Seton Hall 70, Georgetown 65
Head coach Anthony Bozzella picked up career win No. 400 as the Pirates improved to 11-8 on the year and 3-5 in BIG EAST play. A pair of Donnaizha Fountain free throws with 2:41 to play gave The Hall a 63-53 lead, which appeared comfortable until the Hoyas reeled off a 10-2 run in 90 seconds of game time to get within a possession at 65-63. The two squads traded free-throws over the next 40 seconds before two more freebies by Fountain made it a two-possession game again. Jayla Jones-Pack provided the exclamation point from the charity stripe with 13 seconds left to clinch the SHU win. Fountain recorded a double-double with 20 points and 10 boards, while the Hoyas were led by Mikayla Venson’s game-high 28 points off 9-of-16 shooting. Georgetown scored 24 points off 21 Pirate miscues to climb back into the contest, while The Hall won the inside battle with 26 points in the paint and a 39-32 rebounding edge.
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St. John’s 70, RV/RV Villanova 64
The Red Storm won their fifth in a row for their longest BIG EAST winning streak since the 2013-14 campaign, edging Villanova in a battle of longtime foes. The game featured four ties and 14 lead changes, with the contest knotted with just under five minutes to play. St. John’s went on a 9-0 run after Adrianna Hahn’s three-pointer tied the game at 54-54, including six straight points by Qadashah Hoppie. Villanova would get no closer than four the rest of the way, despite Kelly Jekot’s 16 points. St. John’s Maya Singleton and Alisha Kebbe matched Jekot’s game high of 16 points, while Singleton snagged a game-high 11 rebounds for her BIG EAST-leading 13
th double-double.
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RV/RV Marquette 88, Xavier 67
The Golden Eagles remained atop the BIG EAST standings with an undefeated mark of 7-0 by putting together monster second and third quarters to get by Xavier. It was a back-and-forth contest through the opening 10 minutes with eight lead changes and three ties. Over the following 20 minutes, however, Marquette outscored the Musketeers 57-29 to build up a 35-point margin. MU’s Allazia Blockton and XU’s Imani Partlow tied for the game high with 19 points apiece. Marquette scored 54 of its points in the paint, despite Xavier winning the battle of the boards, 41-38. The Golden Eagles’ 7-0 start to league play is their finest since joining the BIG EAST (2005-06).
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NR/RV DePaul 87, Butler 65
All five starters scored in double figures as DePaul won its fourth in a row and for the seventh time in the last eight outings. Mart’e Grays and Ashton Millender led the Blue Demons with 20 points apiece, while Butler saw Whitney Jennings and Tori Schickel combine for 35 points. The Bulldogs shot .459 on the afternoon but DePaul knocked down 12 three-pointers, reaching double-digit triples for the fourth consecutive game. The Blue Demons have won each of their last four by an average margin of 26 points and has shot over 40 percent from the field in eight consecutive games. Butler won the rebounding battle for the fifth time in the last six games, with Shae Brey gathering a game-high 9 caroms.
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Upcoming Schedule
Wednesday
Penn at Villanova, 7 p.m.
Friday
Creighton at Butler, 7 p.m.*^
Marquette at Georgetown, 7 p.m.*^
DePaul at Villanova, 7 p.m.*^
Providence at Xavier, 7 p.m.*^
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Providence at Butler, 1 p.m.*^
St. John’s at Seton Hall, 1 p.m.*^
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