(MARQUETTE COMMUNICATIONS) – The Marquette women’s basketball team heads south to Fort Myers, Florida during Feast Week for the GEICO Coconut Hoops held at FGCU’s Alico Arena.
The Golden Eagles face #10/12 Iowa State on Friday morning in their first of two games in Florida. Sunday’s contest will be against either Gonzaga or Indiana.
All games will stream on FloCollege.
THE STARTING FIVE
- Marquette is coming off its second 30+ point win of the season after defeating Milwaukee 75-43 on Nov. 19.
- The win was the 250th for Marquette head coach Cara Consuegra. Consuegra earned 225 of those wins previously at Charlotte (13 seasons) before earning the last 25 at Marquette after taking over last year.
- With more depth in 2025-26, the Golden Eagles’ strength still lies within their starting five which has not changed through the opening five games. The group is accounting for 81.6% of the team’s scoring thus far. Three of MU’s starters have already posted 20-point games with a fourth hitting 19 points twice.
- This year’s trip to Fort Myers will be Marquette’s second in the last three seasons. Two years ago, the Golden Eagles went 2-0 at the Fort Myers Tip-Off during Thanksgiving Week.
- Marquette’s strength this season comes in its experience and continuity as the program is the only one in Division I women’s college basketball to return all of its players from the 2024-25 season.
BY THE NUMBERS
748 – It has been 748 days since Marquette last played a nonconference opponent which was ranked in the AP Top 25. On Nov. 11, 2023, MU defeated No. 23 Illinois 71-67.
2 – While Marquette and Iowa State have met just five times in their history, MU has won the last two meetings (2003 & 2006).
11.8 – In Marquette’s four wins, the Golden Eagles have outscored each of their opponents in the second half. The result has been a +11.8 scoring difference for MU in those four second halves.
BACK AGAIN SO SOON
For the second time in the last three years, Marquette will spend Thanksgiving in Fort Myers. In 2023, the Golden Eagles went 2-0 in the Fort Myers Tip-Off, picking up wins over Boston College (73-65) and Arkansas (74-58).
GOLDEN EAGLES IN MTEs
Multi-Team Events (MTE) have been a mainstay on Marquette’s schedule for years and the Golden Eagles have typically fared well in them. The Golden Eagles have won two games in four of its last five MTEs.
- MU has not left a MTE without a win since the IU Full-O-Pep Classic in December of 1995. The Golden Eagles have played in 27 MTEs since 1995.
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