Big East Women 'S Basketball Standings
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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL REPORT • JANUARY 17 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 WEDNESDAY T HROUGH JANUARY 17 Villanova 70, Penn 58 FRIDAY St. John’s 64, Providence 58*^ BIG EAST OVERALL Seton Hall 82, -/RV Creighton 70*^ W-L Pct. H A W-L Pct. H A N Streak Butler 61, Marquette 55*! 14/15 DEPAUL 6-0 1.000 3-0 3-0 16-2 .889 9-1 7-1 0-0 W 7 14/15 DePaul 91, Xavier 68*^ SATURDAY -/RV CREIGHTON 4-2 .667 2-1 2-1 12-5 .706 6-1 4-4 2-0 L 1 Georgetown at Villanova, 6 p.m.*^ BUTLER 4-2 .667 1-2 3-0 12-5 .706 8-3 3-1 1-1 W 4 SUNDAY VILLANOVA 4-2 .667 2-2 2-0 10-7 .588 5-4 5-3 0-0 W 2 Providence at Seton Hall, 1 p.m.*^ ST. J OHN’S 4-3 .571 2-1 2-2 11-7 .611 7-1 4-5 0-1 W 1 Marquette at Xavier, 2 p.m.*^ -/RV Creighton at St. John’s, 2 p.m.*^ SETON HALL 4-3 .571 2-1 2-2 11-7 .611 6-3 3-3 2-1 W 1 14/15 DePaul at Butler, 2 p.m.*^ MARQUETTE 3-3 .500 2-0 1-3 12-5 .706 6-2 5-3 1-0 L 1 All times Eastern GEORGETOWN 1-5 .167 1-3 0-2 4-13 .235 1-6 3-6 0-1 L 4 *BIG EAST contest XAVIER 1-5 .167 0-4 1-1 2-15 .118 1-8 1-5 0-2 L 2 ^BEDN !FS2 PROVIDENCE 0-6 .000 0-2 0-4 9-9 .500 2-2 5-6 2-1 L 6 LAST W EEK IN T HE BIG EAST (Associated Press/ESPN-USA Today rankings) RV - receiving votes FRIDAY Butler 58, Villanova 41*^ Xavier 85, Georgetown 64*! CONFERENCE QUICK HITS 15/17 DePaul 85, Seton Hall 68*^ Marquette 94, St. John’s 85*^ SATURDAY NATIONAL POLLS -/RV Creighton 72, Providence 63*+ In a wild week which saw 11 ranked teams lose including Nos. 1, 2 and 3, DePaul went 2-0 with wins SUNDAY over Seton Hall and St. John’s to improve its positions in both national polls. The Blue Demons climbed to Marquette 81, Seton Hall 60*^ No. 14 in the AP Poll for its highest ranking in the AP since landing at No. 9 in the March 7, 2011 edition. Villanova 66, Xavier 54*^ DePaul climbed two spots to No. 15 in Tuesday’s USA Today Coaches’ Poll to match its best ranking in Butler 47, Georgetown 46*^ that poll of the season. Additionally, Creighton received votes for a second consecutive week and sixth 15/17 DePaul 74, St. John’s 69*# week this season. DePaul (15-2, 5-0 BIG EAST) has won six straight to remain undefeated in BIG EAST *BIG EAST contest play, while Creighton (12-4) is alone in second place in the standings at 4-1, having won four of its last fi ve. ^BEDN #FS1 !FS2 RPI UPDATE +CBSSN Three BIG EAST teams are in the top 32 of the latest NCAA RPI, led by No. 11 DePaul and No. 14 Creighton. Stretching its winning streak to three games, Marquette jumped up four spots to a season-best No. 32 slot. Three other BIG EAST squads remained in the top 100, with St. John’s climbing 11 spots from a week ago to No. 56, Seton Hall improving 13 spots to No. 62, and Villanova moving to No. 88. The BIG EAST remained the sixth-ranked conference for a third consecutive week. Of note, the Bluejays travel to the Pirates and Red Storm for this weekend’s road swing. STATISTICAL STANDOUTS Seven BIG EAST players rank in the top 10 nationally in 12 different statistical categories, highlighted by Kelly Campbell’s Division I-leading 5.88 assist-turnover ratio. The next best ATO in the NCAA is more than a point-and-a-half below Campbell at 4.31 (Minyon Moore, Oregon). BIG EAST leading scorer Maddy Siegrist has the eighth-most points among all Division I players this season and is the third-highest scoring rookie at 20.1 points per game. Reigning BIG EAST Player of the Week Selena Lott is ninth nationally in assists per game (5.9), while four-time BIG EAST weekly honoree Jaylyn Agnew of Creighton is stellar from the charity stripe with the sixth-highest success rate at the free-throw line (92.2). Butler’s Kristen Spolyar has also had success at the free-throw line, ranking among the national leaders in both makes and attempts. Villanova’s Mary Gedaka and DePaul’s Chante Stonewall are also among the national statistical BIG EAST WEEKLY HONORS leaders in categories such as minutes played in fi eld goals made. BIG EAST PLAYER OF THE W EEK | 1.13 Selena Lott, Marquette, Jr., G BIG EAST FRESHMAN OF THE W EEK | 1.13 Maddy Siegrist, Villanova, R-Fr., F