Hewitt: Maddy Siegrist Poised to Lead WBB to March

Owen Hewitt Co-Sports Editor

Continued from p. 1

Looking ahead at the next 30 days, Siegrist will have a chance to cement her legacy even further as the greatest basketball player in Villanova history. She will compete at the Big East tournament and look to claim rise even higher as she plays in more high-profile games. ESPN’s WNBA mock draft has Siegrist as the 11th pick. That mock was published on February 8th, before Siegrist’s 50-point performance. If Siegrist continues her current form, she could have the opportunity to be a high-profile rookie for a WNBA squad. Siegrist has the potential to

Seton Hall made her the all-time leading scorer in Big East conference games, and earned her the all-time Big East single game scoring record.

Siegrist’s future is so exciting. She has the potential to become the first WNBA star from Villanova, just as the womens’ game is becoming increasingly high profile.

Siegrist, already the face of Villanova basketball, has the chance to become the face of a WNBA franchise. First, with any luck, she’ll lead a deep tournament run for the ‘Cats.

As for UConn, they are led by junior forward Asliyah Edwards who averages 16.6 PPG and 8.8 rebounds, and graduate guard/ forward Lou Lopez Senechal, who scores 16.1 ppg.

Despite a few Huskie heroes, Siegriest and the rest of the Wildcat squad will take their momentum into the game on Saturday, where they will use their home court advantage to clinch their first win of the season over UConn.

In addition to in-conference play, Villanova has also achieved a spot in the top 16 NCAA Tournament reveal, which would give the ‘Cats the chance to host the first two rounds of March Madness.

Despite their success thus far, the Wildcats need to win their last five in-conference games in order to clinch a piece of the Big East regular season title.

This week, the ‘Cats will first take on St. John’s at the Carnesecca Arena on Wednesday, Feb. 13, before coming back to the Finn to take on UConn in what is their biggest conference game of the season.

Tip-off for Saturday is set for 2:30 p.m. The game will be televised nationally on Fox.