Marquette women’s basketball entered Wednesday night’s matchup against DePaul looking to sweep the regular-season series and end its two-game losing streak.
However, the Blue Demons had other plans as they defeated the Golden Eagles 77-66 at Wintrust Arena.
DePaul got out to a quick start, as they jumped out to an early 16-7 lead within the first five minutes of the first quarter. The Blue Demons headed into the second quarter with a 28-17 lead behind shooting 60% from the field in the opening frame.
The Blue Demons continued to grow their lead in the second quarter, leading as large as 17 at the 4:05 mark of the frame after graduate student guard Deja Church hit a 3-pointer to put DePaul up 43-26.