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GAME 8: NO. 18/15 MArqUETTE @ NO. 6/6 MISSISSIPPI STATE MARQUETTE SCHEDULE THUrSDAY, DEC. 6 | 7 P.M. CT Date Opponent Location Time/Result MARQUETTE (6-1) AT NO. 6/6 MiSSiSSiPPi STATE (8-0) November Golden Eagles Thursday, Dec. 6 • 7 p.m. CT. • Starkville, Miss. • Humphrey Coliseum Tues. 6 South Dakota St. Al McGuire Center W, 91-52 Fri. 9 Montana State~ Al McGuire Center W, 100-52 Head Coach: ...........................................................Vic Schaefer Sun. 11 Northern Iowa~ Al McGuire Center W, 102-61 ....................................................................................7th season Thurs. 15 at Miami~ Coral Gables, Fla. L, 63-55 Statistics Leaders Sat. 24 UIC Al McGuire Center W, 96-32 Scoring Leader: .........................................McCowan, 18.6 ppg Wed. 28 at Milwaukee Milwaukee, Wis. W, 83-74 Assist Leader: ...................................................Holmes, 4.5 apg @MarquetteWBB @HailStateWBK Rebound leader: .......................................McCowan, 11.8 rpg December Website .................................................................hailstate.com Head Coach: .................................Carolyn Kieger Sun. 2 Michigan Al McGuire Center W, 85-74 ...............................................78-57 (5th season) Thurs. 6 Mississippi St. Starkville, Miss. 7 p.m. CT Statistics Leaders FOLLOW THE GAME Sun. 9 Northwestern Evanston, ill. 1 p.m. CT Scoring Leader. ......................Blockton, 19.1 ppg Sat. 15 Green Bay Al McGuire Center 2 p.m. CT Assist Leader: ........................Hiedeman, 6.0 apg WATCH LIVE .......................................................SEC Network+ Mon. 17 Binghamton Al McGuire Center 7 p.m. CT Rebounding Leader ..............Davenport, 7.7 rpg Play-by-play ...........................................................Bart Gregory Sat. 22 Notre Dame+ Al McGuire Center 12:30 p.m. CT Website: ................................GoMarquette.com Analyst ..............................................................Charlie Winfield Sat. 29 Providence*& Al McGuire Center 2 p.m. CT LIVE STATS .................................................................................... Mon. 31 Creighton*& Al McGuire Center 2 p.m. CT .......http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=237962 January Fri. 4 DePaul*+ Al McGuire Center 7 p.m. CT Fri. 11 Villanova*& Villanova, Pa. 10:30 a.m. CT Sun. 13 Georgetown*& Washington, D.C. 1 p.m. CT NO. 18/15 MArqUETTE TrAVELS TO NO. 6/6 MISSISSIPPI STATE Fri. 18 Seton Hall*& Al McGuire Center 11:30 a.m. CT MILWAUKEE – Up four spots this week in the AP against Southern Miss. and none since the 2004- Sun. 20 St. John’s*& Al McGuire Center 2 p.m. CT Top-25 and two spots in the USA Today Coaches 05 season. Fri. 25 Xavier*& Cincinnati, Ohio 6 p.m. CT poll, the No. 18/15 Marquette women’s basket - Sun. 27 Butler*& indianapolis, ind. 1 p.m. CT ball team gears up for a challenging road test Following its battle in Starkville, Marquette stays February against No. 6/6 Mississippi State in Starkville on on the road to take on Northwestern in Evanston, Sun. 3 DePaul*& Chicago, ill. 1 p.m. CT Thursday night. illinois on Sunday, Dec. 9. Tip-off is set for 1 p.m. Fri. 8 Georgetown*+ Al McGuire Center 7 p.m. CT Sun. 10 Villanova*& Al McGuire Center 2 p.m. CT Central time and will air live on the Big Ten Fri. 15 St. John’s*& Queens, N.Y. 6 p.m. CT The Golden Eagles (6-1) made quick work of Network. Sun. 17 Seton Hall*^ South Orange, N.J. 11 a.m. CT Michigan on Sunday at the Al McGuire Center, Fri. 22 Butler*& Al McGuire Center 7 p.m. CT building a 20-point halftime lead before complet - OPPONENT Sun. 24 Xavier* Al McGuire Center 2 p.m. CT ing an 85-74 victory. Erika Davenport led all five March starters in double figures, scoring a game-high 21 MISSISSIPPI STATE (8-0): The sixth-ranked Fri. 1 Creighton*& Omaha, Neb. 7 p.m. CT points with eight rebounds. Allazia Blockton Bulldogs have won 45-straight non-conference Sun. 3 Providence*& Providence, R.i. 12 p.m. CT moved ever closer to the program scoring record games and coming off back-to-back NCAA *-Denotes BiG EAST Conference game with 18 points and Natisha Hiedeman chipped in Championship game appearances, but are still in #-Denotes BiG EAST Conference Tournament game 11 points and seven assists, with a clutch nine search of the program’s first national title. MSU &-Denotes game broadcast on BiG EAST Digital Network points coming in a tone-setting first quarter. topped then-No. 10 Texas, 67-49, last time out. +-Denotes Fox Sports 1/Fox Sports 2 televised game ^- Denotes CBS Sports Network televised game The Bulldogs are led by Teaira McCowan’s 18.6 ~-Denotes Preseason WNiT Game Thursday’s matchup marks the first-ever meeting ppg and 11.8 rpg. Anriel Howard, Chloe Bibby and against the back-to-back national runners-up and Jordan Danberry are all averaging in double fig - sixth-ever contest for Marquette in the state of ures scoring as well. Mississippi with the previous five (4-1) all