Marquette University
Seton Hall
Marquette Women Fall at Seton Hall, 65-55
1/10/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Jan. 10, 2009
SOUTH ORANGE, N. J. - Noteisha Womack scored 16 points and pulled down 17 rebounds to lead Seton Hall (12-3, 1-2 BIG EAST) to a 65-55 victory over Marquette (10-6, 1-1 BIG EAST) at the Walsh Gymnasium Saturday afternoon. Sophomore Angel Robinson led the Golden Eagles with a game-high 21 points and six rebounds.
Marquette shot a dismal 32.8 percent from the floor for the game, while Seton Hall capitalized on 24-of-50 made baskets (48 percent). The Pirates also connected on 11-of-13 attempts from the charity stripe, including 7-of-8 over the last 1:31 of the game.
With Seton Hall ahead 21-15 coming out of the eight-minute media timeout, McMorris drained a 3-pointer to spark a 10-0 Golden Eagle to move ahead, 25-21. The Pirates went on a mini 6-0 run of their own to take a 3-point lead with 2:50 remaining in the half (28-25).
McMorris finished the first half with a team-high seven points, and Marquette's bench combined for 14 points. The Golden Eagles collectively shot 38.7 percent in the first on 12-of-31 shooting, and went into the locker room tied 30-30. Five of MU's made shots were from long range.
The opening five minutes of the second half featured four more lead changes before Seton Hall scored eight straight points and take a 46-38 lead with 11:54 left to play.
Robinson looked to spark MU's attack with a lay-up that put the score at 46-40 still in favor of Seton Hall, but SHU took its largest lead of the game at 13 points with 10:01 to remaining in the game.
Marquette chipped away at the deficit over the next five minutes. Led by Robinson, who had six points during the run, the Golden Eagles came as close as four points, 53-49, with 5:01 to play before Womack scored a lay-up with 4:28 to play. A 3-pointer by Whitney Wood pushed the Pirates lead to nine points, 58-49, with 3:10 to play.
The Pirates made all six of their free throw attempts in the last 1:31 to clinch the win.
The Golden Eagles will be back in action at the Al McGuire Center on Tuesday, Jan. 13 against Notre Dame at 8 p.m. The game will be nationally televised on CBS College Sports Net.
