Surely it couldn’t be the same team that lost to Connecticut by nearly 60 points just one month ago.
The Georgetown women’s basketball team’s three-point loss to No. 17 Louisville on Tuesday was a game they desperately wanted and needed to win, but with just one senior, five freshmen and two transfers, but the young Hoyas (11-6, 1-3 Big East) will have to stash it away as another lesson.
“It’shard to compare this year to last year,” said third-year head coach Terri Williams-Flournoy, who had just eight on her roster last season. “It’s hard to play with that few players.”
A couple carryovers remain, including top-scoring junior forward Kieraah Marlow (15.8 ppg, 6.6 rpg) and sophomore forward Katrina Wheeler, a Theodore Roosevelt grad and former McDonald’s All-American who’s pulling down 7.8 rebounds per game, including 11 against the Cardinals (17-1, 3-1).
Williams-Flournoy blamed Tuesday’s loss on a four-minute scoreless stretch in the second half, but the Hoyas still had a chance to tie the game at the buzzer — a far cry from scoring just 12 points while allowing 55 in the first half against the Huskies on Dec. 7.
“No doubt about that,” said Williams-Flournoy. “We’re definitely getting better.”
