Paint Touches

Derrick Wilson wasn’t fully prepared Saturday afternoon against Pittsburgh to play his usual 14 minutes per game. And he surely wasn’t prepared to play 31 minutes, including all but 12 seconds in the second half and overtime as Marquette’s lone point guard. But none of that mattered. Same old Derrick. Earlier in the week, Wilson suffered a […]

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 […]

Sometimes box scores can’t tell the whole story. Advanced statistics can be a more indicative measure of a team’s successes and failures than simply per-game numbers. Ken Pomeroy’s website (KenPom.com) looks at these statistics and ranks them both individually and as a team. Pomeroy currently predicts Marquette (11-3, 2-0) will finish 17-13, while going 8-10 in […]

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 […]