MILWAUKEE, Wis. — The Marquette University women's basketball team handed the University of Connecticut women's basketball team its second loss in a row Wednesday night.
Marquette defeated UConn for the first time in 17 meetings. And, it was the first time since 1993 that UConn has lost two games in a row.
Chloe Marotta had 19 points and Jordan King added 18 as Marquette defeated UConn, 59-52. It was the UConn Huskies' lowest point total of the season.
“We came into a huddle and we were at the media timeout in the fourth quarter, and I was like, ‘We were here last year. I'm not watching film on how we lost in the last five minutes,' ” King said. “You have to put 40 minutes of basketball together. For us, I felt we did that.”
The Marquette women's team coach, Megan Duffy, became just the third person to ever beat an Auriemma-coached UConn team as both a player and a coach.
“In some ways, I'm speechless,” Duffy said. “The next emotion is I'm just incredibly proud of these women and what they did tonight - a historic win for Marquette women's basketball. We knew we were up against a buzzsaw with Connecticut losing on Sunday.”
The Golden Eagles are in the NCAA Tournament bubble, so this game was huge for their postseason hopes. Marquette now must make sure it doesn’t have any letdowns the rest of the season.
The Golden Eagles will play their next game on Feb. 15 at Providence.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
