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Player Grades: Marquette at Pittsburgh

Junior Cadougan (2 pts, 2 ast, 3 reb) Junior was playing very well prior to his ankle injury, but was forced to sit out all of the second half and overtime. Now it becomes a waiting game to see the severity of the injury. NA Vander Blue (22 pts, 4 ast, 3 reb) Vander has […]

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Player Grades: Marquette vs. Georgetown

Junior Cadougan (2pts, 6 asts, 3 stls) Junior bricked a few shots at the rim and failed to get a score in the first half, shooting 0-6 in the process. He never really got comfortable scoring wise, but he did do a decent job of distributing, racking up six assists. His most important contribution came […]

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Cadougan continues his tear in second halves

Junior Cadougan saved Marquette Tuesday night from falling to 0-1 in Big East play, and dropping an all-important home contest, when he drained a 30-foot shot at the buzzer to send the Golden Eagles and UConn into overtime. Cadougan would add three points and an assist in the extra period, and Marquette picked up a […]

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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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Second-half runs lead Marquette over Savannah State

For the second time in as many games, Marquette grinded out a slow-paced, low-scoring matchup and came out victorious, defeating Savannah State 71-51 Saturday afternoon at the BMO Harris Bradley Center. Vander Blue finished with 14 points to lead the Golden Eagles, Junior Cadougan added 11 of his own, while Steve Taylor, Jr. posted a […]

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A statistical breakdown of Derrick Wilson

It took Derrick Wilson all of seven games into his freshman season to earn him the label of defensive stopper. The box score didn’t tell the story — he grabbed two rebounds and committed three fouls in 20 minutes, and nothing else — but his determined defense on preseason All-American Jordan Taylor was perhaps one […]

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