Marquette

After falling at home to the St. John’s Red Storm on Dec. 29, Marquette women’s basketball head coach Cara Consuegra put the fall on early mistakes: missed layups, turnovers and defensive breakdowns. In Sunday’s 85-69 win over the Villanova Wildcats (12-3, 5-1 Big East), the Golden Eagles’ (10-5, 4-2 Big East) start was anything but disjointed. Early, efficient successes — … [Read more...] about Marquette responds to Cara Consuegra with hot start in Villanova win

STORRS, Conn. — Nearly a year and a half ago, Josh Clark was unsure where he was going to be playing basketball after high school. Nineteen months later, on a chilly Sunday afternoon at Gampel Pavilion, Clark found himself playing some of the best basketball of his young career, all while having to go up against one of the Big East’s toughest big men in Tarris Reed Jr. The … [Read more...] about Josh Clark continues to show flashes in Golden Eagles’ loss to Huskies

Inside the Al McGuire Center on Sunday night, it was the Halle Vice show. The junior guard finished with a career-high 32 points and 11 rebounds, her fourth-straight double-double, to lead Marquette women’s basketball (10-5, 4-2 Big East) to an 85-69 victory over Villanova (12-3, 5-1 Big East). It was most points by a Marquette player since Selena Lott scored 34 on Jan. 10, … [Read more...] about Halle Vice leads Marquette to 85-69 win over Villanova with career day

With every push forward, the target kept moving. The gap shrank, but it never quite disappeared. That was the theme of the Marquette women’s basketball’s (8-5, 2-2 Big East) 73-66 loss to the St. John’s Red Storm (12-3, 2-2 Big East) on Monday night, playing most of the game from behind in a contest where neither team led by more than the winning margin. Marquette tied the game … [Read more...] about Women’s basketball one step behind St. John’s in 73-66 defeat

No Skylar Forbes start off the new year? No problem. With Jordan Meulemans replacing in the starting lineup an ill Forbes, Marquette women’s basketball downed the Xavier Musketeers (8-6, 1-4 Big East) 67-54 in Cincinnati on New Year’s Day. Down their leading scorer, Halle Vice shifted to the five and Jada Bediako came off of the bench to spark the Golden Eagles (9-5, 3-2) in … [Read more...] about Halle Vice’s third straight double-double leads Forbes-less Marquette past Xavier, 67-54