Marquette women’s basketball enters Friday’s NCAA Tournament game in a familiar position. It’s their third consecutive appearance in the tournament and second time in three years as a No. 5 seed.
“It goes to show that we can play with anybody,” senior guard Natisha Hiedeman said. “One of our strengths (is) that we’re maturing each year and that we’re continuing to grow and not settling for what we’ve already accomplished.”
But head coach Carolyn Kieger will not have an easy task, taking on the Rice University Owls Friday afternoon.
Rice is ranked in the Associated Press Poll and went undefeated in conference play as part of Conference USA.