Women’s Basketball: Losing streak continues

This year hasn’t been kind to the Pitt women’s basketball team.

The Panthers — unable… This year hasn’t been kind to the Pitt women’s basketball team.

The Panthers — unable to fix the problems that have plagued them all season — dropped their ninth straight game 72-48 at Marquette on Saturday night and haven’t won a contest in the new year.

Sophomore guard Asia Logan, who suffered a shoulder injury in Tuesday’s game against St. John’s, did not play.

In her place, freshman Chyna Golden scored seven points and grabbed seven rebounds while sophomore Kyra Dunn collected eight points and four rebounds.

Redshirt sophomore Ashlee Anderson was the only Pitt player to reach double figures, scoring 13 points.

Pitt (8-15, 0-10 in the Big East) shot just 25.5 percent for the game and 13.3 percent from 3-point range.

Freshman Arlesia Morse led Marquette (13-10, 4-6 Big East) with 24 points, while sophomore Katherine Plouffe chipped in with 18 points and a game-high 15 rebounds. Fellow sophomore Katie Young added 11 points.

Pitt led for less than a minute early in the first half on an Anderson 3-pointer, but the Panthers never gained the lead again.

Pitt turned the ball over 22 times, but stole it back a season-high 15 times.

Marquette — averaging the most turnovers in the conference (21.1 per game) — turned the ball over 24 times. But the extra chances didn’t help the Panthers.

After going into the half down 36-25, Pitt wouldn’t come any closer than 10 points for the rest of the game.

As has been the norm in conference play for the Panthers, Marquette went on a 12-0 run out of the break to further its lead while Pitt struggled offensively.

The Golden Eagles exposed Pitt in transition, scoring 18 fast break points to Pitt’s two.

Pitt’s next game isn’t until next Saturday, giving the young team time to regroup before going on the road to Cincinnati.