Marquette University
12-7,5-5Big East
Seton Hall
13-7,6-4Big East
WBB Earns 80-61 Victory Over Seton Hall
1/22/2023 5:10:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Hare goes for career-high 23 points in win, most points by a MU freshman since 2020
MILWAUKEE — The Marquette women's basketball team (12-7, 5-5 BIG EAST) earned a dominant victory over Seton Hall Sunday afternoon inside of the Al McGuire Center, winning 80-61.
"This was a tremendous team win today," said Marquette head coach Megan Duffy. "Seton Hall is a great team and I thought we did an awesome job guarding their big two of Lauren Park-Lane and Sidney Cooks. I can't say enough about our bench, to come in and help us be successful. Kenzie Hare was tremendous."
With MU's leading scorer Jordan King limited to just 20 minutes due to foul trouble, the freshmen guard duo of Mackenzie Hare and Emily La Chapell stepped up big for the Golden Eagles. Hare went off for a career-high 23 points, while La Chapell went for 12 points, two rebounds, four assists and three steals.
The Golden Eagles got off to a hot start, opening the game with a 14-7 advantage to trigger a Seton Hall timeout midway through the first quarter. The game remained within a few possessions until MU used an 18-0 run in the second quarter, holding the Pirates scoreless for over six minutes of action to open up a 23-point lead at the half. MU forced 16 turnovers in the first half on 12 steals, while committing just three turnovers of its own.
While the second half was played much more evenly across the board, the MU lead never went under 15. Senior forward Chloe Marotta had another outstanding performance for the Golden Eagles, recording a double-double of 19 points and 12 boards, while also recording five assists, a career-high tying four steals and two blocks.
The Golden Eagles capitalized on 23 Seton Hall giveaways, scoring 25 points off of turnovers in the contest.
The Pirates were paced by Lauren Park-Lane, who finished with a team-best 14 points.
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With 12 rebounds in the contest, Chloe Marotta moved into Marquette's all-time top-10. She passed Allazia Blockton (2015-19), and now sits in 10th in program history with 779.
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Marotta finished with a double-double of 19 points and 12 rebounds, to go along with five assists and a career-high tying four steals. This was the 11th double-double of her career, and her fifth of the season.
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Mackenzie Hare finished with a career-high 23 points including 5-of-10 shooting from 3-point range, the fifth double-figure scoring game of her career.
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Hare's 23 points were the most by a Marquette freshman since Camryn Taylor also had 23 points on 1/12/20 against Seton Hall.
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Emily La Chapell finished with 12 points, the fifth double-figure scoring game of her career as well.
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Makiyah Williams also posted a scoring career high, finishing with nine points to go along with six boards.
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Marquette outscored Seton Hall 27-9 in the second quarter, its largest single-quarter scoring differential of the season.
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Jordan King was limited to a season-low 20 minutes after getting into foul trouble early.
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Marquette's 14 steals were a new season high.
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Marquette never trailed in the contest, leading for 38:16 of action.
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Marquette finished the game shooting 43.9 percent (29-of-66) from the floor, 47.4 percent (9-of-19) from 3-point range and 76.5 percent (13-of-17) from the free throw line.
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With the win, Marquette improves to 18-11 all-time against Seton Hall. MU is an undefeated 13-0 all-time against SHU in Milwaukee.
UP NEXT: Marquette remains at home this week to face Xavier on Wednesday, Jan. 25 at 7 p.m. (CT) at the Al McGuire Center. The game will be broadcast by BIG EAST Digital Network on FloHoops, with live stream and stat links available on GoMarquette.com.
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