VILLANOVA, PA. – In women's basketball action on Sunday afternoon, the Villanova Wildcats tallied a 67-62 double overtime win against the visiting Creighton Bluejays. With the victory, Villanova improves to 15-7 overall and 6-5 in Big East play, while Creighton falls to 10-12 on the year and 4-7 in conference action.
 
With today's win Villanova has now won four in a row and five of its last six.
 
Creighton forward Jaylyn Agnew scored on a driving lay-up with 54 seconds remaining in regulation to give her team a 54-52 lead. On the game's next possession, the Wildcats ran on offensive set to perfection and tied the game at 54-54 with 28 seconds left when junior forward Mary Gedaka scored on a lay-up off a nice feed from senior guard Adrianna Hahn.   
 
With the shot clock off, Creighton ran the clock down and held for the last shot. As the clock was winding down, Bluejay senior forward Audrey Faber got the ball at the elbow and made a drive to the basket. Faber got a shot up but her running jumper was off target and the game went to overtime.
 
Hahn drained a deep three to start the overtime scoring and give the Wildcats a 57-54 lead. After Creighton's Temi Carda split a pair of free throws, Bluejay junior guard Olivia Elger sank two free throws to tie the game at 57-57 with 2:48 on the clock.
 
Following a two minute scoring drought, Gedaka gave the Wildcats a 59-57 advantage with 48 seconds to play when she scored on a lay-up. The lead was short lived, as Agnew made a short jumper to even the score at 59-59 with 20 seconds left.
 
Villanova had a chance to win the game, but Hahn's driving lay-up would not fall and Creighton had possession with 1.2 seconds to go. The Bluejays called timeout and advanced to ball to the front court where they threw a pass from the sideline to Faber in the paint. Faber caught the ball near the basket and attempted a short jumper that would not fall and the game was headed to a second overtime.
 
On the first possession of the second overtime, Wildcat junior forward Bridget Herlihy scored on a left-handed driving lay-up. Following a defensive stop, Villanova grabbed a two possession lead at 63-59 with 3:49 to play when Gedaka connected on a bucket in the paint.
 
After each team went one-of-two from the line the Wildcats led 64-60, before Creighton made it a 64-62 game on an Agnew lay-up at the 50 second mark. On Villanova's next possession, the Wildcats ran the clock down and increased their lead to 67-62 with 25 seconds remaining when Hahn connected on a deep three from the left wing.
 
Creighton had a chance to cut the lead to two, but Elger's three would not fall and Villanova had possession with 17 seconds to play. Villanova called timeout and advanced the ball to the front court where the ball was in bounded to junior guard Kelly Jekot who was able to dribble the clock out and help the Wildcat escape with the win.
 
In the victory, Gedaka led all scorers with 23 points to go with seven rebounds, five assists and a steal. Jekot tallied 15 points and team-high tying nine rebounds, while Hahn and senior forward Jannah Tucker had 11 points each. Herlihy pulled-down nine rebounds.
 
Creighton was paced by Faber who had 22 points, while Agnew added 15 points and nine rebounds. Elger was the third Wildcat in double figures with 12 points.
 
For the game, Villanova was 28-of-70 from the field (40.0%), 9-of-30 from three-point range (30.0%) and 2-of-9 from the foul line (22.2%), while the Bluejays shot 38.3 percent from the floor (23-of-60), 25.9 percent from behind the arc (7-of-27) and 75.0 percent from the charity stripe (9-of-12). Each team registered 42 rebounds. Villanova was charged with just three turnovers, including none in the game's final 29 minutes.
 
Villanova returns to action on Friday, Feb. 8, when the Wildcats travel to Chicago to take on DePaul. Tip-off is set for 8 p.m., eastern time.         
 
NOTES:  Villanova has defeated Creighton in three of the last four meetings and trail the all-time series by a 7-6 count…Adrianna Hahn moved into ninth place on Villanova's all-time scoring list today with 1,391 career points….Kelly Jekot has scored double figures in 17 of the 22 games this season…Today was Mary Gedaka's third 20-point game in the last four contests. She now has five 20-point games this year and nine for her career