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The University of South Florida women's basketball team placed three players in double fugures led by Jessica Lawson's 17 points and 12 rebounds, however that wouldn't be enough as Marquette handed the Bulls a 63-50 loss on a snowy night at the Al McGuire Center.
Joining Lawson in double figures was Sequoyah Griffin with 12 points and Janae Stokes with 10 points.
Lawson's double-double was her league leading 13th of the year and the 23rd of her career.
The Bulls turned the ball over 22 time on the night which led to 24 Marquette points. In addition, the Golden Eagles bench outscored USF's reserves 20-2 in their win.
Due to the bad weather in the Midwest, USF will head directly New Jersey to face Seton Hall on Feb. 13 at 2 p.m. The Bulls will close out their three-game road stretch at Georgetown on Feb. 17 at 8 p.m.
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Marquette
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26 |
37 |
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63 |
| USF |
21 |
29 |
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50 |
| Scoring Leaders |
| Player |
FG-A
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3FG-A
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FT-A
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TP
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| Marquette- Robinson |
5-9 |
0-1 |
6-7 |
16 |
| USF - Lawson |
5-13 |
0-0 |
7-10 |
17 |
| Rebounding Leaders |
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| Marquette- Simmons |
0 |
8 |
8 |
| USF - Lawson |
6 |
6 |
12 |
| Misc. Leaders |
| Player |
Steals
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Assists
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Blocks
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| Marquette- Robinson |
1 |
6 |
0 |
| USF - Saunders |
2 |
4 |
0 |
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MILWAUKEE - The University of South Florida women's basketball team kicked off one of its toughest stretches of the season tonight as Marquette handed USF a 63-50 loss in front of 1,014 fans on a snowy night at the Al McGuire Center. The loss, the Bulls' second straight, drops USF to 13-10 overall and 4-6 in conference play.
USF, who kicked off the first of three straight road games against the Golden Eagles, placed three players in double figures led by Jessica Lawson's game-high17 points. Joining Lawson in double digits was Sequoyah Griffin with 12 points and Janae Stokes with 10 points.
In addition to Lawson's 17 points, she also pulled down a game high 12 rebounds for her BIG EAST leading 13th double-double of the season, and the 23rd of her career.
Both teams started off the first half as cold as it was outside the Al McGuire Center tonight with neither team shooting better than 29 percent from the field in the first 20 minutes.
The Bulls jumped out to a 5-0 lead on a jumper by Janae Stokes with 17:36 left in the half, only to have the Golden Eagles use a 7-2 run, capped off by a Courtney Weibel three-point shot, to tie the game at seven-all.
USF would push its lead back to five points, 12-7, when Melissa Dalembert tipped in her own missed shot with 12:35 left before the intermission.
Angel Robinson would tie the game for the third time in the first stanza, 19-19, on a jumper with 6:03 remaining, and then, following a Jessica Lawson turnover, Jessica Pachko would give the Golden Eagles their first lead of the game, 21-19, on a lay-up with 5:27 left in the half.
Aside from the Bulls evening the game up at 21-21 on a driving lay-up by Leondra Doomes-Stephens with 3:13 left, Marquette would keep the advantage the rest of the way entering the locker with a 26-21 lead.
The Golden Eagles would shoot 29 percent (9-31) in the first half while USF hit for just 28.6 percent (8-28) of its shots from the floor in the first stanza.
In the second half, both teams would come out shooting considerably better from the floor, with Marquette hitting for 57.1 percent (4-7) from the field and the Bulls 50 percent (4-8) in the first 4:30 of the second stanza.
Marquette would keep up the intensity behind Robinson who would score six of the Golden Eagles' first 10 points, however the Bulls' Sequoyah Griffin would keep USF close with eight of its first 10 points.
Both teams would go back and forth during the second half with the Golden Eagles trying to pull away but couldn't.
The Bulls would cut the Marquette lead to three points, 34-31, on a jumper by Stokes with 15:56 left.
Marquette would finally widen the margin pushing it to what would be, at that point, a game-high 10 points, 48-38, on the second of two free throws by Jessica Pachko with 9:06 left.
USF would close the margin to five points just once the rest of the way, 48-43, on the second of a two shot free throw with 7:32 left, however could not get any closer the rest of the way.
The Bulls finished the game shooting 33.3 percent (19-57) from the field while the Golden Eagles shot 35.7 percent (19-57) from the floor.
Due to the bad weather in the Midwest, USF will head directly New Jersey to face Seton Hall on Feb. 13 at 2 p.m. The Bulls will close out their three-game road stretch at Georgetown on Feb. 17 at 8 p.m.
