GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Connecticut 67, Georgetown 59
(AP Photo/Terrance Williams)
By PATRICK STEVENS
Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Dorka Juhasz had 18 points and 15 rebounds to help No. 4 Connecticut fend off Georgetown 67-59, snapping a rare two-game slide.
Aubrey Griffin added 18 points for the Huskies (22-4, 14-1 Big East), who were coming off back-to-back losses for the first time since 1993 . They haven't dropped three in a row since that same season.
Freshman Kennedy Fauntleroy had a game-high 24 points for the Hoyas (12-13, 5-11), who have lost 34 consecutive games to Connecticut.
Connecticut dominated the glass, outrebounding the Hoyas 44-23 in a game played off campus at the Entertainment & Sports Arena, the home of the WNBA's Washington Mystics.
The Huskies lost 81-77 on Sunday to No. 1 South Carolina, then followed it up Wednesday with a 59-52 setback at Marquette. In the first half, Georgetown threatened to deal Connecticut its third loss in seven days.
The Hoyas held an early seven-point advantage, led 17-13 after a quarter and were within three points in the middle of the third quarter.
Connecticut finally created some separation with a 12-0 spurt spanning parts of the final two periods to push its advantage to 51-36. Griffin scored six points in the run, while Georgetown was held scoreless for nearly five minutes.
The Hoyas pulled within 63-59 with 28.7 seconds remaining, but the Huskies made their last four free throws to seal the victory.
Connecticut, which committed 23 turnovers in a 65-50 defeat of the Hoyas on Jan. 15, again struggled with Georgetown's defense. The Huskies had 12 turnovers at halftime and 23 for the game.
BIG PICTURE
Connecticut: The Huskies remained atop the Big East even though sophomore guards Caroline Ducharme (concussion) and Azzi Fudd (right knee) remained sidelined. Ducharme has missed 13 consecutive games and Fudd has sat out the last nine games.
Georgetown: The Hoyas haven't defeated Connecticut since 1993, but they've clearly made year-over-year progress against the Big East power. Georgetown's average margin of defeat in two losses to the Huskies last season was 43.5 points and dropped this year's home-and-home by a total of 23 points.
February 11, 2023
| UConn | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| D. Juhasz | F | 40 | 7-13 | 4-6 | 0-4 | 5-15 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| A. Edwards | F | 39 | 4-8 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 3-7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 13 |
| A. Griffin | G | 40 | 5-11 | 8-8 | 0-2 | 3-6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 18 |
| N. Muhl | G | 39 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 3-5 | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| L. Lopez Senechal | G | 23 | 2-10 | 1-1 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| A. Patterson | 12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| A. DeBerry | 5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| I. Bettencourt | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 201 | 22-50 (.440) |
19-23 (.826) |
4-16 (.250) |
15-43 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 16 | 67 | |
| Georgetown | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| G. Bennett | F | 28 | 4-9 | 1-1 | 2-4 | 3-3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| J. Claude | F | 27 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| K. Fauntleroy | G | 40 | 10-16 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 0-6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 24 |
| K. Moore | G | 37 | 1-5 | 4-5 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| K. Ransom | G | 36 | 2-14 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 3-4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| B. Scott | 14 | 1-5 | 1-1 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| A. Jenkins | 10 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| K. Myricks | 8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 23-62 (.371) |
7-9 (.778) |
6-21 (.286) |
11-23 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 20 | 59 | |
Officials: Angelica Suffren, John Capolino,
