WBB Notes - 2.17.22
Midweek Recaps
Two BIG EAST women’s basketball games were played on Wednesday night, with RV/- DePaul picking up a crucial 77-66 win over Marquette to split the season series, and Providence scoring a 69-41 victory at Butler to claim the season sweep. The win for the Blue Demons moves them back into a second-place tie with Creighton in the BIG EAST standings with a 13-4 record. The Friars moved within half a game of St. John’s on the conference ledger, with PC holding the eighth-place spot at 6-10. Aneesah Morrow recorded her 20^th consecutive double-double with 21 points and 17 boards to lead DePaul, while Janai Crooms sparked the Friars with 17 points and three steals.
RV/- DePaul 77, Marquette 66 | Box Score | Recap
Providence 69, Butler 41 | Box Score | Recap
 
Tournament Seeding Scenarios
Teams are coming down the homestretch of the regular season as every game remaining has the potential to impact seeding for the BIG EAST Women’s Basketball Tournament presented by JEEP. With anywhere between three and five league games remaining per team, the only thing solidified so far is that Xavier, Georgetown and Butler will play in the First Round on March 4 at Mohegan Sun Arena. The top five teams in the standings receive byes directly into the BIG EAST Quarterfinals on March 5. The first set of byes could be clinched on Friday, with No. 10/11 Connecticut able to clinch with a win at Xavier, and Creighton able to lock up its bye with a victory at St. John’s. The same would happen for the Huskies and Bluejays along with RV/- DePaul, which is off on Friday, should Seton Hall suffer a setback to Providence.
 
Up Next
A four-game Friday tips off at 1 p.m. ET in Queens as Creighton visits St. John’s in a game streaming on the BIG EAST Digital Network Presented by SoFi available on FloSports. BEDN action continues at 7 p.m. when Seton Hall hosts Providence. Also at 7 p.m., Marquette travels to Georgetown for a game airing on FS2, while Xavier hosts No. 10/11 Connecticut in a game airing on SNY.
 
BIG EAST Scores USBWA Sweep
The BIG EAST earned the clean sweep of weekly awards given out by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association as Villanova’s Maddy Siegrist was tabbed the Ann Meyers Drysdale Women's National Player of the Week, DePaul’s Aneesah Morrow was named Tamika Catchings Women's Freshman player of the Week, and the Wildcats garnered Team of the Week recognition. Siegrist finished as the BIG EAST’s top scorer and No. 2 rebounder last week, averaging 30.0 points and 12.0 boards, while Morrow was No. 2 in scoring (24.0) and No. 1 in rebounding (17.0). Villanova went 2-1 on the week, highlighted by a three-point win at No. 8 Connecticut to end the Huskies’ 145-conference game winning streak which dated back to March 2013.
  
This Week in the BIG EAST
Wednesday
PROVIDENCE 69, BUTLER 41*
RV/- DEPAUL 77, MARQUETTE 66*
Friday
CREIGHTON at ST. JOHN’S, 1 p.m.*
MARQUETTE at GEORGETOWN, 7 p.m.!
PROVIDENCE at SETON HALL, 7 p.m.*
10/11 UCONN at XAVIER, 7 p.m.^
Sunday
PROVIDENCE at ST. JOHN’S, 1 p.m.*
XAVIER at BUTLER, 7 p.m.*
CREIGHTON at seton hall, 1 p.m.*
RV/-DePAUL at RV/-VILLANOVA, 2 p.m.*
GEORGETOWN at 10/11 UCONN, 2 p.m.&
BIG EAST games in CAPS
*FloSports ^-SNY #-FS1 !-FS2 &-CBSSN
All times Eastern