Paint Touches

Sparked by a career night from Davante Gardner, Marquette gutted its way to within a half game of first place in the Big East with a 74-71 win over Syracuse Monday night. Gardner’s 26 points were a career high, surpassing his 22-point effort against St. John’s on Jan. 11, 2012. His two free throws with […]

Junior Cadougan: Don’t let the 12 points on 5-of-10 shooting fool you. This was one of the senior point guard’s worst performances of the year. Cadougan (five turnovers) couldn’t get into any sort of rhythm and, in rare form, was poor in transition. He should bounce back, but the box score doesn’t tell the story […]

Marquette knew a win over No. 16 Pittsburgh would have implications. It moved the Golden Eagles into a tie for first place in the Big East with Georgetown. It meant a sweep of its toughest mirror opponent, and it meant a 1.5-game lead over the Panthers and Notre Dame for the fourth spot and double-bye […]

Vander Blue (18 pts, 3 reb, 2 ast) You can tell Blue has taken it to the next level when he has a quiet game and still scores 18. Vander had one nice pull-up jumper in the first but did most of his damage from the paint and at the line.  One mark “against” Vander […]

DePaul hung around for a half, but Junior Cadougan and company were simply too much as Marquette won its second straight game, 89-78, over the Blue Demons Saturday afternoon. Cadougan finished with 17 points, scoring 13 of Marquette’s 20 points at one point. Many of those shots came on layups after getting by defenders with […]

Given opponent (Big East partner) and venue (on the road in Tampa Bay), Marquette had its most dominating performance of the 2012-’13 season in a 70-47 victory over South Florida on Wednesday night. I went back and watched the film again to do some in-depth analysis, and here are three things I found. 1. Cadougan […]