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Marquette Wire

The student news site of Marquette University

Marquette Wire

The student news site of Marquette University

Marquette Wire

Women’s basketball brief

The Marquette women's basketball team beat Cincinnati 67-61 Wednesday night, giving the program its 500th overall win. The victory over the Bearcats gave the Golden Eagles back-to-back wins for the first time since beating Northwestern and Kansas consecutively in early December.

Angel Robinson led Marquette (15-11, 6-6 Big East) with 17 points, along with six assists and five rebounds. Two other Golden Eagles also scored in double figures; Krystal Ellis and Jessica Pachko chipped in 15 and 14 points, respectively.

Erin Monfre, coming off a career-high 21 points, hit two 3-pointers and finished with six points and six rebounds.

The Golden Eagles have won four straight contests against the Bearcats and are 10-2 all-time in Cincinnati.

Cincinnati (13-12, 3-9 Big East) received 16 points apiece from Jill Stephens and Shanasa Sanders.

The Bearcats have not won a game since Jan. 17 against Seton Hall.

Marquette will return home Saturday to take on the St. John's Red Storm at 3 p.m.

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