St. John's 81, 8/7 Marquette 74
The Red Storm erased a 14-point deficit and exploded for 49 second-half points to stun No. 8/7 Marquette on Friday at Carnesecca Arena, handing the Golden Eagles their first BIG EAST loss of the season. The St. John’s defense held MU under 80 points for just the third time in the last 13 games as standouts Natisha Hiedeman and Allazia Blockton combined for just five points. SJU’s Tiana England reached the 20-point mark for just the second time in her career, adding six assists and three rebounds. MU’s Erika Davenport posted game highs of 24 points and 13 rebounds, while Amani Wilborn added 22 points. The win over No. 8/7 Marquette is St. John’s highest since knocking off No. 2/2 UConn on Feb. 18, 2012. Marquette remains in first place in the BIG EAST standings with a three-game lead, while the Red Storm moved into a tie for sixth place, but now holds the tiebreaking trump card no one else does – a win over Marquette. It was St. John’s fourth straight win.
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Providence 63, Xavier 55
The Friars won for the first time at Cintas Center and improved to 7-7 in BIG EAST play, 15-11 overall for their most wins both overall and in league since 2009-10. PC led wire-to-wire as Jovana Nogic led all scorers with 22 points, including a 6-of-9 clip from deep to get within nine of the BIG EAST career record for three-pointers made. Maddie Jolin scored seven points to become the 35
th player in Providence program history to reach 1,000 career points. A’riana Gray led Xavier with 20 points and a game-high 14 rebounds for her BIG EAST-leading 12
th double-double of the year.
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-/RV DePaul 94, Seton Hall 85
The Blue Demons won their third straight thanks to a combined 51 points from Lexi Held and Mart’e Grays. Held scored a game-high 28 points, including 14 in the fourth quarter as a one-point DePaul lead swelled to a 12-point advantage with 1:40 to play. Desiree Elmore led the Pirates with 21 points of 9-of-12 shooting, while Shadeen Samuels added 19. The Blue Demons won the rebounding battle 39-30 and scored 24 second-chance points to SHU’s 14. The win kept DePaul in a second-place tie with Butler at 9-4, while The Hall fell two slots to a tie for sixth with St. John’s at 6-8.
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Butler 66, Creighton 46
Butler went on a 25-0 scoring run in the second half to notch a 20-point win over Creighton and remain in a second-place tie in the BIG EAST standings with -/RV DePaul. The Bulldogs’ run started with 4:26 left in the third as Kristen Spolyar knocked down a jumper to lead 38-32, and lasted until 4:57 in the fourth as BU built up a 29-point advantage. Four Bulldogs finished in double figures, with Spolyar finishing with a game-high 13 points. Jaylyn Agnew led the Blueyajs with 12 points and eight boards.
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Upcoming Schedule
Saturday - Feb. 16
Georgetown at Villanova, 1 p.m.*#
Sunday - Feb. 17
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-/RV DePaul at St. John’s (Madison Square Garden), 1 p.m.*+
Creighton at Xavier, 2 p.m.*#
Providence at Butler, 2 p.m.*#
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