2012 NCAA Women's Tournament: Georgetown Vs. Georgia Tech: Hoyas Play For Sweet 16 Spot

The Georgetown Hoyas are looking for a post in the Sweet 16, but they'll have to get past the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets on Tuesday.

2012 NCAA Women's Tournament: Georgetown To Face Georgia Tech In 2nd Round

With their 61-56 win over Fresno State earlier Sunday, the Georgetown Hoyas advanced to the second round of the 2012 NCAA Women's Tournament. They'll meet the No. 4 seed Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Tuesday in Chapel Hill, N.C.

Georgia Tech advanced to the second round by virtue of a 76-50 win over No. 13 seed Sacred Heart Sunday afternoon. The ACC Tournament runners-up were led by Sydney Wallace, who came off the bench to score 28 points on 11-for-13 shooting from the floor.

Georgia Tech took command of the game with a 25-3 run in the first half that made the score 32-12 in their favor. After going into halftime up 36-21, Georgia Tech opened the second half with a 26-10 run that ended the competitive portion of the game.

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2012 NCAA Women's Tournament, Georgetown Vs. Fresno State Score: Hoyas Advance To Second Round With 5-Point Win

While the men's season may have ended on Sunday, the No. 5 seed women's team from Georgetown advanced to the second round of the Women's NCAA Tournament with a 61-56 win over No. 13 seed Fresno State. The Hoyas shot just 37 percent from the floor but hit five of ten three-pointers to jump out to an early double digit lead. They withstood a second-half charge by the Bulldogs and will now face the winner of Georgia Tech and Sacred Heart, which tips off this afternoon.

Tia McGee led Georgetown with 17 points on five of 11 shooting from the floor. McGee was able to consistently get to the line and hit seven of eight free-throw attempts to keep the Hoyas in front. Georgetown led by as many as 17 but nearly blew it in the second half when they did not hit a field goal in the final six minutes of the game. They had just four field goals over the final 15 plus minutes. But it was the defensive effort that got it done, as they forced 19 Fresno turnovers and held the Bulldogs to just 34 percent shooting from the floor.

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2012 NCAA Women's Tournament: Georgetown Earns No 5 Seed, Faces Fresno State

The Georgetown Hoyas received the fifth seed in the Des Moines Regional of the 2012 Women's NCAA tournament. They will play No. 12 Fresno State in Chapel Hill, N.C. on Sunday, March 18, at 12:20 p.m. Eastern Time.

Georgetown finished the regular season with a record of 22-8 overall and 11-5 in the Big East. The Hoyas earned an at-large bid into the field after falling to West Virginia 39-32 in the Big East Tournament quarterfinals.

The rest of Georgetown's regional bracket looks like this:

No. 1 Baylor Vs No. 16 UC Santa Barbara
No. 8 Ohio State Vs. No. 9 Florida
No. 4 Georgia Tech Vs. No. 13 Sacred Heart
No. 6 Nebraska Vs. No. 11 Kansas
No. 3 Delaware Vs. No. 14 Arkansas-Little Rock
No. 7 DePaul Vs. No. 10 BYU
No. 2 Tennessee Vs. No. 15 Tennessee-Martin

The first round of the 2012 Women's NCAA tournament starts on Saturday, March 17.

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