WBB Heads To Missouri State For First Road Trip of '26-27

MILWAUKEE - Marquette University (2-1) will leave Wisconsin on Friday for its first road trip of the year, travelling to Missouri State (3-0). Tipoff in Springfield is slated for 6:30 p.m. CT and will stream on ESPN+.

It will be the fourth time the two programs have met, and the first time since 1994. MU is 1-2 in the series.

GOLDEN EAGLES AT A GLANCE

While just two games into the season, Halle Vice is showing why she earned All-BIG EAST First Team honors and was a unanimous preseason selection last month. Taking big steps each of the last two seasons, Vice averaged 18.0 points, 9.0 rebounds and 3.3 assists during the first three games of the season. She totaled the second-highest rebounding total in her career in the opener (16) and her second-most points against No. 17 Minnesota (25).
Heading into the season, the big question for the Golden Eagles was where production behind Vice would come from. Transfers have accounted for 48.4% of the team's scoring with MacKenzie Givens (01.7), Yu Han Lin (14.0) and Kayl Petersen (10.0) all averaging double figures.
Moving into the starting lineup for the start of her final year, Jordan Meulemans is the outside threat that MU needs as the graduate student knocked down 6-of-9 from deep to start the year.
Averaging 82.0 points per game, Marquette is shooting a blistering 50.9% from the field and 41.7% from deep. The overeall shooting percentage was aided by a 58.2% shooting day against the Gophers, MU's fourth game above 58% in the last five years. MU then shot 53.8% from 3-point range against Presbyterian.

BY THE NUMBERS

163 - Marquette newcomers have accounted for 163 of the Golden Eagles' 246 points through three games (66.3%).
21 - Marquette has recorded 21 assists in each of its first three games.
14 - Sophomore Yu Han Line has scored 14 points in each of her first three games to start her Marquette career.

OFF TO AN EFFICIENT START
The Golden Eagles enter Friday shooting 50.9% from the field, their highest field-goal percentage through three games under head coach Cara Consuegra. Marquette has shot at least 45 percent in all three contests, including a 58.2% effort against No. 17 Minnesota.

Five players are shooting north of 50% from the field--Yu Han Lin (51.7), Jordan Meulemans (72.7), Kayl Petersen (54.2), Amina Traore (58.3) and Halle Vice (66.7).

BY COMMITTEE
Marquette has displayed balanced offensive production through the first three games of the season. Four players are averaging double figures in scoring, while seven different Golden Eagles are averaging at least 6.0 points per game.

The team's 246 points through three games have come from 10 different scorers, with newcomers accounting for 66.3% of the offensive output.

BLACKJACK
Marquette's ball movement has been a hallmark of the offense through the opening week of the season. The Golden Eagles have recorded 21 assists in each of their first three games, averaging 21.0 assists per contest while assisting on 71.6% of their made field goals.

Through three games, freshman point guard Kinley Asp leads the team with 4.3 assists per game, while Yu Han Lin and Halle Vice rank second at 3.3 assists per outing.
The back-to-back-to-back 21-assist performances mark the third time since 2010 that Marquette has opened a season with at least 21 assists in each of its first three games. The longest such streak to begin a season during that span is three consecutive games, also accomplished in both 2018 and 2021.

DIVISION I TRANSFER IMPACT
Marquette's offseason transfer class has made an immediate impact through the first two games of the season. Kayl Petersen (Virginia Tech), MacKenzie Givens (Xavier), Yu Han Lin (Middle Tennessee) and Brooklyn Hall (South Florida) have combined to average 39.7 points per game while accounting for 48.4% of the team's offense.

The quartet has contributed 119 of Marquette's 246 points while helping the Golden Eagles average 82.0 points per contest.

TAKING ANOTHER STEP FOWARD
After earning First Team All-BIG EAST honors last season, Halle Vice has opened her senior campaign playing the best basketball of her career. Through three games, Vice is averaging 18.0 points, 9.0 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.0 block per game while shooting 66.7% from the floor.

She leads the team in both scoring and rebounding, posted her 19th career double-double in the season opener against Mississippi Valley State, and recorded the 12th 20-point game of her career with a 25-point effort against No. 17 Minnesota.

SPARK OFF THE BENCH
One of Marquette's most impactful additions through the opening week has been Yu Han Lin. Coming off the bench, the transfer from Middle Tennessee is averaging 14.0 points per game while shooting 51.7% from the field and 54.5% from 3-point range.

Lin has scored 14 points in all three games and currently ranks second on the team in scoring. Against Minnesota, she added a season-high five assists and two steals while helping fuel Marquette's comeback efforts.

MEULEMANS FROM DEEP
After making 31 three-pointers a season ago, Jordan Meulemans has been the team's top shooter from deep to start the year. The graduate student is 6-for-9 from beyond the arc and has made exactly three triples in each of Marquette's first two games.

Meulemans enters Friday shooting 66.7% from 3-point range, and 72.7% overall, while averaging 9.0 points per game.
Her first eight attempts of the year were from 3.

FRESHMAN POINT
Freshman point guard Kinley Asp became the first freshman point guard to start a season opener for Marquette since Jordan King in 2019-20 and has quickly shown her ability as a distributor. Asp has started both games and leads the team with 5.0 assists per game after recording five assists in each of her first two collegiate contests.

Through two games, she has added 5.5 rebounds and 1.5 steals per outing while helping direct a Marquette offense averaging 79.5 points per game.

THE RETURN
Returning to Wisconsin after two seasons at Virginia Tech, Kayl Petersen has immediately become a key piece for the Golden Eagles. The Waupun native is averaging 10.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.3 blocks per game while shooting 54.2% from the floor.