
WBB Travels to Seton Hall Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. CT
1/8/2024 12:36:00 PM | Women's Basketball
FS1 has national television broadcast
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It will be the third conference road game in ten days for the Golden Eagles. FS1 has the national broadcast with John Fanta (play-by-play) and Kim Adams (analyst) on the call.
SCOUTING THE PIRATES
• Seton Hall is coming off a 64-50 win at Butler on Saturday.
• Freshman Savannah Catalon had a game-high 17 points
• The Pirates were 12-of-22 from deep.
• Seton Hall has held opponents to under 55 points in eight straight games and are second in the BIG EAST holding teams to 52.6 points per game.
• Azana Baines was named preseason Honorable Mention All-BIG EAST.
• The Pirates were picked to finish fifth in the BIG EAST preseason coaches' poll.
ALL-TIME SERIES AGAINST SETON HALL
• Tuesday's matchup will be the 30th meeting all-time between Marquette and Seton Hall, with MU leading 18-11.
• The series was split last season, with the home teams winning in each contest.
• Last season's game at Seton Hall was an 82-78 Pirate win.Â
COACH DUFFY 100TH WIN AT MARQUETTEE
• Saturday was Megan Duffy's 100th win at Marquette. Duffy is the fastest coach to reach 100 wins in program history and is 100-39 overall in her fifth season. Her .719 winning percentage is best in program history.
• Duffy is the third coach in program history to have 100 wins in their Marquette career. Terri Mitchell (1996-2014) won 348 games in 18 years and Tat Shiely (1975-1986) had 111 wins in 11 years.
JORDAN TOP-10 ALL-TIME ON CAREER SCORING LIST
• Jordan King has 1,615 career points to rank 10th all-time on the Marquette career scoring list. The senior is 40 points away from ninth.
• King passed Christine Kennedy (1991-95) with her fifth point on Saturday vs Xavier.
• King is ninth in the nation in active career assists with 537.
• King joins Angel Robinson (2007-2011) as the only two players in program history with 1,500 career points and 500 career assists.
• King has started in all 139 career games played, third all-time at MU in career games played.
LIZA CAREER SCORING STRETCH
• Liza Karlen is averaging 18.4 points and 8.1 rebounds per game in the last seven contests.
• The senior has led the team in scoring six times this season, and has five 20-point games after having four total her first three years at MU.
• The St. Paul, Minnesota native was the first BIG EAST Player to be named AP National Player of the Week on Dec. 19 after averaging 24.5 points, 8.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists, and 2.5 blocks in wins over then No. 20 Creighton and App State.
HARE AMONG NATION'S BEST FROM THREE
• Mackenzie Hare is seventh in the nation in 3-point percentage (49.5) and 13th in treys per game (3.2).
• Hare has hit at least five threes in five games this season.
• The Naperville, Illinois native is first in the BIG EAST in 3-pointers made with 48 for the season, good for sixth in the nation.
MOVING THE BALL
• Marquette is first in the BIG EAST and ninth in the nation in assists per game (20.1).
• The Golden Eagles have recorded 20-or-more assists in 8-of-15 games this season. MU hit that mark eight times all of last season.
CLEANING THE GLASS
• Marquette has outrebounded its opponent in all but one game this season.
• Under Megan Duffy, Marquette is 88-23 when outrebounding the opponent.
• The Golden Eagles had a season-high 55 rebounds against Bucknell on Thursday, Dec. 21.
• Frannie Hottinger (5th, 8.1) and Liza Karlen (8th, 7.5) are both top-10 in the BIG EAST in rebounds per game, only team in the conference to have two players in the top-10 in rebounds per game.
• MU is first in the BIG EAST and 35th nationally in rebounding margin (+8.1).
HOT SHOOTING GOLDEN EAGLES
• Marquette is second in the BIG EAST and 15th in the nation in shooting percentage (48.4 percent).
• MU has shot 50-percent-or-better in 9-of-15 games this season, the most times shooting 50-percent-or-better in a season in the Megan Duffy era.
• 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.