Women's Basketball Falls on the Road to Georgetown

Tuesday, November 19

Washington, D.C.

7:00 p.m.

Temple University

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Georgetown

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Temple

Georgetown

Women's Basketball Falls on the Road to Georgetown

11.19.24 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

WASHINGTON DC - Women's basketball battled with Georgetown in a 65-51 loss Tuesday night. Anissa Rivera had her second straight double-double this season with 16 points and 12 rebounds.

The difference between the teams came from three-point range as the Owls went 1-16 while Georgetown went 6-16 - a 15-point difference in a 14-point game.

HOW IT HAPPENED
First Quarter

The Owls scored first winning the tip and spent the game's first two minutes exchanging two-point buckets to make the score 4-4. Both teams then were charged with shooting fouls and each side made one of two to make it 5-5 at the 6:35 mark.
Two made jump shots by Georgetown over the next two minutes gave the Hoyas a four-point advantage, 9-5, by the frist media timeout at 3:50.
Baskets by Tiarra East and Anissa Rivera to tie the score at 9-9 preceded a timeout by Georgetown at 2:16.
Two free throws by Ariel Jenkins and another by Kelsey Ransom gave the Hoyas a three-point lead 12-9 heading into the final minute of the quarter.
East made a jumper but Ransom closed out the quarter with four points as the Hoyas led 16-11.
Jaleesa Molina and Kaylah Turner ended the first quarter with two fouls a piece

Second Quarter

Georgetown opened with a made three-pointer but Temple responded with four points to make it 19-15.
The Hoyas extended their lead to eight points, 23-15, but Temple tallied the next four points to make the score 23-19 at the 4:53 media timeout.
A seven-point run at the end of the quarter gave Georgetown an 11-point lead, 30-19.
Ransom (6) and Rivera (6) scored 12 of the Hoyas 14 points in the stanza.
East (2-12), Tarriyonna Gary (0-5), and Rivera (2-8), Temple's leading scorers entering the game, were a combined 4-25 in the first half.

Third Quarter

Tristen Taylor opened the second half with a layup at the 9:12 mark ending a six-minute scoring drought for the Owls.
Four free throws for Temple gave them a six-point run, the longest for the Owls thus far.
A bucket and free throw by Ransom at 6:08 gave Georgetown its first points of the second half and ended the Owls' run making the score 33-25.
Another three-point play by Ransom at 5:42 put the Hoyas back up by 11, 36-25.
Both teams went nearly two-minutes without scoring before East made two free throws at 3:32, that cut the Hoyas' lead to 36-29.
A six-point run by Georgetown highlighted by a three from Ransom boosted the Hoyas lead to 13, 42-29.
Georgetown built a 13-point lead by the end of the third quarter, 46-33, on the strength of Ransom's 12 third quarter points.

Fourth Quarter

Rivera made a field goal at the 8:47 mark, ending a 6:44 drought between field goals for Temple.
Georgetown followed with three three-pointers, extending their lead to 57-35 with 6:58 remaining.
At the 5:01 media timeout, Temple chipped at the lead trailing 60-41. Rivera made the Owls first three-pointer after starting the game 0-14 from beyond the arc.
Temple outscored Georgetown down the stretch to cut the final margin to 14 points with the game ending 65-51.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

Anissa Rivera started in her first game as an Owl, scoring the Owls first bucket and getting the first rebound.
Rivera scored four of the 11 points for the Owls and had five rebounds playing all 10 minutes of the first quarter.
Savannah Curry scored on a layup at the 9:31 mark of the second quarter for her first collegiate points. Curry finished the game with 12 points.
The Owls out rebounded the Hoyas in the first half (23-21), nine came from Rivera.
Temple had four steals in the first half scoring four points off of turnovers.
The Owls shot 8-34 (24.0%) from the field in the first half, including 0-10 from beyond the arc.
Adena Webster scored her first collegiate points after drawing the contact and being sent to the line making one of two free throws.
Tristen Taylor had a season-high seven points against the Hoyas.