WBB Takes Down Holy Cross 75-55

Friday, November 11

Milwaukee, WI

7 PM

Marquette University

2-0,0-0Big East

Holy Cross

1-1,0-0Patriot

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Holy Cross	14	11	14	16	55
Marquette	15	14	23	23	75

11/11/2022 9:36:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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Golden Eagles use strong second half to pull away from Crusaders and move to 2-0

By: Communications

MILWAUKEE — The Marquette women's basketball team (2-0, 0-0 BIG EAST) used a strong second half to pick up a 75-55 win over Holy Cross Friday evening inside of the Al McGuire Center.

"We're really thrilled to get a win on a Friday night," said Marquette head coach Megan Duffy. "It was a little bit ugly up and down, but give Holy Cross a ton of credit. I thought we were back on our heels a little bit at different moments of the game, but I thought we had great contributions from players off the bench."

After an even first two quarters, the Golden Eagles went into the locker room at the half with a 29-25 advantage. Junior forward Liza Karlen once again got out to a hot start, scoring Marquette's first six points of the contest and finishing the first half with 12. She would go on to score 18 points to go along with five rebounds and three assists.

MU came out firing in the third quarter, using a 23-14 advantage in the period to gain some separation, and it never looked back. After taking a 52-39 lead into the fourth, freshman guard Mackenzie Hare caught fire, scoring Marquette's first 13 points of the quarter. In just the second contest of her collegiate career, Hare finished the evening with 18 points on 6-of-11 shooting from the floor.

After shooting 42.3 percent (11-of-26) from the floor in the first half, the Golden Eagles capitalized on 56.3 percent (18-of-32) second-half shooting. Additionally, MU forced 17 total turnovers and out-scored Holy Cross 20-2 on the fast break.

The Crusaders (1-1, 0-0 Patriot League) were led statistically by Janelle Allen, who finished the contest with a game-high 20 points.

Mackenzie Hare finished with 18 points, the first double-digit scoring outing of her collegiate career.
Nia Clark, who joined the team as a transfer prior to the season, had her first double-figure scoring game in a Marquette uniform and the 23rd of her career, finishing with 11 points.
After missing last season with an injury, Claire Kaifes hit a layup with 22 seconds remaining in the game. These were her first points in exactly 600 days.
32 of Marquette's 75 points came from the bench.
Makiyah Williams finished with six points, her best scoring outing since November 12 of last year and tied for the second best of her career.
With the win, Marquette is now 22-7 in non-conference play under Coach Duffy.

Marquette won the rebounding battle 30-26. Under Coach Duffy, MU has outrebounded opponents in 79 of 94 total games.
Marquette finished the game shooting 50.0 percent (29-of-58) from the floor, 37.5 percent (6-of-16) from 3-point range and 64.7 percent (11-of-17) from the free throw line.
With the win, Marquette is now 1-1 all-time against Holy Cross and 6-1 all-time against current Patriot League teams.

UP NEXT: Marquette will remain at home to take on cross-town foe Milwaukee on Sunday, Nov. 13 at 2 p.m. inside of the Al McGuire Center. The game will be streamed by MUTV on YouTube, with live stats and streaming information will be available on GoMarquette.com.

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