Marquette women’s basketball (16-4, 5-4 Big East) snapped its two-game losing streak against Butler Saturday afternoon at the Al McGuire Center, defeating the Bulldogs 59-48.
Here are three takeaways from the Golden Eagles win:
Dominant third quarter
The Golden Eagles trailed 31-25 heading into the locker room, knowing that the way they played in the second quarter wasn’t going to be enough to win this game.
“I feel like it always gets back to our defense,” senior forward Liza Karlen said. “We obviously had a dry spurt in the first half of missing outside shots but that’s never really a big concern for us.