Marquette Falls at DePaul, 74-60

Feb. 28, 2009

CHICAGO, Ill. - The Marquette women's basketball team jumped out to an 8-point lead midway through the first half, but DePaul rallied to beat the Golden Eagles 74-60 on Saturday night at McGrath Arena in MU's final road game of the regular season.

DePaul improved to 21-8 overall and 9-6 in the BIG EAST, while MU dropped to 16-13 and 7-8 in losing its second straight game away from home.

Krystal Ellis led MU with 13 points, Angel Robinson added 11 and Jasmine Collins had a career-high 10 on 5-for-5 shooting in just 7 minutes of action. Keisha Hampton led DePaul with 22 points and 15 rebounds, while Deirdre Naughton scored 20.

The Golden Eagles jumped out to a 4-0 lead on back-to-back baskets by Jessica Pachko before DePaul rallied to take a 14-13 advantage.

That's when MU went on a 9-0 run, capped by a 3-pointer by Erin Monfre, to take its biggest lead at 22-14.

The Golden Eagles made eight of their first 11 field goal attempts, but then hit just two of their last 12 shots and were outscored 25-4 in the final 10 minutes of the first half to trail 39-26 at the break. Ellis led MU with 9 points in the first half.

The Blue Demons went 12-17 from the free throw line as MU was called for 14 fouls in the first 20 minutes.

Robinson scored seven of MU's first eight points of the second half, but the closest the Golden Eagles could get was 10 as DePaul pulled away to lead by as much as 23.

Marquette returns home on Monday night for the final game of the regular season to face No. 8/8 Louisville at 8 p.m. CST in a game to be televised nationally by CBS College Sports Network.

Senior Night festivities follow the game to celebrate the careers of Monfre, Ellis and Marissa Thrower.