BIG EAST TOURNAMENT QUARTERFINAL ROUNDUP

No. 2 Villanova 71, No. 7 DePaul 70

Maddy Siegrist posted a double-double and Lucy OIsen scored 19 and her go-ahead free throw with .7 seconds left sent 11th-ranked Villanova past DePaul 71-70 on Saturday in a Big East quarterfinal matchup.

The top-seeded Wildcats (27-5) will play the winner of Saturday's late game between third-seed Creighton and No. 6 Seton Hall on Sunday at 5:30 p.m.

Siegrist scored 26 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, Christina Dalce scored 12 and Maddie Burke 10 for Villanova.

Aneesah Morrow scored 24 points and had 17 rebounds, Kendall Holmes scored 20 points shooting 5 of 9 from 3-point range and Anaya Peoples scored 17.

The seventh-seed Blue Demons (16-17) had Villanova on the ropes before the Wildcats went on a 7-0 run in the last 1:34, during which Holmes and Peoples each missed two foul shots with a chance to seal it. DePaul shot 1 for 7 from the foul line in the fourth quarter and were 6 for 16 overall.

Villanova led 40-32 at halftime before DePaul seized momentum in the third quarter and drew within 54-52.

Holmes made consecutive 3s to give DePaul a 58-56 lead; its first since Peoples made a foul shot for a 6-5 advantage two minutes in.

No. 5 Marquette 57, No. 4 St. John’s 47

Chloe Marotta had eight of her 18 points in the fourth quarter to lead fifth-seeded Marquette to a 57-47 win over No. 4 seed St. John's in the Big East tournament quarterfinals at Saturday at Mohegan Sun Arena.

Neither team had a lead of more than three points since for most of the game before Marotta and Liza Karlen each hit a pair of free throws during a 10-0 run for the Golden Eagles.

St. John's went more than five minutes without a field goal in the fourth quarter as Marquette began to pull away.

Marotta also had 14 rebounds for Marquette. Karlen and Jordan King had 16 points each for the Golden Eagles (21-9).

Mimi Reid had 11 points, nine coming in the first quarter for St. John's while Kadaja Bailey had 10 for the Red Storm (22-8).

Up next for Marquette is a meeting with top-seeded UConn in Sunday's semifinals at 3 p.m.

UConn rolled to a 69-39 victory over Georgetown in the first game on Saturday

“I'm just thrilled. What a great game by our team,” Marquette coach Megan Duffy said. “I thought just our grit and toughness throughout the 40 minutes was really impressive.

That fourth quarter, our defensive effort really changed the trajectory of the game.

“When you play a team for the third time, you're trying some new things, it's kind of that rubber match, nothing always looks pretty. Just so proud of our grit, led by Chloe Marotta, especially her second half.”