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4-22, 0-15
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13-13, 7-8
Women's Basketball Drops 76-59 Decision To Georgetown
2/28/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Feb. 28, 2004
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The Providence College women's basketball team lost to Georgetown, 76-59, in BIG EAST Conference action on Saturday, February 28 in Providence, R.I. The game marked the final home contest of the season for the Friars.
Georgetown's Rebekkah Brunson led four Hoya players in double figures with 30 points. She also added a game-high 13 rebounds for her 16th double-double of the season to go along with four assists, three blocked shots and two steals. Brunson leads the BIG EAST Conference in double-doubles this season. PC's Brooke Freeburg (Waterford, Pa.), Jill Furstenburg (Whitehouse Station, N.J.) and Gayle Nwafili (Maplewood, N.J.) each scored 10 points in the Friar effort. Freeburg and senior Jama Gilmore (Muncie, Ind.) each pulled down a team-high seven rebounds, while Freeburg also matched a career-high with five assists.
In the first half, the two teams matched up evenly as Georgetown headed to the locker room with a 33-27 lead. Georgetown never trailed in the half, but the Friars inched to within one point with just under four minutes remaining (26-25). In the final 2:09 of the first half, the Hoyas outscored PC, 7-2, to take a six-point advantage into the break.
The Hoyas came out strong in the second half and quickly pushed their lead to 14 points (43-29) over the first 3:33 of play. The Friars cuts the deficit to 10 opints (45-35) on a 6-2 scoring run, but it proved to be the closest the Friars would get the remainder of the game. Georgetown held its largest lead of the day, 74-53 (21 points), with 2:29 remaining in the game.
Joining Brunson in double digits for Georgetown were Sarah Jenkins (12 points), Mary Lisicky (10 points) and Bethany LeSueur (10 points). Lisicky dished out five assists, while Kate Carlin came off the bench to record a game-high four steals.
Providence College (4-22, 0-15 BIG EAST) will play Miami in BIG EAST Conference action on Tuesday, March 2 in Coral Gables, Fla. The game marks the Friars' season finale and will tip-off at 7:00 p.m.
