Paint Touches

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 […]

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 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 […]

Trent Lockett arrived in Milwaukee as the assumed top scorer at Marquette, a team with question marks on offense after the departures of Jae Crowder and Darius Johnson-Odom, expectations were high. He wasn’t going to replicate either of the two seniors’ numbers, but as a proven scorer was expected to fill up the box score […]

Marquette proved Saturday afternoon it may not be over its early season inconsistencies, but did show that it is more than capable of overcoming them as non-conference play winds down and the Big East season awaits. The good numbers were seen easily in the box score: 84 points, including 32 in the paint, in 73 […]