Charles Nailen/The Hoya Junior forward Varda Tamoulianis looks to pass the rock to junior guard Bethany LeSueur (left foreground). Georgetown fell to Boston College 68-58 Wednesday night, the team’s third straight loss.

With 30 points, 13 rebounds and another record under her belt, the night should have belonged to senior forward Rebekkah Brunson. But her spectacular performance was not a strong enough engine to pull a stagnant Georgetown women’s basketball team to victory Wednesday night in McDonough Gymnasium. Instead, No. 25 Boston College used a strong finish to bury Georgetown 68-58 and keep the Hoyas winless in the month of February.

“I would just like to get my team involved,” Brunson said. “I would like to see them score and have a big night. It’s not really frustrating to the point where I think I do too much. I know that they can do it.”

Even without the win, Brunson had cause to celebrate as the first Georgetown player to pull down more than 1,000 rebounds to go with her more than 1,600 career points scored. The imposing forward was the brightest spot in a somewhat lackluster night that saw Georgetown eclipsed by Boston College’s tenacious guards, who managed to run away with the victory in the final six minutes of the game.

The Hoyas started out well, eager to erase memories of a closely-contested but ultimately doomed escapade against Virginia in McDonough earlier in the week. After a 12-point run in the opening minutes of the game, Georgetown looked poised and intimidating on the court with a 15-7 edge. The Golden Eagles needed only a timeout, though, to regroup and storm back in the homestretch of the first half.

“They’re Boston College and they’re not going to fold,” Knapp said. “So somebody else comes in and they shoot and they make shots.”

While the final minutes of the first half were punctuated by a long scoreless stretch, Boston College still managed to chip away at their hosts lead until the score was tied at 22-22 with three minutes left. Brunson then stepped up to keep Georgetown on top, and at 1:54 came the golden moment when she caught junior forward Varda Tamoulianis’s missed shot and sent it back up for the layup, breaking the 1,000 rebound mark.

“It’s a great honor,” Brunson said. “It feels good to be the first to accomplish anything.”

Brunson’s work helped the Hoyas stay up by four points, 29-25, going into the half. Their 11-of-30 performance was not stupendous, but was an improvement from the previous two games. Their 1-of-10 shooting from behind the arc certainly damaged them, as did the Eagles’ superior 4-of-7 mark from three-point range.

For a while in the second half, Georgetown regained its form from the early first half and kept up a small lead over Boston College. Eventually the team wore down as its guest drove in and took advantage of a flagging defense. Both sides jostled for control for a while, until things turned sour for the Hoyas.

With 4:28 left, Brunson sank a layup to tie the score at 50-50. Boston senior guard Amber Jacobs responded with a three-pointer that seemed to stagger her opponents. From then on Boston College dominated by drawing fouls and putting away baskets at the line, netting 11 points in the final four minutes from free throws. Georgetown was unable to match this prodigious run on offense and was forced to admit defeat 68-58.

“We didn’t guard them well in their four-guard offense,” Knapp said. “You can go out and guard them, but then they’ll drive right by you.”

Despite the 10-point loss, Georgetown held the overall advantage in field goals, 23-20, and rebounds, 41-36. Where the team came up short was in three-point shooting, where Boston College nailed seven for a 53.8 shooting percentage. The Hoyas mustered two from behind the arc out of 17 attempts, with junior guard Mary Lisicky shooting 2-of-10. The Eagles also received 21 points from free throws to the Hoyas’ 10.

“We all saw what good foul shooting does,” Knapp said.

Georgetown, now 10-12 overall and 4-7 in the Big East, have completed an exhausting run for their short rotation through some of the toughest programs in the nation, which is why Saturday’s matchup against Pittsburgh should be a welcome change. Although the Panthers embarrassed the Hoyas last year 91-72 in McDonough, they are one of the weaker programs in the conference this season with a 6-15 season record and a 2-9 conference record. With only five games left, it will be important for the team to refocus this weekend before the final crunch.

“We talked to the team about keeping the expectation to win,” Knapp said. “We’re going to keep that when we play, no matter who it is, and our young women showed that.”