COLUMBIA S.C. — After a missed buzzer-beater from first-year guard Mackenzie Hare, the Marquette women’s basketball team fell to the University of South Florida Bulls in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament 67-65 in overtime.
“For the first game of Friday, it was obviously absolutely exciting,” Marquette head coach Megan Duffy said. “Give South Florida a lot of credit. I thought they made a great run in that fourth quarter to cut our lead and just made a few more plays down the stretch.”
But for most of the game, it seemed as though Marquette would be the victors, not the vanquished.