WBB Dominates Xavier in Duffy’s 100th Win at Marquette

MILWAUKEE - The No. 19/20 Marquette women's basketball team dominated Xavier,81-52, in Megan Duffy's 100th win at Marquette on Saturday.

The Golden Eagles (13-2, 2-2 BIG EAST) had four in double-figures led by Mackenzie Hare, who had a game-high 19 points on 6-of-11 shooting. Hare hit four threes, the sixth time this season the sophomore has hit four-or-more threes in a game, and had three assists, three rebounds, and three steals.

Xavier scored the first eight points of the game in the first 1:52 that forced an early MU timeout. Marquette would close the half on a 35-7 run. Xavier scored five points in the second quarter, a season-low for points given up during the second ten minutes.

Marquette led by as many as 32 in the second half and forced a season-high 28 turnovers. Five Golden Eagles had at least two steals as MU had a season-high 14 for the game.

The Musketeers (1-11, 0-3 BIG EAST) were led by Daniela Lopez who had 13 points on 5-of-10 shooting.

NOTABLES:

Marquette has won the last 15 meetings over Xavier, the longest active winning streak over a BIG EAST opponent for MU.
Jordan King moved into the top-10 all-time on the Marquette career scoring list, passing Christine Kennedy (1991-95). King has 1,615 career points and is one of two players in program history to have over 1,500 career points and 500 career assists (Angel Robinson, 2007-11).
Today was Megan Duffy's 100th win at Marquette. Duffy is the fastest coach to reach 100 wins in program history and is 100-39 overall in her fifth season. Her .719 winning percentage is best in program history.
Duffy is the third coach in program history to have 100 wins in their Marquette career. Terri Mitchell (1996-2014) won 348 games in 18 years and Tat Shiely (1975-1986) had 111 wins in 11 years.
Rose Nkumu had five assists, fourth time in the last four games the senior has had five-or-more assists.
Claire Kaifes had season-highs in points (8), rebounds (5), and assists (3).
Skylar Forbes had 10 points for the second time in three games and was perfect from the field (4-of-4) with a career-high three steals.
Halle Vice had a career-high four points with two rebounds.

UP NEXT:

Marquette hits the road to take on Seton Hall on Tuesday, Jan. 9 at 7:30 p.m. CT.

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