Tuesday, February 27
Milwaukee, WI
7:30 P.M. CT
Marquette University
vs
St. John's
WBB Hosts St. John's for Senior Night Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. CT
2/26/2024 11:27:00 AM | Women's Basketball
FS1 has national broadcast
MILWAUKEE – The Marquette women's basketball team hosts St. John's for Senior Night on Tuesday. Tipoff from the Al McGuire Center is at 7:30 p.m. CT.
Tuesday's contest will be nationally broadcast on FS1 with Sloane Martin (play-by-play) and Kim Adams (analyst) on the call.
SENIOR NIGHT
• Marquette will celebrate Senior Night for Jordan King, Claire Kaifes, Frannie Hottinger, Liza Karlen and Rose Nkumu Tuesday against St. John's.
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 108-43 (.715) overall and 63-29 (.685) in BIG EAST play.
• MU is one of 14 schools to have two players on Naismith Starting 5 awards Top 10 lists (Jordan King & Liza Karlen).
• Rose Nkumu is 12th in the nation with a 2.82 assist-to-turnover ratio.
• Liza Karlen has six double-doubles in the last eight games.
• Mackenzie Hare is eighth in the nation in 3-point percentage (44.8) and 10th in 3's made (81).
SCOUTING THE RED STORM
• St. John's is coming off a 60-42 win at Providence on Saturday.
• Unique Drake has three BIG EAST Player of the Week honor and five weekly honor roll nods.
• Drake was named Preseason Honorable Mention All-BIG EAST.
• The Red Storm were picked to finish sixth in the BIG EAST preseason coaches' poll.
ALL-TIME SERIES AGAINST ST. JOHN'S
• Tuesday will be the 35th meeting between Marquette and St. John's.
• The Golden Eagles lead the series, 22-12, and are 11-4 against SJU at home.
• Marquette has won 12 out of the last 15 matchups and have won the last five at home.
JORDAN MOVING UP ALL-TIME ON CAREER SCORING LIST
• Jordan King has 1,754 career points to rank sixth all-time on the Marquette career scoring list.
• King is 19th in the nation in active career assists with 582, third all-time at MU.
• King is the only player in program history to have over 1,700 career points and over 500 career assists.
• King has started in all 151 career games played, second all-time at MU in career games played and sixth in the NCAA among active players.
KARLEN CAREER SCORING STRETCH
• Liza Karlen is averaing 19.1 points (third in BIG EAST) and 8.3 rebounds (fourth in BIG EAST) in conference games this season.
• Karlen has six double-doubles in her last eight games and is averaging 18.8 points and 9.3 rebounds during that stretch.
• The senior has led the team in scoring 12 times this season, and has 11 20-point games after having four total her first three years at MU.
• Karlen is fourth in the BIG EAST and 17th nationally in field goals made at 208.
HARE AMONG NATION'S BEST FROM THREE
• Mackenzie Hare is second in the BIG EAST and eighth in the nation in 3-point percentage (44.8) and first in the BIG EAST and eighth in the nation in treys per game (3.0).
• Hare broke the record for 3's made by a sophomore (75) but hitting two against Seton Hall on Tuesday, Feb. 20. Hare now has 81 on the season and is 17 away from breaking the all-time season mark of 91 set by Natisha Hiedeman in 2018-19l.
• Hare hit her 100th 3-pointer at Villanova on Jan. 17. The sophomore reached 100 career 3's in 49 games, fastest since Natisha Hiedeman (43 games) who is first all-time in career 3's with 301 from 2015-19.
• The Naperville, Illinois native is first in the BIG EAST in 3-pointers made with 81 for the season, good for 10th in the nation.
HOTTINGER AMONG ACTIVE CONFERENCE LEADERS
• Frannie Hottinger is averaging 8.7 points and 7.7 rebounds per game in February.
• Hottinger had her second double-double of the month with a 10-point and 11-rebound performance against Xavier on Saturday.
• The Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota native recorded her first double-double in conference play in the comeback win at Providence on Feb. 3 with game highs in points (18) and rebounds (10).
• The Lehigh transfer and reigning Patriot League Player of the Year is 10th in the BIG EAST in career points with 1,342 and fifth in career rebounds with 747.
• Hottinger had a career-high 21 rebounds vs Bucknell, the highest rebounding total for a BIG EAST player this season.
• The graduate student is one of 35 players in the nation to have 20-or-more rebounds in a game.
FLOOR LEADER
• Rose Nkumu is 12th in the nation and second in the BIG EAST with a 2.82 assist-to-turnover ratio.
• Nkumu has 15 games with 5-or-more assists this season.
• The senior guard is averaging career-highs in points, assists, field goal percentage, and 3-point percentage.
