The hip and groin are really common overuse areas in the squat.

I'd say if the pain is so bad you couldn't even finish the first set you need to take a week off of it. You can begin stretching the area in a few days. Meanwhile identify any from problems, etc.

When your return you'll want to cycle back some to give it a chance to strengthen. You said you started on the low end then went up 15 pounds. Could be 15 pounds a week. You mean 5 pounds each workout? This is a workout to workout thing so it would make more sense to speak of it that way, btw.

Besides proper stretching are you warming up properly? Not warming up or a bad warmup is the most likely thing to cause this in a beginner.

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If you act sanctimonious I will just list out your logical fallacies until you get pissed off and spew blasphemous remarks.