UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Revenge is sweet. Especially in March.
The sounds of Ring out Ahoya – Marquette’s fight song – surged through the Mohegan Sun Arena Saturday afternoon as No. 5 seed Marquette women’s basketball pushed past No. 4 Villanova, 50-48.
The Golden Eagles had come close before, falling both 66-63 and 55-52 to Wildcats in the regular season after going cold offensively down the stretch in both losses.
And Saturday unfolded the exact same as the previous two matchups; except for the ending.
With five seconds left in the fourth quarter, Villanova took a timeout to figure out how to come out either on top or bring the game to a tie as it was down only two points.