Paint Touches

Sparked by a career night from Davante Gardner, Marquette gutted its way to within a half game of first place in the Big East with a 74-71 win over Syracuse Monday night. Gardner’s 26 points were a career high, surpassing his 22-point effort against St. John’s on Jan. 11, 2012. His two free throws with […]

Both Marquette and Syracuse squandered opportunities to remain in first place on Saturday, and one team will have the chance to make up for it when the two teams square off tonight in Milwaukee. The Orange saw an NCAA-best 38-game home winning streak disappear after Otto Porter scored 33 points for Georgetown in a 57-46 […]

Marquette felt a range of different emotions Saturday, and what started as a chance to control its own destiny in the Big East title hunt ended with the Golden Eagles now needing back-to-back home wins against ranked teams to stay in the race for a top-4 seed in the Big East. The Golden Eagles woke […]

Junior Cadougan: Don’t let the 12 points on 5-of-10 shooting fool you. This was one of the senior point guard’s worst performances of the year. Cadougan (five turnovers) couldn’t get into any sort of rhythm and, in rare form, was poor in transition. He should bounce back, but the box score doesn’t tell the story […]

Junior Cadougan has been an integral part of back-to-back Sweet 16 teams. He has started 58 of Marquette’s 60 games the past two seasons and led the Golden Eagles to 44 wins in that time frame. His field goal and free-throw percentages are both up five points and he is scoring over two more points […]

Re-live some of the best moments from Marquette’s 79-69 victory over Pitt at the BMO Harris Bradley Center. All photos by A. Martina Ibanez-Baldor.