Marquette Hosts Northwestern on Thursday

MILWAUKEE—The Marquette women's basketball team is back in action and will host Northwestern Thursday, Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. CT at the Al McGuire Center.

The game will stream live and for free at GoMarquette.com courtesy of the Marquette Wire. John Steppe and John Leuzzi will call the action with Aimee Galaszewski handling duties from the sideline.

The Golden Eagles (3-0) are coming off three straight wins at home, with the last win being over Illinois State, 58-41. Redshirt junior Lauren Van Kleunen led the team with 14 points, while freshmen Jordan King and Nirel Lougbo each racked up nine points. Chloe Marotta attacked the boards and grabbed nine rebounds, while Altia Anderson nabbed seven herself.

Junior Selena Lott leads the squad in scoring averaging 17.7 points per game and was selected to the BIG EAST weekly honor roll for her performance last week.

UP NEXT: Marquette will return to action Tuesday, Nov. 19 and hit the road for the first road contest of the season as the Golden Eagles tip-off at Green Bay at 7 p.m. CT.

FOLLOW THE ACTION
LIVE STATS: https://gomarquette.com/sidearmstats/wbball/summary
WATCH: https://gomarquette.com/watch/?Live=99&type=Live

PROMOS

Chick-fil-A giveaway to the first 250 students in attendance. It's also a Res Hall challenge. The residence hall with the highest percentage in attendance earns a pizza party for their hall.

OPPONENT
NORTHWESTERN (1-0, 0-0 BIG TEN): Northwestern opened its 2019-2020 campaign defeating Loyola Maryland on Sunday, Nov. 10, 67-46. The Wildcat's Junior Lindsey Pulliam led the team with 25 points, scoring 18 of her 25 points in the second half on 5-for-9 shooting. Pulliam shot 3-for-5 from behind the arc. Seniors Abbie Wold and Abi Scheid followed in double-digit scoring with 14 and 10, respectively. The Wildcat's defense held the Greyhounds to a 31.5% field goal percentage.

The team is led offensively by Pulliam, who averaged 16.5 ppg during the 2018-2019 season. Defensively, the Wildcat's are led by Senior forward Pallas Kuniayi-Akpanah, who averaged 11.2 rpg and posted a team-high 55 blocks during the 2018-2019 season. Northwestern finished last season sitting at a 21-15 record and return three of their five starters from last season.

THE SERIES
Northwestern leads, 8-4, in a series that dates back to 1977 – Marquette's second season as a program. Last season in Evanston, the Golden Eagles prevailed in a 76-57 win over the Wildcats as Allazia Blockton became MU's all-time leading scorer..

WHAT THE TEAM IS SAYING:
On opening the season 3-0…
"Coach talked about it downstairs, we played three games before some people played one, so that was a tough stretch that we went through. I think it shows our maturity for our young team to get through three games, three different scouts, so I think it is a big help for the future. Down the line BIG EAST play is going to be quick, so I think it is good to learn that. With Northwestern coming on Thursday, we will recap from this game, learn from it and be ready to go."
-Lauren Van Kleunen
Redshirt Junior | Guard