WBB Closes Regular Season In Rhode Island

Sunday, March 1

Providence, RI

4:30 P.M. CT

Marquette University

Providence

2/27/2026 7:08:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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Game to air on Peacock and NBCSN.

By: Communications

MILWAUKEE - The Marquette women's basketball team closes out the regular season on Sunday at Providence. The Golden Eagles look to extend their win streak to 18 over the Friars.

Tipoff is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. CT and will air on Peacock and NBCSN. Adam Giardino (pxp) and Edona Thaqi (analyst) will be on the call.

THE STARTING FIVE

Last time out, Marquette ended its season-long four-game losing streak, picking up the season sweep of Xavier with a 77-65 win on Senior Night. The Golden Eagles' senior class accounted for 31 points, led by Lee Volker's 13.
Since 2016-17, Marquette is 7-2 in regular-season finales. The two losses in the last nine years both came to UConn. The Huskies were ranked No. 1 and No. 5 during those meetings. The Golden Eagles have not lost to an unranked opponent in its final game of a regular season since 2015 as their last defeat to close a regular season against a team not named UConn was DePaul on Feb. 27, 2016 which was No. 19/21.
With Skylar Forbes crossing the 1,000-point mark for her career on Feb. 14, she joined Jaidynn Mason as the Golden Eagles' 1,000-point scorers. While Mason accomplished the feat across two programs (Southern Illinois and Marquette), Forbes scored every one of her points at MU. Lee Volker has a chance to join her teammates in the 1,000-point club as the graduate currently sits at 967 points.
Despite not having posted a double-double in the past five games, Halle Vice continues to lead the BIG EAST with 10. It is two more than Creighton's Grace Boffeli and UConn's Sarah Strong. The 10 double-doubles ranks 39th in the NCAA.
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). Starting guard Olivia Porter was lost for the season due to an injury sustained on Feb. 1.

BY THE NUMBERS
1 - In Marquette's win over Xavier, it was the first time this season MU won a game when both losing the tip and not scoring first. The Golden Eagles were previously 0-6 this season when both happened.
14 - In 16 of MU's 28 games, they have won the battle on the glass 14 times. On the flip side, MU is just 3-9 when not winning the rebounding battle.
967 - With her career winding down, graduate student Lee Volker is nearing the 1,000-point mark, sitting just 33 points shy of the milestone. Volker has scored in double figures in nine of her last 11 games.

FLASHING BACK - GAME 28 VS XAVIER

Marquette won its 20th straight game over Xavier.
Halle Vice recorded her seventh 20-point game of the season.
Vice scored 20 of her 22 points in the second half.
Kennedi Perkins finished with a season-high 10 points
Jaidynn Mason matched her season high on the glass with eight rebounds. It was the second time in the last three games she has grabbed eight rebounds.
With two blocks, Skylar Forbes moved to fifth on MU's career blocks list with 136, one ahead of Heidi Ach.
With 13 points, Lee Volker moves to 967 for her career.

HISTORY WITH THE FRIARS

Marquette and Providence will meet for the 35th time in their history.
Marquette holds the series lead at 29-5.
The Golden Eagles have won 17 straight in the series dating back to Jan. 10, 2018.
MU has won eight straight games at Providence.

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. Eleven times this season, the Golden Eagles opponents' have scored first. MU is 2-9 in those games compared to 14-2 when scoring first.

The tip has also been an indicator as the Golden Eagles are 1-6 this season when losing the tipoff. At Butler on Jan. 25, Marquette won its first game of the year when losing the tip.
During its recent four-game skid, three of those games saw MU both lose the tip and not score first.
Against Xavier on Feb. 25, MU won its first game of the season when both losing the tip and not scoring first. The Golden Eagles had dropped their first six games this season when both situations occurred.