Marquette women’s basketball committed five turnovers in the first 6:06 of the first quarter against Presbyterian on Tuesday morning. I can’t help but wonder if MU was slightly taken aback by the fact that it appeared that someone had forgotten to tell Milwaukee Public Schools that it was MPS Day, so it was kind of an empty-ish gym. Presbyterian went up 10-7 off that fifth turnover, and less than two minutes later, Alyssa Febres hit a transition three to make it 15-9 Blue Hose. Yolanda Floyd answered
two Jordan Meulemans free throws with a layup, and it was 17-11 Presbyterian. Floyd scored again with just under a minute to go in the first quarter to make it 19-13 for the visitors.
Marquette head coach Cara Consuegra was visibly annoyed with her team as the McGuire Center started to fill in with the local school kids, although it never got close to capacity.
After that first 6:06 of the game, Marquette committed just six turnovers the rest of the game.
After that Floyd bucket with 50 seconds left in the first quarter, Marquette outscored Presbyterian 74-35. Three free throws to end the first quarter’s scoring mixed with two buckets to start the second quarter and make it a 7-0 burst across the break and put Marquette out in front 20-19. Four free throws from Halle Vice and Meulemans flipped over Presbyterian’s 23-22 lead to 26-23 and an advantage that Marquette would never again surrender.
10-0 Marquette turned into 17-1 before the half ended and had the Golden Eagles rolling in less than three minutes of game action, and they were up 47-30 at the break thanks to a 31-11 quarter. 6-0 Marquette early in the third pushed the margin to 20 and it never went back under. A 9-0 run across more than two minutes, capped by two free throws from Yu Han Lin made it a 30 point game with 2:12 left in the third. Marquette’s last points of the game came with 2:56 left, and that gave the Golden Eagles their largest lead of the day at 35, 87-52.
65-31 Marquette over the final 26:44 after that last Presbyterian lead. Just four turnovers in the entire second half after five in the first six minutes, and two of those four came after MU scored for the final time here.
Once they got it ironed out, they rolled. Sometimes the game isn’t that complicated.
Quietly, Marquette did it without Halle Vice, who had 12 points, five rebounds, and three assists in just 22 minutes, with only five of those coming after halftime. Nothing apparently wrong with her, just Cara Consuegra making it clear to the squad that they were going to have to be able to compete without leaning on the Iowan. Kinley Asp finished with a team high 17 points, pushed along by a 4-for-5 outing behind the three-point line. Amina Traore had eight rebounds to lead the way there, while Yu Han Lin had five assists to go with her 14 points. It’s quiet and understated, but Kayl Petersen’s 8/6/3 line was exactly what the doctor ordered here.
Up Next: It’s time for the Golden Eagles to hit the road for the first time this season, and in fact, three of their next four are away from the McGuire Center. First up is a visit to Missouri for a Friday night contest with Missouri State. Tipoff is scheduled for 6:30pm in Springfield, and ESPN+ will have the broadcast. The Bears are 3-0 so far this season after knocking off Wichita State on the road on Tuesday morning by a score of 76-48. My god, did Wichita do that to their local school kids??? OH NO, THEY DID.
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