WOMEN’S BASKETBALL REPORT • BIG EAST TOURNAMENT CONTACT: P AM FLENKE, A SSISTANT COMMISSIONER O: 646.663.3437 C: 860.888.6971 [email protected] ALL-BIG EAST HONORS BIG EAST WOMEN’ S BASKETBALL STANDINGS PLAYER OF THE Y EAR T HROUGH BIG EAST TOURNAMENT SEMIFINALS Allazia Blockton, Marquette, Jr., G FRESHMAN OF THE Y EAR BIG EAST OVERALL Qadashah Hoppie, St. John’s, Fr., G W-L Pct. H A W-L Pct. H A N Streak CO-COACHES OF THE Y EAR NR/RV MARQUETTE 15-3 .833 8-1 7-2 23-8 .742 12-1 8-6 3-1 W 8 Harry Perretta, Villanova RV/RV DEPAUL 15-3 .833 9-1 6-2 25-7 .781 15-3 8-3 2-1 W 5 Carolyn Kieger, Marquette VILLANOVA 12-6 .667 7-2 5-4 22-8 .733 9-3 10-4 3-1 L 1 SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE Y EAR Allazia Blockton, Marquette, Jr., G CREIGHTON 11-7 .611 7-2 4-5 18-12 .600 10-3 7-6 1-3 L 1 DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE Y EAR ST. J OHN’S 9-9 .500 6-3 3-6 16-14 .552 10-5 5-6 1-3 L 3 Dionna White, Georgetown, Jr., G GEORGETOWN 9-9 .500 5-4 4-5 15-15 .500 7-5 6-8 2-2 L 1 MOST IMPROVED PLAYER SETON HALL 7-11 .389 5-4 2-7 16-15 .516 11-6 4-9 1-0 L 1 Cynthia Petke, Georgetown, Sr., F BUTLER 6-12 .333 3-6 2-6 15-17 .469 7-6 6-8 2-3 L 1 SIXTH W OMAN A WARD PROVIDENCE 3-15 .167 2-7 1-8 10-21 .323 4-10 3-10 3-1 L 3 Mary Gedaka, Villanova, So., F* XAVIER 3-15 .167 2-7 1-8 10-20 .333 8-8 1-10 1-2 L 1 SPORTSMANSHIP A WARD (Associated Press/ESPN-USA Today rankings) NR- not ranked; RV- receiving votes Lauren Prochaska, DePaul, Sr., G Standings adjusted based on Tournament seeding ALL-BIG EAST FIRST T EAM Allazia Blockton, Marquette, Jr., G* 2018 BIG EAST WOMEN’S BASKETBALL T OURNAMENT Kelly Campbell, DePaul, So., G MARCH 3-6 • WINTRUST A RENA • CHICAGO, I LL. Mart’e Grays, DePaul, Jr., F FIRST ROUND QUARTERFINALS SEMIFINALS FINAL Tori Schickel, Butler, Jr., F/C March 3 March 4 March 5 March 6 Dionna White, Georgetown, Jr., G BEDN FS2 FS1 FS1 4 & 6:30 PM (CT) Noon, 2:30 3 & 5:30 PM (CT) 6 PM (CT) 6, 8:30 PM (CT) ECOND EAM No. 9 Providence 67 ALL-BIG EAST S T Jaylyn Agnew, Creighton, So., F No. 8 Butler 61 Erika Davenport, Marquette, Jr., F No. 8 Butler 73 (OT) Audrey Faber, Creighton, Jr., F No.1 Marquette 76 Alex Louin, Villanova, Sr., G Maya Singleton, St. John’s, Sr., F No. 1 Marquette 73 ALL-BIG EAST HONORABLE MENTION No.1 Marquette Mary Gedaka, Villanova, So., F Whitney Jennings, Butler, R-Jr., G Sydney Lamberty, Creighton, Sr., G No. 5 St. John’s 58 Cynthia Petke, Georgetown, Sr., F Amani Wilborn, Marquette, Jr., G No. 4 Creighton 70 BIG EAST ALL-FRESHMAN T EAM No. 4 Creighton 66 Temi Carda, Creighton, Fr., G* Aaliyah Dunham, Xavier, Fr., G Tiana England, St. John’s, R-Fr., G* No. 10 Xavier 42 Qadashah Hoppie, St. John’s, Fr., G* Chanell Williams, Providence, Fr., G* No. 7 Seton Hall 52 No. 7 