MU Hosts Villanova Sunday for We Back Pat Game

MILWAUKEE — The Marquette women's basketball team hosts Villanova on Sunday, Jan. 26 for a "We Back Pat" Alzheimer's Awareness game. Tip-off is slated for 2 p.m. CT at the Al McGuire Center.

The BIG EAST Digital Network will air the contest with Kent Sommerfeld and Meghan McKeown calling the action.

The Golden Eagles (14-5, 4-3) rolled past Georgetown on Friday, 73-51 behind a season-best 24 points from Isabelle Spingola, while Selena Lott (17) and Lauren Van Kleunen (12) also added double figures. Marquette has won all three BIG EAST home games this season and is in a stretch of four consecutive home games. MU is currently in a six-way tie for second place in the league standings, which will be cut to a three-way tie at the end of Sunday evening as these six are matched up with each other.

Lott continues to lead the Golden Eagles with 15.9 points per game, which is ninth in the BIG EAST, while Spingola, Van Kleunen and Camryn Taylor all rank in the top-30. Altia Anderson has been a force on the glass this season and is pulling down 5.9 boards per night, while she ranks eighth in the conference as Chloe Marotta and Van Kleunen join her in the top-20.

UP NEXT: Marquette hosts Providence on Friday, Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. CT.

PROMOS
Join us for a Youth Giveaway – Marquette tie-back 'ninja-style' headband for youth at the game
We Back Pat Alzheimer's Awareness game – The Golden Eagles will be wearing We Back pat shooting shirts and the Alzheimer's Association of Milwaukee will be on hand to educate fans about Alzheimer's Disease.

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

OPPONENT
VILLANOVA (11-8, 5-3): Villanova is led by freshman Maddy Siegrist who is also the league leader at 20.2 points per game. She has been named BIG EAST Freshman of the Year eight time this season. Mary Gedaka is averaging 17.2 points per game, which is fifth in the league and together the duo poses a potent 1-2 punch. Siegrist is also grabbing 9.2 rebounds, which is second in the conference.

THE SERIES
Sunday marks the 23rd meeting between Marquette and Villanova with the Golden Eagles owning a 14-9 record in the all-time series, including a season sweep last year.

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