WOMEN’S BASKETBALL REPORT • JANUARY 25 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 - JAN. 25 T HROUGH JANUARY 25 RV/RV DePaul 86, -/RV Butler 78*# BIG EAST OVERALL St. John’s 59, Georgetown 51*# W-L Pct. H A W-L Pct. H A N Streak Villanova 70, Seton Hall 66*# 10/9 MARQUETTE 8-0 1.000 5-0 3-0 17-3 .850 12-1 5-2 0-0 W 8 10/9 Marquette 90, Xavier 44*# UTLER -/RV B 6-2 .750 2-1 4-1 16-3 .842 9-1 5-2 2-0 L 1 SATURDAY - JAN. 26 RV/RV DEPAUL 5-3 .625 2-2 3-1 14-6 .700 7-3 5-2 2-1 W 1 Providence at Creighton, 2 p.m.*# SETON HALL 4-4 .500 3-1 1-3 12-7 .632 9-1 2-5 1-1 L 1 SUNDAY - JAN. 27 PROVIDENCE 4-4 .500 3-1 1-3 12-8 .600 8-3 3-5 1-0 W 2 CREIGHTON 4-4 .500 2-2 2-2 10-9 .526 4-4 4-5 2-0 L 1 Georgetown at Seton Hall, 1 p.m.*# VILLANOVA 3-5 .375 1-3 2-2 12-7 .632 7-3 5-3 0-1 W 1 RV/RV DePaul at Xavier, 2 p.m.*+ GEORGETOWN 3-5 .375 2-3 1-2 9-10 .474 6-5 3-3 0-2 L 1 10/9 Marquette at -/RV Butler, 2 p.m.*# ST. J OHN’S 2-6 .250 1-2 1-4 9-10 .474 3-3 4-6 2-1 W 1 Villanova at St. John’s, 2 p.m.*# XAVIER 1-7 .125 1-3 0-4 10-9 .526 9-4 1-5 0-0 L 4 +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 IN T HE POLLS WEDNESDAY - JAN. 16 The BIG EAST has its fi rst top-10 team since conference realignment as Marquette went 2-0 Villanova 58, Penn 50 over the weekend and capitalized on a number of top-25 upsets to catapult up the rankings. FRIDAY - JAN. 18 The Golden Eagles jumped four spots in each poll to No. 10 in the Associated Press Top 25 and No. 9 in the USA Today Coaches Poll. Following a 1-1 home weekend, DePaul received votes Providence 74, RV/RV Butler 68 3OT*# in both polls, while Butler continued to receive votes in the Coaches Poll after splitting its 14/13 Marquette 96, Seton Hall 60*# weekend road series. The polls and the BIG EAST standings could once again see a shakeup as Creighton 66, Xavier 62 OT*# the Bulldogs host both No. 10/9 Marquette and RV/RV DePaul this weekend. 24/24 DePaul 73, St. John’s 64*# SATURDAY - JAN. 19 MORE T OP 10S Georgetown 68, Villanova 63*# Marquette wasn’t the only one cracking a top-10 list this week as sharpshooters Jovana Nogic of Providence and Adrianna Hahn of Villanova both climbed into the top-10 in three-point SUNDAY - JAN. 20 shooting in BIG EAST history. Nogic sank six triples in the Friars’ 2-0 weekend to bump her Providence 71, Xavier 58*# conference career total to 142 – ninth-most made threes in league history. Hahn drained four RV/RV Butler 75, Creighton 43*^ at Georgetown on Saturday to increase her career mark to 138 – 10th best in BIG EAST Seton Hall 84, 24/24 DePaul 73*# history. Marquette’s Natisha Hiedeman made seven triples over their 2-0 weekend as the senior 14/13 Marquette 83, St. John’s 73*# jumped from 18th to 16th on the list with 132. ^FS1 #BEDN +FS2 %CBS Sports Network FRIDAY NIGHT RECAPS *BIG EAST contest 10/9 MARQUETTE 90, XAVIER 44 Senior Allazia Blockton scored 15 points, with her 11th of the game being the 2,000th of her career, becoming the only Marquette player, men’s or women’s, to ever reach that mark. Blockton was one of fi ve Golden Eagles in double fi gures as Erika Davenport posted an impressive double-double of 18 points and 19 boards, while Natisha Hiedeman matched Davenport’s game high of 18 points. MU never trailed, opening the game on a 21-2 run to set the tone early. BIG EAST WEEKLY HONORS Aaliyah Dunham led the host Musketeers with 16 points while A’riana Gray grabbed 11 boards. BIG EAST PLAYER OF THE W EEK | 1.21 No. 10/9 Marquette improved to 8-0 in BIG EAST play and reached the 90-point mark for the Natisha Hiedeman, Marquette, Sr., G ninth time this season, fourth in BIG EAST play. BIG EAST FRESHMAN OF THE W EEK | 1.21 Mary Baskerville, Providence, Fr., F BIG EAST HONOR ROLL | 1.21 Dorothy Adomako, Georgetown, Grad., G THIS W EEK ON T ELEVISION Jovana Nogic, Providence, Sr., G RV/RV DEPAUL AT XAVIER | CINTAS CENTER | CINCINNATI, O HIO | SUNDAY | 2 P.M. Mart’e Grays, DePaul, Sr., F PLAY-BY-PLAY: J OHN FANTA | ANALYST: M ONICA MCNUTT Shadeen Samuels, Seton Hall, Jr., F All times Eastern Whitney Jennings, Butler, Sr., G 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. John’s Butler Indianapolis, Ind. 1:00 PM FS2 Sunday Jan. 6 Georgetown Creighton Omaha, Neb. 2:00 PM CBSSN Sunday Jan. 13 Providence Seton Hall South Orange, N.J. 1:00 PM FS2 Sunday Jan. 20 Butler Creighton Omaha, Neb. 3:00 PM FS1 Sunday Jan. 27 DePaul Xavier Cincinnati, Ohio 2:00 PM FS2 Sunday Feb. 3 Creighton Villanova Villanova, Pa. 2:00 PM FS1 Friday Feb. 8 Georgetown Marquette Milwaukee, Wis. 8:00 PM FS1 Sunday Feb. 10 Seton Hall Creighton Omaha, Neb. 2:00 PM FS2 Friday Feb. 15 Providence Xavier Cincinnati, Ohio 7:00 PM FS2 Sunday Feb. 17 Marquette Seton Hall South Orange, N.J. 12:00 PM CBSSN Sunday Feb.