UNCASVILLE, Conn. – The Marquette women’s basketball team’s streak of five-straight appearances in the BIG EAST Tournament finals came to an end Sunday afternoon after 71-51 loss to No. 7 UConn in the semifinals at Mohegan Sun Arena.
“Obviously that first quarter they (UConn) came out, just threw I think every punch we could handle,” Marquette head coach Megan Duffy said. “Their defense was tremendous. Thought we had some good offensive looks in that first quarter but were unable to make them.”
UConn opened the game throwing the first punch as Duffy said with a 7-0 scoring run forcing her to call timeout just over two minutes into the game.