No. 23/23 WBB Hosts Penn on Sunday at 1 p.m. CT

MILWAUKEE – The No. 23/23 Marquette women's basketball team stays home to host Penn on Sunday. Tipoff from the Al McGuire Center is at 1 p.m. CT.

The Golden Eagles are off to the best start in program history (7-0) and have shot 50 percent or better from the field in five games. MU has had at least four score in double figures in six of seven games this season.

Liza Karlen is coming off a 21-point performance on Wednesday night against Memphis, her third 20-point game of the season. Rose Nkumu scored a career-high 17 points on 6-of-7 shooting and was perfect from deep for the fifth time this season.

All 11 players who checked in scored for Marquette, including Halle Vice, who had two points, one rebound and one assist in her collegiate debut.

This will be the first meeting between Marquette and Penn. MU is 4-0 all-time against Ivy League opponents.

Sunday's contest will be on FloSports with Bob Brainerd on the call. Live stats will be available on GoMarquette.com.

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SCOUTING THE QUAKERS
• Penn (5-2, 0-0 IVY) is coming off a 79-71 win over crosstown foe La Salle on Wedneday.
• For the fourth time this season, four Quakers scored in double figures led by Stina Almqvist with 24 points.
• Almqvist leads the team averaging 19.7 points and 7.0 rebounds per game.
• The Quakers were picked to finish fourth in the Ivy League preseason poll.

ALL-TIME SERIES AGAINST PENN
• Sunday's matchup will be the first meeting all-time between Marquette and Penn.
• Marqutte is 4-0 all-time against Ivy League opponents.
• Last meeting with an Ivy League opponent came on Dec. 20, 2012 when MU beat Dartmouth at home, 70-52.

NEW CAREER HIGH FOR ROSE
• Rose Nkumu scored a career-high 17 points on 6-of-7 shooting against Memphis and was perfect from deep for the fifth time this season.
• Nkumu is first in the BIG EAST in FG percentage (73.7) and 3PT percentage (76.9).
• Second in the BIG EAST and 28th nationally in assist-to-turnever ratio (3.0).

KARLEN CAREER SCORING STRETCH
• Liza Karlen is coming off a 21-point performance against Memphis, her third 20-point game of the season and seventh of her career.
• Karlen, fourth in the BIG EAST in shooting percentage (60.5), has started 4-of-4 (Arkansas) and 5-of-5 (Memphis) from the floor the last two games.
• Karlen is first on the team and seventh in the BIG EAST in points per game (16.6).

KENZIE FINDING HER STRIDE
• Makenzie Hare had a career-high 25 points in the win against BC over Thanksgiving weekend.
• The sophomore leads the BIG EAST in threes made (27) and is eighth in points per game (16.1).
• Hare has led the team in scoring three times this season and is fifth nationally in 3-point percentage (56.3 percent).

MOVING THE BALL
• Marquette is first in the BIG EAST and 12th in the nation in assists per game (20.4).
• The Golden Eagles have recorded 20-or-more assists in four of seven games this season. MU hit that mark eight times all of last season.

HOT SHOOTING START
• Marquette is first in the BIG EAST and 10th in the nation in shooting percentage (51.1 percent).
• MU has now shot 50 percent or better in five-of-seven games this season after shooting 54.1 percent against Memphis on Wednesday.
• The Golden Eagles shot 50 percent or better in the first four games this season (51.7 percent vs UT Martin, 50 percent vs Illinois, 52.2 percent at IUPUI, 57.4 percent vs Saint Peter's) for the first time in the Megan Duffy era.

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Players Mentioned

Liza Karlen

Rose Nkumu

Halle Vice