Cincinnati announced that they would be hosting Marquette women’s basketball back on Monday evening. I’m presuming that both sides knew that the game was at the very least likely to happen 24 hours earlier than that. That meant that both teams had around 96 hours notice, maybe a little more.
While Cincinnati was the home team and while the Bearcats announced the game first, they were definitely the less prepared squad at tipoff on Thursday afternoon at Fifth Third Arena. Marquette induced eight turnovers in the first five minutes of the game while launching themselves out to a 16-0 lead, which provided a nice firm basis for a 86-75 MU victory.