The last time Georgetown made the trip to New York, an upstart Fordham team handed it a surprising overtime loss. Things were quite different this time around. Georgetown (5-1) exerted its force against a struggling Fordham (0-9) last night, sprinting out to a 28-3 first-half lead thanks to 19 points from senior forward Kieraah Marlow and 7-of-9 shooting from behind the three-point line. Georgetown stretched its lead to 55-21 at intermission and went on to double up the Rams in an overwhelming 89-43 win. “We had a great night shooting the ball,” Head Coach Terri Williams-Flournoy said in a press release. “We executed pretty well and when we did we scored.” Sophomore guard Meredith Cox and junior guard Karee Houlette went a combined 3-for-3 from behind the arc in the first half. Senior guard Kristin Heidloff shot 3-of-4 from three-point land and had 11 points in the first stanza. While the Hoyas’ trio of guards was torrid from outside, the rest of the team had just as much success inside the arc. Senior forward Kieraah Marlow took advantage of the undersized and overmatched Fordham defense and shot 9-of-12 from the floor and 7-of-7 from the free-throw line for a season-high 25 points. In the Hoyas’ initial 28-3 run, five different players had field goals and a Heidloff three-pointer with 13:54 to play in the half gave Georgetown a 16-0 lead. Georgetown’s 55-21 lead at the break was more than enough and the Hoyas had no late-game lapses that had plagued them during the first few weeks of the season. While Marlow was a regular visitor to the free-throw line, the rest of the team went just 2-of-5. Fordham had plenty of opportunities to pick up easy points at the line, but the Rams – shooting 74.6 percent from the free-throw line entering the game – made just 13-of-21 fouls shots. Georgetown was nearly-perfect from the floor in the first half while Fordham’s shooting was abysmal, stymied by Hoyas’ pressure. The home team made just 12-of-47 shots including 6-of-25 on three-point attempts. Freshman guard Meghan Mahoney, the Rams’ leading scorer this season, had 12 points. Her points came on an inefficient 3-of-12 shooting. Along with poor shooting, the Rams were clumsy with the ball, giving up an astounding 19 turnovers in the first half that led to 27 Georgetown points. With a 30-plus point lead in the second half, Georgetown called off the dogs, and the Rams had just 12 turnovers. Despite the lopsided score, on-fire shooting and tough defense, the game was not a perfect 40 minutes for Georgetown. Senior center Aminata Diop, though taller than any Fordham player, picked up three first-half fouls in eight minutes and only saw 18 minutes of court time, scoring eight points and finishing with four fouls. Sunday, Georgetown travels to State College, Pa., to take on the Penn State Nittany Lions (6-3) for a 3 p.m. tip-off. The Lions are just off an 86-84 upset of then-No. 10 Duke on Dec. 2. Penn State won the game on a last-second bucket when junior guard Brianne O’Rourke drove the length of the court with less than eight seconds left, dumping of a pass to senior center Janessa Wolf who scored the go-ahead basket with .3 seconds left. The game continues Penn State’s mini tour of the Big East: The Nittany Lions have already seen Pittsburgh and Syracuse this season. Last December, Georgetown erased an 11-point second-half deficit before Penn State closed the door in a 52-44 win in McDonough Gymnasium.