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Looking at the final score, it was difficult to imagine that Marquette (13-4, 2-2 Big East) trailed at halftime, or any other point in an 83-64 win over St. John’s (8-8, 2-3 Big East) Wednesday night. The was the case, however, as Marquette found itself down 32-31 at halftime, while playing without senior guard Darius […]

Losers of two of their last three games and with four of their next five games against top 25 opponents, the No. 14/13 Marquette Golden Eagles needed a strong showing in their Big East opener against the Villanova Wildcats. And Marquette (12-2, 1-0 Big East) responded with an 81-77 victory led by Darius Johnson-Odom’s 23 […]

For the first time in 33 games there was a new man taking the opening tip for the No 11/11 Marquette Golden Eagles (9-0) on Saturday night: Davante Gardner. The sophomore forward started in place of redshirt junior center Chris Otule who missed his first full game with a left ACL injury that will force […]

Transcribed by Michael LoCicero Head coach Buzz Williams: Defensively   I think that’s the key to the level of success that we can achieve as a team this year and I think that in prior years, we have proven that the level of success will be dependent on our defensive efficiency. And you think about […]

On this edition of “Paint Touches with WMUR Sports,” Matt Trebby, Mark Strotman and Mike Nelson discuss Saturday’s game against the No. 9/7 Wisconsin Badgers (6-1). Joining the Paint Touches crew on the show was Ian McCue, the associate sports editor at The Badger Herald, a student newspaper at Wisconsin. 8:15 — Ian McCue joins […]

On Saturday Marquette has arguably its biggest non-conference game of the year as it goes to battle with inner-state rival Wisconsin in Madison. While the No. 9/7 Wisconsin Badgers (6-1) enter Saturday on the back of a 60-57 loss to No. 5/5 North Carolina. The No. 16/16 Marquette Golden Eagles (6-0) are still undefeated but […]