Marquette University
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Marquette Falls to #20 UCLA in Overtime in Battle 4 Atlantis Title Game
11/21/2022 2:31:00 PM | Women's Basketball
King, Marotta each earn all-Tournament honors
PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas — The Marquette women's basketball team (5-1, 0-0 BIG EAST) suffered its first setback of the season in the Battle 4 Atlantis championship game Monday afternoon, falling to #20 UCLA 66-58 in overtime.
The senior duo of Chloe Marotta and Jordan King were each named to the Battle 4 Atlantis All-Tournament Team following the contest. Marotta averaged 13.0 points, 5.7 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game in the tournament, while King went for 16.0 points, 3.7 boards and 2.3 assists per outing.
"I'm just really proud of our program for the performance we had this week," said Marquette head coach Megan Duffy. "There's no better way to start the day than with the final going to overtime. I thought our toughness and grittiness is good, but give UCLA a lot of credit. Down the stretch, they made tremendous plays and we just came up a little bit short."
The game began as a defensive battle as both sides got off to a slow offensive start, combining to shoot just 29.6 percent (8-of-27) with 11 combined turnovers through the first 10 minutes. While the offenses found a bit more rhythm in the second quarter, things remained even going into the break, the game tied up at 27 apiece.
The majority of regulation was played within two possessions, neither team leading by more than seven at any point. The fourth quarter began the same way as the third, with a tie ballgame.
With 15.7 seconds remaining in the game and a two-point Marquette deficit, Chloe Marotta caught a UCLA defender in the air with a pump-fake outside the arc, then drove to the basket for a right-handed scoop shot to even things up. Following a Bruin timeout, the Golden Eagles forced three-straight misses to send the game into overtime.
With 4:19 left in the overtime period, Jordan King picked up her fifth foul and was sent to the bench, leaving the Golden Eagles without their starting point guard the rest of the way. In King's absence, freshman guard Mackenzie Hare stepped up to the plate. She scored five points in overtime, but MU was unable to close the gap.
The Bruins were paced by Kiki Rice, who finished the game with 18 points.
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Chloe Marotta led the team with 15 points, to go along with a team-high eight rebounds and a pair of blocks. This was her fifth double-digit outing in six games this season.
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Liza Karlen also hit double-digits in the scoring column, finishing with 12 points. This was also her fifth game with 10-plus points this season.
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Nia Clark tied her rebounding career-high, bringing down seven boards in the contest.
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Jordan King scored in double-figures in all three games of the tournament, going for 10 points this afternoon.
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This was Marquette's first overtime contest of the season, and fourth under Coach Duffy. It has a 2-2 record in those games.
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Jordan King fouled out at the 4:19 mark of the overtime period, just the third disqualification of her career.
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Marquette finished the game shooting 37.7 percent (20-of-53) from the floor, 29.4 percent (5-of-17) from 3-point range and 76.5 percent (13-of-17) from the free throw line.
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This was the first-ever meeting between Marquette and UCLA. Marquette is now 8-12 all-time against current Pac-12 teams.
UP NEXT: Marquette will return home to the Al McGuire Center to host Saint Francis on Sunday, Nov. 27, at 2 p.m. CT. The game will be broadcast on FloHoops, with streaming and live stat links available on GoMarquette.com.
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