MU women 86, Xavier 71: Eagles keep it rolling

CINCINNATI – The Marquette women’s basketball team rolled to its second straight victory as sophomore Allazia Blockton reached 1,000 career points in a 86-71 win over Xavier on Sunday afternoon at the Cintas Center.

Blockton became the 25th player in the program’s history, and the youngest, to reach the milestone when she sank a jumper with 9 minutes 6 seconds in the third quarter.

Erika Davenport posted her Big East-best 13th double-double with 15 points and 12 rebounds for the Golden Eagles (19-7, 10-5 Big East). Amani Wilborn also contributed 15 points, and McKayla Yentz added 13.

The Golden Eagles broke a 41-41 deadlock with 15-0 run in the third quarter on the way to shooting 60.6% in the second half.

The Musketeers (11-14, 3-11) had four players score in double figures, led by Madison Blackwell, who scored 20 points in the loss.

Marquette — Davenport 7-13 1-2 15, King 4-9 0-0 9, Yentz 3-6 4-4 13, Hiedeman 4-9 0-0 13, Blockton 9-15 4-4 22, Wilborn 5-9 4-5 15, Spingola 1-1 0-0 3, Totals 33-62 13-15 86.

Xavier — Blackwell 9-18 2-2 20, Schaefer 3-5 0-0 7, Turner 1-9 2-2 4, Fincher 4-11 0-0 10, Gaffney 3-11 4-4 11, Gomez 1-1 0-0 3, Byrd 2-3 2-4 6, Partlow 4-7 2-2 10 Totals 27-67 12-14 71.

Marquette 19 15 26 26 — 86
Xavier 15 21 13 22 — 71

Three-point goals — Marquette7-17 (King 1-4, Yentz 3-6, Hiedeman 1-3, Blockton 0-1, Wilborn 1-2, Spingola 1-1), Xavier 5-16 (Blackwell 0-1, Schaeffer 1-1, Turner 0-4, Fincher 2-7, Gaffney 1-2, Gomez 1-1). Rebounds — Marquette 39 (Davenport 12), Xavier 31(Partlow 7). Assists — Marquette 16 (Hiedeman 6), Xavier 18 (Turner 8). Total fouls — Marquette 13, Xavier 15. A — 2,185.