Women's Basketball: WVU Falls on the Road
February 05, 2005 05:08 PM | General
February 5, 2005
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Georgetown used a 12-2 run at the start of the second half to turn a four-point deficit into a six-point lead on the way to a 71-65 victory over West Virginia Saturday afternoon at McDonough Arena.
Mary Lisicky came off the bench to score 19 points to lead the Hoyas to their fourth conference win and move them past the Mountaineers, now 3-6, in the league standings.
The loss was particularly tough for West Virginia, now 12-8, which slips into a tie with Syracuse for ninth place. West Virginia has lost all seven meetings at Georgetown since joining the league in 1995.
The loss spoils a career-high effort from freshman Olayinka Sanni, who poured in a team-high 21 points while grabbing 10 rebounds. It was the first double-double of her career.
Meg Bulger contributed 18 points before fouling out with 3:11 left in the game. Freshman Chakhia Cole was also disqualified due to fouls, leaving the game with 7:55 remaining.
Fouls and free throws were West Virginia’s undoing. The Mountaineers sent Georgetown to the line 13 more times where the Hoyas made 20 of 32. West Virginia, meanwhile, went to the line 19 times but only managed to convert just eight for 42.1 percent.
After Georgetown’s 12-2 run to start the second half, West Virginia answered with a 7-1 flurry to tie the game at 44 following a Bulger baseline jumper. A free throw by freshman LaQuita Owens gave the Mountaineers a 45-44 advantage and West Virginia led 47-46 before Georgetown took control of the game.
Kristen Heidloff buried a three-point basket to give the Hoyas a 49-47 lead, and then Lisicky converted an 18-footer to give Georgetown a four-point edge, 51-47.
The most damaging sequence for West Virginia came at 8:17 when Bulger picked up her fourth foul on a Lisicky three-point shot that went in. Lisicky converted the free throw to put the Hoyas up by eight. Then 22 seconds later Cole was whistled for her fifth foul, removing West Virginia’s top rebounder from the game.
Sanni was able to shoulder the burden by scoring five straight points to cut Georgetown’s lead to three, 58-55, and Jeriece Lee got it to two with one of two from the line with 5:35 left.
But the Hoyas were able with a pair of baskets to go up by five, 62-57, and closed out the game at the free throw line by making 13 of 15 down the stretch.
Varda Tamoulianis contributed 15, Bethany LeSueur added 14 and Hiedloff had 13 for Georgetown, now 9-12, 4-6.
Sherell Sowho had 11 and Yolanda Paige handed out 10 assists for West Virginia.
The Mountaineers made 26 of 59 field goal attempts for 44.1 percent including five of 18 for 27.8 percent.
West Virginia, 1-5 in Big East road games this year, returns to the Coliseum to face St. John’s Tuesday night at 7 pm.
