Tag Archives: Chris Otule

Freshman Taylor stays patient, excels when called upon

Steve Taylor likely won’t win Marquette a game this season, and he won’t lead the team in scoring or rebounding. He won’t reap much praise for the Golden Eagles’ 5-1 start in Big East play, but the numbers the former Simeon star is putting up in his limited minutes reveal both an offensive spark — […]

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Confirmed, disproved and learned: Marquette through 12 games

Marquette completed its non-conference schedule Saturday with a 75-66 win over North Carolina Central, moving the Golden Eagles to 9-3. With the Big East season around 48 hours away, it’s time to look back on the first two months of the season and see, in no particular order, which general preseason thoughts were confirmed, which […]

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Otule works the hard way to push forward

When Chris Otule suffered a torn ACL 10 months ago, a range of emotions went running through his head. It was the his third season-ending injury in four seasons, this time more severe than the broken feet he suffered – once his freshman year and again as a sophomore – and an injury that would not simply […]

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Grades for Marquette vs South East Louisiana

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 […]

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Gardner rescues struggling offense in win over SE Louisiana

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 […]

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Haunted Hoops Photo Gallery

Re-live some of the best moments from Friday night’s Haunted Hoops scrimmage with photos taken by A. Martina Ibanez-Baldor. Be sure to check out our Facebook page for more pictures as well.

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