A late three drew Georgetown even at the end of regulation, and the closing seconds of the first overtime saw both teams miss game-winning opportunities. Rutgers (13-8, 5-5) ensured that no such drama would occur at the end of the second overtime, riding a 16-3 advantage in the second extra session to a 60-47 double-overtime victory over Georgetown (13-10, 3-7), extending the Hoyas’ losing streak to four games.

“We played hard, we put ourselves in a position to win the game,” Georgetown Head Coach Terri Williams-Flournoy said. “Down the stretch we didn’t make some shots that we needed to make. We made some defensive stops but we didn’t rebound at the end like we needed to.”

After 45 minutes of struggling offensively, Rutgers finally found some scoring in the second overtime. The Scarlet Knights outscored the Hoyas 7-0 through the first four minutes of the period, forcing Georgetown to foul in the final minute. Although the Scarlet Knights made only 4-of-10 free throws in the game’s final minute, it proved to be enough to hold off the Hoyas, who shot only 1-of-6 from the floor in the second overtime.

Trailing 39-36 with 43 seconds remaining in regulation, freshman forward Adria Crawford missed the front end of a one-and-one, giving Rutgers the ball with a chance to seal the victory. But senior forward Heather Zurich gave possession back to Georgetown with 21 seconds left, offering the Hoyas a chance for a tie. Junior guard Meredith Cox ran off a high screen, took a pass from junior forward Jaleesa Butler and swished an off-balance trey to tie it up with 9 ticks on the clock.

“Coach set up a play for me to get a three-pointer so I knew it was coming, and then good screens were set and the play developed,” Cox said. “I set the girl up and, honestly, when I shot it I didn’t think it would even hit the rim and then it went in.”

Rutgers’ Epiphanny Prince, a junior guard, got a jumper off in the finals seconds, but couldn’t get it to go, setting up overtime.

With Georgetown leading 44-43 and 10 seconds left in overtime, Prince drew a foul on junior guard Kenya Kirkland. Prince made her first free-throw to knot it up at 44 but missed the second. Georgetown got the ball down the court for a chance to win it, but junior guard Shanice Fuller, who shot 0-for-10 from the floor for the game, missed a jumper in the final seconds, sending the game to double overtime.

The game was characterized by both teams’ inability to score consistently until Rutgers’ late burst. Ten minutes into the game, Georgetown led 7-5, and at halftime the Hoyas led 15-14. The first-half scoring output was Georgetown’s lowest of the season, and Rutgers’ tied their lowest halftime total. Georgetown shot only 22.0 percent from the floor, and although Rutgers’ 39.3 percent mark from the field was just below their season average of 41.7 percent, they inexplicably shot only 9-for-25 from the charity stripe.

Cox led the Hoyas with 14 points on 5-for-13 shooting, including 4-of-10 from three-point range. Sophomore guard Monica McNutt was the only other Georgetown player to reach double-figures, registering 11 points on 3-of-11 shooting from behind the arc and 2-of-2 from the free-throw line.

Four Scarlet Knights accounted for 56 of Rutgers’ 60 points. Junior guard Brittany Ray and senior center Kia Vaughn tallied 16 points apiece on 6-for-12 and 8-of-12 shooting, respectively. Vaughn also controlled the boards for the Scarlet Knights, grabbing a season-high 17 rebounds to record her first double-double of the season.

Up next for the Hoyas is a home date with Cincinnati in McDonough Gymnasium at 8 p.m.

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