In their only game of the week, Marquette women’s basketball made an emphatic case to be in the Associated Press top 25 on Monday. Your final from the McGuire Center: Marquette 67, Butler 46. The Golden Eagles are now 9-2 on the year and 2-1 in Big East action.
Butler had the advantage early in this one. Officially, this is a comeback victory for Marquette, as a triple from Tenley Dowell made it 9-6 Butler with 4:54 left in the first quarter. Marquette then scored the next eight points in a row to jump out to a 14-9 lead and they would never trail again.