WVU Falls in OT
February 18, 2009 10:50 PM | General
February 18, 2009
| georgetown 79, west virginia 73 (OT) mcdonough gym washington, d.c. |
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| FG Made-Att | 24-63 | 27-52 | |||||||||||||||
| FG Percentage | 38.1% | 51.9% | |||||||||||||||
| 3P Made-Att | 8-26 | 7-15 | |||||||||||||||
| 3P Percentage | 30.8% | 46.7% | |||||||||||||||
| FT Made-Att | 17-28 | 18-32 | |||||||||||||||
| FT Percentage | 60.7% | 56.3% | |||||||||||||||
| Rebounds | 35 | 41 | |||||||||||||||
| Turnovers | 20 | 23 | |||||||||||||||
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - West Virginia University’s women’s basketball team fell at Georgetown, 79-73, in overtime Wednesday evening at McDonough arena. The loss snapped a four-game win streak against the Hoyas.
Georgetown (16-10, 6-7) outscored the Mountaineers 14-8 (14-11, 3-9) in the extra session, led by Jaleesa Butler’s five points to begin the overtime. Attrition took its toll on the Mountaineers as Ashley Powell, Liz Repella and Sarah Miles all fouled out in the overtime.
Repella missed a 3-pointer with five seconds left in regulation and a Takisha Granberry putback did not fall as time expired.
WVU took a 63-62 lead on a Granberry 3-pointer with 2:50 left in the game. Georgetown’s Shanice Fuller gave the Hoyas a one-point lead on a driving layup to make it 64-63. Repella hit two free throws with 29 seconds giving WVU a brief 65-64 lead. Fuller then made the second of two free throws to tie the game.
Granberry scored a career-best 31 points in the losing effort on 10 of 20 from the field, including 6 of 13 from the 3-point line. It marked her second 30-point game of the season. Repella added 19 points and nine rebounds.
Karee Houlette led Georgetown with 22 points, while Fuller had 19 and Butler added 13.
Georgetown shot 51.9 percent (27-52) from the field and out-rebounded WVU 41-35 despite having 23 turnovers. WVU shot 38.1 percent (24-63) and had 14 steals. The Mountaineers were also 17 of 28 from the line
Georgetown used a 12-5 run to start the second half, taking a 46-40 lead with 15:11 remaining. Karee Houlette paced the Hoya attack with six quick points. Georgetown extended its lead to 54-45 with 11:53 left on the strength of six points from Shanice Fuller. WVU responded with a 7-2 run to cut the Hoya lead to four at 56-52, but Georgetown re-extended its lead to eight, 60-52, with 7:55 remaining in the contest.
WVU cut it to 61-58 with 3:51 to go with six points coming from Repella.
WVU led 35-34 at halftime, shooting 11 of 26 (42.3 percent) from the field and forcing 15 first half Georgetown turnovers. Granberry finished the first half with 17 points, including four 3-pointers. The Mountaineers also had eight steals. Georgetown shot 48 percent (12-25) from the field and out-rebounded the Mountaineers by a 21-13 margin. The action was back and forth in the first stanza as there were four tied scores and three lead changes.
Georgetown raced out to a 7-0 advantage in the first three minutes of the game only to have WVU post a 5-0 run and the Hoyas led 7-5 at the first media timeout. WVU then used 10-2 run to take a 15-9 lead by the second media timeout, highlighted by Granberry’s second 3-pointer.
West Virginia returns to action on Saturday at the Coliseum against USF in a game designated Pink Zone to create awareness for breast cancer. Tip off is set for 7 pm.
