Marquette University Athletics
Marquette University
Louisville
Golden Eagles Fall to Louisivlle, 76-61
1/14/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Jan. 14, 2001
MILWAUKEE - The Louisville Cardinals showed off their potent offense at the U.S. Cellular Arena on Sunday afternoon in their 76-61 victory over the Golden Eagles.
The loss ruined career games for both junior Sarah Zawodny and sophomore Rashida Gales. Zawodny had a career high 22 points on 8-11 shooting and Gales dropped in ten. Sophomore Marju Sober was the leading scorer for the Cardinals with 21 points.
The Cardinals, now 9-7 overall and 4-1 in Conference USA, got off to a fast start, making four of their first five shots, Marquette connected on only two of its first nine shots. Louisville took their first lead early in the first half, but Marquette hung around in the first half and never fell behind by more than nine points.
Marquette came out strong in the second half, scoring the first four points and cutting the lead to just five early on. Sophomore Rashida Gales connected on a three-point play with 12 minutes remaining in the second half that brought the Golden Eagles with five.
"We made our run, they jumped on us and that seemed to take the life out of us," said Marquette head coach Terri Mitchell, whose Golden Eagles team drops to 6-10 overall and 2-3 in Conference USA.
Marquette eventually battled long enough to take the lead, but only for a short time. Gales hit a three pointer with 7:58 left in the second half that put the Golden Eagles up 48-47. It was the first lead for the Golden Eagles since the score was 5-4 in the first half.
The Golden Eagles, however, would only enjoy the lead for a short time as Louisville came down and scored on the next possession on a lay up by Shamika Ingram. The Cardinals then proceeded to go on a 13-2 run that put Marquette away for good.
The run was capped off by a Sober three pointer that was the nail in the coffin for the Golden Eagles as the Cardinals went up 70-57 with under two minutes in the game. The three pointer ensured that Louisville continued its streak of games with a trey, that streak now stands at 279 games.
"We just weren't consistent," added Mitchell. "We found our way back into the game and then went back to our old ways."
Louisville's shooting percentage was a little too welcoming for Mitchell, "We are not used to seeing that kind of shooting performance by our opponent, we really pride ourselves on our defense."
Heidi Bowman lead the team in rebounds with seven, but struggled with her shot. She finished the game 1-11 shooting and 3 points.
"Heidi struggled," said Mitchell. "There is no other way to put it. As a senior, I will continue to go to her but it just wasn't her game today." It was the first game this season that Bowman didn't lead the team in scoring.
