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Grades for Marquette vs South East Louisiana: Frontcourt: B- Marquette had a huge size advantage going in and attacked through its bigs early on, getting into the bonus quickly both halves.  However, Davante Gardner and Chris Otule weren’t nearly as efficient as they normally are under the basket. Gardner shot 8-14, bricking some gimmee lay-ups […]

Buzz Williams thinks this year’s offense will be contain a leading scorer-by committee approach on a nightly basis. But the question of who will be the team’s go-to scorer in the clutch?  Forward Davante Gardner took home that award Tuesday night. Gardner took center stage on two different occasions after Marquette nearly lost leads, scoring […]

Marquette moved to 1-0 Sunday afternoon with an easy win over Colgate, and should be on their way to a 2-0 mark before it flies west for the Maui Invitational after a matchup tonight with Southeastern Louisiana. The Golden Eagles saw all 11 of their scholarship players score Sunday in their 83-64 win over Colgate, […]

Every week Paint Touches will bring you a roundup from the week that was in the Big East. Week 1 saw 13 of the 15 Big East teams remain undefeated, as well as some big performances from the Connecticut Huskies in Kevin Ollie’s debut as head coach. Power Rankings  1. Syracuse (1-0): Impressive win over No. […]

It’s a statline that speaks for itself: 9 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals in 21 minutes. Sophomore Juan Anderson had his best game as a Golden Eagle and it’s not even close. In a season full of false starts and untimely pit stops, Anderson’s box score for the entire 2011-’12 season read: […]

MILWAUKEE — Marquette extended its streak of season opening wins to 12 with an 84-63 victory over Colgate on Sunday afternoon at the BMO Bradley Center. “We still have a lot of things to work on as everything wasn’t perfect,” junior Jamil Wilson said. “It was good to put some wind in the sails finally […]