WOMEN’S BASKETBALL REPORT • DECEMBER 5 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 MONDAY T HROUGH DECEMEBER 4 20/19 DePaul 128, Chicago State 66 RV/RV South Dakota State 66, Creighton 47 BIG EAST OVERALL TUESDAY W-L Pct. H A W-L Pct. H A N Streak St. John’s 85, Saint Peter’s 47 MARQUETTE 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 2-1 .667 1-1 1-0 0-0 W 1 WEDNESDAY PROVIDENCE 0-1 .000 0-0 0-1 2-3 .400 1-0 1-3 0-0 L 2 Milwaukee 64, Marquette 55 VILLANOVA 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 3-0 1.000 1-0 2-0 0-0 W 3 RV/- Boston College 58, Providence 46 ST. J OHN’S 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 2-0 1.000 1-0 1-0 0-0 W 2 FRIDAY XAVIER 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 1-0 1.000 0-0 1-0 0-0 W 1 Villanova 90, Temple 72 MARQUETTE 89, PROVIDENCE 40* 20/19 DEPAUL 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 1-2 .333 1-1 0-0 0-1 L 1 CREIGHTON at XAVIER, postponed* CREIGHTON 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-3 .000 0-1 0-2 0-0 L 3 5/5 Louisville 116, 20/19 DePaul 75+ 3/3 UCONN 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 SATURDAY BUTLER 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 PROVIDENCE at BUTLER, 4 p.m.* SETON HALL 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 SUNDAY GEORGETOWN 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 CREIGHTON at BUTLER, 4 p.m.* XAVIER at 20/19 DEPAUL, 4 p.m.* (Associated Press/ESPN-USA Today rankings) RV - receiving votes VILLANOVA at ST. JOHN’S, 7 p.m.* BIG EAST game in CAPS; CONFERENCE QUICK HITS All Times Eastern #BIGEASTWBB HAS A NEW DIGITAL HOME *-BEDN Announced on Thursday, all BIG EAST women’s basketball games designated for the BIG EAST Digital ^-SNY Network presented by SoFi will be carried by FloSports. An Austin, Texas-based direct-to-consumer #-FS1 sports streaming and media company, FloSports provides live and on-demand event coverage, original !-FS2 content, breaking news and more. Basketball-specifi c content for FloSports can be found at FloHoops. &-CBSSN com, or fans can download the FloSports app on iOS or Android devices, as well as the FloSports TV app +ESPN on Roku, Apple TV 4, and Amazon Fire TV. In addition to games on BEDN, FloSports will also carry BIG EAST original content, such as “Fast Break”, the weekly women’s basketball features show. Upwards of 75 LAST W EEK IN T HE BIG EAST regular-season women’s basketball games annually are streamed on BEDN, as well as the fi rst round of the WEDNESDAY BIG EAST Tournament presented by Jeep. Xavier 81, Detroit Mercy 73 Villanova 70, Rider 37 PRESEASON POLLS Quinnipiac 71, Providence 65 The top two teams in the BIG EAST Preseason Coaches’ Poll are also two of the top teams in the country Drake 75, Creighton 62 as Connecticut landed No. 3 in both the Associated Press Top 25 and the USA Today Coaches’ Poll, while SATURDAY DePaul was slotted 19th in both national polls. The Huskies, who return to the BIG EAST after a seven- 13/13 Texas A&M 93, 19/19 DePaul 91 year absence, were the unanimous favorites to win the league in their fi rst season of BIG EAST play since UNI 55, Creighton 52 2012-13, while the six-time regular-season champion Blue Demons were picked as runner-up. Marquette, St. John’s 70, Fairleigh Dickinson 44 the squad which has battled DePaul in the last four BIG EAST Tournament title games, received votes in Providence 76, Rhode Island 50 the AP Preseason Poll. The Golden Eagles were slotted third in the BIG EAST coaches’ poll. SUNDAY Villanova 63, Quinnipiac 60 NATIONAL PRESEASON A WARDS Providence 67, Bryant 40 Eight BIG EAST players were recognized across six national award preseason watch lists this November, Marquette 90, North Dakota 82 including two lists apiece for UConn standouts Christyn Williams, Paige Bueckers, Evina Westbrook and Olivia Nelson-Ododa. All four were tabbed to the 2021 Women’s Jersey Mike’s Naismith Trophy Watch List for the top individual honor in college basketball, along with reigning BIG EAST Tournament Most Outstanding Player Lexi Held of DePaul. Williams, the BIG EAST Preseason Player of the Year, was also named to the Ann Meyers Drysdale Watch List which recognizes the top shooting guard in the nation, along with the Blue Demons’ Sonya Morris. Bueckers, the BIG EAST Preseason Freshman