The Golden Eagles spread things around incredibly well in this game, with no one playing more than the 29 minutes logged by Hiedeman. To a certain extent, it’s clear that Kieger’s halftime message was “stop messing around,” as MU opened up the third quarter with a 13-3 run to take a 31 point lead, and the lead was up to 41 at the end of the frame. The lead would wobble down to 18 a couple of times late in the first and early in the second quarter, and MU led by 21 at the half.
There’s 3:19 left in the first quarter and Marquette is up 23. That’s a 25-2 run and a 27-4 opening to the game. Lott hit a three with 4:43 left in the first to make it 21-2, and MU ripped off six more in a row after the Musketeers broke the 19-0 run. Xavier turning it over three times helped. FIFTY-EIGHT SECONDS TO SCORE TWELVE POINTS. Heck, it was only 58 seconds between Hiedeman’s triple and King’s J in transition to make it 14-2. 69 seconds of action, 12 straight points for Marquette. It was actually wilder than that, as Owens scored at 8:04 to make it 2-2, and Marquette was leading 14-2 at the 6:55 mark when XU head coach Brian Neal said “hey, wait one damn second here” and called timeout. Natisha Hiedeman buried a three-pointer 11 seconds after Owens’ bucket to kick off a 19-0 run. Erika Davenport got the first points of the game on the board with a pair of free throws, Xavier’s Na’Teshia Owens answered with a layup on the other end, and then things got wild. It started out patently bad, as the two teams combined to miss their first four shots of the game and turn it over twice. As you saw from the score at the top of the page, it’s not exactly like this one was a barnburner. Vaguely disappointed that all of these clips don’t have the Lott steal, to be honest. #muwbb #LeaveYourMarq /9HufVvSImA- Marquette WBB January 26, 2019 Allazia Blockton's 2,000th point in a Marquette uniform, in all its glory, from all the angles.