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Marquette hangs on, tops No. 15 Georgetown

An ugly battle throughout, Marquette hung on late to beat No. 15 Georgetown, 49-48, Saturday afternoon at the BMO Harris Bradley Center. Vander Blue and Davante Gardner led the Golden Eagles with 12 points apiece, while Trent Lockett neared a double-double with nine points and 10 rebounds. After Davante Gardner drained two free throws to […]

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Georgetown Scouting Report: Hoyas’ D, efficiency help hot start

Marquette will look to keep its 17-game home winning streak alive tomorrow afternoon when it takes on Otto Porter and No. 15 Georgetown. The Golden Eagles won their first conference game of the season Tuesday in an 82-76 overtime win over Connecticut, while the Hoyas have yet to play a Big East matchup, and haven’t […]

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Marquette beats UConn in overtime thriller

Junior Cadougan’s second half heroics went to another level Tuesday night. The senior point guard drained a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to send the game to overtime, and Marquette got clutch baskets in an 82-76 overtime win over Connecticut in the teams’ Big East opener. It was the first 3-pointer of the game for Marquette, which had […]

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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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Mixed results as Marquette hangs on vs. NC Central

By Marco Radenkovich Turnovers, turnovers, turnovers. That was the story Saturday afternoon at the Bradley Center as Marquette (9-3) hung on for a 75-66 win over North Carolina Central (6-7). Marquette committed 20 turnovers, leading to 25 NC Central points. The turnovers ranged from steals to dropped passes to out of bounds violations. The Golden […]

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Why Trent must Lock-ett up at the rim

Trent Lockett arrived in Milwaukee as the assumed top scorer at Marquette, a team with question marks on offense after the departures of Jae Crowder and Darius Johnson-Odom, expectations were high. He wasn’t going to replicate either of the two seniors’ numbers, but as a proven scorer was expected to fill up the box score […]

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