WBB Hosts DePaul Saturday at 2 p.m. CT

The Marquette University women's basketball team hosts DePaul on Saturday, Feb. 15 at 2 p.m. CT. The BIG EAST Digital Network on FloCollege features the broadcast with Bob Brainerd (play-by-play) and Chloe Marotta (analyst) on the call.

STARTING FIVE
• Marquette enters its 20th campaign in the BIG EAST Conference.
• The Golden Eagles are second in the BIG EAST and 23rd nationally in defensive field goal percentage (36.6 percent).
• Skylar Forbes is 31st in the nation in free throw percentage (87.0 percent).
• Marquette is first in the BIG EAST in rebounding offense (38.3 rebounds per game) rebound margin (+6.3 rebounding margin).
• MU is one of four teams to have no true or redshirt freshmen on the roster in NCAA Division I women's college basketball.

LAST TIME OUT
• Marquette earned a 68-61 road win at Seton Hall on Wednesday night.
• Lee Volker had a career-high 24 points, seven rebounds, two assists and two steals while shooting 8-of-10 from the field.
• Halle Vice had her fifth double-double of the season with 19 points and a career-high 13 rebounds. Skylar Forbes added 11 points and nine rebounds.
• Marquette stormed out to a 10-2 lead before the Pirates ended the first quarter on a 12-6 run.
• The game was tied at 30-30 at half, the first time this season MU has been tied at the break.
• Marquette outscored Seton Hall 24-16 in the third while shooting 57 percent form the field to go into the fourth up eight.
• The Golden Eagles stretched the lead to as many as 12 in the fourth quarter. Seton Hall battled back to within five points, 64-59, with one minute and 39 seconds remaining but free throws down the stretch sealed the win for Marquette.

ALL-TIME SERIES AGAINST DEPAUL
• DePaul is Marquette's most commonly played opponent, meeting 87 times in a series that dates back to 1978.
• Marquette and DePaul have been in three different conferences together, including the Great Midwest Conference (1991-95), Conference USA (1995-2005), and BIG EAST (2005-pres.).
• DePaul leads the series 49-38.
• The Blue Demons lead the series since joining the BIG EAST, 23-20.
• Marquette has taken eight out of the last nine meetings.

FIRST MEETING THIS SEASON
• Marquette won 78-59 at DePaul on Sunday, Dec. 29 in MU's first BIG EAST game of the season.
• Marquette had four in double-figures including Skylar Forbes (18 points, six rebounds), Halle Vice (17 points, 11 rebounds), Lee Volker (17 points, five assists), and Jaidynn Mason (16 points, six assists).
• Marquette shot 50.8 percent from the floor and outrebounded DePaul 42-37.

VOLKER CAREER NIGHT AT SETON HALL
• Lee Volker had a career-high 24 points on Wednedsay night at Seton Hall on 8-of-10 shooting, the best shooting night of her career.
• The senior guard added seven rebounds and two assists.
• 10 of Volker's 24 points came in the second quarter.
• It was her fourth 20-point game of the season and third in conference play.

VICE 19 PTS AND 13 BOARDS AT SETON HALL
• Halle Vice had her fifth double-double of the season with 19 points and a career-high 13 rebounds.
• The senior guard was 8-of-12 from the floor and had two blocks.
• It was Vice's 19th game of six-or-more rebounds this season.

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Players Mentioned

Skylar Forbes

Jaidynn Mason

Halle Vice

Lee Volker