Marquette University
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St. John's
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WBB Posts 61-38 Win Over St. John's
2/18/2023 5:02:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Marotta hits 1,000-point career milestone as Golden Eagles pick up important league win
MILWAUKEE — The Marquette women's basketball team (18-8, 116 BIG EAST) picked up an important BIG EAST win Saturday afternoon, taking down St. John's 61-38 at the Al McGuire Center.
"This was a tremendous win and really a collective team effort," said Marquette head coach Megan Duffy. "I thought our rebounding and our defense was tremendous today, and we were able to take St. John's out of what they do. I'm really proud of our entire team effort."
Entering the game tied with the Red Storm for fourth in the league standings, Marquette controlled the contest from start to finish to split the season series and improve its standing with just three games left to play in the regular season. MU never trailed in the contest, leading for over 37 minutes of action.
With a layup early in the fourth quarter, MU senior forward Chloe Marotta hit an important career milestone during the fourth quarter, scoring the 1,000th point of her career. She becomes just the 33rd player in program history to hit the 1,000-point plateau, with teammate Jordan King doing so earlier this season as well.
The Golden Eagles set the tone early taking a 10-2 lead right out of the gates. They took a 29-21 lead into the half after a relatively low scoring second quarter from both sides, but then blew things open with a 12-0 run early in the third quarter. Their lead would grow to as many as 26 points.
In what was one of the team's top rebounding performances of the season, Marotta brought down 12 boards including eight in the first quarter alone. As a team, MU won the battle on the glass 46-26.
Senior guard Jordan King had another stellar performance, scoring a team-high 24 points to go along with six boards, six assists and two steals. Junior guard Rose Nkumu led all players with seven assists, as the Golden Eagles recorded 20 assists on 26 made shots.
St. John's (19-7, 10-7 BIG EAST) was paced by the duo of Jillian Archer and Jayla Everett, who scored 10 points apiece.
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At the 8:11 mark of the fourth quarter, Chloe Marotta scored the 1,000th point of her career. She became the 33rd player in Marquette program history to hit that mark.
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Marotta is one of just seven players in program history with at least 1,000 points and 800 rebounds in a career.
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Marotta finished with a double-double of 14 points and 12 rebounds. This was her eighth double-double of the season, and the 14th of her career.
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Jordan King scored 24 points to go along with six rebounds, six assists and two steals.
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This was King's 10th 20-plus point scoring performance this season, and the 13th of her career.
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King moved up two spots on the all-time scorers list, passing Tammy Shain (1,289) and Kathy Andrykowski (1976-80). She now sits in 19th all-time with 1,312.
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The 38 points scored by St. John's were its fewest of the season, its previous low mark being 51 against Seton Hall.
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St. John's was limited to just 26.9 percent (14-of-52) shooting from the floor and 12.5 percent (1-of-8) shooting from 3-point range.
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Marquette won the rebounding battle 46-26.
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Marquette finished the game shooting 41.9 percent (26-of-62) from the floor, 23.1 percent (3-of-13) from 3-point range and 75.0 percent (6-of-8) from the free throw line.
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This win evens the season series between Marquette and St. John's at 1-1. MU currently owns the tiebreaker vs the Red Storm due to its win over UConn.
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With the win, Marquette is now 21-11 all-time vs St. John's, and has wins in 11 of past 13 meetings.
UP NEXT: Marquette remains at home this week to host RV Creighton on Wednesday, Feb. 22. Tip-off is slated for 7 p.m (CT). The game will be broadcast by BIG EAST Digital Network on FloHoops, with a live stat link available on GoMarquette.com.
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