Keep up with the Marquette women's basketball program through social media by following on X (@MarquetteWBB) and Instagram (@marquettewbb) and `liking' on Facebook (MarquetteWBB).
Tuesday's contest will be nationally broadcast on FS1 with Sloane Martin (play-by-play) and Kim Adams (analyst) on the call.
SENIOR NIGHT
• Marquette will celebrate Senior Night for Jordan King, Claire Kaifes, Frannie Hottinger, Liza Karlen and Rose Nkumu Tuesday against St. John's.
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 108-43 (.715) overall and 63-29 (.685) in BIG EAST play.
• MU is one of 14 schools to have two players on Naismith Starting 5 awards Top 10 lists (Jordan King & Liza Karlen).
• Rose Nkumu is 12th in the nation with a 2.82 assist-to-turnover ratio.
• Liza Karlen has six double-doubles in the last eight games.
• Mackenzie Hare is eighth in the nation in 3-point percentage (44.8) and 10th in 3's made (81).
SCOUTING THE RED STORM
• St. John's is coming off a 60-42 win at Providence on Saturday.
• Unique Drake has three BIG EAST Player of the Week honor and five weekly honor roll nods.
• Drake was named Preseason Honorable Mention All-BIG EAST.
• The Red Storm were picked to finish sixth in the BIG EAST preseason coaches' poll.
ALL-TIME SERIES AGAINST ST. JOHN'S
• Tuesday will be the 35th meeting between Marquette and St. John's.
• The Golden Eagles lead the series, 22-12, and are 11-4 against SJU at home.
• Marquette has won 12 out of the last 15 matchups and have won the last five at home.
JORDAN MOVING UP ALL-TIME ON CAREER SCORING LIST
• Jordan King has 1,754 career points to rank sixth all-time on the Marquette career scoring list.
• King is 19th in the nation in active career assists with 582, third all-time at MU.
• King is the only player in program history to have over 1,700 career points and over 500 career assists.
• King has started in all 151 career games played, second all-time at MU in career games played and sixth in the NCAA among active players.
KARLEN CAREER SCORING STRETCH
• Liza Karlen is averaing 19.1 points (third in BIG EAST) and 8.3 rebounds (fourth in BIG EAST) in conference games this season.
• Karlen has six double-doubles in her last eight games and is averaging 18.8 points and 9.3 rebounds during that stretch.
• The senior has led the team in scoring 12 times this season, and has 11 20-point games after having four total her first three years at MU.
• Karlen is fourth in the BIG EAST and 17th nationally in field goals made at 208.
HARE AMONG NATION'S BEST FROM THREE
• Mackenzie Hare is second in the BIG EAST and eighth in the nation in 3-point percentage (44.8) and first in the BIG EAST and eighth in the nation in treys per game (3.0).
• Hare broke the record for 3's made by a sophomore (75) but hitting two against Seton Hall on Tuesday, Feb. 20. Hare now has 81 on the season and is 17 away from breaking the all-time season mark of 91 set by Natisha Hiedeman in 2018-19l.
• Hare hit her 100th 3-pointer at Villanova on Jan. 17. The sophomore reached 100 career 3's in 49 games, fastest since Natisha Hiedeman (43 games) who is first all-time in career 3's with 301 from 2015-19.
• The Naperville, Illinois native is first in the BIG EAST in 3-pointers made with 81 for the season, good for 10th in the nation.
HOTTINGER AMONG ACTIVE CONFERENCE LEADERS
• Frannie Hottinger is averaging 8.7 points and 7.7 rebounds per game in February.
• Hottinger had her second double-double of the month with a 10-point and 11-rebound performance against Xavier on Saturday.
• The Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota native recorded her first double-double in conference play in the comeback win at Providence on Feb. 3 with game highs in points (18) and rebounds (10).
• The Lehigh transfer and reigning Patriot League Player of the Year is 10th in the BIG EAST in career points with 1,342 and fifth in career rebounds with 747.
• Hottinger had a career-high 21 rebounds vs Bucknell, the highest rebounding total for a BIG EAST player this season.
• The graduate student is one of 35 players in the nation to have 20-or-more rebounds in a game.
FLOOR LEADER
• Rose Nkumu is 12th in the nation and second in the BIG EAST with a 2.82 assist-to-turnover ratio.
• Nkumu has 15 games with 5-or-more assists this season.
• The senior guard is averaging career-highs in points, assists, field goal percentage, and 3-point percentage.
Keep up with the Marquette women's basketball program through social media by following on X (@MarquetteWBB) and Instagram (@marquettewbb) and `liking' on Facebook (MarquetteWBB).
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