MU Hosts No. 16/15 DePaul on Senior Day

MILWAUKEE — The Marquette women's basketball team will wrap-up the BIG EAST regular season and is set to host No. 16/15 DePaul on Sunday, March 1^st at 2 p.m. CT.

The game will air nationally on FS2 with John Fanta and Kim Adams handling the call from the Al McGuire Center.

It is senior day and the Golden Eagles will honor their two seniors, Altia Anderson and Isabelle Spingola in a pregame ceremony on the court.

The Golden Eagles (21-7, 12-5) are returning home after a two-game stint at Villanova and Georgetown. MU defeated the Hoyas on Sunday 76-56 with Selena Lott scoring a game-high 18 points. Lauren Van Kleunen and Altia Anderson also finished in double-figures, a career-high 16 for Anderson. As a team, Marquette outrebounded Georgetown 41-28 and handed out 16 assists on 29 made field goals.

Lott leads the squad with 14.8 points per game, while Lauren Van Kleunen and Isabelle Spingola are also averaging double digits at 11.0 and 10.6, respectively. In league-only games, Taylor is contributing 9.9 points per contest and ranks as the fourth rookie among the top of the scoring list.

As a team, MU ranks first in the BIG EAST and eighth in the country in rebounding margin, averaging +10.1 this season. They also rank second in the conference and 13th in the country in assists per game, handing out an average of 18.1 with Lott leading the way individually dishing out 5.8 helpers each night.

UP NEXT: Marquette will head down to Wintrust Arena for the 2020 BIG EAST Women's Basketball Tournament from March 6-9. The Golden Eagles will play Saturday after clinching a first-round bye with final seeding yet to be determined.

PROMOS:
Sunday is the celebration of National Girls & Women in Sports Day, which will include interactive stations & demonstrations from various Marquette women's sports pregame on the concourse. The stations will begin when doors open at 1PM and run until game time. No registration is needed and is open to all youth with a game ticket.

FOLLOW THE ACTION
LIVE STATS: https://gomarquette.com/sidearmstats/wbball/summary
WATCH: https://www.foxsportsgo.com/

OPPONENT
DEPAUL (25-4, 15-2): The No. 16/15 ranked Blue Demons are coming off a loss to a hot Villanova team last Sunday. The 76-58 loss marks DePaul's second loss in BIG EAST play as the other came at home against Creighton. Chante Stonewall leads the team in scoring, averaging 17.5 points per game. Sonya Morris, Lexi Held, and Deja Church are also contributing double-digit. As a team, DePaul is the highest-scoring team in the conference, averaging 84.6 per contest.

THE SERIES
DePaul leads the season series with Marquette, 45-29 and the Blue Demons took the first meeting, 89-71 in Chicago to open BIG EAST play.

WHAT THE TEAM IS SAYING:
Following the win over Georgetown…
"I have to give Georgetown credit; they came out and hit shots. We had Selena Lott and Camryn Taylor in foul trouble, but I thought our team did a good job of withstanding the storm. Eventually, we got our offense moving in those third and fourth quarters."
- Megan Duffy
Head Coach

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