Seton Hall 66 *unanimous selection No. 2 DePaul 85 BIG EAST WEEKLY HONORS No. 2 DePaul 78 BIG EAST PLAYER OF THE W EEK | 2.26 Cynthia Petke, Georgetown, Sr., F No. 2 DePaul BIG EAST FRESHMAN OF THE W EEK | 2.26 Tiana England, St. John’s, R-Fr., G No. 6 Georgetown 63 BIG EAST HONOR ROLL | 2.26 Allazia Blockton, Marquette, Jr., G Jada Byrd, Xavier, Sr., G No. 6 Georgetown 53 Mary Gedaka, Villanova, So., G Nicole Jimenez, Seton Hall, Jr., G No. 3 Villanova 58 Ashton Millender, DePaul, Jr., G BUTLER • CREIGHTON • DEPAUL• GEORGETOWN • MARQUETTE PROVIDENCE • ST. J OHN’S • SETON HALL • V ILLANOVA • XAVIER MEDIA SERVICES • BIG EAST DIGITAL NETWORK WEEKLY RELEASE BIG EAST COMMUNICATIONS STAFF Media can access Adobe Acrobat PDF fi les of the complete Pam Flenke John Paquette weekly release on each of the conference’s sport pages. Assistant Commissioner Senior Associate Commissioner EMAIL DISTRIBUTION Women’s Sports Media Relations Media Relations Media may contact the BIG EAST Conference offi ce to Email: pfl [email protected] Email: [email protected] be included on the league’s email lists for releases and Cell: 860.888.6971 Phone: 646.663.3443 information for any sport. Offi ce: 646.663.3437 Women’s Basketball Contact WEEKLY A WARDS The BIG EAST names a Player and Freshman of the Week, Kristin Quinn Kevin Ivany as well as fi ve Honor Roll selections, each Monday during Assistant Commissioner Communications Assistant the regular season. Winners are chosen from nominations Olympic Sports and Marketing Email: [email protected] provided by the BIG EAST sports information directors. The Communications Phone: 646.666.9457 information will be released from the BIG EAST offi ce and will Email: [email protected] be listed in the conference release and on the league web site. Phone: 646.663.3456 SCHOOL-BY-SCHOOL INFORMATION BUTLER Creighton Contact Kit Stetzel Glen Sisk Email [email protected] [email protected] Phone 317.940.9994 402.280.2433 Website ButlerSports.com GoCreighton.com Twitter @ButlerWBB @CreightonWBB The BIG EAST Digital Network, which launched in September 2014, is a DEPAUL GEORGETOWN dedicated section within FOX Sports GO, the mobile app that provides live Contact Bob Sakamoto Barbara Barnes streaming video of FOX Sports content at home or on-the-go. FOX Sports Email [email protected] [email protected] GO is currently available for iOS, Android, Kindle Fire tablets and Fire phones, Phone 630.445.3645 202.687.7155 select Windows devices, and on desktops through FOXSportsGO.com. Website DePaulBlueDemons.com GUHoyas.com Streaming on FOX Sports GO is also now available on several connected Twitter @DePaulWBBHoops @GeorgetownWBB devices, including Apple TV, Roku and Chromecast. Fans can download the mobile app for free from the