WBB Pulls Away to Defeat DePaul on Saturday Afternoon, 82-72

The Marquette University women’s basketball team continued BIG EAST play with an 82-72 win over DePaul on Saturday at the Al McGuire Center.

The Golden Eagles (17-8, 9-5 BIG EAST) were led by Skylar Forbes, who had a career-high 26 points and nine rebounds. Olivia Porter had a career-high 18 points and was 9-of-10 from the free throw line.

Jaidynn Mason added 13 points, a career-high nine rebounds, four assists and four steals.

Marquette trailed after the first for just the fifth time this season. DePaul had its largest lead at eight points at the 5:05 mark of the second quarter before MU went on an 8-0 run to tie it at 31-31 with 3:18 remaining in the half.

The Golden Eagles outscored the Blue Demons 26-19 in the second quarter. Skylar Forbes had 19 points at half, tied for the most points by an MU player at half this season. Lee Volker had 19 at halftime against Milwaukee on Dec. 15, 2024.

Down by one headed into the fourth, Marquette won the final frame 24-13, in large part due to an 11-1 run over two and a half minutes halfway through the quarter. Jaidynn Mason had six of MU’s 11 points in that span.

Marquette led by as many as 12 in the fourth quarter and shot 70% over the final ten minutes.

DePaul (12-16, 7-8 BIG EAST) was led by Jorie Allen, who had 22 points and four rebounds.

NOTABLES:

• Marquette has taken nine out of the last 10 meetings against DePaul.
• Third-straight regular season sweep of the Blue Demons.
• The Golden Eagles shot 50-percent-or-better from the field for the ninth time this season.
• Marquette had season-highs in free throws made (23) and free throw attempts (25) for a season-high 92 percent shooting from the charity stripe.
• First time scoring 80-or-more points since defeating Stonehill 87-42 on Dec. 21, 2024.
• Skylar Forbes had her sixth 20-point game of the season and fourth in conference play.
• Jaidynn Mason scored in double-figures for the 10th time this season and sixth time in conference play.
• Charia Smith had a career-high nine points in 19 minutes off the bench.

UP NEXT: Marquette hosts Providence on Wednesday, Feb. 19 at 6:30 p.m. CT to wrap up its two-game homestand.

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