The 2026-27 Marquette Women’s Basketball Season Preview: 3 Questions

#1 — Who’s going to start alongside Halle Vice?

I think we can agree that after starting all 62 games of Cara Consuegra’s tenure as head coach to this point, Halle Vice is going to keep on starting for the Golden Eagles. Seems like a safe bet.

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The other four spots? I have no idea, and unless this is literally someone on the coaching staff reading this, neither do you. Vice is the only returning starter from last season, so that right there means we have to go looking for answers. MAYBE Jordan Meulemans picks up one of those spots after averaging over 21 minutes a night last year, but that doesn’t feel like a lock-it-in 100% thing. Kam Herring and JJ Barnes? Played 48 minutes last year and recovering from knee surgery that’s still only about a year old. Feels unlikely for both.

Amongst the newly arrived transfers, MacKenzie Givens has the most experience of playing Division 1 basketball, and specifically playing in the Big East. But she also didn’t start every game for Xavier last year, and, uh, Xavier was not good. I’m not sure Kayl Petersen’s game translates to complimentary enough to Vice’s to justify a starting gig alongside her. Yu Han Lin might be a point guard option for Marquette after posting a top 325 assist rate, but she also turned the ball over at an atrocious rate, so maybe not. I could see a way that Brooklyn Hall jumps to the front of the line on the wing, but that’s just guessing at whether or not she’s ready for that responsibility after one semester of redshirting at South Florida. Noelle Anthon? Maybe, if her rebounding at the junior college level pays off at the Division 1 level?

Freshmen starting is usually a rough go of things, but as you can tell, I don’t see an obvious point guard candidate here quite yet. If Se’Crette Carter or Kinley Asp can do that job, then there’s a space for them to start, I think. Amina Traore might be the most obvious pick behind Meulemans and Givens just because she’s the only center listed on the roster, and if…

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