Chris Gaulke reports from Senior Night at the Al McGuire Center where Marquette knocked off Cincinnati in overtime.

Chris Gaulke reports on the Blue Demons’ defeat of the Golden Eagles on “pink out” day at the Al McGuire Center.

The Marquette women’s basketball team fell to the Providence Friars 53-44. Chris Gaulke reports from the Al McGuire Center.

Todd Warner reports from the Al McGuire Center at the site of the Marquette women basketball team’s victory over #17 Georgetown.

MUTVSports has again become your home for Golden Eagle Spotlight interviews. In Week 1, seven athletes stopped by for a total of six interviews, and the links are below:

Ashley Beyer (Volleyball): Interview
Janelle Harris (Women’s Basketball): Interview
Rachael Hush & Christina Ruiz (Tennis): Interview
Olivia Johnson (Cross Country): Interview
Curtis McCormac (Golf): Interview
Erik Williams (Men’s Basketball): Below

Part 1 features Men’s highlights vs. Georgetown and analysis of GU & a look ahead to UConn.

Part 2 features Women’s highlights vs. St. John’s and analysis of SJU & a look ahead to their Tourney push.

Brad Galli and Robbie Shimp anchor the weekend recap of Marquette Athletics, while Chris Gaulke, Todd Warner, and Joe Sitkowski take a look ahead to the upcoming games on Marquette’s schedule. The episode of SportsTime originally aired Feb. 23, 2009 on Marquette University Television.

The FaceOff guys have handed out their “Marquette Big Ups of the Week” on Thursday, 2/12 and now it’s time for you to vote on the winner. Check out the video to see what our guys thought were the biggest highlights in Marquette Sports this week. Then vote on your favorite!

MILWAUKEE–The Golden Eagles used a second half offensive explosion led by Erin Monfre and Krystal Ellis to beat the West Virginia Mountaineers 79-59 and snap their two game losing streak.

The Golden Eagles were led by a resurgent Krystal Ellis, who cam off the bench and contributed 25 points. However, the story of the game was senior Erin Monfre who scored a career high 21 points on 7-9 shooting from three point range, the 7 three pointers ties a Marquette record.

The first half seemed to be another tough shooting day as the Golden Eagles shot just over 32% from the floor and were a porous 1-6 from three. However, the second half saw Marquette fire on all cylinders as they built up a hefty lead thanks to a 15-3 early in the second half that put Marquette up by 12, the lead would grow to as much as 24. The hot shooting continued as the Golden Eagles shot over 52% from the floor including 9-13 from three in the second half. For the game, Marquette shot 42% from the floor and 52% from three.

The win pushes their conference record closer to .500 as it now stands at 5-6, Marquette is 14-11 overall on the season. Marquette will try to continue their hot shooting on the road as they travel to Cincinnati to take on the Bearcats, tip off is set for 6 PM CT.

Brian Hoffman
MUTV Sports

MILWAUKEE- Marquette’s Big East woes continued as they lost at home to the Villanova Wildcats 46-45. The loss is the second in a row for the Golden Eagles and their fourth in their last fifth. The loss puts Marquette 13-11 overall and 4-6 in the Big East.The Golden Eagles were led by forward Jessica Pachko with 16 points and Angel Robinson finished with 14. However, the Achilles heel for the Golden Eagles ended up being a poor shooting performance. The Golden Eagles finished 17-51 from the floor and 2-11 from three point range. However their defense was able to keep them in the game and Marquette went on a run in the final eight minutes that nearly won them the game.

The Golden Eagles defense held Villanova to only five points for the final 7 minutes and sixteen seconds which allowed Marquette to pull within one point with under five seconds to play. However, a last second lay up by Angel Robinson fell short, along with the Golden Eagles comeback.

The Wildcats were led forward Laura Kurz who finished with 17 points, the only other player in double figures for Villanova was forward Lisa Karcic. Villanova also struggled greatly from the field shooting 17-48 from the floor and 4-18 from three-point range.

The Golden Eagles will try to rebound from this loss on Sunday afternoon as they host the West Virginia Mountaineers, tip-off is at 1 PM.

Brian Hoffman
MUTV Sports