When junior guard Allazia Blockton was considering where to go for college, she knew one thing for certain: She wanted to play fast. As soon as women’s basketball head coach Carolyn Kieger delivered her recruiting pitch, Blockton knew she found a kindred spirit. “Coach (Kieger) told me right away that we want to be the fastest team in the country," Blockton said. Fellow guard Danielle King got the same message. “I figured that if she was recruiting me, then she definitely wanted to play fast,” King said. Kieger, who is entering her fourth year as head coach, has held true to both players’ expectations.  Marquette averaged 74 possessions per game, second in the BIG EAST to the DePaul Blue Demons, according to advanced metrics site BasketballState. The Golden Eagles are also taking almost three shots per game more than they were in former head coach Terri Mitchell’s final year, which adds up to almost 100 extra shots per season.

Rebecca Lobo has spoken to countless teams, but freshman guard and current head coach Carolyn Kieger stood out. Fifteen years later, there's another Marquette player catching Lobo's eye, one that could be good enough to surpass Kieger and make it to the WNBA: junior guard Allazia Blockton.

It was a combination of many factors that led former ESPN top 10 recruit Tori McCoy to leave Ohio State and join the women’s basketball program. McCoy had a respectable freshman season as a Buckeye,...

Women’s basketball coaches have high expectations for 6-foot-2 freshman forward Myriama Smith Traore, with less than a week left until its first game of the season on Nov. 13 against New Mexico. “Myriama’s gonna help us a lot," head coach Carolyn Kieger said. "She’s one of those players that does the right thing every time.”

There was a moment of deja vu at women’s basketball media day this year. The moment came when head coach Carolyn Kieger was asked what her team worked on during the offseason.

Marquette volleyball split its weekend with a 3-0 loss (25-12, 26-24, 25-15) to No. 14 Creighton and a 3-0 win (25-20, 25-10, 25-19) against Providence. The Golden Eagles pulled off a stunning upset...

Marquette knew entering the season that defense would have to be a priority. The team exclusively focused on defensive drills for the first two weeks of practice, not even touching a basketball. That...

The Golden Eagles survived a scare Saturday afternoon as they edged division II side Lindenwood 81-79 at the BMO Harris Bradley Center in their second and final exhibition game before the Friday home opener. Marquette...

Blaine Mueller grew up about 45 minutes west of the Bradley Center and loved to watch Marquette basketball. Even though Mueller went to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he fondly remembers cheering...

Women's basketball's first game tips off in 10 days against the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, so it's time to preview the season. Women's basketball reporter John Hand joined host Connor Basch...

Marquette entered the 2017-’18 season with expectations of a BIG EAST title. “We always have high expectations,” head coach Markus Roeders told the Wire in August. “We always want to win and...