of the Year, is on the Nancy Lieberman Award Watch List for top point guard, while Nelson-Ododa is in the running BIG EAST WEEKLY HONORS for top center as a Lisa Leslie Award nominee. Westbrook was joined by teammate Aubrey Griffi n on BIG EAST PLAYER OF THE W EEK | 11.30 the Cheryl Miller Award Watch List for top small forward, while reigning BIG EAST Freshman of the Year Maddy Siegrist, Villanova, So., F Maddy Siegrist of Villanova rounded out the preseason honorees on the Katrina McClain Award Watch List for top power forward. BIG EAST FRESHMAN OF THE W EEK | 11.30 Nia Clark, Xavier, R-Fr., G BIG EAST HONOR ROLL | 11.30 Dee Bekelja, DePaul, Sr., G THIS W EEK ON T ELEVISION Jordan King, Marquette, So., G 20/19 DEPAUL VS. 5/5 LOUISVILLE | MOHEGAN SUN A RENA | UNCASVILLE, C ONN. | FRIDAY | 6:30 P.M. Mary Baskerville, Providence, Jr., F Raven Farley, St. John’s, Sr., F PLAY-BY-PLAY: R YAN RUOCCO | ANALYST: R EBECCA LOBO BUTLER • UCONN • 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 UConn Contact Kit Stetzel Anna Labonte Pam Flenke Email [email protected] [email protected] Assistant Commissioner Phone 317.940.9994 860.617.6092 Media Relations and Digital Network Services Website ButlerSports.com UConnHuskies.com Email: pfl [email protected] Twitter @ButlerWBB @UConnWBB Cell: 860.888.6971 Creighton DEPAUL Offi ce: 646.663.3437 Contact Glen Sisk Bob Sakamoto Women’s Basketball Contact Email [email protected] [email protected] Phone 402.280.2433 630.445.3645 John Paquette Website GoCreighton.com DePaulBlueDemons.com Senior Associate Commissioner Twitter @CreightonWBB @DePaulWBBHoops Media Relations Email: [email protected] GEORGETOWN MARQUETTE Phone: 646.663.3443 Contact Barbara Barnes E.J. Stevens Email [email protected] [email protected] Kristin Quinn Phone 202.687.7155 414.288.6980 Assistant Commissioner Website GUHoyas.com GoMarquette.com Twitter @MarquetteWBB @MarquetteWBB Olympic Sports and Marketing Communications Email: [email protected] PROVIDENCE ST. J OHN’S Phone: 646.663.3456 Contact Jen Rynearson Victoria Lanza Email [email protected] [email protected] WEEKLY RELEASE Phone 401.865.2208 214.538.1531 Media can access Adobe Acrobat PDF fi les of the complete Website Friars.com RedStormSports.com weekly release on each of the conference’s sport pages. Twitter @ProvidenceWBB @StJohnsWBB EMAIL DISTRIBUTION SETON HALL VILLANOVA Media may contact the BIG EAST Conference offi ce to Contact Matt Sweeney Dean Kenefi ck be included on the league’s email lists for releases and Email [email protected] dean.kenefi [email protected] information for any sport. Phone 973.761.9493 610.519.6514 Website SHUPirates.com Villanova.com WEEKLY A WARDS Twitter @SHUWBB @NovaWBasketball The BIG EAST names a Player and Freshman of the Week, as well as fi ve Honor Roll selections, each Monday during XAVIER the regular season. Winners are chosen from nominations Contact Greg Lautezenheiser provided by the BIG EAST sports information directors. The Email [email protected] information will be released from the BIG EAST offi ce and will Phone 419.605.8512 be listed in the conference release and on the league web site. Website GoXavier.com Twitter @Xavier_WBB 2020-21 BIG EAST PRESEASON POLL & AWARDS Preseason Coaches’ Poll Preseason Player of the Year 1. Connecticut (10) 100 Christyn Williams, Connecticut, Jr., G 2. DePaul (1) 90 Preseason Freshman of the Year 3. Marquette 83 Paige Bueckers, Connecticut, Fr., G* 4. St. John’s 69 Preseason All-BIG EAST Team^ 5. Creighton 60 Olivia Nelson-Ododa, Connecticut, Jr., F 6. Seton Hall 59 Evina Westbrook, Connecticut, R-Jr., G 7. Villanova 44 Temi Carda, Creighton, Sr., G 8. Butler 37 Lexi Held, DePaul, Jr., G 9. Xavier 31 Sonya Morris, DePaul, Jr., G* 10. Providence 22 Selena Lott, Marquette, Sr., G* 11. Georgetown 10 Leilani Correa, St. John’s, So., G (fi rst-place votes) Qadashah Hoppie, St. John’s, Sr., G* Desiree Elmore, Seton Hall, Sr., G/F* Maddy Siegrist, Villanova, So., F* A’riana Gray, Xavier, Sr., F ^extra player added due to a tie in voting *unanimous selection 2020-21 BROADCAST SCHEDULE Day Date Visiting Team Home Team Location Time (EST) TV Fri. Dec. 4 Providence Marquette Milwaukee, Wis. 3 p.m. BEDN Fri. Dec. 4 DePaul Louisville Uncasville, Conn. 6:30 p.m. ESPN Fri. Dec. 4 Creighton Xavier Cincinnati, Ohio 6 p.m. BEDN Sat.