Paint Touches

It wasn’t easy, and it was almost never pretty, but Marquette battled its way to a 69-62 win over lowly Seton Hall Wednesday night to improve to 4-0 in Big East play. The Pirates had only eight healthy players but managed to hang around with a Golden Eagle team that was coming off a thrilling […]

When Buzz Williams looked over to his bench at the 8:04 mark of the second half, in the middle of a heated, back-and-forth duel with No. 15 Georgetown, he signaled to Juan Anderson to take out Jamil Wilson. Anderson’s response? “Coach, he’s ballin’.” And Saturday afternoon, in Marquette’s 49-48 win over No. 15 Georgetown, Anderson’s […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]