WBB Heads To D.C. For Sunday Showdown With Hoyas

MILWAUKEE - Following a one-point win over DePaul on Wednesday at the Al McGuire Center, the Marquette women's basketball team returns to the road this weekend for its third game away from home since Jan. 21. The Golden Eagles travel to Washington D.C. to face Georgetown on Sunday afternoon.

Tipoff from McDonough Arena is set for 5 p.m. ET/4 p.m. CT. JB Long (play-by-play), Christy Winters-Scott (analyst) and Autumn Johnson (sideline) will be on the call for truTV/HBO Max.

THE STARTING FIVE

Sunday will mark the Golden Eagles' fourth road trip in 18 days with three of those coming on the East Coast. Following this stretch, Marquette will finish out the final month of play with four games at home and three on the road.
With a record of 1-4 in games decided by 10 points or less prior to Jan. 21, Marquette has won its last three games by a combined six points. The close wins have been a change of pace for Marquette as most of its wins have been by significant margins. Nine of the Golden Eagles' first 11 wins had been by 16 or more points.
Injured three weeks ago, Halle Vice has begun to return to to from, breaking out for 23 points at Butler last Sunday and going for 18 points and 14 rebounds against DePaul. The 20-point game was her first since going for 32 against Villanova on Jan. 4 and the double-double was her first since posting 19 points and 13 rebounds at Seton Hall on Jan. 14.
Since eclipsing the 1,000-point mark for her career at St. John's on Jan. 21, Jaidynn Mason has posted back-to-back games with 16 points. The senior shot a combined 13-of-20 (65.0%) in the contests.
Marquette's strength this season comes in its experience and continuity as the program is the only one in Division I women's college basketball to return all of its players from the 2024-25 season. Though everyone returned, the Golden Eagles have had just two games this season (Winthrop, Georgetown) with everyone available (excluding J.J. Barnes and Aryelle Stevens who were ruled out for the year heading into the season).

BY THE NUMBERS
64.6% - Against DePaul, Marquette had one of its most efficient shooting performances in the last 15 years. It's 64.6% from the field ranked third-highest behind two games which saw percentages just over 65%.
57.4 - Excluding UConn, Marquette has held BIG EAST opponents to an average of 57.4 points on the road. Only UConn (89) and Seton Hall (64) have scored more than 60 points.
8 - Halle Vice collected her league-leading eighth double-double on Jan. 28. It was her first since Jan. 14. She has 14 double-doubles in her career.

FLASHING BACK - GAME 21 VS DEPAUL

Marquette's 64.6 % shooting from the field was its third-highest in a game dating back to 2009.
MU finished the game with 10 blocks, its second-most this season behind the 11 it had against Truman State on Dec 20, 2025.
The 10 blocks is tied for the second-most the Golden Eagles have recorded in a game in the 16 years.
MU committed a season-high 24 turnovers resulting in 23 points.
MU had four players score in double figures for the first time since Jan. 8 versus Creighton.
Halle Vice recorded her eighth double-double of the year with 18 points and 14 rebounds.

HISTORY WITH THE HOYAS

Marquette and Georgetown will meet for the 35th time in their history.
Marquette holds the series lead at 29-5.
On Jan. 17, the Hoyas snapped the Golden Eagles' 15-game win streak in the series with a 63-54 win at the Al McGuire Center, just the second MU loss in the series on its home court.
Marquette has won six straight road games in the series dating back to Feb. 13, 2019.

DEFENSE IS TRAVELING
In BIG EAST play, Marquette has put its defense on display on the road. In six games, the Golden Eagles have held four opponents to 60 points or less on their home courts.

Excluding UConn which scored 89, 25 more points than the next closest team, MU is allowing 57.4 points per game to BIG EAST opponents on the road.

START ON THE FRONT FOOT
While some teams can start slow and pick up steam in games, Marquette has struggled a bit in doing that. Seven times this season, the Golden Eagles opponents' haven't scored first. MU is 1-6 in those games compared to 13-1 when scoring first.

The tip has also been an indicator the Golden Eagles as they are 1-3 this season when losing the tipoff. At Butler on Jan. 25, Marquette won its first game of the year when losing the tip.

HIT YOUR 3, DEFEND THE 3
While Marquette ranks as one of the top 3-point shooting teams in the country at 38.2%, it ranks 78th in 3-point defense at 28.4%. The Golden Eagles' 9.8% difference ranks as the 11th-largest difference in the NCAA and is 1% from third.

With only a 0.6% difference between its 3-point offense and 3-point defense a year ago, the Golden Eagles have a 9.2% increase in its difference this season. That ranks as the 11th-highest percent increase in the country.

SHARING THE ROCK
Shooting north of 45% from the field this year has been due in part because of Marquette's unselfish nature, looking not just for a good shot but for the best shot. In 16 of MU's 21 games, six different Golden Eagles have recorded an assist. On six occasions, eight or more have been credited with an assist.

On Nov. 3, Marquette had a season-high 10 different players record an assist.
MU ranks No. 20 in the NCAA in assists at 18.0 per game.
Marquette is very balanced in its distribution with five players averaging between 2.0-4.5 assists per game.

KEEP YOUR HEAD ON A SWIVEL
With length and high IQs on an experienced squad, Marquette has made a habit of getting their hands on opponents' shots this year. MU ranks No. 24 nationally this season with 5.0 per game.

MU has posted games with 11 blocks (Truman State) and 10 blocks (DePaul) this season, its top two block totals in a game during the past 15 seasons.
Skylar Forbes may pace the team with 1.9 per game but there is balance with four others between 0.4-0.9 per game.
While the Golden Eagles have been one of the top shot blocking teams in the country this season, they have done so without fouling, committing just 13.2 per game which ranks 16th in the NCAA.

A WALKING DOUBLE-DOUBLE
Recording her eighth double-double of the season on Jan. 28, Halle Vice continues to lead the BIG EAST in the category. The junior had just one double-double through the first five weeks of the season but has recorded six during an eight-game stretch from Dec. 14-Jan. 14. Working through an injury, Vice recorded No. 8 on Jan. 28.

Her stretch of four straight games (Dec. 20-Jan. 4) with a double-double is the longest stretch of consecutive double-doubles by a Golden Eagle since Erika Davenport had a double-double in five straight games in 2019 (Jan. 11-25).
Vice's seven double-doubles ranks 30th in the NCAA.

DOING A BIT OF EVERYTHING
When you think of a glue-type player, Lee Volker has been just that for Marquette. The Swiss Army knife. The fifth-year player has been doing a little bit of everything for the Golden Eagles. Volker is second on the team in assists, rebounds and steals, and third in scoring and blocks. She leads the team in free-throw percentage and has the second-highest 3-point percentage among players with at least 20 attempts in each.

With only one double-figure scoring game during a six-game stretch from Dec. 17-Jan. 8, Volker has scored in double figures in four of the last five games.