Marquette 56, at Saint John`s 55

NEW YORK (Interstat) — In a defensive struggle where every possession carried outsized weight, the Marquette women’s basketball team exacted a measure of revenge Wednesday night, edging Saint John’s 56-55 in a Big East Conference thriller at Carnesecca Arena. The Golden Eagles, who fell to the Red Storm by seven points just over three weeks ago in Milwaukee, flipped the script in the rematch by leveraging a disruptive defense and clutch late free throws to snap a two-game skid and improve to 12-7 overall. Saint John’s, which entered the contest with a 15-6 record, saw its two-game winning streak halted… Read more...