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Marquette’s Wilson will transfer to Texas A & M

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Duane Wilson – Photo courtesy of Marquette Athletics

Last week, Marquette point guard Duane Wilson announced that he would graduate this spring and use his final year of basketball eligibility elsewhere.  Wilson confirmed with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Tuesday that he would use his final year with Texas A & M next season.

Wilson will join former Golden Eagles assistant coach Isaac Chew, who was part of Buzz Williams’ staff at Marquette from 2012-’14 and helped recruit Wilson.

The Aggies are light on point guards after finishing 16-15 this past season, and that’s where Wilson wants to play.

Wilson played in 30 games for the Golden Eagles in 2016-’17, earning seven starts and averaging 4.8 points and 1.8 rebounds a game.  He started 51 of 95 games during his career at Marquette, averaging 9.6 points and 2.3 rebounds a game.

 

Wilson leaving Marquette

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Duane Wilson – Photo courtesy of Marquette Athletics

Redshirt junior guard Duane Wilson has announced that he is leaving the Marquette men’s basketball program and will conclude his final season of eligibility at another school.

The Milwaukee, Wisconsin native is on track to graduate this May and would be immediately eligible to play in the 2017-18 season.  Wilson redshirted in 2013-14 after suffering a preseason injury.

Wilson appeared in 30 games for the Golden Eagles during the 2016-17 season, earning seven starts and averaged 16.4 minutes per game  He averaged 4.8 points and 1.8 rebounds a game.  Wilson started 51 of 95 games played at Marquette.

Wilson is looking for more playing time and wants to play point guard.  He recognized that wasn’t going to happen with freshman Markus Howard and redshirt junior Andrew Rowsey playing that position.

Wilson has hopes of playing professionally and feels he needs to not only get more playing time, but he needs that time to come at the point guard position to make that a reality.

Marquette drops second straight in 2K Classic

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Andrew Rowsey - Photo courtesy of Marquette Athletics

Andrew Rowsey – Photo courtesy of Marquette Athletics

The Marquette Golden Eagles coughed up a 15-point second-half lead on the way to a 78-75 loss to Pittsburgh in the 2K Classic at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Pittsburgh seniors Michael Young, Jamel Artis and Chris Jones combined to score 64 points.  Young led the way with 30.

Marquette’s three seniors, Luke Fischer, Jajuan Johnson and Katin Reinhardt combined for just 18 points, shooting 6 for 26 from the field with five turnovers.

Redshirt junior Andrew Rowsey scored 20 points on 5 of 12 shooting for the Golden Eagles.

The Golden Eagles bench outscored the Panthers bench 45-10.  Duane Wilson and Sam Hauser had 11 points each.

Marquette (2-2) returns home to host IUPUI on Tuesday night in the final game of the 2K Classic.

Marquette knocks off St. John’s after snow delay

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MarquetteGoldenEagles2After being delayed a day by the East Coast snow storm, the Marquette Golden Eagles knocked off St. John’s on Sunday, 78-73 in Big East action.

The game was moved from Saturday night at Madison Square Garden to the much-smaller Carnesseca Arena in Queens on Sunday afternoon.  Only about one-thousand fans saw the contest.

Marquette led by ten points with eight minutes left to play but St. John’s almost caught up.  Frederico Mussini missed a potential game-tying three-pointer in the final minute as Marquette held on.

The Golden Eagles won despite turning the ball over 22 times.  Duane Wilson scored a game-high 17 points for Marquette.

 

DePaul picks up first Big East win

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MarquetteGoldenEagles2The DePaul Blue Demons picked up their first Big East win of the season, knocking off the Marquette Golden Eagles 57-56 at the BMO Harris Bradley Center.

DePaul’s Billy Garrett Jr. tied the game with a hard drive to the basket with 1.1 seconds left and was fouled on the play.  Garrett made the free throw to give the Blue Demons the 1-point victory.

The loss was the third in a row for Marquette (12-7, 2-5 Big East).  The win for DePaul (7-12, 1-6) snapped their six-game losing streak. [Read more…]

Marquette survives OT, nabs first win

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MarquetteGoldenEagles2The Marquette men’s basketball team won for the first time this season, knocking off Indiana-Purdue-Indianapolis (IUPUI) 75-71 in overtime.  The Golden Eagles prevailed despite committing 20 turnovers.

Guard Duane Wilson (16 points) sealed the victory for Marquette.  With the shot clock running down, Wilson hit a driving layup and drew a foul.  Wilson added the free throw to give the Golden Eagles a four-point lead with 15.9 seconds left.

Henry Ellenson scored 18 points to lead the Golden Eagles.  Nine of the 18 points came at the free throw line.  Junior center Luke Fischer added 17 points and ten rebounds.

Marquette (1-1) returns to action on Thursday night, playing host to the Iowa Hawkeyes at the Bradley Center.

Marquette opens European Tour with comeback win

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MarquetteGoldenEagles2The Marquette men’s basketball team opened its four-game summer foreign tour by coming from behind to beat Kaukar Basketball 89-82 in Rome.

Duane Wilson poured in 28 points and freshman Henry Ellenson had 24 points and 10 rebounds to lead the way.

The Golden Eagles trailed at the end of each quarter but were able to rally on the strength of a 24-8 run to close out the game.

Junior center Luke Fischer added ten-points and ten-rebounds and sophomore Sandy Cohen added 10 points.

Marquette returns to action Saturday against BC Atletas (Lithuania) in Montecatinit Terme, Italy.

Marquette’s Wilson and Carlino honored

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Marquette Golden Eagles

Marquette Golden Eagles

The Marquette Golden Eagles are getting ready for the upcoming Big East men’s basketball tournament this week.

The Golden Eagles are the 9-seed and will face 8th-seeded Seton Hall in an opening round game on Wednesday night.  The winner advances to the Big East quarterfinals and will face top-seeded Villanova on Thursday.

Marquette redshirt freshman Duane Wilson was selected to the Big East All-Rookie Team on Sunday and teammate Matt Carlino was voted to the All-Big East Second Team.

Wilson was the top-scoring rookie in the Big East (12.3 ppg).

Carlino averaged 14.9 ppg, which ranked 7th in the Big East.  He also averaged 3.3 assists, 1.5 steals and led the league with 2.8 three-pointers per game.  Carlino transferred from BYU to used his final year of eligibility with the Golden Eagles.

The Big East Conference Rookie of the Year, as well as Player of the Year and other individual honors will be announced on Wednesday.

A tough day on the boards for Marquette

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MarquetteGoldenEagles2The Providence Friars had a busy day on the offensive glass and rebounded their way to a 77-66 win over the Marquette Golden Eagles in Big East action on Sunday in Providence, Rhode Island.

The Friars (20-9, 10-6 Big East) pulled down 19 offensive rebounds and turned them into 18 second chance points.  Providence out-rebounded Marquette 45-25 overall.  LaDontae Henton pulled down 15 rebounds, eight on offense, and led all scorers with 25 points.  Henton is the top scorer in the Big East Conference this season.  He surpassed 1,000 rebounds and is now just 17 points shy of 2,000 for his career.

Duane Wilson had 22 points and Matt Carlino 21 for Marquette (11-17, 3-13).

Marquette has two games left in the regular season, both at home.  The Golden Eagles host St. John’s on Wednesday and DePaul on Saturday.

Marquette lacks punch without Carlino

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MarquetteGoldenEagles2After beating Seton Hall without Matt Carlino on Saturday, the Marquette Golden Eagles couldn’t pull off a repeat last night.

Carlino was sidelined by a concussion for the second straight game and Marquette had no answer for visiting Xavier, falling 64-44 at the BMO Harris Bradley Center.

Marquette did jump out to a 16-5 lead, scoring all 16 of their points in the paint.  But the Golden Eagles managed to make just 10 baskets over the remaining 32-minutes of the game.  They shot just 34.6% against the Xavier 1-3-1 defense.

Duane Wilson scored 12 points and Juan Anderson added 11 points and nine rebounds in the loss for Marquette.  The Golden Eagles face Creighton on Saturday.

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