Georgetown Travels to Villanova on Saturday
WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University women’s basketball crew (1-1, 1-1 Significant EAST) will hit the highway to encounter the Villanova University Wildcats (7-1, 2-1 Massive EAST) on Friday at Finneran Pavilion at 1 p.m. in a Huge EAST Convention matchup. The activity will be broadcast dwell on the Significant EAST Electronic Community with Matt Janus and Christine Motta calling the motion.
About the Hoyas
- Georgetown arrived again from an 11-point deficit to down Butler 56-45 on Thursday afternoon at McDonough Arena in GU’s first residence match of the period.
- A trio of Hoyas scored in double digits, such as freshman Yasmin Ott who led both equally groups with 13 details. Sophomore Graceann Bennett and junior Jillian Archer each and every additional 10. Ott was also 50 p.c (3-6) from the 3-issue line.
- Ott performed all 40 minutes in the contest and this was her 2nd-consecutive match major the Hoyas in scoring.
- Archer led the two groups with 11 rebounds for her initial-profession double-double and Ransom pulled down six. Kelsey Ransom had a match-significant five helps whilst graduate university student Taylor Baur tallied three. Baur also extra a recreation superior of three steals.
- The Hoyas shot 38.6 per cent (22-57) though Butler went 30. per cent (15-50). Georgetown also outrebounded the Bulldogs 38-32.
- The Blue & Grey authorized Butler just 10 points in the next half when GU managed 25.






About the Wildcats
- Saturday’s contest will be Villanova’s initially sport in 11 days. Pursuing the Connecticut video game on Dec. 22, the Wildcats had an 11-working day crack thanks to the Xmas holiday.
- Senior ahead Sarah Mortensen was named to the Major EAST Weekly Honor Roll on Monday, Dec. 28. In Villanova’s lone video game of the week, Mortensen scored a staff-substantial 17 points to go with 9 rebounds in a decline to No. 3 Connecticut.
- Sophomore ahead Maddy Siegrist has scored 20 factors or additional in five of the very first eight video games this season, like two online games of in excess of 30 points.



Series Data
- The Hoyas are 24-45 all-time from the Wildcats and 7-25 on the street.
- Last yr Georgetown lost both conferences with the ‘Cats falling 74-53 in Pennsylvania.
- GU’s very last victory around Nova was a 76-67 earn all through the quarterfinals of the 2019 Significant EAST Tournament.
- The final highway earn came all through the 2015-16 season as Georgetown received by a rating of 57-51.




Significant EAST Digital Community on FloSports
- New for 2020-21, the Huge EAST Convention has announced a 1-calendar year deal with main sporting activities streaming company, FloSports, to develop into the electronic dwelling of Huge EAST women’s basketball, bringing elite collegiate level of competition to a global viewers. The arrangement offers a system for all women’s basketball game titles that stream on the Huge EAST Digital Community (BEDN) offered by SoFi.

Fan Facts
- All Georgetown women’s basketball household game titles are presently scheduled to be played at McDonough Arena. In accordance with Washington, D.C. laws which limit the dimension of in-individual gatherings, admirers are regrettably not permitted to show up at property video games at this time.