WOMEN’S BASKETBALL REPORT • FEBRUARY 8 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 FRIDAY - FEB. 8 T HROUGH FEBRUARY 8 Providence 82, Seton Hall 75*# BIG EAST OVERALL Butler 63, Xavier 38*# W-L Pct. H A W-L Pct. H A N Streak St. John’s 51, Creighton 45*# 8/7 MARQUETTE 11-0 1.000 6-0 5-0 20-3 .870 13-1 7-2 0-0 W 11 -/RV DePaul 93, Villanova 70*# BUTLER 8-4 .667 3-2 5-2 18-5 .783 10-2 6-3 2-0 W 1 8/7 Marquette 59, Georgetown 52*^ -/RV DEPAUL 7-4 .636 3-3 4-1 16-7 .696 8-4 6-2 2-1 W 1 FS1 All-Access VILLANOVA 6-6 .500 3-3 3-3 15-8 .652 9-3 6-4 0-1 L 1 SUNDAY - FEB. 10 SETON HALL 6-6 .500 5-2 1-4 14-9 .609 11-2 2-6 1-1 L 1 PROVIDENCE 6-6 .500 4-1 2-5 14-10 .583 9-3 4-7 1-0 W 1 St. John’s at Providence, 1 p.m.*# GEORGETOWN 5-7 .417 4-3 1-4 11-12 .478 8-5 3-5 0-2 L 1 Seton Hall at Creighton, 2 p.m.*+ ST. J OHN’S 4-8 .333 2-4 2-4 11-12 .478 4-5 5-6 2-1 W 2 Georgetown at -/RV DePaul, 3 p.m.*# CREIGHTON 4-8 .333 2-4 2-4 10-13 .435 4-6 4-7 2-0 L 5 Villanova at 8/7 Marquette, 3 p.m.*# XAVIER 2-10 .167 1-4 1-5 11-12 .478 9-5 2-7 0-0 L 2 ^FS1 +FS2 #BEDN *BIG EAST contest Associated Press/ESPN-USA Today rankings; RV- receiving votes All times Eastern CONFERENCE QUICK HITS LAST W EEK IN T HE BIG EAST FS1 ALL-ACCESS GAME FRIDAY - FEB. 1 For the third consecutive year, a BIG EAST women’s basketball game will go all-access and commercial free as head coaches from No. 8/7 Marquette and Georgetown will be featured in Friday’s broadcast. Georgetown 62, Creighton 53*# MU’s Carolyn Kieger and GU’s James Howard will wear live microphones from tipoff through both teams’ Butler 73, St. John’s 68 OT*# postgame speeches. Play-by-play announcer Lisa Byington and analyst Monica McNutt are live from The Xavier 80, Seton Hall 76*# Al McGuire Center with the call on FS1 at 8 p.m. ET. The all-access telecasts are the latest in FOX Sports’ ongoing technical innovation effort, a leading part of the FOX Sports Lab initiative, a collaborative approach Villanova 53, Providence 33*# to developing technical partnerships that offer fresh perspectives to viewers. Seton Hall’s Anthony Bozzella, SUNDAY - FEB. 3 Creighton’s Jim Flanery and St. John’s Joe Tartamella have all previously participated in the annual all-access Seton Hall 83, Butler 62*# game, with this year’s being aired on FS1 for the fi rst time after the previous two were carried on FS2. Villanova 67, Creighton 62 2OT*^ TUNE-IN T ELEVISION 10/9 Marquette 93, RV/RV DePaul 87*# In addition to Friday’s all-access game, Sunday’s Seton Hall at Creighton tilt will air live on FS2 at 2 p.m. Georgetown 61, Providence 56*# ET. The two tangled to a seven-point decision when they met in South Orange earlier this year, with the St. John’s 70, Xavier 41*# Pirates taking Game 1 by an 82-75 score. The seven other games this weekend will all stream on the BIG EAST Digital Network, including Xavier at Butlery on Friday at 7 p.m., Villanova at DePaul on Friday at 8 ^FS1 +FS2 #BEDN *BIG EAST contest p.m., and St. John’s at Providence at 1 p.m. on Sunday. Additionally, Sunday’s Red Storm-Friars and Villanova- Marquette contests will air on FOX Sports Regional Networks, with distribution not yet announced. VETERAN LEADERSHIP The BIG EAST is a league led by veterans this year as seven of the top 10 scorers are seniors and 19 of the top 20 are juniors or seniors. Compared with the top eight Division I conferences (ACC, Pac-12, Big 12, Big Ten, SEC, BIG EAST, MAC, WCC), the BIG EAST has the most seniors in their top 10 of scoring and the only league to have its entire top 10 comprised of juniors and seniors. Seven of the BIG EAST’s top 10 scorers have multiple national postseason appearances under their belts. Junior Shadeen Samuels of Seton Hall is the BIG EAST’s top scorer after 22 total games at 19.0 points per contest, while Marquette senior Natisha Hiedeman leads in conference play with a 22.1 per game clip. The BIG EAST has 15 1,000-point scorers, including 2,000-point scorer Allazia Blockton of Marquette, and MU’s Erika Davenport will look to become the second BIG EAST player to reach 1,000 career rebounds, joining Butler’s Tori Schickel who BIG EAST WEEKLY HONORS broke the program’s career standard last week. BIG EAST PLAYER OF THE W EEK | 2.4 Dorothy Adomako, Georgetown, Grad., G THIS W EEK ON T ELEVISION BIG EAST FRESHMAN OF THE W EEK | 2.4 GEORGETOWN AT 8/7 MARQUETTE | AL MCGUIRE CENTER | MILWAUKEE, W IS.| FRIDAY | 8 P.M. Maya Stovall, DePaul, Fr., G PLAY-BY-PLAY: L ISA BYINGTON | ANALYST: M ONICA MCNUTT FOX ALL-ACCESS BIG EAST HONOR ROLL | 2.4 Allazia Blockton, Marquette, Sr., G Tiana England, St. John’s, R-So., G SETON HALL AT CREIGHTON | D.J. SOKOL A RENA | OMAHA, N EB. | SUNDAY | 2 P.M. Mary Gedaka, Villanova, Jr., F PLAY-BY-PLAY: C HRIS V OSTERS | ANALYST: K IM ADAMS Shadeen Samuels, Seton Hall, Jr., F All times Eastern Tori Schickel, Butler, Sr., F/C 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 Women’s Sports Media Relations 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 Bobby Mullen Email [email protected] [email protected] Korey Schrock Phone 214.538.1531 610.308.4395 Communications Assistant Website RedStormSports.com SHUPirates.com Email: [email protected] Twitter @StJohnsWBB @SHUWBB Phone: 646.666.9457 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. 2018-19 BIG EAST PRESEASON POLL & AWARDS WEEKLY A WARDS Preseason Coaches’ Poll Preseason Player of the Year The BIG EAST names a Player and Freshman of the Week, 1. DePaul (5) 77 Allazia Blockton, Marquette, Sr., G* as well as fi ve Honor Roll selections, each Monday during the regular season. Winners are chosen from nominations Marquette (5) 77 Preseason Freshman of the Year provided by the BIG EAST sports information directors. The 3. Villanova 57 information will be released from the BIG EAST offi ce and will 4. Creighton 53 Kadaja Bailey, St. John’s, Fr., G be listed in the conference release and on the league web site. 5. Georgetown 52 6. St. John’s 48 Preseason All-BIG EAST Team^ 7. Butler 34 Jaylyn Agnew, Creighton, Jr., F* 8. Seton Hall 23 Kelly Campbell, DePaul, Jr., G* 9. Providence 17 Erika Davenport, Marquette, Sr., F 10. Xavier 12 Audrey Faber, Creighton, Sr., F Mary Gedaka, Villanova, Jr., F Mart’e Grays, DePaul, Sr., F* Natisha Hiedeman, Marquette, Sr., G Jovana Nogic, Providence, Sr., G Tori Schickel, Butler, Sr., F/C* Dionna White, Georgetown, Sr., G Amani Wilborn, Marquette, Sr., G *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 2018-19 BROADCAST SCHEDULE Day Date Visiting Team Home Team Location Time (EST) TV Saturday Dec. 22 Notre Dame Marquette Milwaukee, Wis. 1:30 PM FS1 Saturday Dec. 29 Butler Villanova Villanova, Pa. 8:00 PM FS2 Friday Jan. 4 DePaul Marquette Milwaukee, Wis. 8:00 PM FS1 Sunday Jan. 6 St.