GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Marquette 78, Georgetown 57
Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Jordan King scored 23 points, Chloe Marotta had 12 points, 14 rebounds and eight assists and No. 24 Marquette beat Georgetown 78-57 in a Big East Conference opener.
Marquette has won 11 straight in the series and 14 of the past 15, including a 68-32 victory last season. Georgetown trails the series 25-4, with its last victory coming at home on Jan. 18, 2018.
Liza Karlen added 15 points, 12 rebounds, four assists and three blocks for Marquette (7-1).
Marotta scored 10 points in the first 10 minutes as Marquette led 22-13. King scored eight points in the opening five minutes of the fourth quarter, with her 3-pointer giving the Golden Eagles a 65-53 lead.
Marquette closed the game on a 16-4 run as Georgetown was just 3-of-10 shooting in the fourth.
Kristina Moore scored 19 points and Kennedy Fauntleroy added 11 points for Georgetown (4-3). The Hoyas were held to 22-of-60 shooting (37%) with 17 turnovers.
December 2, 2022
| Marquette | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| C. Marotta | F | 35 | 5-13 | 2-2 | 0-3 | 6-14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| L. Karlen | F | 34 | 6-17 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 5-12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| J. King | G | 35 | 7-16 | 5-6 | 4-6 | 2-5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 23 |
| R. Nkumu | G | 27 | 3-7 | 3-4 | 0-4 | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| N. Clark | G | 16 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| C. Kaifes | 19 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
| M. Hare | 16 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |
| E. La Chapell | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| K. Myles | 7 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| J. Okosun | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C. Smith | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 198 | 28-69 (.406) |
15-19 (.789) |
7-23 (.304) |
19-50 | 24 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 78 | |
| Georgetown | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| G. Bennett | F | 21 | 2-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| J. Claude | F | 16 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| K. Fauntleroy | G | 36 | 3-15 | 4-4 | 1-5 | 0-4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| K. Ransom | G | 36 | 4-15 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| K. Moore | G | 31 | 7-9 | 3-3 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19 |
| B. Scott | 23 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| K. Myricks | 18 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| M. McConnell | 10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Y. Ott | 5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| A. Jenkins | 2 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| M. Lee | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| V. Rivera | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 202 | 22-60 (.367) |
8-11 (.727) |
5-13 (.385) |
9-34 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 57 | |
Officials: Nykesha Thompson, Bryan Brunette,
Attendance: 2,319