coming Marquette Probable Starters Yr. Pos. Ht. GP-GS MPG PPG RPG APG Quick Hits 1 Danielle King Sr. G 5-5 7-7 27.1 10.0 3.3 4.1 • Became MU’s fifth active 1,000-point scorer and 29th all-time (11/9) 5 Natisha Hiedeman Sr. G 5-8 7-7 29.0 14.0 4.7 6.0 • Surpassed MU’s 3-pointers record (221) at UWM (11/28) 11 Allazia Blockton Sr. G 6-0 7-7 25.3 19.1 4.7 3.0 • Surpassed 35-year-old made field goals record (721) at UWM (11/28) 12 Erika Davenport Sr. F 5-11 7-6 22.7 12.6 7.7 0.4 • Had 21 points on 9-of-11 shooting to lead MU over RV Michigan (12/2) 15 Amani Wilborn Sr. G 5-9 7-7 26.9 11.6 5.1 3.0 • Recorded first career double-double (18 points, 10 rebounds) vs. UiC Marquette Bench Yr. Pos. Ht. GP-GS MPG PPG RPG APG Quick Hits 10 Sandra Dahling Sr. F 5-9 5-0 5.6 0.4 0.8 0.3 • Senior captain and team leader off the bench 20 Altia Anderson Jr. F 6-2 6-0 6.3 0.0 2.3 0.4 • Grabbed seven boards in her season debut against Montana State (11/9) 21 Amanda Maqueia Jr. C 6-4 4-0 6.3 1.0 2.0 0.6 • Scored her first Marquette points against UNi (11/11) 24 Selena Lott So. G 5-11 7-0 17.0 3.4 2.3 1.1 • Posted a season-best nine points against UNi (11/11) 30 isabelle Spingola Jr. G 6-0 7-0 15.3 7.0 2.6 0.4 • Shot 4-for-7 from behind the arc against SDSU (11/6) 42 Lauren Van Kleunen R-So. G 6-2 7-1 13.6 5.0 2.1 0.7 • Recorded 11 points against Montana State (11/9) 52 Chloe Marotta Fr. F 6-1 6-0 11.5 4.5 2.5 0.3 • Tallied a career-best 11 points and grabbed eight boards vs. UNi (11/11) 2008 WNiT Champions • 11 NCAA Tournament Appearances (1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2017, 2018) 2018-19 NUMERiCAL ROSTER ON THE MAP... Wisconsin (4): Hiedeman, Blockton, Wilborn, Marotta No. Name Ht. Pos. Yr. Hometown/High School/Last College illinois (3): King, Spingola, McCoy 0 Tori McCoy 6-4 Forward JR Champaign, ill./Saint Thomas More/Ohio State Michigan (1): Davenport 1 Danielle King 5-5 Guard SR Chicago, ill./Bloom Township Delaware (1): Anderson 5 Natisha Hiedeman 5-8 Guard SR Green Bay, Wis./Green Bay Southwest Ohio (1): Van Kleunen 10 Sandra Dahling 5-9 Forward SR Stockholm, Sweden/Soina Gymnasium New York (1): Lott 11 Allazia Blockton 6-0 Guard SR Milwaukee, Wis./Dominican Sweden (1): Dahling 12 Erika Davenport 5-11 Forward SR Clarkston, Mich./Clarkston Brazil (1): Maqueia 15 Amani Wilborn 5-9 Guard SR Milwaukee, Wis./Riverside University 20 Altia Anderson 6-2 Forward JR Bridgeville, Del/ Woodbridge 21 Amanda Maqueia 6-4 Center JR Presidente Prudente, Brazil 24 Selena Lott 5-11 Guard SO East Greenbush, N.Y./Columbia *PRONUNCiATiON GUiDE 30 isabelle Spingola 6-0 Guard JR Chicago, ill./ Whitney Young 42 Lauren Van Kleunen 6-2 Guard RS SO Mason, Ohio/Mason Natisha Hiedeman ...........................................Nuh-TEE-sha 52 Chloe Marotta 6-1 Forward FR Mequon, Wis./ Homestead Sandra Dahling .......................................sahn-dra DAH-ling Allazia Blockton ................................................alah-ZAY-uh Head Coach: Carolyn Kieger Amanda Maqueia .............................................muh-kay-uh Assistant Coach: Ginny Boggess Carolyn Kieger ...............................................KEE-ger Assistant Coach: Scott Merritt *Student-athlete pronunciations (audio) of their own names avaiable by clicking on the icon next to name on Assistant Coach: Vernette Skeete GoMarquette.com roster Dir. of Basketball Operations: Pam Brown Dir. of Player Development: MaryLynne Schaefer Video Coordinator: Ali Sanders Coordinator of Analytics: Phil Leibham BY YEAR MEDiA iNFORMATiON Senior ..................................................................6 Junior ..................................................................4 Women’s Basketball Contact: ..........Megan O’Shea Please contact Megan O’Shea to arrange an interview Sophomore .........................................................2 Email: [email protected] with head coach Carolyn Kieger, a member of the Freshmen ............................................................1 Work Phone: .....................................414-288-7419 coaching staff or a player. Cell Phone: ........................................812-369-0311 Website: .......................................GoMarquette.com MU players will not disclose their home phone num- Photography: .........................Marquetteimages.com bers or their cellular phone numbers so please do not MU Twitter: .........................................@muathletics request that information. Players have been asked to WBB Twitter ................................................@MarquetteWBB politely decline interviews that have not been cleared WBB instagram ............................................................MUWBB with the MU Media Relations Office. WBB Facebook ...............................................Marquette WBB Fax: ......................................................414-288-6519 2018-19 TEAM iNFO General Information Team Information Location . .Milwaukee, Wis. 2017-18 Overall Record . .24-10 Founded . .1881 2017-18 BiG EAST Record/Finish .