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Howard falls short in preseason Big East honor

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Markus Howard – file photo / Courtesy of Marquette Athletics

Marquette Golden Eagles guard Markus Howard is the reigning Big East Conference Player of the Year.  But Howard fell short in the voting by Big East Coaches as the preseason conference Player of the Year.

Big East Conference coaches picked Seton Hall senior Myles Powell as the preseason Player of the Year instead.  Seton Hall was also picked by the coaches to win the league this season.

Howard averaged 25 points a game last season and was still a unanimous pick for the preseason All-Big East first team.  Joining Howard on the first team are Xavier forward Naji Marshall, Butler guard Kamar Baldwin, Providence guard Alpha Diallo and Creighton guard Ty-Shon Alexander.

Villanova was picked to finish second, Xavier third and Marquette fourth.

DePaul was the unanimous choice to win the Women’s Big East regular season title.  Marquette was picked to finish ninth.

 

Marquette hires new women’s basketball coach

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Megan Duffy – Photo courtesy of Scott Kissell/Jeff Sabo and Miami Athletics.

One week after Carolyn Kieger left to take the head women’s coaching job at Penn State, Marquette announced the hiring of Megan Duffy as the sixth women’s coach in program history.

The 34-year-old Duffy spent the last two seasons at Miami (Ohio) where she led the RedHawks to back-to-back Women’s National Invitation Tournament appearances.  The RedHawks lost in the first round both years, finishing last season with a 23-9 record, including a 13-5 mark in the Mid-American Conference.

Duffy went 44-20 in her two seasons at Miami.

Duffy played collegiately as a guard at Notre Dame from 2002-’06, helping the Irish to four consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances.  She is one of four players in school history to collect 1,000 points, 500 assists and 200 steals.

Marquette athletic director Bill School was an administrator at Notre Dame when Duffy was a player.

Kieger went 99-64 in five seasons with the Golden Eagles and was named the 2018 Big East co-coach of the year.  She led Marquette to a pair of regular-season league titles and a conference tournament crown over the last three seasons.

 

Howard powers Marquette into Big East semifinals

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Big East Conference Player of the Year Markus Howard poured in 30 points to lead the Marquette Golden Eagles to a 86-54 win over St. John’s in the Conference Tournament quarterfinals on Thursday night at Madison Square Garden.

Marquette used a 16-0 second half run to pull away, ending a four game losing streak and beating the Red Storm for the first time in three meetings this season.

The Golden Eagles (24-8) had blown leads in the second half of each of their last four games to close out the regular season.

Shamorie Ponds combined to score 54 points in the two earlier wins against Marquette, but he was held to 13 points on Thursday night.

The Red Storm managed to shoot just 30 percent from the field and 15 percent from three-point distance.

Marquette advances to the Big East semifinals on Friday night against Seton Hall at 8 p.m.

 

Marquette’s Howard named Big East Player of the Year

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Markus Howard – File Photo / Courtesy of Marquette Athletics

The Big East Conference named Marquette’s high-scoring guard Markus Howard the Player of the Year on Wednesday.

Howard led the league in scoring, averaging 25 points a game.  His 774 points for the season, smashed the school’s single season scoring record.  Howard also broke his own single game school record by scoring 53 points in an overtime victory against Creighton in January.

The Golden Eagles (23-8) finished second in the Big East Conference, missing out on a chance to win the title after suffering a four game losing streak to close out conference play.  They’ll open Big East Conference Tournament play tonight against St. John’s at Madison Square Garden.  The Red Storm beat the Golden Eagles twice during the regular season.

 

Marquette falls in Big East Women’s title game

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The Marquette Golden Eagles (26-7) watched a 13-point third quarter lead slip away, falling to the DePaul Blue Demons 74-73 in the women’s Big East Championship game on Tuesday night in Chicago.

Chante Stonewall poured in 28 points, including the three-point play with 5.4 seconds left to win it for DePaul.  It was the only time that DePaul led in the final three-quarters of the game.

Natisha Hiedeman led the Golden Eagles with 18 points.

DePaul secures the automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.  Marquette will settle for an at-large bid when the pairings are announced on Monday.

Marquette opens Big East tournament with a win

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Natisha Hiedeman – File Photo Courtesy of Marquette Athletics

Big East Player of the Year, Natisha Hiedeman, scored 20 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to lead the Marquette Golden Eagles to a 88-57 win over 9th-seeded St. John’s in the conference tournament on Sunday.

