2012 NCAA Tournament: Georgetown, Georgia Tech advance to second round
The first round of play in the 2012 NCAA Women’s Basketball
Championship Tournament took place at Carmichael Arena in Chapel Hill,
N.C. on Sunday as the #5 Georgetown Hoyas met the #12 Fresno State
Bulldogs and the...
In-Game Notes:
As first-round games tip off at Carmichael Arena in Chapel Hill, N.C. on Sunday, the #5 Georgetown Hoyas (22-8) meet the #12 Fresno State Bulldogs (28-50 in the first of two games on the day.
The Bulldogs have traveled across the country and carry the Western Athletic Conference title with them as they take on the Big East's Hoyas.
The Bulldogs hold the edge in the two teams' all-time record of play against one another - 1-0.
The only other time that both teams met was back in November, 1999 when the Bulldogs pulled off a 57-56 win over the Hoyas.
It's been a long time for these two teams to get reacquainted, so it should be a good one.
Tip-off in 40 minutes
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| Georgetown vs Fresno State warming up in Carmichael Arena - Peter Koutroumpis, PKS Consulting LLC |
1st half:
- Hoyas put up the first three-points
- Fresno State ties it up 3-3 and we're still in the first minute
- Fast-paced start to this one
- Tia Magee with a layup for the Hoyas
- Rubylee Wright adds another two and the Hoyas lead 7-3 with 17:13 to play
- Hoyas get the lead up to 12-3 but the Bulldogs take a timeout
- Bulldogs posting a comeback with a 7-0 run and the score is 12-10 for Georgetown with 13 minutes to go
- Hoyas still holding onto the lead 17-13 with 11:26 to play
- Georgetown's zone defense has been keeping Fresno State on the outside looking in all game so far - trying to penetra
- the Bulldogs still scrapping and hanging in with Georgetown, trailing by six - 21-15 with 9:02 to play
- Georgetown continues to work in the paint to add to its lead - Adria Crawford and Sydney Wilson working hard in there - Hoyas lead 23-17 with 7:50 to go
- Bulldogs scoring on quick transition passes upcourt and staying close - Rosie Moult leading Bulldogs with 8 points so far
- Hoyas missing shots and allowing Bulldogs to get closer - 23-19 with 6:40 to go
- Georgetown continuing to keep the lead with intermittent buckets but still missing easy ones which the Bulldogs are matching and still trailing 28-19 with 3:37 left in the half
- Ki-Ki Moore helping out with the Bulldogs offense and fighting to get some points in the paint - has five now to help out Moult
- Georgetown gets a few more from the FT line form Magee and Georgetown leading 30-21 with 1:05 to play
- Both teams struggling to put points up beyond the arc, so it is becoming a battle under the basket on every possession
- Sugar Rodgers finally hits a three for the Hoyas and Moore scores a layup for the Bulldogs - Hoyas leading at the half by 10 points
Interesting notes at the half:
Georgetown: 12-34 (35.3%) - leading scorer - Tia Magee - 9 points
Fresno State: 9-30 (30%) - leading scorer - Ki-Ki Moore - 9 points
2nd half:
- Georgetown start the half with possession and scores an easy layup
- Fresno State works the ball around and is still having trouble hitting the three-point shot unill Moore hits one
- The Hoyas' Crawford hits a jumper as the shot clock expires
- The Bulldogs come back as Moult misses a three, but a putback keeps them on the board
- Georgetown comes back with another layup - leading 39-28 with 17:51 to play
- The Bulldogs' shooting trouble continue and the Hoyas take advantage of it as Rodgers follows up on a layup miss by Crawford
- Hoyas go on a five point run before the Bulldogs' Moore scores an easy layup - Hoyas lead 46-31 with 16:34 to play
- Moult hits two straight three-pointer for Fresno State - trailing the Hoyas 48-37 with 13:38 to play
- Fresno State keeps possession for the entire shot clock duration, but is still having trouble penetration the Georgetown zone defense
- The Hoyas having easier time but miss and easy basket - still leading 49-37 with 12:28 to play
- Georgetown guard Wright splits between the Bulldogs' Moult and Blakely Goldberg and blows by for the layup but just misses - big size difference there but the Wright's speed is fast off the dribble
- The Blulldogs seem to be slowing down as the they are sluggish in getting back while the Hoyas maintain a quick transition speed - leading 51-40 with under ten minutes to play
- Moore finally connects on an important three-point play, but the Hoyas come back with Rodgers scoring a transition rebound on here missed layup - 10 point lead, 53-43, for he Hoyas with 8:07 to play
- Bulldogs get a few from the FT line and the hoyas miss an easy layup
- Moult misses a three but Fresno State rebounds and keeps possession
- Taylor Thompson scores for Fresno State but Samisha Powell drops a three-pointer - Hoyas still lead but by seven, 56-49 with 6:07 to play
- Hoyas are nto playing disciplined defense and taking cosly fouls
- Bulldogs inching back while the the Hoyas miss shots - 56-53 Hoyas lead in this one - Georgetown going to the FT line
- Georgetown drops one of two from the FT and have a 57-53 lead with 4:42 to play
- Fresno has never led in this game while the Hoyas have led by as many as 17
- The Bulldogs keep possession but can't get a shot off by the shot clock buzzer - still trailing by four with 3:31 to play
- The Bulldogs get another point from the FT line - the Hoyas have been slowly allowing them to get back in it
- Hoyas continue to struggle from the field and the Bulldogs bring it up trailing by three with 2:15 to play - big offensive foul call against the Bulldogs there though - Hoyas ball now
- Both teams applying mid-court trap and Magee misses an uncontested layup and the Bulldogs have possession - trailing 57-54 with 1:40 to play
- Big turnover after a TO and the Hoyas have the ball and the game in their hands on this possession - Bulldogs foul and Hoyas keep possession
- Magee drives to the basket and she's fouled - shooting two - and she hits both to extend the lead to five points
- Bulldogs working the ball on the perimeter and try to work it inside and the Hoyas' Rodger's steals it and is fouled
- Rodgers misses the shot and the Bulldogs drive the hoop - Madison Parrish is fouled - shooting two - and she makes both - Hoyas lead 59-56 with 443.2 seconds to play
- Rodgers fouled going the other way looking to make it a two possession game
- she misses it and the Bulldogs have possession and throw it away - 17.9 seconds left
- Hoyas inbound and the Bulldogs foul - trailing by three still with 16.5 seconds remaining
- Williams scores one of two for Georgetown as Fresno State brings ball up and take TO with 12.2 seconds remaining - trail the Hoyas 60-56
- Bulldogs look for Moult - miss on the three - rebound by Moore - miss on the jumper - Georgetown ball with 4.1 seconds to go
- Hoyas inbounds a long ball down the court that Rodgers chases down and is fouled - misses her first FT, makes the second - extends the lead to 61-56
- On the final inbounds, Bulldogs guard Thompson brings it up and launches one in vein
