Blockton Clears 2,000 Points As #10 Marquette Crushes Xavier

Patrick Gorski-USA TODAY SportsA rousing team performance led to #10 Marquette women’s basketball getting the 90-44 victory over Xavier on Friday night, but this game will always be remembered for an individual circumstance. With 2:50 left in the third quarter, Selena Lott came up with a steal off an Xavier inbound, flipped it to Danielle King, who then flipped it to Allazia Blockton for the easy lay-in. It was a fantastically on-brand basket for MU under the direction of head coach Carolyn Kieger, which makes 9000% sense here: The bucket gave Blockton exactly 2,000 career points. She is the first Marquette basketball player, taking into account both the men’s and women’s team, to reach the 2,000 point mark. After finishing with 15 points, Blockton now has 2,004 career points.

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