Sunday, December 15
Milwaukee, WI
2 P.M. CT
Marquette University
7-2,0-0Big East
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51
Milwaukee
3-10,0-3Horizon
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Milwaukee
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Marquette
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Volker’s Career Day Lifts Marquette over Milwaukee Sunday, 69-51
12/15/2024 4:29:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Golden Eagles travel to Bowling Green Wednesday at 6 p.m. CT
MILWAUKEE – The Marquette University women's basketball team continued its hot streak with 69-51 a win over Milwaukee on Sunday afternoon at the Al McGuire Center.
Marquette (7-2, 0-0 BIG EAST) was led by Lee Volker, who had a career-high 21 points, six rebounds, three assists and a career-high seven steals. The senior guard had 19 first half points.
Skylar Forbes had her eighth double digit scoring output of the season with 18 points, seven rebounds, three blocks and two steals.
The Golden Eagles led 20-10 after the first and shot 61.1% from the field in the first ten minutes, setting their highest first quarter shooting percentage of the season.
Going into the second quarter, Milwaukee took a 28-27 lead, their second of the game. After a timeout by Marquette, the Golden Eagles went on a 13-2 run over the next eight minutes to tie the largest lead of the contest, leading 40-30 at the half.
Senior guard Lee Volker and sophomore forward Skylar Forbes combined for 30 of MU's 40 first half points.
Marquette held Milwaukee to nine points in the second and six points in the third, the 10th and 11th time this season holding an opponent to 10-points-or-less in a quarter for MU.
The Golden Eagles led by as many as 21 points in the second half and led for 37 minutes and 41 seconds of game action.
Milwaukee (3-10, 0-3 HL) was led by Anna Lutz who totaled 10 points in the contest.
NOTABLES:
Marquette travels to Bowling Green on Wednesday, Dec. 18 at 6 p.m. CT on ESPN+.
Keep up with the Marquette women's basketball program through social media by following on X (@MarquetteWBB) and Instagram (@marquettewbb) and `liking' on Facebook (MarquetteWBB).
Marquette (7-2, 0-0 BIG EAST) was led by Lee Volker, who had a career-high 21 points, six rebounds, three assists and a career-high seven steals. The senior guard had 19 first half points.
Skylar Forbes had her eighth double digit scoring output of the season with 18 points, seven rebounds, three blocks and two steals.
The Golden Eagles led 20-10 after the first and shot 61.1% from the field in the first ten minutes, setting their highest first quarter shooting percentage of the season.
Going into the second quarter, Milwaukee took a 28-27 lead, their second of the game. After a timeout by Marquette, the Golden Eagles went on a 13-2 run over the next eight minutes to tie the largest lead of the contest, leading 40-30 at the half.
Senior guard Lee Volker and sophomore forward Skylar Forbes combined for 30 of MU's 40 first half points.
Marquette held Milwaukee to nine points in the second and six points in the third, the 10th and 11th time this season holding an opponent to 10-points-or-less in a quarter for MU.
The Golden Eagles led by as many as 21 points in the second half and led for 37 minutes and 41 seconds of game action.
Milwaukee (3-10, 0-3 HL) was led by Anna Lutz who totaled 10 points in the contest.
NOTABLES:
- Marquette has taken 27 out of the last 28 meetings against Milwaukee.
- 14th time in program history MU has had a seven game win streak.
- First time the two teams have met since Nov. 13, 2022, when Marquette won 73-47 at home.
- Marquette shot 53.3% in the first half, setting a new team high for the first 20 minutes of game action.
- Volker set a new career-high with 21 points, beating her previous high of 18 she had earlier this season in two road games at Illinois and Rutgers. It was her first career 20-point game.
- Olivia Porter had seven assists for the second game in a row, tying her career-high.
- Kennedi Perkins had a career-high seven rebounds.
- Marquette forced 20 turnovers and recorded a season-high 13 steals.
Marquette travels to Bowling Green on Wednesday, Dec. 18 at 6 p.m. CT on ESPN+.
Keep up with the Marquette women's basketball program through social media by following on X (@MarquetteWBB) and Instagram (@marquettewbb) and `liking' on Facebook (MarquetteWBB).
Team Stats
MKE
Marq
FG%
.353
.458
3FG%
.318
.313
FT%
.800
.833
RB
27
38
TO
20
14
STL
6
13
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
21
FGM
8
3FGM
1
FTM
4
Pts
18
FGM
7
3FGM
2
FTM
2
Pts
8
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
0
Pts
7
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
1
Players Mentioned
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/ Women's Basketball
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