(MARQUETTE COMMUNICATIONS) SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – A game of opposing double-digit runs in the first half turned into a nip-and-tuck affair in the fourth quarter as Marquette (11-6, 5-3 BIG EAST) fell 64-61 at Seton Hall (12-5, 6-2 BIG EAST) on Wednesday night at Walsh Gymnasium. Leading by one with 3:41 to play, the Golden Eagles went three-and-a-half minutes without a field goal.
Lee Volker led MU with 20 points on 6-of-11 shooting, 4-of-7 from 3. Halle Vice added a double-double with 19 points and 13 rebounds.
Losing the tip for just the third time this year, a Seton Hall 3-pointer opened the scoring. After missing on its first attempt from the field, Marquette connected on six straight made shots during an 11-0 run that carried into the media timeout with 3:44 on the clock. Halle Vice was the catalyst starting 5-of-5 from the field for 11 points.
The Golden Eagles’ run continued out of the stoppage as they scored 16 unanswered before Steon Hall scored the final four points of the quarter. The Pirates’ two made field goals ended a string of 17 consecutive missed shots.
Taking a 20-9 lead into the second, Marquette’s offense went cold. Turning the ball over six times and missing on their first six attempts of the second quarter, the Golden Eagles’ advantage was gone with three minutes left in the half. After SHU regained the lead at 22-20 with 2:15 on the clock, Charia Smith answered at the other end with an and-one.
MU closed the quarter with the final five points to take a 25-22 lead at the half despite having a string of 12 straight missed field goals that stretched from the end of the first and into the second quarters.
The Golden Eagles built their lead up to as much as eight in the third before the Pirates hit a 10-0 in the final minutes. MU trailed 41-40 heading into the final 10 minutes.
Marquette held the lead or the game was tied for the first five 4:53 when SHU grabbed its first lead since the final minutes of the third. With 3:41 to go, Lee Volker dropped in a 3-pointer on the wing to put MU up one but the Pirates answered right away with one of their own form the corner. Volker’s triple would be the Golden Eagles’ last bucket for more than three-and-a-half minutes as Seton Hall built up a six-point lead in the final 30 seconds.
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Marquette returns home to Georgetown on Saturday for Alumni Day. Tipoff is set for 2 p.m. CT at the Al McGuire Center
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