Allazia Blockton added 17 points, Amani Wilborn 13 and Lauren Van Kleuen 11 for the Golden Eagles.

Marquette (25-6) will face Georgetown (16-14) in the semifinals at 3 p.m. on Monday afternoon.

The Golden Eagles shot 50 percent for the game with 8 three-pointers.

The two teams had split their two games during the regular season.

 

Three Golden Eagles receive men’s Big East honors

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Markus Howard – File Photo / Courtesy of Marquette Athletics

Marquette junior guard Markus Howard was a unanimous selection for the All-Big East first team, which was announced on Sunday.

Howard led the Big East in scoring, averaging 25 points a game.  He was joined on the first team by Georgetown center Jessie Govan, St. John’s guard Shamorie Ponds, Seton Hall guard Myles Powell and Villanova teammates Eric Paschall and Phil Booth.

Booth, Paschall and Powell were also unanimous picks.

Marquette junior forward Sam Hauser was named to the all-conference second team.  He’s averaging 14.8 points and 7.1 rebounds a game.

Sam’s younger brother, Joey Hauser, was named to the conference’s all-freshman team.  He’s averaging 9.8 points and 2.5 assists a game.

Marquette opens the Big East Tournament on Thursday night against the winner of a game between St. John’s and DePaul at Madison Square Garden.

Marquette ends regular season with four game slide

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At one point, Marquette looked like they were in the driver’s seat for the Big East regular season title.  But four straight losses to end the regular season took care of that.

The Golden Eagles dropped their Senior Day regular season finale on Saturday, falling to Georgetown 86-84 at Fiserv Forum.  The Golden Eagles (23-8, 12-6 Big East) had a chance to share the conference title with Villanova after the Wildcats lost at Seton Hall, but it wasn’t to be.

Georgetown’s freshmen backcourt of Mac McClung and James Akinjo combined to score 48 points in the win.

Marquette had an eight-point lead in the second half and lost it.

The Golden Eagles corrected their turnovers problems, committing just five for the game.  But they hit just 23 of 67 (34.3 percent) from the field and 26 of 36 (72.2 percent) from the free-throw line.

Markus Howard finished with 28 points, but made just 8 of 25 from the field.  Freshman Joey Hauser added 16 in the loss.

Marquette will open the Big East tournament on Thursday night against the winner of St.  John’s and De Paul at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Marquette is limping to the finish

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The Marquette Golden Eagles let a second half lead slip away and fell to Seton Hall 73-64 on Wednesday night at the Prudential Center.

It’s the third straight loss for the Golden Eagles (23-7, 12-5 Big East), who were outscored 18-0 in the final 4 minutes, 40 seconds by the Pirates (17-12, 8-9).

Marquette coughed up a second half lead for the third straight game and once again, turnovers were a problem.  The Golden Eagles finished with 17 giveaways after turning the ball over 40 times combined in previous losses to Villanova and Creighton.

Sam Hauser poured in 25 points for Marquette, but he was the only Golden Eagles player to finish in double figures.  The Big East’s leading scorer, Markus Howard, had just six points (2 of 11).  Freshman Joe Hauser hit just 2 of 12 from the field and finished with four points.

Marquette closes the regular season at home on Saturday against Georgetown.

 

Marquette’s grip on Big East is slipping

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The Marquette Golden Eagles had 22 turnovers and fell to the Creighton Blue Jays 66-60 on Sunday at Fiserv Forum.

The Golden Eagles (23-6, 12-4 Big East) trail Villanova (22-8, 13-4) by a half game in the Big East standings.  The Wildcats have one game left, while Marquette has two games left.

Marquette turned it over 18 times in a loss at Villanova on Wednesday, then added to that total on Sunday.

After falling behind 19-11, junior guard Markus Howard scored 21 straight points for the Golden Eagles to put them ahead late in the first half.  Marquette went into the locker room at halftime leading 33-29.

In the second half, Marquette led 54-50 with under seven minutes to play, but Creighton went on a 10-0 run to go up 60-54 with 2:16 left.  The Golden Eagles wouldn’t get any closer than four the rest of the way.

Howard finished with 33 points, giving him 740 for the season.  he broke Andrew Roswey’s single-season scoring record of 716 points, set last season.

A week ago, it looked as if Marquette was in the driver’s seat for the Big East title and top seed in the upcoming  tournament.  Now that race will go down to the wire.  Marquette returns to action on Wednesday night at Seton Hall.  They’ll close the regular season at home on Saturday against Georgetown.