WBB Hosts Presbyterian On Annual MPS Day - Marquette University Athletics

MILWAUKEE - Marquette University (1-1) continues its homestand to begin the season, hosting Presbyterian College (0-2) on Tuesday morning for Milwaukee Public Schools Day. Tipoff at the Al McGuire Center is slated for 11 a.m. CT and will stream on ESPN+.

Tuesday will be the first-ever contest between Marquette and Presbyterian.

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 21.0 points and 11.0 rebounds per game during opening week, posting her second-highest rebounding total in the opener (16) and her second-most against No. 17 Minnesota (25).
Heading into the season, the big question for the Golden Eagles was where production behind Vice would come from. The opening week saw transfers account for 59.7% of the team's scoring with MacKenzie Givens (12.0), Yu Han Lin (14.0) and Kayl Petersen (11.0) 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-8 from deep during the first two games.
Averaging 79.5 points per game, Marquette is shooting a blistering 51.3% from the field and 38.3% 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.

BY THE NUMBERS
97 - Marquette newcomers have accounted for 97 of the Golden Eagles' 159 points through two games (61.0%).
19 - Halle Vice recorded her 19th-career double-double last week with 17 points and 16 rebounds against Mississippi Valley State.
51.3 - The Golden Eagles are 59-of-115 (51.3%) from the floor through two games.

OFF TO AN EFFICIENT START
The Golden Eagles enter the week shooting 51.3% from the field, their highest field-goal percentage through two games under head coach Cara Consuegra. Marquette has shot at least 45 percent in both contests, including a 58.2% effort against No. 17 Minnesota.

Five players are shooting north of 50% from the field--Yu Han Lin (52.6), Jordan Meulemans (75.0), Kayl Petersen (52.9), Amina Traore (57.1) and Halle Vice (69.2).

BY COMMITTEE
Marquette has displayed balanced offensive production through the opening week 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 159 points through two games have come from nine different scorers, with newcomers accounting for more than 60% of the offensive output.

ASSISTING EARLY AND OFTEN
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 two games, averaging 21.0 assists per contest while assisting on 52.5% of their made field goals.

Through two games, freshman point guard Kinley Asp leads the team with 5.0 assists per game, while Yu Han Lin ranks second at 3.5 assists per outing.
The back-to-back 21-assist performances mark the sixth time since 2010 that Marquette has opened a season with at least 21 assists in each of its first two games. The longest such streak to begin a season during that span is three consecutive games, 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 44.0 points per game while accounting for 55.3% of the team's offense.

The quartet has contributed 88 of Marquette's 159 points while helping the Golden Eagles average 79.5 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 two games, Vice is averaging 21.0 points, 11.0 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.5 blocks per game while shooting 69.2% 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 in both contests, the transfer from Middle Tennessee is averaging 14.0 points per game while shooting 52.6 percent from the field and 44.4 percent from 3-point range.

Lin scored 14 points in both games and currently ranks second on the team in scoring. Against Minnesota, she added 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 one of the nation's hottest shooters through the opening week. The graduate student is 6-for-8 from beyond the arc and has made exactly three triples in each of Marquette's first two games.

Meulemans enters Tuesday shooting 75.0% from 3-point range while averaging 9.0 points per game.
All eight of her field goal attempts have been 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 11.0 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.0 blocks per game while shooting 52.9% from the floor.