WBB Drops Road Game at Creighton

OMAHA, Neb. – The Marquette women's basketball team suffered a road defeat at No. 22 Creighton on Wednesday, 76-71.

The Golden Eagles (16-5, 5-5 BIG EAST) were led by Liza Karlen, who had 29 points and 10 rebounds. It was Karlen's third-straight 20-point game and second-straight double-double.

Mackenzie Hare joined Karlen in double-figures with 17 points and three 3-pointers.

The back-and-forth contest saw eight ties and eight lead changes. Marquette held Creighton without a field goal for the last 5:34 but the home team was 13-of-15 from the line in the final ten minutes.

Creighton (17-3, 8-2 BIG EAST) was led by Morgan Maly who had 21 points on 8-of-14 shooting.

NOTABLES:

Liza Karlen moved into 29th on the all-time scoring list with 1,119 career points. Karlen passed Chloe Marotta who had 1,090 points from 2018-23.
Karlen moved into 16th on the all-time rebounding list with 664 career rebounds. Karlen passed Tammy Shain, who collected 655 rebounds from 1988-92.
Jordan King moved into eighth all-time in career field goals with 642. King passed Lisa Oldenburg (1996-00), who had 638.
Karlen had a career-high 13 field goals made on 21 shots.

UP NEXT:

Marquette stays on the road to face Providence on Saturday, Feb. 3 at 1 p.m. CT.

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