MU Women's Basketball Thread

[Marquette Fan]

<----- STH here ! ! !!  I have posted a few times ! ! ! 

I was going to ask a question about the banquet.  But I got a hold of someone at Marquette and got an answer about that.

[shoothoops]

MUWBB has a new incoming transfer, Lee Volker, a 5’11 guard from Duke.

She has played 2 seasons at Duke. She was a starter to begin the season but she left the team for “personal reasons” in late December. She had previously lost her starting spot and slid down the bench a little bit.

Same high school as Faisal Abraham’s son Isaiah, in the DC suburbs, in Virginia. (St. Paul VI) 3 time all state.

[Marquette Fan]

Taylor Valladay who played two seasons at Marquette before transferring to Virginia is now going to Penn State as a grad transfer reuniting with Carolyn Kieger who recruited her to Marquette.  But Kieger left Marquette before Valladay got there.  I had actually forgotten that Kieger originally signed 8 players to letters of intent in 2018.  Of those 8, 3 remain at Marquette - Jordan King, Claire Kaifes and Nirel Lougbo (can't play any longer due to medical reasons).  Camryn Taylor and Taylor Valladay initially came to MU but both transferred to Virginia.  Destiny Strother transferred to Pitt and Sharna Ayres transferred somewhere else - she was enrolled early at MU but never played at MU.  And Shemera Williams was at a number of schools I believe - she asked out of her letter of intent right after Kieger left.

The initial announcement of the signing of 8 players in 2018:  https://gomarquette.com/news/2018/11/14/womens-basketball-marquette-signs-eight-to-national-letters-of-intent?path=wbball 

[Dr. Blackheart]

That MU class was a good one.  Kieger has relied a lot on the portal at PSU with little success although she has marginally improved each season. Make or break year in Happy Valley?

[Marquette Fan]

That MU class was a good one.  Kieger has relied a lot on the portal at PSU with little success although she has marginally improved each season. Make or break year in Happy Valley?

Yes I think that's a good way to describe this season for Kieger.

[shoothoops]

New job for Scott Merritt:

https://gwusports.com/news/2023/4/22/gardner-webb-names-scott-merritt-as-head-womens-basketball-coach.aspx

[shoothoops]

DePaul star Aneesah Morrow has transferred to LSU. She had narrowed her choices to LSU, South Carolina, and USC.

[YoungMUFan4]

https://twitter.com/Raoul_000/status/1654986303065268227

[shoothoops]

Khadija Rushdan is the new MUWBB assistant.

She spent 5 seasons as an assistant at North Florida, and, spent a season at LaSalle. Coached 3 years at her high school in Delaware and played two seasons professionally. She has USA Youth basketball experience as both a coach and a player, including winning the U19 FIBA Wold Championship Gold Medal while averaging 11 and 6.

She’s one of the better players to ever play for Rutgers. One of two players to ever record a triple double at Rutgers, played the most games in school history, 1000 points, 500 rebounds, 400 assists.

[muwarrior69]

MODS: Its the off season. Please move the Women's thread to the 'Al'. I would do it myself but only you guys can do that. Please, please, pretty please move this thread where it belongs.

[Spaniel with a Short Tail]

[wadesworld]

Just posting here to correct the title of the thread.

[Marquette Fan]

Article about the 3 transfers Marquette picked up for the 23-24 season:

https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/college/marquette/2023/05/24/marquette-transfers-lee-volker-frannie-hottinger-and-bridget-utberg/70251541007/

[Marquette Fan]

This is not good news at all - Emily La Chapell has entered the transfer portal - https://twitter.com/raoul_000/status/1665717479279144962?s=12

[MUfan12]

This is not good news at all - Emily La Chapell has entered the transfer portal - https://twitter.com/raoul_000/status/1665717479279144962?s=12

Brutal. Struggled at times but you could see there's a player there.

[Marquette Fan]

Brutal. Struggled at times but you could see there's a player there.

I thought by now everyone who was going to transfer had entered the portal.  I was really excited about her future at MU too

[MUfan12]

I thought by now everyone who was going to transfer had entered the portal.  I was really excited about her future at MU too

Wonder if she felt like she was being recruited over when they added those three transfers.

[MUCrisco]

Wonder if she felt like she was being recruited over when they added those three transfers.

Anyone find out the story on what happened?  This was a shock.

[MUfan12]

Anyone find out the story on what happened?  This was a shock.

I haven't heard anything. Here's an article from Appleton that kinda makes it sound like it might be unrelated to basketball.

https://www.postcrescent.com/story/sports/college/2023/06/05/la-chapell-enters-transfer-portal/70288969007/

[Marquette Fan]

La Chapell will transfer to Belmont -
https://www.postcrescent.com/story/sports/college/2023/06/22/former-appleton-east-star-emily-la-chapell-headed-to-belmont-university/70348070007/

[shoothoops]

La Chapell will transfer to Belmont -
https://www.postcrescent.com/story/sports/college/2023/06/22/former-appleton-east-star-emily-la-chapell-headed-to-belmont-university/70348070007/

Nice fit. Bart Brooks has done well there since leaving DePaul after 11 years as an assistant. He’s been at Belmont 6 years, 4 NCAA Tourneys, and some dubs in it too.

They lost Destinee Wells in the transfer portal to Tennessee. She’s really good. But they still have Tuti Jones coming back.

[Marquette Fan]

Anyone know of a tournament the team will play in for the 23-24 season or any other non-conference schedule information?  I don't expect Marquette to announce their non-conference schedule for a bit but around now other teams usually start announcing and a few games can be figured out that way.

[Marquette Fan]

Thanksgiving tournament information - https://gomarquette.com/news/2023/7/11/womens-basketball-wbb-set-for-2023-fort-myers-tip-off

They also have an overseas trip coming up - I forgot they were doing that this year.

[Marquette Fan]

Marquette announced the hiring of a new assistant coach today which surprised me at first as I had no idea they'd had another assistant coach depart.  It appears she is replacing Tasha Taylor.

https://gomarquette.com/news/2023/7/12/womens-basketball-marquette-wbb-adds-kayla-kleifgen-as-assistant-coach

[Marquette Fan]

Announcement of the JUCO transfer - https://gomarquette.com/news/2023/8/8/womens-basketball-wbb-announces-addition-of-juco-transfer-abbey-cracknell