#MUWBB Shakes off St. John's, 72-61

QUEENS, N.Y - The Marquette women's basketball team defeated St. John's 72-61 on Sunday afternoon at Carnesecca Arena. MU went 1-1 on this weekend's east coast road trip and improves to 7-2 (4-1 BIG EAST). The Golden Eagles have now won six of their last seven games, with four of those wins coming in conference play.

Selena Lott carried the scoring load for the Golden Eagles, netting a season-best 30 points on an efficient 11/14 shooting from the field. Junior forward Chloe Marotta was all over the floor on Sunday, tallying season-highs in points (11), rebounds (14) and assists (7). Camryn Taylor added in 13 points, three rebounds and three assists.

Both teams exchanged blows for much of the game with nobody leading by more than nine points. The Golden Eagles led 52-49 heading into the fourth quarter and the game seemed up for grabs.

MU changed that by bursting out in the final quarter with an 18-6 run, led by nine points from Lott. The Golden Eagles shot 8/13 (61.5%) in the final 10 minutes and held the Red Storm to just 5/17 (29.4%) shooting.

A big key to the game was interior scoring as MU outscored the Red Storm 46-16 in the paint and scored 21 points off SJU's 16 turnovers.

Qadashah Hoppie had a team-high 15 points for St. John's. Leilani Correa and Raven Farley added in 11 points while Correa brought down 10 rebounds.

POSTGAME NOTES:
-MU won the rebounding battle for the 38^th time in the 41 games of the Coach Duffy era.
-The Golden Eagles moved to 6-0 this season and 19-3 under Coach Duffy when shooting over 45% from the field.
-It's the third time this season MU has shot 50% or better.
-Selena Lott tallied her second career 30-point game and the first of this season. It's the ninth time she's scored 20-or-more in her career.
-Selena Lott registered her 40th career double-figure scoring game.
-Taylor Valladay averaged 10 points per game this weekend, netting eight on Sunday on 4/5 shooting.
-Chloe Marotta had season-highs in points (11), rebounds (14) and assists (7).
-Seven assists is a career high for Marotta.
-Five Golden Eagles scored between four and 13 points.

UP NEXT:
Marquette will host Georgetown on Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Al McGuire Center.

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