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Game 536 - Villanova women at Marquette

February 16 at Al McGuire Center in Milwaukee, WI
Big East Network

Really strong second half, and fourth quarter in particular, for Marquette, which won 90-69 to end Villanova's six-game winning streak.

The Golden Eagles led by five at halftime, then shot 66% (10-of-15) over the final 20 minutes. Starting at about the minute and a half mark of the third - with an Erika Davenport lay up - the hosts went on a 21-7 run and midway through the fourth it was 73-57.

Davenport played really well, contributing 16 points on 8-of-15 shooting and grabbing a game-high eight rebounds. Combine that performance with the job done by Natisha Hiedeman, who dazzled all day, scoring 26 points (more than 13 above her average) on 10-of-14 shooting (in only 24 minutes!), and didn't commit a turnover, and Danielle King, who had eight assists and one turnover to go along with 15 points in a team-high 35 minutes.

That's how Marquette moves to 12-3 in league play and remains in the running for the top seed in next month's tournament.

Game 483 - DePaul at Marquette

January 15 at Bradley Center in Milwaukee, WI
Fox Sports 1

Marquette turned a 12-11 lead with about 7 1/2 minutes gone by in the first half into a 41-21 halftime lead and cruised, 70-52.

Marquette, which improved to 13-6 and 4-3 in Big East play, held the visiting Blue Demons to 30% shooting from the field and their lowest point total since a 73-51 loss to Michigan State last November. DePaul killed itself inside because despite grabbing 17 (!) offensive rebounds, missed a number of close shots, and off several of those second-chance opportunities couldn't convert on long-range attempts, missing 10-of-12 from three-point range.

That's four consecutive wins in the series for the Golden Eagles, who were led by Sam Hauser (19 points, 5-of-10 on 3-pointers) and had 21 assists on 24 made field goals.

Basketball phrases, presented by Jeff Levering & Dickey Simpkins

"three headed monster"
"high octane Marquette team"
"Dave Leitao and his hungry bunch of Blue Demons"
"coach K"
"coach Wojo"
"he's a very good lane cutter"
"the college splash brothers" (2)
"retro post move"
"shot mechanics"
"I love his pizzazz"
"x-factor"
"gritty play"
"floor burns"
"it's a big boy conference"

Games 420-421: Holiday tournament week begins

421 - VCU vs. Marquette
November 20 at Lahaina Civic Center in Maui, HI
[Maui Invitational quarterfinals]
ESPN2

A couple gems from the excellent Jay Bilas:

"your eyes make lay ups"
"he's played a really nice floor game"

420 - Clemson vs. Temple
November 19 at TD Arena in Charleston, SC
[Charleston Classic championship]
ESPN2

Games 377-378: Moving on

378 - (10) Marquette vs. (7) South Carolina
March 17 at Bon Secours Wellness Center in Greenville, SC
CBS

377 - (11) Rhode Island vs. (6) Creighton
March 17 at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, CA
TBS

It's incredible that a major conference team can go 44 years without an NCAA win, but South Carolina did until Friday.

Sindarius Thornwell had 29 points and 11 rebounds and P.J. Dozier added 21 and the Gamecocks ran away from Marquette in a 93-73 win. Playing in the tournament for the first time since 2004, South Carolina won for the first time since a March, 1973 victory over Lafayette in a third-place game. That's how long it had been.

It was also the first tournament win for Rhode Island since the 1998 team made a run to the Elite 8.

The Rams, Atlantic 10 champions, had a terrible day shooting the three (4-of-21), but made up for it with great free-throw shooting (28-of-31) and having four players in double figures, led by Jeff Dowtin's 23 points.

I'm really looking forward to Rhode Island's round of 32 match up with third-seeded Oregon.

Games 348-349: One champ, one finalist

349 - (3) East Tennessee State vs. (1) UNC-Greensboro
Southern championship
March 6 at US Cellular Center in Asheville, NC
ESPN

348 - (3) Marquette women vs. (2) Creighton
Big East semifinals
March 6 at Al McGuire Center in Milwaukee, WI
FS1