Big East Women 'S Basketball Standings
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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL REPORT • DECEMBER 10 UPDATE CONTACT: P AM FLENKE, A SSISTANT COMMISSIONER O: 646.663.3437 C: 860.888.6971 [email protected] THIS W EEK IN T HE BIG EAST BIG EAST WOMEN’ S BASKETBALL STANDINGS TUESDAY T HROUGH DECEMEBER 9 Seton Hall 107, Saint Peter’s 60 WEDNESDAY BIG EAST OVERALL 19/20 Michigan 93, Butler 54 W-L Pct. H A W-L Pct. H A N Streak Villanova 78, La Salle 52 VILLANOVA 1-0 1.000 0-0 1-0 5-0 1.000 2-0 3-0 0-0 W 5 THURSDAY MARQUETTE 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 2-1 .667 1-1 1-0 0-0 W 1 Maine at Providence, 2 p.m. St. John’s at Delaware, 2 p.m. CREIGHTON 1-0 1.000 0-0 1-0 1-3 .250 0-1 1-2 0-0 W 1 Marquette at Cincinnati, 2 p.m. ROVIDENCE P 1-1 .500 0-0 1-1 3-3 .500 1-0 2-3 0-0 W 1 FRIDAY ST. J OHN’S 0-1 .000 0-1 0-0 2-1 .667 1-1 1-0 0-0 L 1 Wagner at Seton Hall, 7 p.m. BUTLER 0-2 .000 0-2 0-0 0-3 .000 0-2 0-1 0-0 L 3 SATURDAY SETON HALL 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 0-0 W 1 UMass-Lowell at 3/5 UConn, 1 p.m.^ SUNDAY XAVIER 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 1-0 1.000 0-0 1-0 0-0 W 1 Drexel at Villanova, 1 p.m. 24/23 DEPAUL 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 1-2 .333 1-1 0-0 0-1 L 1 Wofford at Xavier, 2 p.m. 3/5 UCONN 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 Marquette at Belmont, 3 p.m. GEORGETOWN 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 Loyola-Chicago at 24/23 DePaul, 4 p.m. Fordham at Seton Hall, 5 p.m. (Associated Press/ESPN-USA Today rankings) RV - receiving votes Butler at 15/15 Indiana, 5 p.m. All Times Eastern CONFERENCE QUICK HITS LAST W EEK IN T HE BIG EAST LAST NIGHT IN #BIGEASTWBB: MONDAY VILLANOVA 78, LA SALLE 52 20/19 DePaul 128, Chicago State 66 Maddy Siegrist notched her fi fth consecutive double-double with a BIG EAST single-game season-high of RV/RV South Dakota State 66, Creighton 47 31 points along with 13 rebounds to keep Villanova unbeaten (5-0) on the year. Siegrist added a game- TUESDAY high fi ve assists. Brianna Herlihy also stood out for the Wildcats with a career-high 24 points off 8-of-16 St. John’s 85, Saint Peter’s 47 shooting, to go along with 9 rebounds. Siegrist’s fi ve double-doubles leads all Division I players, while WEDNESDAY her scoring clip of 25.2 ranks 15th and her rebounding average of 12.0 lists 11th. After leading by six at Milwaukee 64, Marquette 55 halftime, the Wildcats exploded for a 29-point third quarter to run away from Big Five foe La Salle. RV/- Boston College 58, Providence 46 FRIDAY 19/20 MICHIGAN 93, BUTLER 54 Villanova 90, Temple 72 Butler (0-3) fell at 19th-ranked Michigan on Wednesday afternoon by the fi nal score of 93-54. Okako MARQUETTE 89, PROVIDENCE 40* Adika once again led the team in scoring with 17 points and Jaia Alexander would come up with 13 in CREIGHTON at XAVIER, postponed* her Bulldog debut. Alexander just missed a double-double by grabbing a team-high eight rebounds in her 5/5 Louisville 116, 20/19 DePaul 75+ fi rst game since the 2017-18 season. Butler’s next opponent is another Big Ten program that is nationally- SATURDAY ranked in the AP Poll. The ‘Dawgs will travel to Bloomington on Sunday to play 15th-ranked Indiana. Tip is PROVIDENCE 73, BUTLER 52* SUNDAY set for 5 p.m. ET inside Assembly Hall. CREIGHTON 88, BUTLER 41* XAVIER at 20/19 DEPAUL, postponed* WELCOME BACK, P IRATES VILLANOVA 74, ST. JOHN’S 65* In its fi rst game of the season, Seton Hall ran away with a 107-60 victory over visiting Saint Peter’s on Tuesday afternoon at Walsh Gym. The scoring total tied the program record, with 11 different Pirates BIG EAST game in CAPS appearing in the scoring column. Preseason All-BIG EAST pick Desiree Elmore led all scorers with 25 *-BEDN points off 10-of-12 shooting, while Victoria Keenan added 21 in just 14 minutes, going a perfect 7-for-7 ^-SNY from beyond the arc. The Hall shot 60 percent from the fi eld and 52 percent from deep, while winning #-FS1 the rebounding battle 44-32. Head coach Anthony Bozzella did not appear on the sidelines, as Seton Hall !