Rounding Out The Weekend
A six-game Sunday saw BIG EAST women’s basketball teams post a 5-1 record, highlighted by No. 3/3 UConn knocking off No. 9/8 Iowa 86-79 to win the Phil Knight Legacy tournament, and No. 23/RV Villanova’s Maddy Siegrist scoring her 2,000^th career point in the Wildcats’ 72-50 win over RV/RV South Florida in the third-place game of the Gulf Coast Showcase. Additionally, Providence completed its three-game sweep of the Friar Thanksgiving Classic with an 85-60 win over Bryant, RV/25 Marquette returned to Milwaukee to score an 83-40 win over Saint Francis (Pa.) and Xavier defeated SIUE on the road 73-65. DePaul concluded its stay at the Fort Myers Tip-Off with a 64-56 setback to Towson to finish the event with a 2-1 mark. With UConn’s win over the Hawkeyes, BIG EAST teams improved to 8-2 on the year against top-25 competition, and a 5-0 record against teams from the Big Ten.
 
Individual Performances Of Note
Five Huskies scored in double figures in their come-from-behind win over Iowa, including a 20-point, 13-rebound showing for Aaliyah Edwards and 24 points for Azzi Fudd. Additionally, Nika Muhl dished double-digit assists for the third straight game, dropping 13 dimes. Against USF, Villanova’s Maddy Siegrist scored a game-high 25 points to eclipse the 2,000-point mark for her career, becoming just the third player in program history to accomplish the feat (Shelly Pennefather, Nancy Bernhardt). PC’s Janai Crooms once against flirted with a triple-double, tallying game highs of 19 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists in the emphatic win over Bryant. The top-scoring rookie in the BIG EAST this season continued that trend on Sunday as Xavier’s Fernanda Ovalle scored 20 points and grabbed eight rebounds in the win at SIUE. Liza Karlen’s 18 points led four Golden Eagles in double figures against Saint Francis, while Aneesah Morrow claimed her league-best fifth double-double of the year with 16 points and 16 rebounds in DePaul’s setback to Towson.
 
Up Next
BIG EAST teams take a breather this week before the first full weekend of conference play tips off on Friday. Five BIG EAST games are on the docket, including a notable showdown between the No. 2 and 3 teams in the conference’s preseason poll when No. 16/15 Creighton travels to No. 23/RV Villanova at 7 p.m. ET. That is one of four games that will stream on the BIG EAST Digital Network available on FloHoops on Friday, along with RV/25 Marquette at Georgetown at 11 a.m., Seton Hall at Xavier at 7 p.m., and St. John’s at Butler at 7 p.m. Nearby foes Providence and No. 3/3 UConn will also tangle at 7 p.m., in a game airing on SNY. Games airing on SNY can be watched out of market on the FOX Sports app and FOXSports.com.
 
Weekly Schedule
Friday
MARQUETTE at GEORGETOWN, 11 a.m. Stats BEDN on FloSports
SETON HALL at XAVIER, 7 p.m. Stats BEDN on FloSports
CREIGHTON at VILLANOVA, 7 p.m. Stats BEDN on FloSports
ST. JOHN’S at BUTLER, 7 p.m. Stats BEDN on FloSports
PROVIDENCE at UCONN, 7 p.m.  Stats SNY
Sunday
MARQUETTE at SETON HALL, 1 p.m. Stats BEDN on FloSports
VILLANOVA at PROVIDENCE, 1 p.m. Stats BEDN on FloSports
DePAUL at BUTLER, 2 p.m. Stats BEDN on FloSports
CREIGHTON at ST. JOHN’S, 2 p.m. Stats BEDN on FloSports
XAVIER at GEORGETOWN, 6:30 p.m. Stats FS1
UConn at Notre Dame, 3 p.m. Stats ABC
BIG EAST GAME IN CAPS
All times Eastern