Women's Basketball Falls To Marquette In BIG EAST Quarterfinals

UNCASVILLE, CONN. – The Providence College women's basketball team fell to No. 2 seed Marquette in the BIG EAST Quarterfinal, 68-43, on March 6 at Mohegan Sun Arena.

FIRST QUARTER:
• Marquette got out to a 9-0 lead, while the Friars committed five turnovers through the first 5:32 of the game.
• Providence missed its first six shot attempts before cashing in at the 3:06 mark on a Chanell Williams (Bronx, N.Y.) jumper at the top of the key (9-2).
• The Golden Eagles kept their foot on the gas, hitting back-to-back threes to mount a 15-2 advantage.
• Mary Baskerville (Enfield, Conn.) and Alyssa Geary (Elmhurst, N.Y.) finished off the scoring in the quarter with back-to-back buckets for Providence, closing the deficit to 15-6.
• The Friars shot just 25-percent (3-12) from the field, while Marquette hit 46-percent from the floor (6-13).

SECOND QUARTER:
• Sophia Widmeyer (Dartmouth, Nova Scotia) opened the quarter with a traditional three-point play to get Providence within six (15-9).
• The Golden Eagles responded with six-straight points in just under three minutes of action to regain a double-digit margin (21-9).
• Widmeyer halted Marquette's run with a triple from the right wing (21-12).
• Marquette extended its run to 18-3 during a span of nearly eight minutes before Widmeyer hit her second three of the game with 37-seconds on the clock (33-15).
• The Friars forced a turnover on Marquette's ensuing offensive possession, and Widmeyer got another clean look at a three with two-seconds remaining, but the ball rimmed out.
• Marquette took a 33-15 advantage into halftime.

THIRD QUARTER:
• Providence was held scoreless for nearly three minutes before Alyssa Geary (Elmhurst, Ill.) hit a jumper out of a timeout at the 4:53 mark (39-21).
• Geary got two more at the free-throw line 30-seconds later to give Providence an 8-6 scoring edge in the quarter.
• Marquette came out of a scoring drought of their own with a pair of free throws from Camryn Taylor on the Golden Eagles' next offensive possession, but Kyra Spiwak (Arlington Heights, Ill.) responded with her first points of the game on a three from the right win (41-26).
• Providence cut the lead to 15 in the quarter, but Marquette closed the third quarter with five unanswered points.
• The Golden Eagles held a 48-28 lead heading into the final 10 minutes.

FOURTH QUARTER:
• Marquette held Providence scoreless over the first 4:04 of the quarter, outscoring the Friars 10-0.
• The Friars answered with a 7-0 run (58-35), before the Golden Eagles converted a three-pointer from the right win with 3:56 to play.
• The Golden Eagles outscored the Friars 20-15 in the fourth quarter to claim the 68-43 victory.

NOTES / HIGHLIGHTS:
• Williams paced the Friars with 12 points, while Geary added 10 points.
• Widmeyer finished the night with nine points.
• Providence concludes its season with a 7-14 overall record.
• The Friars advanced to the BIG EAST Quarterfinal for the third-consecutive season, having earned victories in the First Round each of the last three seasons.
• It marks the first time Providence has won a BIG EAST Tournament game in three-straight seasons since 1993-95.

- GO FRIARS! -

Women's Basketball Falls To Marquette In BIG EAST Quarterfinals

Team Stats

Chanell Williams

Alyssa Geary

Sophia Widmeyer

Kyra Spiwak

Players Mentioned

Mary Baskerville

Alyssa Geary

Kyra Spiwak

Sophia Widmeyer

Chanell Williams

Players Mentioned

Mary Baskerville

Alyssa Geary

Kyra Spiwak

Sophia Widmeyer

Chanell Williams

Providence College Athletics