Marquette University
9-3,2-1Big East
Colorado
10-3,0-1Pac-12
WBB Suffers 71-48 Loss to Colorado
12/21/2022 2:26:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Golden Eagles are unable to overcome slow start in first home loss of the season
MILWAUKEE — The Marquette women's basketball team (9-3, 2-1 BIG EAST) suffered its first home loss of the season Wednesday afternoon at the Al McGuire Center, falling to Colorado 71-48.
"This was a great job by Colorado, I thought they were tremendous," said Marquette head coach Megan Duffy. "They played their game tough. Defensively they were very good, and they shot the ball extremely well. I'm disappointed with how we came out, then we never really fixed it or got it together. We'll go back to the drawing board, take a few days off for Christmas then figure it out for BIG EAST play."
Marquette got off to a slow start to the contest and struggled to find offensive rhythm early, as the Golden Eagles missed their first nine shots and faced a 12-0 deficit out of the gates. While MU committed just 12 turnovers in the game, it shot a season-low 32.8 percent (20-of-61) from the field.
After scoring just 13 points in the first 20 minutes and facing a 35-13 deficit at the break, the second half was much more evenly contested, Colorado holding a 36-35 advantage in the last two quarters. The Marquette bench stepped up to contribute 25 of the team's 48 points, led by a nine-point effort from freshman guard Mackenzie Hare.
Senior guard Jordan King led all Marquette players with 10 points on the afternoon, to go along with team-best marks of seven rebounds, four assists and three steals.
The Buffaloes (10-3, 0-1 Pac-12) were paced statistically by Quay Miller, who finished with 17 points, seven rebounds and four steals.
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Chloe Marotta made her 129th career appearance in the contest, moving into Marquette's all-time top 10 in career games played. She is now tied for ninth in program history, along with Sarina Simmons (2009-13) and Krystal Ellis (2005-09).
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With her fourth assist of the afternoon, Jordan King passed Courtney Romeiser (1989-93) on the program's all-time assist list to move into ninth all-time.
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Jordan King was the lone MU player in double-figures with 10 points, her 10th game this season with 10-plus points.
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25 of Marquette's 48 points came from its bench. Mackenzie Hare finished with nine points, while Emily La Chapell (8), Kennedi Myles (6) and Julianna Okosun (2) also got on the score sheet.
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Marquette finished the game shooting 32.8 percent (20-of-61) from the floor, 20.0 percent (4-of-20) from 3-point range and 80.0 percent (4-of-5) from the free throw line.
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Now entering BIG EAST play for the remainder of the season, Marquette finishes the year with a 7-2 record against non-conference opponents.
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With the loss, Marquette falls to 1-3 all-time against Colorado and 8-12 against current Pac-12 programs.
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With the loss, Marquette falls to 33-12 against non-conference opponents under Coach Duffy.
UP NEXT: Marquette returns to BIG EAST Conference play as it wraps up a four-game home stand on Wednesday, Dec. 28, against Villanova. The game will be broadcast by BIG EAST Digital Network on FloHoops with streaming and live stat links available on GoMarquette.com.
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