THIS W EEK ON T ELEVISION BIG EAST HONOR ROLL | 1.13 Kristen Spolyar, Butler, Sr., G MARQUETTE AT BUTLER | HINKLE FIELDHOUSE | INDIANAPOLIS, I ND. | FRIDAY | 6:30 P.M. Jaylyn Agnew, Creighton, Sr., F Sonya Morris, DePaul, So., G Qadashah Hoppie, St. John’s, Jr., G A’riana Gray, Xavier, Jr., F BUTLER • 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 Creighton Contact Kit Stetzel Glen Sisk Pam Flenke Email [email protected] [email protected] Assistant Commissioner Phone 317.940.9994 402.280.2433 Media Relations and Digital Network Services Website ButlerSports.com GoCreighton.com Email: pfl [email protected] Twitter @ButlerWBB @CreightonWBB Cell: 860.888.6971 DEPAUL GEORGETOWN Offi ce: 646.663.3437 Contact Bob Sakamoto Barbara Barnes Women’s Basketball Contact Email [email protected] [email protected] Phone 630.445.3645 202.687.7155 John Paquette Website DePaulBlueDemons.com GUHoyas.com Senior Associate Commissioner Twitter @DePaulWBBHoops @GeorgetownWBB Media Relations Email: [email protected] MARQUETTE PROVIDENCE Phone: 646.663.3443 Contact Megan O’Shea Jen Rynearson Email [email protected] [email protected] Kristin Quinn Phone 414.288.7419 401.865.2208 Assistant Commissioner Website GoMarquette.com Friars.com Twitter @MarquetteWBB @ProvidenceWBB Olympic Sports and Marketing Communications Email: [email protected] ST. J OHN’S SETON HALL Phone: 646.663.3456 Contact Victoria Lanza Matt Sweeney Email [email protected] [email protected] Paul Stromberg Phone 214.538.1531 973.761.9493 Communications Assistant Website RedStormSports.com SHUPirates.com Email: [email protected] Twitter @StJohnsWBB @SHUWBB Phone: 410.303.0418 VILLANOVA XAVIER WEEKLY RELEASE Contact Dean Kenefi ck Greg Lautezenheiser Media can access Adobe Acrobat PDF fi les of the complete Email dean.kenefi [email protected] [email protected] weekly release on each of the conference’s sport pages. Phone 610.519.6514 419.605.8512 Website Villanova.com GoXavier.com EMAIL DISTRIBUTION Twitter @NovaWBasketball @Xavier_WBB Media may contact the BIG EAST Conference offi ce to be included on the league’s email lists for releases and information for any sport. 2019-20 BIG EAST PRESEASON POLL & AWARDS WEEKLY A WARDS Preseason Coaches’ Poll The BIG EAST names a Player and Freshman of the Week, 1. DePaul (9) 81 Preseason Player of the Year as well as fi ve Honor Roll selections, each Monday during Shadeen Samuels, Seton Hall, Sr., F the regular season. Winners are chosen from nominations 2. St. John’s (1) 70 provided by the BIG EAST sports information directors. The 3. Seton Hall 58 information will be released from the BIG EAST offi ce and will 4. Creighton 50 Preseason Freshman of the Year be listed in the conference release and on the league web site. 5. Providence 44 Jordan King, Marquette, Fr., G Villanova 44 7. Butler 43 Preseason All-BIG EAST Team 8. Xavier 23 Kristen Spolyar, Butler, Sr., G 9. Marquette 19 Jaylyn Agnew, Creighton, Sr., F 10. Georgetown 18 Chante Stonewall, DePaul, Sr., F Kelly Campbell, DePaul, Sr., G Selena Lott, Marquette, Jr., G Mary Baskerville, Providence, So., F* Tiana England, St. John’s, R-Jr., G* Qadashah Hoppie, St. John’s, Jr., G Desiree Elmore, Seton Hall, Jr., G/F Mary Gedaka, Villanova, Sr., F* A’riana Gray, Xavier, Jr., F* *unanimous selection ^extra player added due to a tie in voting BUTLER • CREIGHTON • DEPAUL• GEORGETOWN • MARQUETTE PROVIDENCE • ST. J OHN’S • SETON HALL • V ILLANOVA • XAVIER 2019-20 BROADCAST SCHEDULE Day Date Visiting Team Home Team Location Time (EST) TV Thursday Dec. 5 Connecticut Seton Hall South Orange, N.J. 6:30 PM FS1 Monday Dec. 16 Connecticut DePaul Chicago, Ill. 8:00 PM FS1 Sunday Dec. 29 Providence Villanova Villanova, Pa. 4:00 PM FS1 Friday Jan. 3 DePaul Providence Providence, R.I. 6:30 PM FS2 Sunday Jan. 5 Villanova St. John’s Queens, N.Y. 2:00 PM CBSSN Friday Jan. 10 Xavier Georgetown Washington, D.C. 6:30 PM FS2 Saturday Jan. 11 Providence Creighton Omaha, Neb. 12:00 PM CBSSN Sunday Jan. 12 St. John’s DePaul Chicago, Ill. 1:00 PM FS1 Friday Jan. 17 Marquette Butler Indianapolis, Ind. 6:30 PM FS2 Sunday Jan. 26 Xavier Providence Providence, R.I. 1:00 PM FS2 Sunday Jan.