It wasn’t a normal Monday night in the Al McGuire Center, it was a little bit more than that.
Before Marquette (20-9, 13-7 Big East) took down DePaul (15-16, 8-12) 98-80, senior forward Chloe Marotta was honored in traditional senior night fashion: a standing ovation from the crowd and a slow lap around hugging family and friends.
“Coach asked me ‘If you’re gonna cry’ and I was like, ‘No coach, I’m not gonna cry. We got a game to play, I’m not gonna cry,'” Marotta said. “All of a sudden they did the video, I saw my teammates and they call my name out and I was like, ‘oh, God it’s all hitting me right now right before the game.