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If you weren't there ...
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The University of South Florida women's basketball team closed out its three-game road stretch on Wednesday night dropping a 54-50 decision to No. 14/12 Georgetown at McDonough Arena.
Allyson Speed would lead USF with a career-high 20 points on 7-15 shooting from the field and 6-14 from behind the three-point arc. Jessica Lawson added 19 points and 10 rebounds in the loss. It was Lawson's BIG EAST leading 15th double-double of the season.
The Bulls would shoot 39 percent (16-41) from the field for the game while Georgetown hit for just 33.9 percent (20-59). The Hoyas bench, however, would outscore USF's reserves 14-0 en route to the win.
USF returns home for the first of two straight games beginning on Fec. 20 at 4:30 p.m. when the Bulls take on No. 9/8 West Virginia.
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Georgetown
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26 |
28 |
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54 |
| USF |
20 |
30 |
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50 |
| Scoring Leaders |
| Player |
FG-A
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3FG-A
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FT-A
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TP
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| Georgetown- Sugar Rodgers |
6-14 |
4-11 |
0-2 |
16 |
| USF - Allyson Speed |
7-15 |
6-14 |
0-0 |
20 |
| Rebounding Leaders |
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| Georgetown- Roche |
3 |
4 |
7 |
| USF - Lawson |
6 |
5 |
11 |
| Misc. Leaders |
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Steals
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Assists
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Blocks
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| Georgetown- Fuller |
2 |
4 |
0 |
| USF - Doomes-Stephens |
0 |
3 |
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Washington, D.C.- Sugar Rodgers scored 11 of her 16 points in the second half and Georgetown forced 23 turnovers to beat South Florida 54-50 on
Wednesday night.
Jaleesa Butler scored 10 points for the Hoyas (21-4, 10-2 Big East), who overcame a nine-point first half deficit and then let a 10-point second half lead slip away before going ahead for good at 49-48 with 4:04 remaining on a 3-pointer by Shanice Fuller.
Jessica Lawson scored the final nine points for the Bulls and her basket with 34 seconds remaining cut the lead to 52-50, but Monica McNutt sank two free throws for the Hoyas with 16.5 seconds left to close out the
scoring.
Allyson Speed hit six from beyond the arc and scored a career-high 20 points for the Bulls (14-11, 5-9), while Lawson finished with 19 points and 11 rebounds. The Bulls played in their third straight road game and
have lost three of four games overall.
Speed's fourth 3-pointer of the first half gave the Bulls a 19-10 with 5:40 remaining, but the Hoyas forced 17 turnovers in the half and went on a 16-1 run for a 26-20 advantage after the first 20 minutes.
Leondra Doomes-Stephens scored 10 points for the Bulls, who finished with a combined 54 turnovers in their two losses this season to the Hoyas, who rank first in the country in turnover margin.
