Skylar Forbes and Halle Vice help Marquette women beat Drake to advance in WBIT
The Marquette women's basketball team wants to keep playing.
The Golden Eagles rallied from a 10-point halftime deficit to beat Drake, 74-69, in the first round of the WBIT on Thursday in Des Moines, Iowa.
The Golden Eagles, under first-year coach Cara Consuegra, advanced to play the winner of James Madison-Davidson on Sunday.
Skylar Forbes and Halle Vice scored 18 points apiece to lead MU (21-10).
The Golden Eagles got back into the game with a 15-8 run the first five minutes of the third quarter, making six of seven shots.
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MU took the lead at 65-63 at the 3:39 mark of the fourth quarter on a shot by Jaidynn Mason, whose scored 14 of her 16 points in the second half.
It was the third double-digit comeback victory for MU this season. The Golden Eagles were down 14 points at Rutgers on Nov. 29, and 13 against Villanova on Jan. 11.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Skylar Forbes and Halle Vice help Marquette women advance in WBIT
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