-FS2 announced prior to the game he was quarantining. Assistant coach Lauren DeFalco served as interim. &-CBSSN +ESPN IN THE POLLS Two BIG EAST teams remained in both national polls this week as Connecticut maintained its spot at No. 3 in the Associated Press Top 25 but fell two spots in the USA Today Coaches Poll to No. 5. The Huskies BIG EAST WEEKLY HONORS are expected to play their fi rst game of the season on Saturday against UMass-Lowell, which is set for a 1 BIG EAST PLAYER OF THE W EEK | 12.7 p.m. ET tipoff on SNY. After splitting a pair of games last week, DePaul dropped four spots in the AP Poll Maddy Siegrist, Villanova, So., F to No. 24, and four spots in the coaches poll to No. 23. The Blue Demons’ next scheduled game is Sunday against crosstown foe Loyola Chicago at 4 p.m. Butler will face two ranked teams this week when the BIG EAST FRESHMAN OF THE W EEK | 12.7 Bulldogs visit No.19/20 Michigan on Wednesday and No. 15/15 Indiana on Sunday. Darrione Rogers, DePaul, Fr., G BIG EAST HONOR ROLL | 12.7 Temi Carda, Creighton, Sr., G THIS W EEK ON T ELEVISION Camryn Taylor, Marquette, So., F UMASS-LOWELL AT UCONN | GAMPEL PAVILION | STORRS, C ONN. | SATURDAY | 1 P.M. Kyra Spiwak, Providence, Sr., G Leilani Correa, St. John’s, So., G PLAY-BY-PLAY: A LLEN BESTWICK | ANALYST: M EGHAN CULMO BUTLER • UCONN • CREIGHTON • DEPAUL• GEORGETOWN • MARQUETTE PROVIDENCE • ST. J OHN’S • SETON HALL • V ILLANOVA • XAVIER MEDIA SERVICES • PRESEASON POLL RESULTS SCHOOL-BY-SCHOOL INFORMATION BIG EAST COMMUNICATIONS STAFF BUTLER UConn Contact Kit Stetzel Anna Labonte Pam Flenke Email [email protected] [email protected] Assistant Commissioner Phone 317.940.9994 860.617.6092 Media Relations and Digital Network Services Website ButlerSports.com UConnHuskies.com Email: pfl [email protected] Twitter @ButlerWBB @UConnWBB Cell: 860.888.6971 Creighton DEPAUL Offi ce: 646.663.3437 Contact Glen Sisk Bob Sakamoto Women’s Basketball Contact Email [email protected] [email protected] Phone 402.280.2433 630.445.3645 John Paquette Website GoCreighton.com DePaulBlueDemons.com Senior Associate Commissioner Twitter @CreightonWBB @DePaulWBBHoops Media Relations Email: [email protected] GEORGETOWN MARQUETTE Phone: 646.663.3443 Contact Barbara Barnes E.J. Stevens Email [email protected] [email protected] Kristin Quinn Phone 202.687.7155 414.288.6980 Assistant Commissioner Website GUHoyas.com GoMarquette.com Twitter @MarquetteWBB @MarquetteWBB Olympic Sports and Marketing Communications Email: [email protected] PROVIDENCE ST. J OHN’S Phone: 646.663.3456 Contact Jen Rynearson Victoria Lanza Email [email protected] [email protected] WEEKLY RELEASE Phone 401.865.2208 214.538.1531 Media can access Adobe Acrobat PDF fi les of the complete Website Friars.com RedStormSports.com weekly release on each of the conference’s sport pages. Twitter @ProvidenceWBB @StJohnsWBB EMAIL DISTRIBUTION SETON HALL VILLANOVA Media may contact the BIG EAST Conference offi ce to Contact Matt Sweeney Dean Kenefi ck be included on the league’s email lists for releases and Email [email protected] dean.kenefi [email protected] information for any sport. Phone 973.761.9493 610.519.6514 Website SHUPirates.com Villanova.com WEEKLY A WARDS Twitter @SHUWBB @NovaWBasketball The BIG EAST names a Player and Freshman of the Week, as well as fi ve Honor Roll selections, each Monday during XAVIER the regular season. Winners are chosen from nominations Contact Greg Lautezenheiser provided by the BIG EAST sports information directors. The Email [email protected] information will be released from the BIG EAST offi ce and will Phone 419.605.8512 be listed in the conference release and on the league web site. Website GoXavier.com Twitter @Xavier_WBB 2020-21 BIG EAST PRESEASON POLL & AWARDS Preseason Coaches’ Poll Preseason Player of the Year 1. Connecticut (10) 100 Christyn Williams, Connecticut, Jr., G 2. DePaul (1) 90 Preseason Freshman of the Year 3. Marquette 83 Paige Bueckers, Connecticut, Fr., G* 4. St. John’s 69 Preseason All-BIG EAST Team^ 5. Creighton 60 Olivia Nelson-Ododa, Connecticut, Jr., F 6. Seton Hall 59 Evina Westbrook, Connecticut, R-Jr., G 7. Villanova 44 Temi Carda, Creighton, Sr., G 8. Butler 37 Lexi Held, DePaul, Jr., G 9. Xavier 31 Sonya Morris, DePaul, Jr., G* 10. Providence 22 Selena Lott, Marquette, Sr., G* 11. Georgetown 10 Leilani Correa, St. John’s, So., G (fi rst-place votes) Qadashah Hoppie, St. John’s, Sr., G* Desiree Elmore, Seton Hall, Sr., G/F* Maddy Siegrist, Villanova, So., F* A’riana Gray, Xavier, Sr., F ^extra player added due to a tie in voting *unanimous selection 2020-21 BROADCAST SCHEDULE Day Date Visiting Team Home Team Location Time (EST) TV Fri.