Author Archives | Mike Nelson

Five Point Play V14: Limping Golden Eagles draw struggling Pitt

After Wednesday’s 83-64 victory over St. John’s the Marquette Golden Eagles (, the two game losing streak was over, and Marquette is now .500 in conference. But that victory came on the back end of losses in three of its previous four contests and some of its worst basketball of the year. With redshirt junior […]

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Johnson-Odom leads MU past Villanova 81-77

Losers of two of their last three games and with four of their next five games against top 25 opponents, the No. 14/13 Marquette Golden Eagles needed a strong showing in their Big East opener against the Villanova Wildcats. And Marquette (12-2, 1-0 Big East) responded with an 81-77 victory led by Darius Johnson-Odom’s 23 […]

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Life Without Chris Otule

For the first time in 33 games there was a new man taking the opening tip for the No 11/11 Marquette Golden Eagles (9-0) on Saturday night: Davante Gardner. The sophomore forward started in place of redshirt junior center Chris Otule who missed his first full game with a left ACL injury that will force […]

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Relive Marqutte’s 79-61 victory over Wisconsin-Green Bay

Re-live Marquette’s victory over Wisconsin-Green Bay with the photos by the Marquette Tribune’s Elise Krivit. Be sure to click on the pictures to see them enlarged and begin the slideshow.

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Crowder, Johnson-Odom Make Teammates Want to be Better

Former president Dwight D. Eisenhower once said, “Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.” Coach Buzz Williams’ No. 11/11 Marquette Golden Eagles (8-0) happens to have two players for whom the other members of the team want to perform well: seniors Darius […]

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Live Blog: Marquette vs. Wisconsin-Green Bay

Mark Strotman and Mike Nelson will provide live coverage of the Wisconsin-Green Bay vs. Marquette matchup. Make sure to follow us on Twitter, @PaintTouches, as we will be live Tweeting throughout the contest. Click here.

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