(MARQUETTE COMMUNICATIONS) – The Marquette women’s basketball team faces its stiffest test of the season, welcoming undefeated No. 1 UConn to the Al McGuire Center on Saturday. It will be just the third time ever that the Golden Eagles have hosted the No. 1 team in the country.
After putting together a season-long five-game winning streak, Marquette dropped its last two games to Creighton and Seton Hall. In both games, the Golden Eagles surrendered slim halftime leads after previously going 12-2 this year when leading at the half.
FLASHING BACK – GAME 25 VS SETON HALL
- Marquette dropped two regular-season games in the same season to Seton Hall for the first time in their series history.
- MU was outrebounded by 18, its third-largest differential this season.
- MU dropped to 4-8 on the year when outrebounded.
- The 18 second-half points were the fewest points in a half this season for the Golden Eagles.
- Scoring 17 points, Skylar Forbes moved within four points of 1,000 for her career.
HISTORY WITH THE UCONN
- Marquette and Seton Hall will meet for the 25th time in their history.
- UConn holds the series lead at 23-1.
- The Golden Eagles’ lone win came at the Al McGuire Center on Feb. 8, 2023 (59-52).
- UConn won the first meeting this season 89-53 on Dec. 17, 2025 in Hartford. It stood as the smallest margin of victory for the Huskies against a BIG EAST opponent this season until Feb. 7 when UConn, playing without Sarah Strong, defeated Butler by 32.
START ON THE FRONT FOOT
While some teams can start slow and pick up steam in games, Marquette has struggled a bit in doing that. Ten times this season, the Golden Eagles opponents’ haven’t scored first. MU is 2-8 in those games compared to 14-1 when scoring first.
- The tip has also been an indicator the Golden Eagles as they are 1-5 this season when losing the tipoff. At Butler on Jan. 25, Marquette won its first game of the year when losing the tip.
- Marquette has lost the tip and did not score first in each of its last two games, both losses.
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