WBB Plays Villanova in BIG EAST Quarterfinals on Saturday

The Marquette University women’s basketball team plays Villanova in the quarterfinals of the 2025 BIG EAST Women’s Basketball Tournament on Saturday, March 8 at 1:30 p.m. CT at Mohegan Sun Arena.

FS2 features the broadcast, with John Fanta (play-by-play), Kim Adams (analyst) and Allison Williams (sideline) on the call.

SCOUTING THE WILDCATS
• Villanova finished fifth in the BIG EAST with a conference record of 11-7.
• The Wildcats have two postseason conference award winners in Jasmine Bascoe (All-BIG EAST First Team, All-Freshman Team) and Maddie Webber (All-BIG EAST Second Team).

MEETINGS THIS SEASON
• Marquette won 64-59 in Milwaukee on Jan. 11, 2025.
• It was Marquette’s second-largest deficit in a victory this season after being down 13 in the second quarter.
• Halle Vice had her third double-double of the season with a career-high 20 points and career-high tying 12 rebounds.
• Villanova won 65-53 in Philadelphia on Feb. 2, 2025.
• Marquette was up by seven in the first quarter, the largest lead in a loss this season.
• Halle Vice had a career-high tying 20 points and eight rebounds to lead MU.
• It was MU’s first game without a made three since Feb. 7, 2024 when MU won 52-38 over Georgetown.

ALL-TIME SERIES AGAINST VILLANOVA
• Marquette and Villanova are meeting for the 38th time on Saturday.
• MU leads the all-time series, 20-17.
• The Golden Eagles and Wildcats split the series this season, with each team winning on its home floor.

BIG EAST TOURNAMENT HISTORY
• Marquette and Villanova have met five times before at the BIG EAST Women’s Basketball Tournament with MU leading the series, 4-1.
• The Golden Eagles are 3-0 in the quarterfinals against the Wildcasts, including last year’s 50-48 win on March 9, 2024.

CONSUEGRA NAMED BIG EAST COACH OF THE YEAR
• Cara Consuegra was named BIG EAST Co-Coach of the Year on Thursday with UConn’s Geno Auriemma.
• The Golden Eagles finished the season with a 13-2 at the Al McGuire Center, tied for the best home record by a first-year head coach.
• Marquette reached 20 wins in 28 games, tied for the second-fastest road to 20 wins by a first-year head coach in program history with Terri Mitchell (1996-97).
• Consuegra also tied Mitchell for the most wins in February in her first year with six.
• She earned her fifth BIG EAST road win of the season on Saturday, Jan. 25 at Georgetown, the most conference road wins by a first-year head coach in program history.

SKYLAR ON ALL-BIG EAST FIRST TEAM
• Skylar Forbes was named to the All-BIG EAST First Team, the ninth sophomore in program history to be named first team all-conference.
• Forbes led the Golden Eagles in scoring at 15.1 points per game and had six 20-point games.
• The Markham, Ontario native scored in double-figures in 23-of-28 games and led the BIG EAST in blocks with 52 on the season, one away from tying the program’s single season record.

LEE ON ALL-BIG EAST SECOND TEAM
• Lee Volker was named to the All-BIG EAST Second Team.
• The senior averaged career-bests 13.1 points and 4.8 rebounds per game while starting in all 29 games during the regular season.
• The Purcellville, Virginia native has scored in double-figures in 20-of-29 games this season and had a career-high 24 points in the road win at Seton Hall on Wednesday, Feb. 12.

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