Paint Touches

The Maui Invitational has been full of surprises through two days, and the final day will see Marquette and Southern Cal square off in the fifth-place game this afternoon at 4 p.m. CT (12 p.m. local time). It’s the first meeting between these two teams, and Marquette will see a familiar face on the opposing […]

Marquette shot 58 percent from the field in the first half on its way to an 89-62 rout over Mississippi State in the consolation bracket’s second round of the Maui Invitational. Vander Blue scored a team-high 18 points and Davante Gardner picked up his first double-double of the year with 15 points and 12 rebounds […]

The bad news from yesterday, of course, was Rotnei Clarke’s 30-foot, running one-hander at the buzzer that knocked Marquette from the winner’s bracket of the Maui Invitational. The good news, however, is that the Golden Eagles will face one of the weakest BCS teams in the country this afternoon when they take on Mississippi State […]

Rotnei Clark had the green light to shoot whenever he wanted most of the afternoon, but his usually reliable 3-point shot hadn’t been falling. But that was all for naught on the final play of the game, when Clarke hit a one-handed, running 3-pointer from 30 feet to give the Bulldogs a 72-71 win in […]

Following two wins over Colgate and Southeastern Louisiana, Marquette heads to Hawaii to take part in the Maui Invitational this week, beginning with a first round matchup with the Butler Bulldogs. Last year Marquette won its preseason tournament, the Paradise Jam in the Virgin Islands, by defeating Winthrop and Ole Miss handily, and hanging on to […]

Well that was some way to start the season. Just moments before Marquette was set to take on No. 4 Ohio State aboard the U.S.S. Yorktown in the Carrier Classic, a few players noticed wet spots on the court. A quick mop-up turned into a full clean-up job by the crew, players and even Buzz […]