(MARQUETTE COMMUNICATIONS) – MILWAUKEE -The Marquette University women’s basketball team travels to DePaul to open BIG EAST play on Sunday, Dec. 29 at 2 p.m. CT.
Marquette is coming off an 87-42 win over Stonehill before Christmas break. The Golden Eagles shot a season-high 54.0 percent from the floor and had a season-high 27 assists on 34 made baskets.
Skylar Forbes had a career-high 25 points and 10 rebounds for her second career double-double. Halle Vice added 15 points and five rebounds. Marquette led by 52 points in the fourth quarter, the largest lead this season against an NCAA Division I opponent.
Following Sunday’s game, MU hosts No. 7/5 UConn on Wednesday, Jan. 1 at 1 p.m. CT.
MU OPENS 20TH BIG EAST CAMPAIGN
• Marquette, which joined the BIG EAST Conference in 2005-06, opens its 20th campaign in the league on Sunday when the squad travels to DePaul.
• The Golden Eagles are 210-151 (.581 winning percentage) in BIG EAST play and have had 12 winning seasons.
• Marquette won the 2018-19 regular season title finishing 15-3 in conference play.
• MU was crowned BIG EAST tournament champion in 2017 when the Golden Eagles beat DePaul 86-78 in the final.
ALL-TIME SERIES AGAINST DEPAUL
• DePaul is Marquette’s most commonly played opponent, meeting 86 times in a series that dates back to 1978.
• Marquette and DePaul have been in three different conferences together, including the Great Midwest Conference (1991-95), Conference USA (1995-2005), and BIG EAST (2005-pres.).
• DePaul leads the series 49-37.
• The Blue Demons lead the series since joining the BIG EAST, 23-19.
• Marquette has taken seven out of the last eight meetings.
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