iTunes App Store, Google Play, Amazon App MARQUETTE PROVIDENCE Store and Windows Store. Contact Megan O’Shea Jen Rynearson Email [email protected] [email protected] BEDN offers free, live streaming of 225 sporting events annually, in addition Phone 414.288.7419 401.865.2208 to the authenticated live streaming of BIG EAST events on FOX Sports Website GoMarquette.com Friars.com networks. Women’s basketball games are also a focal point of Twitter @MarquetteWBB @ProvidenceWBB BEDN, airing every league contest not designated for a national television broadcast. ST. J OHN’S SETON HALL Contact Victoria Lanza Bobby Mullen Email [email protected] [email protected] This Week On BEDN Phone 718.990.1523 610.308.4395 Website RedStormSports.com SHUPirates.com Twitter @StJohnsWBB @SHUWBB No games scheduled VILLANOVA XAVIER Contact Dean Kenefi ck Greg Lautezenheiser All times Eastern Email dean.kenefi [email protected] [email protected] Phone 610.519.6514 419.605.8512 Website Villanova.com GoXavier.com Twitter @NovaWBasketball @Xavier_WBB BUTLER • CREIGHTON • DEPAUL• GEORGETOWN • MARQUETTE PROVIDENCE • ST. J OHN’S • SETON HALL • V ILLANOVA • XAVIER 2017-18 BROADCAST SCHEDULE DECEMBER FEBRUARY Thu. 28 VILLANOVA at CREIGHTON 8 p.m. BEDN Fri. 2 CREIGHTON at DePAUL 8 p.m. BEDN Thu. 28 SETON HALL at DePAUL 8 p.m. BEDN Fri. 2 PROVIDENCE at MARQUETTE 8 p.m. BEDN Thu. 28 ST. JOHN’S at MARQUETTE 8:30 p.m. FS2 Fri. 2 BUTLER at ST. JOHN’S 7 p.m. BEDN Thu. 28 GEORGETOWN at PROVIDENCE 7 p.m. BEDN Fri. 2 XAVIER at SETON HALL 7 p.m. BEDN Fri. 29 XAVIER at BUTLER 7 p.m. FS2 Sat. 3 GEORGETOWN at VILLANOVA 1 p.m. BEDN Sat. 30 GEORGETOWN at CREIGHTON 2 p.m. BEDN Sun. 4 PROVIDENCE at DePAUL 3 p.m. BEDN Sat. 30 ST. JOHN’S at DePAUL 8 p.m. BEDN Sun. 4 CREIGHTON at MARQUETTE 3 p.m. BEDN Sat. 30 SETON HALL at MARQUETTE 7:30 p.m. BEDN Sun. 4 XAVIER at ST. JOHN’S 2 p.m. BEDN Sat. 30 VILLANOVA at PROVIDENCE 1 p.m. BEDN Sun. 4 BUTLER at SETON HALL 1 p.m. BEDN JANUARY Fri. 9 DePAUL at BUTLER 7 p.m. BEDN Tue. 2 XAVIER at GEORGETOWN 2 p.m. BEDN Fri. 9 SETON HALL at GEORGETOWN 7 p.m. BEDN Tue. 2 PROVIDENCE at ST. JOHN’S 7 p.m. BEDN Fri. 9 ST. JOHN’S at VILLANOVA TBA BEDN Tue. 2 CREIGHTON at SETON HALL 7 p.m. FS2 Fri. 9 MARQUETTE at XAVIER 8 p.m. FS2 Tue. 2 BUTLER at VILLANOVA 7 p.m. BEDN Sat. 10 CREIGHTON at PROVIDENCE Noon BEDN Thur. 4 DePAUL at MARQUETTE 8 p.m. BEDN Sun. 11 MARQUETTE at BUTLER 1 p.m. BEDN Fri. 5 BUTLER at GEORGETOWN 7 p.m. BEDN Sun. 11 ST. JOHN’S at GEORGETOWN 2 p.m. BEDN Fri. 5 CREIGHTON at ST. JOHN’S 7 p.m. BEDN Sun. 11 SETON HALL at VILLANOVA 2 p.m. FS2 Fri. 5 PROVIDENCE at SETON HALL 7 p.m. FS2 Sun. 11 DePAUL at XAVIER 2 p.m. BEDN Fri. 5 XAVIER at VILLANOVA 7 p.m. BEDN Fri. 16 VILLANOVA at MARQUETTE 12:30 p.m. BEDN Sun. 7 SETON HALL at BUTLER 1 p.m.