Marquette University Athletics
Wis.-Green Bay Defeats Marquette, 69-51
12/4/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
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Quaye, Kamm score 14 in loss
GREEN BAY, Wis. ? In a battle of undefeated teams, Wis.-Green Bay defeated Marquette, 69-51, at the Phoenix Sports Center in Green Bay. UWGB forced Marquette to turn the ball over 18 times, turning it into 22 points. UWGB improves to 6-0, while Marquette falls to 5-1.
For Marquette, sophomores Christina Quaye and Danielle Kamm each scored 14 points, while junior Carolyn Kieger had 10 points. UWGB had five players in double figures, led by Nicole Soulis and Natalie Berglin, who had 14 each off the bench. Soulis had 10 rebounds to lead UWGB to a 35-32 advantage on the glass.
After taking a nine-point halftime lead, Wis.-Green Bay went on an 11-4 run to take a 16 point advantage. Marquette was able to close the gap to 14 midway through the period, but the Phoenix built the second half lead to as many as 25.
The Phoenix defense held Marquette to 36.0 percent shooting in the second half. Marquette came into the game averaging over 70 points per game, but Wis.-Green Bay?s defense allowed Marquette to hit just 38 percent of its shots. The dominating inside game Marquette has had all season was neutralized as UWGB outscored Marquette, 24-16 in the paint.
?I?m not going to lose perspective,? said Marquette head coach Terri Mitchell. ?We?re 5-1 and playing good basketball. We?ll correct everything that didn?t go well today.?
Marquette closed the first half strong. After trailing 29-16, the Golden Eagles scored six straight to cut Green Bay?s margin to seven points. However a basket by Natlie Bergman extended UWGB?s lead back to nine at the break, 31-22. Kamm and Quaye each had seven points for Marquette at the break, while Soulis led UWGB with seven.
Turnovers plagued Marquette in the first half as they did all game, surrendering the ball 11 times, leading to 13 UWGB points off turnovers. Turnovers came early as Marquette allowed two runs of seven and a run of five in the first 20 minutes.
?From the start, we were out of sync and never seemed to get out of it. We never got into a rhythm? Mitchell said. ?But it?s just one game. It?s one hump in the road and we can get better from this. I?d be shocked if they don?t win the Horizon League and make it to the NCAA Tournament. The fact is, we lost to an NCAA Tournament team today.?
The Golden Eagles return to action on Wednesday, Dec. 8 at 7 p.m. at Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa.
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