,”Height advantage hasn't been a major topic of discussion on Marquette's women's team. Even so, Marquette head coach Terri Mitchell was hardly surprised that her team out-rebounded conference match-up Georgetown 52-34 in a 60-55 Golden Eagles victory.

Georgetown's only real back-to-the-basket, interior player is 6-foot-5 center Aminata Diop. As such, Marquette didn't hesitate to work the ball inside to its foursome of forwards.

"We knew they were going to go five guards," Mitchell said. "We talked about it a lot."

Georgetown countered Marquette's size by playing much of the game in a 2-3 zone, forcing the Golden Eagles to attempt nine three-pointers in the first half.

"We did settle for some jumpers in the first half instead of imposing our will," Mitchell said. "Then we imposed it greatly in the second half, especially getting the ball to Kelly (Lam)."

After Marquette jumped ahead to a 13-0 lead, the Hoyas slowly began to chip away at the deficit, pulling within six at the half.

The big story of the first half though, was not the disappearance of Marquette's lead, but rather an injury to freshman forward Paige Fiedorowicz.

Fiedorowicz, who has already missed seven games this season with a left foot injury, had to be helped off of the court after landing on that same foot.

"She sprained her ankle," Mitchell said, making it clear that Fiedorowicz had not re-aggravated her past injury.

Even with Fiedorowicz out for the game, the Golden Eagles were able to hold on to their six-point lead for much of the second half until Georgetown forward Monica McNutt hit her fourth three-pointer of the game. This sparked a 13-4 run that brought the Hoyas to a 48-45 lead with six minutes left in the game.

Marquette then returned to maximizing its size advantage. The Golden Eagles took a 50-48 lead after center Kelly Lam grabbed another offensive rebound, was fouled on the put-back, and made one-of-two free throws.

Offensive rebounding would prove essential for the Golden Eagles, especially as the team struggled to hit the outside shot. Lam did her part on the glass, finishing with eight of the team's 23 offensive boards.

"Basically it's a frame of mind," Lam said. "It's all about the fight and who wants it more. Today, especially, I was thinking more about where the ball was going to go."

With 2:10 remaining and the score tied 50-50, Kovalenko hit a wide-open three from the top of the key to give Marquette a lead it would never relinquish.

Lam finished with 11 points and 11 rebounds and was one of four Marquette players to score in double digits.

Krystal Ellis, Marquette's leading scorer on the season, finished with 14 points and shot 31 percent from the field, after posting 30 against South Florida on Saturday.

"Even though I had 30 last game, there were other post players that stepped up too," Ellis said. "In this game, the majority of the team scored in some way so it wasn't necessary for me to score 30 points."

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