Golden Eagles Host Seton Hall on Sunday

MILWAUKEE — The Marquette women's basketball team continues a weekend homestand and will host Seton Hall Sunday, Jan. 12 at 2 p.m. CT.

The game will air on the BIG EAST Digital Network with Patrick Reed and Kyle Dlabay handling the call from the Al McGuire Center.

Fresh off a stellar comeback victory, 94-85, over St. John's on Friday night, the Golden Eagles (11-5, 2-2) have won two straight BIG EAST games and have momentum heading into Sunday's matchup with the Pirates. Selena Lott and Altia Anderson had career nights on the floor scoring 34 and 14 points, respectively, while Lauren Van Kleunen tallied a season-best 19 points helping MU overcome a 12-point deficit in the victory.

Lott leads the Golden Eagles with 15.8 points per game, which ranks ninth in the BIG EAST standings, while Van Kleunen (18^th) and Isabelle Spingola (22^nd) also sit in the league's top-25. Lott is the BIG EAST leader in assists handing out 5.9 per game as Anderson is 10^th pulling down 6.6 rebounds per night.

With a season-best 26 assists against St. John's, Marquette increased their assists per game average and rank seventh in the country handing out 18.9 per game.

UP NEXT: Marquette travels to Butler (Jan. 17) and Xavier (Jan. 19) next weekend.

FOLLOW THE ACTION
LIVE STATS: https://gomarquette.com/sidearmstats/wbball/summary
WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB1J8uqnay4

OPPONENT
SETON HALL (10-6, 3-2): Seton Hall visits Milwaukee after dropping an 85-68 decision at DePaul on Friday night behind Barbara Johnson's first career double-double. The Pirates have five players averaging double figures led by Desiree Elmore with 14.6 points per game with BIG EAST Preseason Player of the Year Shadeen Samuels at 12.1 points. Alexis Lewis, Mya Jackson and Johnson also average double digits.

THE SERIES
Marquette owns a 15-7 record in the all-time series with Seton Hall and have won six straight contests. The Pirates have never won at the Al McGuire Center.

WHAT THE TEAM IS SAYING:
Following the win over St. John's…
"I can't tell you how proud I am of our team right now. It was a little bit ugly in the first half. We couldn't find our energy, our mojo and St. John's was driving it down our throats. We tried to keep our composure and talked about a few little adjustments at halftime, but that group that was on the floor- whether it was Selena Lott who had a career high today or Altia Anderson defensively, Lauren Van Kleunen scoring inside- they had a different look about themselves. That confidence that we've been trying to say to them, that they can beat some of the top teams in the league with execution and getting back to fundamentals, it was fun to watch."
-Megan Duffy
Head Coach

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