Georgetown University women's basketball team will travel to Creighton University to take on the Bluejays in a BIG EAST Conference matchup on Wednesday evening at D.J. Sokol Arena in Omaha, Nebraska. The opening tip is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET, and the game will be broadcast live on ESPN+.
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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 (12-10, 5-8 BIG EAST) is coming off of a tough 67-59 loss to Marquette on Sunday evening at McDonough Arena.
- Sophomore Khadee Hession led the way with 20 points, while classmates Destiny Agubata and Summer Davis added 11 and 10, respectively.
- Hession also had four steals in the contest and the combo of Agubata and junior Khia Miller combined for 10 rebounds.
- The Blue & Gray shot 37.7% (20-53) from the field, and allowed 54.3% (25-46) shooting by Marquette.
- The Hoyas were outrebounded by the Golden Eagles 35-25, and GU forced 23 MU turnovers on 11 steals.
- Miller leads the way for the Hoyas this season with 10.9 ppg.
- Graduate student Laila Jewett is averaging 8.5 ppg to rank second and leads the squad with 66 assists.
- Junior Cristen Carter leads the team on the glass with 5.4 rpg to go along with 5.9 ppg.
About the Bluejays
- Creighton (10-12, 6-7 BIG EAST) is coming off of a 72-66 win over Seton Hall in South Orange, New Jersey on Sunday afternoon.
- Neleigh Gessert led Creighton with 16 points, while Kennedy Townsend closed the game with 14. Allison Heathcock delivered 11 points and 10 rebounds, while Kendall McGee finished with 10 points.
- The Bluejays have four players averaging in double figures with Ava Zediker leading the way averaging 13.4 ppg.
- Grace Boffeli is pulling down a team-high 8.3 rpg to go along with 8.5 ppg.
- Creighton is 5-5 at home this season.
Series Info
- Georgetown is 6-21 all-time against Creighton and 1-10 on the road.
- Earlier this season, GU defeated the Bluejays 76-74 at home.
- Miller led the way with 20 points, while Agubata tallied her first-career double-double tallying 16 points to go along with 14 rebounds and going 10-10 at the line.
- Jewett scored 12 points, and Chetanna Nweke rounded out those in double figures with 10 to her credit.
- Last season, the squads met three times with Creighton winning all three matchups.
- The lone win in Omaha was a 57-44 victory during the 2015-16 campaign.
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