Marquette 67, at Georgetown 59

WASHINGTON (Interstat) — Lee Volker scored 22 points and Marquette used a dominant defensive start to build a lead it would never relinquish, defeating Georgetown 67-59 in a Big East women’s basketball game Sunday at Capital One Arena. The Golden Eagles (15-7, 6-5 Big East) held the Hoyas to just eight first-quarter points, forcing eight turnovers and blocking three shots to establish a 16-8 advantage. That early cushion proved critical as Georgetown (12-10, 5-6) mounted several challenges but could never draw even. The most important sequence of the game came late in the third quarter with Marquette’s lead trimmed to… Read more...