No. 22/17 Marquette Takes on Milwaukee on Wednesday

MILWAUKEE – The No. 22/17 Marquette women's basketball team will head to cross-town foe Milwaukee on Wednesday, Nov. 28 at 7 p.m. Central time. The game was originally a scheduled home game for the Golden Eagles, but a facility issue forced a venue change and the Panthers generously stepped up to host at the Klotsche Center on UWM's campus.

The Golden Eagles (4-1) most recently took down another Horizon League opponent in UIC on Saturday, 96-32. Amani Wilborn recorded her first career double-double with 18 points alongside 10 rebounds to lead Marquette. Allazia Blockton and Natisha Hiedeman added in 17 and 16 points of their own while Marquette held UIC to just 18.2 percent shooting.

Wilborn was selected to the BIG EAST weekly honor roll for her performance against UIC, which was played at Fiserv Forum, home of Marquette men's basketball and the Milwaukee Bucks.

Following the matchup against the Panthers, Marquette returns to action against Michigan on Sunday, Dec. 2 at 4 p.m. CT at the Al McGuire Center. The Wolverines are receiving votes in both the AP and USA Today Coaches' Poll.

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MILWAUKEE (2-4): The Panthers are coming off back-to-back buzzer-beater games at the Saint Mary's Thanksgiving Classic, falling in the first to Saint Mary's (73-71) and then claiming the win against UC-Riverside (56-54). Ryaen Johnson grabbed the rebound and scored the put back to lift Milwaukee just before time expired.

UWM is led by Megan Walstad averaging 11.7 points and 5.2 rebounds per contest.

Marquette owns the series history against the cross-town rival 29-19, including winning 17 of the last 18 matchups dating back to 1996.

WHAT THE TEAM IS SAYING
On playing at Fiserv Forum…
"I thought they played well. I was curious as to how we would shoot the ball, obviously we've never come over here and gotten any shots up, but when Natisha (Hiedeman) hit her first shot I settled in and knew we were good. It' been a good experience for us when we play in big arenas like this, hopefully in the postseason."

Carolyn Kieger
Head Coach

STORYLINES:

Allazia Blockton was one of 35 candidates named on the 2019 Wade Trophy Watch list, the WBCA announced last week.
Senior Danielle King reached the 1,000-career scoring mark with a three-point shot at the top of the key late in the fourth quarter of MU's win over Montana State. Marquette now has five, active 1,000-point scorers led by Allazia Blockton' s 1,862 career points. Natisha Hiedeman has 1,366, Erika Davenport is at 1,226, Amani Wilborn has 1,069 and King is at 1,031.
Marquette is currently the only Division I program with five, 1,000-point scorers. No. 1 Notre Dame has four active 1,000-point scorers with a fifth under 200 points from the milestone.
Allazia Blockton is poised to become Marquette's all-time scoring leader in the non-conference portion of the season, breaking Krystal Ellis' record of 1,940 from 2005-09. She is currently second all-time with 1,862 points and is also likely to also become the first player to surpass 2,000 career points at Marquette, male or female.
Senior Amani Wilborn recorded her first career double-double (18 points, 10 rebounds) against UIC. She's averaging 12.6 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2.8 assists per contest so far this season. She earned BIG EAST weekly honor roll accolades for the week, following the UIC game.
Marquette had two consecutive games in which six players reached double digits- against Montana State and Northern Iowa. Last season the Golden Eagles had six players reach double figure scoring just once - in a road overtime loss to last year's national champion Notre Dame.
The Golden Eagles have dished out more than 20 assists in four of five games this season. MU handed out 24 assists against Montana State and 22 helpers against South Dakota State, UNI and UIC.
Head coach Carolyn Kieger's high scoring offense is shining through once again this year as MU is averaging 88.8 points per game.
Blockton was tabbed as unanimous BIG EAST Preseason Player of the Year and is the reigning league player of the year and scholar-athlete of the year. Davenport, Hiedeman and Wilborn were all picked to the BIG EAST Preseason Team.
The Golden Eagles spent the summer on a foreign tour in Australia from August 9-20. The team played four games overseas and experienced quite a few adventures, including snorkeling on the Great Barrier Reef, climbing the Sydney Harbour Bridge and visiting the Sydney Opera House.
Head coach Carolyn Kieger enters her fifth season at the helm of the Golden Eagles. She has guided Marquette to its most wins in any two-year span in program history with 49, including back-to-back 20-win campaigns. Kieger's record at Marquette stands at 75-57.
Marquette earned an at-large bid to the 2018 NCAA Tournament, reaching the second round for the first time since 2011 and just the fifth time in program history, also marking the first time since 1999-2000 the Golden Eagles have made back-to-back trips to the Big Dance.

No. 22/17 Marquette Takes on Milwaukee on Wednesday

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Players Mentioned

Allazia Blockton

Erika Davenport

Natisha Hiedeman

Danielle King

Amani Wilborn

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