WBB Travels to DePaul for Tuesday Night Matchup

The Marquette women's basketball team travels to Chicago for a matchup with DePaul on Tuesday, Feb. 13. Tipoff from Wintrust Arena is at 7 p.m. CT.

Tuesday's broadcast will be on the BIG EAST Digital Network on FloSports with Peter Ferreri (play-by-play) and Kenny McReynolds (analyst) on the call.

BIG EAST HONORS BLACK FIVES
• For the third season, the BIG EAST Conference will celebrate Black History Month by partnering with the Black Fives Foundation, a non-profit public charity whose mission is to research, preserve, showcase, teach and honor the pre-NBA history of African Americans in basketball.
• To honor these pioneers, both teams are wearing shirts with the Black Fives mantra - Make History Now. This serves as a reminder that this lost history should be told and celebrated in present day - and that the steps all of us make towards progress and inclusion will become the history lessons of the future.
• Marquette will be representing the Mysterious Girls Athletic Club, who played during the late 1930's and early 1940s in Harlem, New York City.

STARTING FIVE
• 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 105-43 (.709) overall and 60-29 (.674) in BIG EAST play.
• MU is one of 14 schools to have two-or-more players on Naismith Starting 5 awards Top 10 lists (Jordan King & Liza Karlen).
• Rose Nkumu is 11th in the nation with a 2.92 assist-to-turnover ratio.
• Liza Karlen is averaging 19.6 points and 7.8 rebounds in conference play.
• Mackenzie Hare is seventh in the nation in 3-point percentage (45.3) and in 3's made (72).

SCOUTING THE BLUE DEMONS
• DePaul is coming off an 88-59 loss a Creighton on Saturday.
• Anaya Peoples leads the team in points, rebounds and assists.
• Peoples was voted preseason All-BIG EAST
• The Blue Demons were picked to finish seventh in the BIG EAST preseason coaches' poll.

ALL-TIME SERIES AGAINST DEPAUL
• Tuesday's matchup will be the 86th meeting all-time between Marquette and DePaul, with the series dating back to 1978. DePaul is MU's most commonly played opponent.
• DePaul leads the series 49-36.
• Marquette and DePaul have been in three different conferences together, the Great Midwest Conference (1991-95), Conference USA (1995-2005), and BIG EAST (2005-pres.)
• The Blue Demons lead the series since joining the BIG EAST, 23-18.
• The Golden Eagles have won six out of the last seven meetings.

FIRST MEETING THIS SEASON
• Marquette beat DePaul 78-47 on Jan. 13, 2024.
• The Golden Eagles shot 57.1 percent from the floor, the third-highest shooting percentage this season.
• Liza Karlen had 19 points and six rebounds on an 8-of-9 shooting clip.
• Fellow seniors Jordan King (16) and Rose Nkumu (12) finished in double figures.
• DePaul had 18 points at halftime, the third lowest point total given up in a half this season.
• Marquette dominated DePaul 44-18 inside for the largest points in the paint difference of the season.
• Largest margin of victory over DePaul since Marquette won 96-63 on Jan. 4, 2019.