The top-seeded Marquette women’s basketball team defeated ninth-seeded St. John’s, 88-57 in the BIG EAST Quarterfinals behind a strong performance from Natisha Hiedeman. It advances the Golden Eagles to the semifinals for the third consecutive year.
“I’m extremely proud of our team today,” head coach Carolyn Kieger said. “They were extremely mature and followed the game plan pretty much to a tee. This is the most we’ve been locked in defensively.”
St. John’s remained close with Marquette through much of the first quarter, but then MU took advantage of poor shooting from St. John’s.
Marquette limited the Red Storm to 7-for-27 shooting from the field in the first half.