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Marquette won all three of its home games this past week despite falling behind early in each. The Golden Eagles were helped out by a handful of spectacular performances and now begin a seven-game stretch against unranked opponents, beginning with a road contest against Providence. 1. True or false: Davante Gardner is more important to Marquette’s […]

Originally published in the Marquette Tribune on Jan. 19 The No. 21/22 Marquette Golden Eagles held serve at home last week and now will attempt to match their winning ways on the road when they travel to Providence to battle the Friars on Saturday. After a six-game stretch in 16 days, coach Buzz Williams’ group […]

Sophomore Davante Gardner came to Marquette known as “Ox” because of his large frame and rough style of play inside. Following Marquette’s 74-63 win over Louisville, head coach Buzz Williams may have coined a new nickname for the budding star forward. “You throw him the ball, and it’s like a Jack-in-the-box,” Williams said. “Throw him […]

Marquette head coach Buzz Williams isn’t sure why his team is having trouble in the early portion of games. If he did, he would have told them by now. The Golden Eagles won all three games at home over the past six days to move to 4-2 in Big East play, but they didn’t do […]

It started out looking like Vanderbilt 2.0 with the No. 23/21 Louisville Cardinals building an 18-2 lead to open the game. But No. 21/22 Marquette overcame that early 16-point deficit to defeat Louisville 74-63 on Monday afternoon. Louisville hit 7-of-12 shots (58.3 percent) during the first 6:02 of play, including 4-of-6 (66.7 percent) from three-point […]

On a day when Marquette celebrated its 95-year history, a strong defensive second half propelled the Golden Eagles (14-4, 3-2 Big East) over a struggling Pittsburgh (11-7, 0-5 Big East) squad 62-57. Junior guard Junior Cadougan didn’t light up the scoreboard, but ran the offense with precision, dishing out nine assists —six in the second […]