WOMEN’S BASKETBALL REPORT • DECEMBER 27, 2019 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 SUNDAY Seton Hall at Butler, 2 p.m.*^ T HROUGH DECEMEBER 22 -/RV Creighton at Georgetown, 2 p.m.*^ St. John’s at Xavier, 2 p.m.*^ BIG EAST OVERALL Providence at Villanova, 4 p.m.*# W-L Pct. H A W-L Pct. H A N Streak -/RV Marquette at 16/16 DePaul, 5 p.m.*^ TUESDAY 16/16 DEPAUL 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 10-2 .833 6-1 4-1 0-0 W 1 Providence at Georgetown, 1 p.m.*^ -/RV MARQUETTE 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 9-2 .818 4-2 4-0 1-0 W 5 Seton Hall at Xavier, 1 p.m.*^ -/RV Creighton at Villanova, 1 p.m.*^ PROVIDENCE 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 9-3 .750 2-0 5-2 2-1 W 1 St. John’s at Butler, 4 p.m.*^ BUTLER 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 8-3 .727 7-1 0-1 1-1 W 2 FRIDAY -/RV CREIGHTON 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 8-3 .727 4-0 2-3 2-0 L 1 Villanova at Seton Hall, 1 p.m.*^ 16/16 DePaul at Providence, 6:30 p.m.*! ST. J OHN’S 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 7-4 .636 5-0 2-3 0-1 W 1 Georgetown at St. John’s 7 p.m.*^ SETON HALL 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 7-4 .636 4-2 1-1 2-1 W 2 -/RV Marquette at -/RV Creighton, 8 p.m.*^ VILLANOVA 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 5-5 .500 2-2 3-3 0-0 W 1 SATURDAY Butler at Xavier, 2 p.m.*^ GEORGETOWN 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 3-8 .273 0-3 3-4 0-1 W 1 SUNDAY XAVIER 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 1-10 .091 1-4 0-4 0-2 L 10 Georgetown at Seton Hall, 1 p.m.*^ -/RV Marquette at Providence, 1 p.m.*^ (Associated Press/ESPN-USA Today rankings) RV - receiving votes Villanova at St. John’s, 2 p.m.*+ 16/16 DePaul at -/RV Creighton, 2 p.m.*^ All times Eastern *BIG EAST contest ONFERENCE UICK ITS C Q H ^BEDN LEAGUE LID LIFTERS #FS1 BIG EAST play for all 10 women’s basketball teams begins on Sunday, including a trio of tilts at 2 p.m. ET !FS2 and one nationally televised contest. Providence visits Villanova at 4 p.m. in a game airing on FS1, while +CBSSN Seton Hall-Butler, -/RV Creighton-Georgetown and St. John’s-Xavier all tip off the day at 2 p.m. A rematch of the last three BIG EAST Championship title games will cap off opening night at 5 p.m. when -/RV LAST W EEK IN T HE BIG EAST MONDAY Marquette travels to No. 16/16 DePaul. All BIG EAST women’s basketball league games that are not slated 2/2 Connecticut 84, 16/16 DePaul 74^ for national television will stream on the BIG EAST Digital Network presented by SoFi. BEDN teamed up Providence 67, Utah 60 with Caffeine, a new social broadcasting platform for live sports, gaming, and esports, to carry Olympic TUESDAY sports championships and events, including a plethora of women’s basketball. In addition to appearing on Marquette 65, South Dakota State 58 Caffeine, BEDN events will be co-streamed on YouTube Live via the conference’s offi cial YouTube Channel. WEDNESDAY New Mexico 86, Providence 68 THURSDAY WHY W E’RE W ATCHING … Ball State 52, Providence 51# PROVIDENCE AT VILLANOVA, 4 P.M. (FS1): The Friars are coming off their most successful season in a FRIDAY decade and the young squad will look to continue that trend into conference play. Led by reigning BIG Seton Hall 74, Lafayette 50 EAST Freshman of the Year Mary Baskerville, PC won eight of its fi rst nine in 2019-20 before stumbling a St. John’s 71, Fairfi eld 69 OT Florida 67, Xavier 64% bit in New Mexico prior to the holiday break. Baskerville is averaging 13.3 points, 8.4 rebounds this season RV/RV Arizona State 70, -/RV Creighton 55 and will face a tall task on Sunday. Someone who hopes to have her name on that top rookie trophy like Providence 48, Loyola Marymount 45# Baskerville, Maddy Siegrist has been a standout so far in her fi rst season at Villanova. She had the highest 16/16 DePaul 83, Loyola Chicago 76 scoring game by any BIG EAST player since 2012-13 when she dropped 41 points at La Salle last week, and SATURDAY has twice been named national freshman of the week by the USBWA. Siegrist is the BIG EAST’s leading Georgetown 57, UMES 39 Villanova 77, La Salle 69 scorer at 22.0 per game and is part of a potent tag team with senior Mary Gedaka. Gedaka, daughter -/RV Northwestern 79, Xavier 59% of 1988 BIG EAST Player of the Year Lisa Angelotti, is averaging 16.8 points and 5.6 rebounds. Siegrist -/RV Marquette 53, Belmont 51 and Gedaka have led a shorthanded Villanova squad to a 5-5 mark in what is 42-year head coach Harry SUNDAY Perretta’s fi nal season at the helm. Butler 85, Purdue Fort Wayne 58 ^FS1 SETON HALL AT BUTLER, 2 P.M.: The Hall and Bulldogs have split the season series the last three years, #Albuquerque, N.M. with Butler winning Game 1 and SHU winning Game 2 of the year each time. Both squads have new looks %West Palm Beach, Fla. from a year ago but return some pivotal pieces – for Butler, it’s Kristen Spolyar. The senior guard ranks second in the BIG EAST in scoring at 19.0 points per game. For the Pirates, it’s Shadeen Samuels. Samuels missed nearly fi ve non-conference games with an injury, but the BIG EAST Preseason Player of the Year BIG EAST WEEKLY HONORS has averaged 16.0 points and 5.7 rebounds since returning. The Hall ranks third in the BIG EAST in scoring BIG EAST PLAYER OF THE W EEK | 12.23 at 71.4 points per game, while Butler lists fourth at 67.9. and BIG EAST FRESHMAN OF THE W EEK | 12.23 THIS W EEK ON T ELEVISION Maddy Siegrist, Villanova, R-Fr., F PROVIDENCE AT V ILLANOVA | FINNERAN PAVILION | VILLANOVA, P A. | SUNDAY - 12.29 | 4 P.M. BIG EAST HONOR ROLL | 12.23 PLAY-BY-PLAY: J OHN FANTA | ANALYST: K IM ADAMS Kristen Spolyar, Butler, Sr., G Olivia Elger, Creighton, Sr., G 16/16 DEPAUL AT PROVIDENCE | ALUMNI HALL | PROVIDENCE, R.I. | FRIDAY - 1.3 | 6:30 P.M. Chante Stonewall, DePaul, Sr., F PLAY-BY-PLAY: J OHN FANTA | ANALYST: K IM ADAMS Leilani Correa, St. John’s, Fr., G VILLANOVA AT ST. J OHN’S | CARNESECCA ARENA | QUEENS, N.Y. | SUNDAY - 1.5 | 2 P.M. Shadeen Samuels, Seton Hall, Sr., F A’riana Gray, Xavier, Jr., F PLAY-BY-PLAY: J OHN SCHRIFFEN | ANALYST: J ULIANNE V IANI 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.