WBB Travels to Villanova Sunday Afternoon
Golden Eagles won first meeting of season 64-59 at Al McGuire Center
The Marquette University women’s basketball team travels to Villanova on Sunday, Feb. 2 at 1 p.m. CT. The BIG EAST Digital Network on FloCollege features the broadcast with Nick Mantegna (play-by-play) and Harry Perretta (analyst) on the call.
FIRST MEETING THIS SEASON
• Marquette came back from being down 13 to beat Villanova on Saturday, Jan. 11, 64-59, at the Al McGuire Center.
• Halle Vice had her then third double-double of the season with a career-high tying 20 points and a career-high 12 rebounds.
• Marquette was down 10 after one and got the deficit to single digits at the break by hitting the final two shots of the second quarter.
• The Golden Eagles outscored the Wildcats 21-9 in the third quarter and led by as many as 10 in the fourth quarter.
• Skylar Forbes (injury) missed the contest.
ALL-TIME SERIES AGAINST VILLANOVA
• Marquette and Villanova are meeting for the 34th time on Sunday.
• Villanova leads the all-time series, 18-15.
• The Golden Eagles and Wildcats met three times last season. Villanova won both regular season meetings before MU won 50-48 in the quarterfinal round of the BIG EAST tournament in March.
VOLKER CAREER NIGHT AT XAVIER
• Lee Volker had her second-straight 20-point game at Xavier Wednesday night.
• The senior guard finished with 20 points, six rebounds and a career-high four 3-pointers.
DEFENSE HOLDS XAVIER TO SUB 40 POINTS ON WEDNESDAY
• Xavier’s 38 points tied the fewest BIG EAST opponent total in program history. Marquette won 61-38 over St. John’s on Feb. 18, 2023 and 52-38 over Georgetown on Feb. 7, 2024.
• Marquette held Xavier to 14 first half points, the lowest opponent first half total this season.
FORBES EARNS FOURTH WEEKLY HONOR ROLL SELECTION
• Skylar Forbes earned a spot on the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on Monday.
• Forbes averaged 20.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 3.0 steals, and 2.0 blocks over Marquette’s two wins last week.
• The Markham, Ontario native had a game-high 23 points in a road win at Providence on Wednesday, Jan. 22. She followed that up with an 18-point performance against Georgetown on Saturday, Jan. 25 with a career-high five assists and four blocks.
• Forbes shot 59.1 percent from the floor and 57.1 percent from three during the week while going 100 percent from the free throw line (11-for-11).
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NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. While it is believed to be reliable, Urban Milwaukee does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness.
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