{"id":60198,"date":"2018-03-07T05:47:08","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T05:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=60198"},"modified":"2018-03-07T05:47:08","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T05:47:08","slug":"depaul-women-hit-16-3-pointers-rout-marquette-big-east-crown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/depaul-women-hit-16-3-pointers-rout-marquette-big-east-crown.html","title":{"rendered":"DePaul women hit 16 3-pointers to rout Marquette for Big East crown"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">DePaul women hit 16 3-pointers to rout Marquette for Big East crown<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Amarah Coleman scored a career-high 27 points and No. 2 seed DePaul routed top-seeded Marquette 98-63 on Tuesday night for the Big East Conference Tournament championship and automatic NCAA berth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">DePaul (26-7) made 16 3-pointers, one shy of a tournament record. Each Blue Demon starter finished in double-scoring after three quarters. Coleman led with 25 points as the Blue Demons built a 35-point lead, 83-48, and avenged last season&#8217;s eight-point loss in the title game to the Golden Eagles in Milwaukee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The teams tied for the regular-season title and split their two meetings, each winning on its home court. DePaul has won 12 of their last 13 games since their 26-point loss at Villanova on Jan. 19. Marquette (23-9) had its eight-game win streak snapped.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">It is DePaul&#8217;s third Big East Tournament title.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Seven DePaul players made at least one 3-pointer, four had five or more assists, and two finished with double-doubles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Coleman made five 3s and was 9-of-13 shooting overall. Chante Stonewall added 14 points and 11 rebounds, and Kelly Campbell chipped in 10 points and 11 rebounds. Ashton Millender had 16 points and Mart&#8217;e Grays 14.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Amani Wilborn, last season&#8217;s conference tournament Most Outstanding Player, scored 12 points before fouling out early in the fourth quarter for Marquette. Natisha Hiedeman added 10 points.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">DePaul built a 22-17 lead in the first quarter and cruised with 30 and 31 points in the second and third quarters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The Blue Demons were 38-of-74 (51.4 percent) shooting overall, and 16 of 35 (46 percent) from long range. They outrebounded Marquette 52-34 and finished with 27 assists. Lauren Prochaska led with eight assists and chipped in four points. Grays added six assists and Coleman and Campbell dished five apiece.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The Blue Demons, who lead the country in 3-pointers per game and second in 3-point attempts, shot nearly 40 percent (44 of 112) from long range in the tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">It was DePaul coach Doug Bruon&#8217;s 1,000th game with the Blue Demons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/ncaaw\/2018\/03\/06\/depaul-women-hit-16-treys-rout-marquette-for-big-east-crown\/32684717\/<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/depaul-women-hit-16-3-pointers-rout-marquette-big-east-crown.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DePaul women hit 16 3-pointers to rout Marquette for Big East crown Amarah Coleman scored a career-high 27 points and No. 2 seed DePaul routed top-seeded Marquette 98-63 on Tuesday night for the Big East Conference Tournament championship and automatic NCAA berth. 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