If ever a game against a middle-of-the-road opponent mattered, this did- playing to maintain conference position and their ranking, as this was their only game this week. And they choked like whoa.
Kia Wright was on fire, but that was really it for the Red Storm. Angie Clark was heavily defended and couldn't get going. Tara Walker was hot early, but cooled. Greeba Barlow, who was on a scoring streak, was in serious foul trouble for most of her minutes. Danielle Chambers couldn't hit a lay-up to save her life, and was dragging on defense, a cardinal sin.
#20 for Marquette, Ellis, was amazing- is she always a brilliant scorer? She's only a freshman- watch out for her! #45, McCullough, sets Screens Of Grievous Bodily Harm- not quite Cathrine's Screens Of Death (tm), but very solid. I sat next to their Russian player's father or other older kinsman for the first half, and he was hysterical. They played a swarming, intense, scrambling defense that really psyched St. John's out.
The attendance is starting to pick up among students, although bribing them with free pizza and ice cream helps.
Geekout: Marquette assistant coach Cara Consuegra was a draft pick of the Utah Starzz.
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