Trio Leads Golden Eagles Past Providence 78-61

MILWAUKEE – The Marquette women’s basketball team captured its fifth-straight win, defeating Providence 78-61 on Wednesday night at the Al McGuire Center. The Golden Eagles continued its hot shooting streak, connecting at a 51.7% clip from the field, their fourth consecutive game shooting north of 50%.

Skylar Forbes broke out for a team-high 22 points on 8-of-15 shooting. Eighteen of those points came during the second half, including two 3-pointers in the final 70 seconds. Lee Volker added 19 points with 11 coming in the first half. Halle Vice chimed in with her third double-double in a row, finishing with a 15 points and 10 rebounds.

Back-and-forth throughout the opening quarter, Marquette began to assert itself in the second after leading by just one through 10 minutes. Volker and Vice scored five each during a 12-0 run that spanned three minutes and gave the Golden Eagles a 36-23 with four minutes remaining in the half.

After Providence ended its scoreless drought with 2:45 on the clock, Bridget Utberg answered with a triple form the wing. Marquette would take a 44-29 lead into the half.

The Golden Eagles extended their advantage coming out the locker room, holding the Friars scoreless for the first five minutes. It resulted in MU’s lead growing to 24 through nine unanswered with the final three coming off the hands of Volker. Providence answered right back with the next six. The 18-point difference stood through the end of the period.

Providence trimmed its deficit down to as little as 11 midway through the fourth but Forbes closed the door with eight points in the final four minutes and Volker added her third triple of the night.

UP NEXT
Marquette returns to the road this weekend, traveling to Creighton. Tipoff is set for noon CT at D.J. Sokol Arena and will air on FS1.

NOTABLES

• Marquette won its 17^th straight game over Providence.
• Halle Vice record her 10^th double-double of the season and third straight, collecting 15 points and 10 rebounds.
• Skylar Forbes finished with 22 points, the junior’s most since scoring 26 on Dec. 20.
• Lee Volker notched double figures in the scoring column for the sixth time in the last seven games, finishing with 19 points.

NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. While it is believed to be reliable, Urban Milwaukee does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness.