Brendan Bailey

Marquette’s Bailey will take a run at NBA Draft

April 20, 2020 By Bill Scott

Marquette Golden Eagles sophomore forward Brendan Bailey announced on Instagram Monday that he is going to give the NBA a shot in 2020.

The 6’8 Bailey is leaving the door open to a possible return to the Golden Eagles. He averaged 7.1 points and 5.2 rebounds a game last season. Bailey started all 30 games for Marquette last season, averaging just over 25 minutes a game and hitting 46 of 120 (38.3%) of his three-point attempts.

Bailey committed to Marquette in 2016 but took a two-year Mormon mission. His first season on the court with the Golden Eagles was 2018-19.

Brenden Bailey is the son of former NBA standout Thurl Bailey, who spent 13 seasons in the league.

Marquette ends three-game slide

February 27, 2020 By Bill Scott

Photo Courtesy of Marquette Athletics

Markus Howard poured on 30 points to lead the Marquette Golden Eagles to a 93-72 win over the Georgetown Hoyas on Wednesday night at Fiserv Forum.

Howard, who came in averaging 27.1 points a game, was 10-of-16 from the field, including 5-of-10 from three-point range. Sacar Anim and Jamal Cain added 15 points each for Marquette (18-9, 8-7 Big East Conference).

Brendan Bailey had 10 points while Jayce Johnson grabbed 11 rebounds to go with nine points.

Jagan Mosely had 19 points and six rebounds for the Hoyas (15-13, 5-10).

The Golden Eagles captured both games in the regular season series from the Hoyas. Marquette pulled out a 84-80 win on Jan. 18th.

Marquette returns to action on Saturday, playing their final home game of the season, against Seton Hall.

Marquette falls in Big East opener

January 2, 2020 By Bill Scott

Sacar Anim – Photo Courtesy of Marquette Athletics

The Marquette Golden Eagles dropped its Big East Conference opener, 92-75 at Chi Health Center Omaha on New Years Day.

Markus Howard, Sacar Anim and Brendan Bailey led the Golden Eagles (10-3, 0-1 Big East) with 18 points apiece in the loss. Bailey posted the first double-double of his career and the first by any Marquette player this season with 11 rebounds.

The Blue Jays (12-2, 1-0 Big East) took a 48-38 lead into the intermission and extended their lead in the second half.

Junior guards Mitchell Ballock and Ty-Shon Alexander scored 24 and 21 points, respectively to lead Creighton, which shot 50% (33-of-66) from the field and 17 of 22 from the free throw line.

The Golden Eagles are now 6-9 in Big East openers. They return to action on Saturday against No. 10 Villanova at 1 p.m. at Fiserv Forum.

Marquette falls to Maryland in Orlando Invitational

December 2, 2019 By Bill Scott

After scoring 91 points in the first two games of the Orlando Invitational, Marquette’s Markus Howard scored just six points on 1 of 12 shooting as the Golden Eagles fell to the Maryland Terrapins 84-63 in the tournament’s championship game on Sunday.