The No. 19 Marquette women’s basketball team faced a bit of a reality check Saturday afternoon, losing 87-63 to No. 2 Notre Dame in the Fighting Irish’s first trip to the Al McGuire Center since 2013.
The loss snapped Marquette’s nine-game home winning streak and was the second overall loss in the last 35 days.
Marquette remained within five points of Notre Dame for most of the first half, but the Golden Eagles had no answers for the Fighting Irish’s paint attack. Notre Dame outscored Marquette 62-30 in the paint.
“The pace was a lot slower tonight, so the bigs were able to dominate more than they did (at) Mississippi State,” Marquette head coach Carolyn Kieger said.