GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Villanova 67, DePaul 64
Associated Press
VILLANOVA, Pa. - Maddy Siegrist scored 20 of her 28 points in the first half, Christina Dalce broke Villanova's single-season record for blocks with 66 and the 15th-ranked Wildcats held off DePaul 67-64.
Lucy Olsen made two free throws with three seconds left in the third quarter to give Villanova a 56-42 lead. But the Wildcats only made two field goals in the opening nine minutes of the fourth quarter as DePaul used a 18-5 run to get within 61-60 with 2:01 left.
Siegrist made four straight free throws in the final minute and Brooke Mullin added a basket with 16 seconds left for a seven-point lead.
Dalce had 11 points and three blocks and Lucy Olsen added nine points, six rebounds and four assists for Villanova (24-5, 15-3 Big East). The school's blocked shots record had stood since Lisa Ortlip had 65 during the 1978-79 season. Siegrist, leading the nation in scoring at 29.1 points per game, was 9 of 27 from the floor and 8 of 11 at the free-throw line to go with 16 rebounds.
Siegrist scored 15 straight Villanova points in the second quarter before Bella Runyan capped the first-half scoring on a 3-pointer with 2:32 left. Siegrist was 7-of-16 shooting and the rest of her teammates combined to make 4 of 21.
Aneesah Morrow, averaging 25.5 points, had 29 points and 19 rebounds for DePaul (15-14, 8-10). Darrione Rogers added 17 points and Anaya Peoples scored 10.
February 21, 2023
| DePaul | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| A. Morrow | F | 40 | 11-29 | 6-8 | 1-5 | 6-19 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 29 |
| J. Allen | F | 28 | 2-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 9-9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| A. Peoples | G | 36 | 5-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| D. Rogers | G | 36 | 6-16 | 2-2 | 3-7 | 1-5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
| K. Holmes | G | 32 | 0-7 | 0-0 | 0-6 | 3-7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| M. McErlane | 11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| K. Rimmer | 10 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| T. Daye | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 199 | 26-77 (.338) |
8-11 (.727) |
4-19 (.211) |
21-50 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 64 | |
| Villanova | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| M. Siegrist | F | 39 | 9-27 | 8-11 | 2-5 | 4-16 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 28 |
| C. Dalce | F | 29 | 5-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| L. Olsen | G | 38 | 3-13 | 2-2 | 1-3 | 2-6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| B. Mullin | G | 20 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| M. Burke | G | 14 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| B. Runyan | 30 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| K. Orihel | 19 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| M. Olbrys | 7 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Z. Jones | 5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 201 | 24-67 (.358) |
11-15 (.733) |
8-23 (.348) |
15-47 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 67 | |
Officials: Dee Kantner, Rod Creech, Saif Esho
Attendance: 1,741
