MU Opens Second Half of BIG EAST Play on Friday

MILWAUKEE — The Marquette women's basketball team will embark upon the second half of the BIG EAST regular season by hosting Providence on Friday, Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. CT.

The BIG EAST Digital Network will air the contest with Patrick Reed and Kyle Dlabay calling the action, while Johnny Soper will be reporting from the sideline at the Al McGuire Center.

The Golden Eagles (15-5, 6-3) survived a tough test from Villanova last Sunday, defeating the Wildcats 57-52. Senior Isabelle Spingola and redshirt junior Lauren Van Kleunen both recorded double-doubles while Altia Anderson was just one rebound short of the mark. BIG EAST assist leader Selena Lott also handed out a career-high 10 assists in the win. As a team, Marquette dominated the glass, winning the rebounding battle 47-26.

Lott continues to lead the Golden Eagles with 15.4 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 7.0 boards per night, while she ranks seventh in the conference as Chloe Marotta and Van Kleunen join her in the top-20.

UP NEXT: Marquette hosts Creighton on Sunday, Feb. 2 at 2 p.m. CT.

PROMOS
Friday is Student Org. Night – Student organizations can win money for their organization by attending the game and we will give out pizza to the first 250 students in attendance.

FOLLOW THE ACTION
LIVE STATS: https://gomarquette.com/sidearmstats/wbball/summary
WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08yHgjKQT08

OPPONENT
PROVIDENCE (10-11, 1-8): The Friars are coming off their first BIG EAST conference win last weekend as they defeated Xavier 60-48 behind 20 points from Earlette Scott. BIG EAST Preseason member Mary Baskerville has led Providence in throughout their 2019-20 campaign with 13.1 points and 8.4 rebounds per game.

THE SERIES
Marquette owns the all-time series with Providence, 17-5 and has won five straight contests over the Friars.

WHAT THE TEAM IS SAYING:
Following the win over Villanova…
"Coach emphasized the importance of getting the ball inside tonight and I thought we did a very good job of that throughout the game but especially down the stretch. We are continuing to take it one game at a time. People might not understand how good we are but we as a team know it and try to go out and show it every night."
-Lauren Van Kleunen
Redshirt Junior, Forward

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