Offense, defense. Inside, outside. Free throws, layups.

If something is working for the Georgetown women’s basketball team, odds are that something else is off.

After racking up 81 points in a loss to Pittsburgh on Sunday, the Hoyas struggled to collect 47 points in a 63-47 loss to the Seton Hall Pirates on Wednesday night.

“They can fix one thing and then we have to go back and fix something else. They’re just not bringing it together. They’re not carrying it over into the next game,” Head Coach Terri Williams-Flournoy said.

A fast start was not enough for Georgetown (6-12, 1-6) to overcome a team that had already edged it out earlier this month. As the Hoyas struggled to find the basket, the Pirates (11-8, 3-5) shot 62.5 percent from the floor in the second half to keep the game out of reach in McDonough Gymnasium.

“We definitely had a lid on the basket pretty much the whole night,” Williams-Flournoy said. “If you look at the shot chart they were good shots, most of them layups.”

After a solid win over St. John’s almost two weeks ago for the team’s first Big East victory, Georgetown has dropped its past three matchups. Compared with the all-around effort of the Pittsburgh game, the Hoyas were unlikely to get their second win with only one player reaching double digits in scoring against the Pirates.

The result was not a forgone conclusion from the beginning. Georgetown went up 11-4 after five minutes behind seven points from senior guard Bethany LeSueur. Things soon went sour for the Hoyas as the players netted one of 12 field goals over an eight-minute period, letting the visiting team get up 23-17 as the clock ran down.

“I had one of my best starts in a while but didn’t see the ball much after that. They started shutting me down a little bit,” LeSueur said.

A new burst of intensity from Georgetown brought the score up to 25-22 at the half, but the Hoyas would not be able to retake the lead throughout the second half.

Georgetown particularly struggled to keep Seton Hall off the boards as the Pirates collected 12 offensive rebounds to the Hoyas’ six, setting up more put-back shots for the visiting team.

The game reached another close point early in the second half when Georgetown moved to within two points, 30-28, but Seton Hall quickly pulled away again and kept widening the distance. The middle stretch of the half was dominated by another series of close calls and missed shots by the Hoyas, who shot 2-of-15 from the floor from 13:33 to 3:12.

“In the first half we came out ready to play. In the second half, they made a run and we couldn’t answer it,” freshman forward Kieraah Marlow said.

By that point Seton Hall had locked up the win and was only helped by a string of late fouls that brought the team easy points from the free-throw line.

Georgetown managed a mere 27.6 percent shooting average for the second half. While Seton Hall only sank two more field goals than its host, the Pirates were more effective in seizing on their chances around the hoop. The Hoyas also sent them on 23 trips to the line for 15 points to the home team’s eight.

Marlow led Georgetown with 12 points, 14 rebounds and four steals for her sixth double-double this season. LeSueur finished with 10 points and five assists, and senior forward Varda Tamoulianis chipped in 10 points as well. Only two other players, senior guard Sarah Jenkins and freshman guard Kristin Heidloff, added to the score for Georgetown.

Seton Hall had an inside-outside offense working for them as senior guard Asia Carroll hit five three-pointers for a game-high 19 points and senior swingman Ashley Bush went inside for 15 points and nine rebounds.

“We just don’t play very good man-to-man defense, and a kid like that is very hard for us to guard,” Williams-Flournoy said about Bush. “She’s going to penetrate, she’s going to get it in the paint and she’s going to shoot over the top of us.”

The Hoyas have an opportunity to work out their flaws as they take on the Providence Friars, consigned to the Big East basement this season with a 0-6 conference record and a 1-16 total record. The Friars have scored more than 50 points in only four of their 17 contests.

“I think we need to be effective on the defensive end,” Marlow said. “Our shots are going to fall. I’m pretty sure next game we’ll be better inside the paint.”

Tip-off is set for 2 p.m. tomorrow in Providence.

“Whether we play offense one day and defense one day, we’ll eventually bring it all together,” Williams-Flournoy said.