GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Villanova 71, DePaul 70
Associated Press
UNCASVILLE, Conn. - Maddy Siegrist posted a double-double and Lucy OIsen scored 19 and her go-ahead free throw with .7 seconds left sent 11th-ranked Villanova past DePaul 71-70 in a Big East quarterfinal matchup.
Siegrist scored 26 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, Christina Dalce scored 12 and Maddie Burke 10 for Villanova (27-5).
Aneesah Morrow scored 24 points and had 17 rebounds, Kendall Holmes scored 20 points shooting 5 of 9 from 3-point range and Anaya Peoples scored 17.
The seventh-seed Blue Demons (16-17) had Villanova on the ropes before the Wildcats went on a 7-0 run in the last 1:34, during which Holmes and Peoples each missed two foul shots with a chance to seal it. DePaul shot 1 for 7 from the foul line in the fourth quarter and were 6 for 16 overall.
Villanova led 40-32 at halftime before DePaul seized momentum in the third quarter and drew within 54-52. Holmes made consecutive 3s to give DePaul a 58-56 lead; its first since Peoples made a foul shot for a 6-5 advantage two minutes in.
March 4, 2023
| DePaul | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| A. Morrow | F | 36 | 10-27 | 2-3 | 2-8 | 7-17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 24 |
| K. Holmes | G | 40 | 7-14 | 1-4 | 5-9 | 1-5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 20 |
| D. Rogers | G | 39 | 4-13 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| A. Peoples | G | 33 | 7-13 | 2-7 | 1-1 | 2-6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 17 |
| K. Rimmer | G | 16 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| J. Allen | 24 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| T. Daye | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| M. McErlane | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 28-74 (.378) |
6-16 (.375) |
8-21 (.381) |
24-54 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 70 | |
| Villanova | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| M. Siegrist | F | 40 | 11-22 | 4-4 | 0-3 | 2-14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 26 |
| C. Dalce | F | 29 | 6-12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| L. Olsen | G | 38 | 6-15 | 5-7 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| M. Burke | G | 27 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| B. Mullin | G | 13 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| B. Runyan | 32 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| M. Olbrys | 10 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| K. Orihel | 10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Z. Jones | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 201 | 28-66 (.424) |
11-14 (.786) |
4-17 (.235) |
10-36 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 71 | |
Officials: Fatou Cissoko-Stephens, Mark Resch,
