Marquette Rolls Past Army, 83-53

Dec. 10, 2017

MILWAUKEE--The Marquette women's basketball team used a balanced scoring attack led by 21 points from junior Natisha Hiedeman and tough defense to beat Army 83-53 Sunday afternoon at the Al McGuire Center.

Five Golden Eagles (5-4) scored in double figures, including Hiedeman's 21, 12 points and six rebounds each from Allazia Blockton and Erika Davenport and 10 point apiece for Danielle King and Amani Wilborn, who also grabbed six boards and dished a team-high four assists.

For Army (6-4), Daizjah Morris led the way with 15 points and Morgann Yancey was the only other Black Knight to crack double-digits with 10.

Marquette closed the home portion of non-conference play a perfect 4-0, with an average margin of victory of over 36 points. The Golden Eagles will not return home until they host St. John's in the start of BIG EAST play Dec. 28.

MU found itself in an early six-point hole, but hit six shots in a row and held Army to a nearly four-minute scoring drought to take a 18-12 lead after the first quarter. King played nine of 10 minutes in the frame, notching a team-high six points.

The Golden Eagles ramped up the defensive pressure in the second quarter, forcing eight turnovers in the frame and stretched the lead to 17. Army cut the deficit to 40-26 heading into half, but failed to score over the last three minutes of action. Marquette thrived inside, scoring 19 of its 21 buckets in the paint in the first half led by eight apiece from King, Blockton and Davenport. For the Black Knights, Morris led all scorers with 10 points. Army struggled to hold onto the ball, coughing up 14 turnovers while shooting only 35.7 percent from the floor in the first twenty minutes.

Marquette failed to connect for the first minute and a half of the third, but nailed a trio of three-point shots and made a series of transition baskets to open a 23-point lead at the end of the frame and used nine fourth-quarter points from Hiedeman to cruise to victory.

With the week off for finals, Marquette will head downtown to face cross-town foe Milwaukee on Sunday, Dec. 17 at 4 p.m. Central time before taking on nationally ranked Notre Dame in South Bend Dec. 20 to close non-conference play.