For about 11 minutes, maybe 12, against #16 DePaul on Sunday afternoon, Marquette women’s basketball seemed to have everything figured out. Well, almost everything.
Camryn Taylor scored early in the second quarter to give Marquette a 14-11 lead after the Golden Eagles had held the ranked Blue Demons to a mere nine points in the first quarter. It was an impressive defensive performance by the Golden Eagles, given that DePaul has one of the most prolific offenses in the country. The problem was that along the way in the first quarter, Marquette had coughed up the ball ELEVEN TIMES, so they were only leading 12-9 after 10 minutes.