WBB Travels to Hartford for New Year's Eve Matchup at UConn

The No. 18/18 Marquette women's basketball team (12-0, 1-0 BIG EAST) travels to Hartford for a New Year's Eve matchup at No. 15/17 UConn (9-3, 1-0 BIG EAST). Tipoff from the XL Center is at 12 p.m. CT. Sunday's television broadcast will be on SNY and the FOX Sports app with Allen Bestwick (PxP), Meghan Culmo (Analyst), and Chelsea Sherrod (Sideline) on the call.

STARTING FIVE

• Marquette is off to the best start to a season in program history (12-0).

• In her fifth season at the helm of Marquette women's basketball, Coach Duffy has the best winning percentage of any coach in MU history, going 99-37 (.728) overall and 54-23 (.701) in BIG EAST play.

• MU has shot 50 percent or better in 8-of-12 games this season.

• The Golden Eagles have recorded 20-or-more assists in 7-of-12 games this season.

• Mackenzie Hare is second in the nation in 3-point percentage (54.7) and 10th in treys per game (3.4).

SCOUTING THE HUSKIES

• UConn is coming off a 111-34 win over Toronto Metropolitan on Wednesday, Dec. 20.

• Aaliyah Edwards scored 26 points and grabbed 10 rebounds.

• The Huskies are 3-2 against ranked opponents this season, including an 86-62 win over No. 18/17 Louisville on Dec. 16.

• Paige Bueckers was voted preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year. KK Arnold was voted preseason Freshman of the Year.

• The Huskies tied for the conference lead with three Preseason All-BIG EAST Team selections in Azzi Fudd, Aaliyah Edwards, and Nika Mühl.

• UConn was picked to finish first in the BIG EAST preseason coaches' poll.

AND THEN THERE WERE 10

• Marquette is one of 10 teams still undefeated in Division I women's college basketball.

• In the AP Top 25 poll, the Golden Eagles are one of just nine schools without a loss on the season.

KARLEN ON BIG EAST WEEKLY HONOR ROLL

• Karlen was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor roll on Dec. 22 after her third double-double of the season against Bucknell (17 points, 13 rebounds).

• It was the third conference honor for Karlen this season, who has been named player of the week twice (Nov. 13 & Dec. 18).

• Karlen is averaging 21.3 points and 8.8 rebounds in the last four games.

KING TOP RETURNING SCORER IN BIG EAST

• At 17.2 points per game in league play, Jordan King is the BIG EAST's top returning scorer from 2022-23.

• King has had 43 double figure scoring performances in conference play, including seven 20-point games.

• King is the active career scoring and assists leader in the conference with 1,578 points and 526 assists.

CLEANING THE GLASS

• Marquette has outrebounded its opponent in all 12 games this season.

• Under Megan Duffy, Marquette is 87-21 when outrebounding its opponent.

• The Golden Eagles had a season-high 55 rebounds against Bucknell on Thursday, Dec. 21.

• Frannie Hottinger (3rd, 9.2) and Liza Karlen (9th, 7.6) are both top-10 in the BIG EAST in rebounds per game.

• MU is first in the BIG EAST and 32nd nationally in rebounding margin (+9.8).

MONEY FROM DEEP

• Marquette is fourth in the nation and first in the BIG EAST in 3-point percentage (41.8 percent).

• The Golden Eagles have shot 50-percent-or-better from deep four times this season.

• Mackenzie Hare (1st, 54.7 percent) and Jordan King (10th, 42.3 percent) both rank top-10 in the conference.

STREAMING

• Sunday's game will be available to stream in-market (CT, NY, NJ, PA) to authenticated subscribers via the SNY app.

• Out-of-market fans will be able to stream SNY games at no additional cost to authenticated subscribers who have FOX as part of their television package. Users will need to sign in with their TV provider credentials at https://www.foxsports.com/ or in the FOX Sports app. The games can also be accessed at www.fox.com/sports or in the FOX Now app.

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