Chicago, Illinois - The Georgetown University women's basketball team trailed by 15 points at halftime and battled back to get within three points but the DePaul Blue Demons made six straight free throws over the final 1:23 to seal a 69-62 win over the Hoyas inside the Blue Demon's McGrath Arena on Saturday night. Georgetown dropped their third straight and falls to 11-8, 1-5 in BIG EAST action.

Hoya junior forward Kieraah Marlow (Coatesville, Pa./Coatesville) scored 21 of her game-high 25 points in the second half on 9-10 shooting, marking her eighth 20-point game of the season. Junior Katrina Wheeler (Washington, D.C./T. Roosevelt) scored six points and pulled down 12 rebounds and has grabbed double-figure rebounds in four of the last seven games. Freshman Meredith Cox (Hanover, Pa./Delone Catholic) scored eight points, including two three pointers in her first career start. Freshman guard Shanice Fuller (Chesapeake, Va./Indian River) went for seven points, four rebounds, four assists and two steals.

Georgetown roared back in the second half making 14 of their first 18 field goals and trailed by just three points, 56-53 with 6:44 to go. Marlow had 12 points in the first six minutes of the second half as Georgetown clawed to within ten points, 49-39 with 12:25 to go. Aminata Diop (Saint-Louis, Senegal/Southeastern Illinois J.C.) and Kate Carlin (Ambler, Pa./Mt. St. Joseph Acad.) had buckets in the next three minutes before Cox hit two three-pointers to pull the Hoyas to within 56-51 with 7:39 remaining.

An old-fashioned three-point by Caprice Smith gave DPU a 61-55 lead with 4:22 to go.

Marlow hit one of two free throws with 21 ticks to go to make the Georgetown deficit 65-62 but that was as close as GU could get.

DePaul (13-6, 3-3 BE) took a 38-23 lead into the locker rooms as the Blue Demons made 51 percent of their opening period buckets while GU shot 36 percent from the field. The Hoyas were plagued by 14 turnovers before halftime while DePaul committed just four turnovers.

DPU led 12-8 after a layup by Caprice Smith at the 13:41 mark but the Hoyas were able to knock down just two field goals over the next six minutes as the Blue Demons took a 23-15 lead with 7:41 to go.

A mini 10-2 by DePaul over a 2:30 stretch gave DPU a 16-point edge, 33-17 with 5:22 remaining in the half. Then the Blue Demons showed some three-quarter court pressure and forced four GU turnovers as DePaul took their biggest lead of the half, 38-20 with 1:10 left.

China Threatt lad all scorers with 12 first half points, including two three-pointers while Smith had ten points in the game's first 14 minutes. Georgetown's backcourt duo of Shanice Fuller and Kristin Heidloff had five points apiece in the first half.

Smith led the Blue Demons with 24 points while Jenna Rubino and Threatt notched 14 points apiece.

The Hoyas return to Washington, D.C. and host Cincinnati in the second game of their home-and-home series with the Bearcats on Tuesday, January 23 inside McDonough Arena at 8 p.m.

Notes: Georgetown lost for the first time when shooting for a higher field goal percentage then their opponent (10-1)

-- The Hoyas shot 50 percent from the floor for the first time in a league game and for the sixth time overall.

-- Hoya junior guard Kristin Heidloff, who hails from nearby Maywood, Ill., had almost 100 friends and family members make the 15-mile drive to McGrath Arena.

-- The Hoyas came into the game trailing DePaul, 2-1 in the all-time series.

-- DePaul dressed only eight players due the injuries that have plagued Doug Bruno's squad all season.

-- Georgetown's Kate Carlin played in her 103rd career game Saturday night. Carlin is on pace to finish her career second all-time on GU's games played list.

-- Georgetown played the first-ever game in DePaul's McGrath Arena in the 2000 Moran Realty Classic when the Hoyas defeated Marist, 74-50. GU then edged DePaul, 73-70 in overtime to win the Classic.