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Bucks workout today includes two locals

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Carrington Love - Photo Courtesy of Green Bay Phoenix Athletics.

Carrington Love – Photo Courtesy of Green Bay Phoenix Athletics.

The Milwaukee Bucks are holding a pair of draft prospect workouts today at the team’s training center in St. Francis.

Today’s workouts will include two players with state ties.  Green Bay Phoenix guard Carrington Love will work out in the first group of athletes, while Marquette’s Henry Ellenson will workout in session number two.

Following is the complete list of players on hand today.

Max Landis  –  G  –  IPFW
Carrington Love  –  G  –  Green Bay
Tyrone Wallace  –  G  –  California
Kyle Collinsworth  –  G  –  BYU
Derrick Jones Jr.  –  F  –  UNLV
Kyle Wiltjer  –  F  –  Gonzaga

Session #2

Henry Ellenson  –  F  –  Marquette

The Bucks hold the 10th, 36th and 38th selections in the upcoming 2016 NBA Draft, which will be held on Thursday, June 23, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.

 

 

 

 

NBA Draft Combine starts today

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Nigel Hayes

Nigel Hayes

Wisconsin’s Nigel Hayes and Marquette’s Henry Ellenson will try to put their best foot forward for the pro scouts over the next several days.  They’ll join about 70 other players who were invited to the NBA Draft Combine which opens today in Chicago.

Ellenson has already signed with an agent, which means he can’t change his mind and return to school.

Hayes did not sign with an agent, which means he’ll have ten days after the combine ends to decide if he wants to continue with his pro plays, or return to the Madison for his senior season with the Badgers.

Former Whitefish Bay Dominican standout Diamond Stone of Maryland is also at the combine, in advance of the June 23rd NBA Draft.

Wally Ellenson walks away from Marquette basketball

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MarquetteGoldenEagles2Wally Ellenson will not return to the Marquette men’s basketball team next season.  Coach Steve Wojciechowski confirmed Thursday that Ellenson has quit the program, soon after his brother and teammate Henry Ellenson decided to turn pro.

Wally Ellenson will continue with the Marquette men’s outdoor track team this spring, as a four-time All-American in the high jump.  He has one year of eligibility left in both basketball and indoor track, and his future plans are not known.

Ellenson transferred to Marquette after two years with Minnesota, and he averaged tow points and two rebounds in eight minutes per game this season.

Report: Ellenson to turn pro

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Marquette men’s basketball freshman Henry Ellenson will reportedly turn pro.  ESPN says Ellenson will declare himself eligible for this summer’s NBA Draft and he’s expected to sign with an agent, which means he can’t change his mind.

The 6’11” forward out of Rice Lake is projected by many as a Top-Ten draft pick.  Ellenson set eight freshman records at Marquette while averaging 17 points and ten rebounds a game.

Ellenson led the Golden Eagles to a 20-13 record this past season but did not make a post-season tournament.

Ellenson named USBWA Freshman All-American

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Henry Ellenson

Henry Ellenson

The U.S. Basketball Writers Association named Marquette freshman forward Henry Ellenson to its freshman All-America team.

Ellenson joins LSU’s Ben Simmons, California’s Jaylen Brown, Duke’s Brandon Ingram and Kentucky’s Jamal Murray on the squad.

Simmons was named the winner of the Wayman Tisdale Award as the national freshman of the year.

Ellenson set Marquette’s scoring and rebounding records this season.  He also set freshman marks for scoring average (17.0), rebounding average (9.7), field goals made (194), field goals attempted (435), free throws made (143) and free throws attempted (191).

 

Marquette advances in Big East Tournament

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MarquetteGoldenEagles2The Marquette Golden Eagles went right down to the wire and knocked off St. John’s 101-93 in the opening round of the Big East Tournament.

The Golden Eagles (20-12, 8-10 Big East) extended its league-best streak of reaching the quarterfinals and will meet number-two Xavier at 6 p.m. tonight.

Freshman forward Henry Ellenson, who was named the Big East Freshman of the Year earlier in the day, led Marquette with 27 points and 14 rebounds.

The game had little flow, especially in the second half, when officials whistled 33 of the games 53 fouls.  A total of five players fouled out.

Haanif Cheatham added 19 points, including three of four free throws in the final minute.

Ellenson, Cheatham claim All-Big East honors

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Henry Ellenson

Henry Ellenson

Marquette freshmen Henry Ellenson and Haanif Cheatham have been named to the Big East Conference’s postseason squads on Sunday.

Ellenson was named All-Big East First Team and also claimed a spot on the Big East All-Freshman Team (unanimous selection).  Cheatham also earned a nomination to the Big East All-Freshman Team after a stellar debut campaign with the Golden Eagles.

Ellenson is the first freshman on the first team since Carmelo Anthony of Syracuse in 2002-03.  The eight-time Big East rookie of the week selection is one of five finalists for the Wayman Tisdale Award, presented to the nation’s top first-year player by the United States Basketball Writers Association.  The Rice Lake, Wisconsin native concluded the regular season ranked third in the league in scoring (16.8 ppg.) and first in rebounding (9.8 rpg.).  He is also currently fifth in blocked shots (1.5 bpg.), 12th in offensive rebounds (2.2 orpg.) and first in defensive rebounds (7.6 drpg.). [Read more…]

Fischer leads Marquette to victory

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Luke Fischer - Photo Courtesy of Marquette Athletics

Luke Fischer – Photo Courtesy of Marquette Athletics

Luke Fischer made two free throws with 1.2 seconds left to give the Marquette men an 88-87 victory over Georgetown in the Golden Eagles’ home season finale in Milwaukee.

Fischer poured in a career high 23 points, finishing 9-of-11 from the field and 5-of-6 from the free throw line.

Marquette freshman center Henry Ellenson left midway through the second half with an ankle injury.

The Golden Eagles blew an eleven-point halftime lead, but they prevailed as they  traded baskets and the lead near the end before Fischer capped it with his free throws.

Marquette took over sole possession of the number seven seed for next week’s Big East Conference tournament.  The Golden Eagles improved to eight-and-nine with the victory.

The Golden Eagles close out the regular season at Butler on Saturday.

 

Is this it for Marquette’s Ellenson?

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Henry Ellenson

Henry Ellenson

The Marquette Golden Eagles will play their final Big East home game on Tuesday night against the Georgetown Hoyas.  It’ll be the final home game for senior Michael Mache, who is a former walk-on and earned a scholarship at the start of this semester.

Mache will be honored before the game, but Marquette fans will quickly turn their focus to freshman Henry Ellenson.

The Rice Lake, Wisconsin native is averaging 16.6 points and 9.8 rebounds per game.  He broke the school’s freshman scoring record last Saturday and this week has been honored with his 7th Big East Freshman of the Week award.  Ellenson was also named one of five finalists for the Wayman Tisdale national freshman of the year award. [Read more…]

Marquette evens score with Creighton

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MarquetteGoldenEagles2Freshman forward Henry Ellenson collected his 16th double-double of the season, scoring 22 points and pulling down 16 rebounds to lead the Marquette Golden Eagles to a 66-61 win over the Creighton Blue Jays in Omaha, Nebraska on Wednesday night.

Marquette let a 15-point lead slip away, then buckled down defensively and got a big basket and pair of free throws from Ellenson to hang on for the win.

Marquette (18-10, 7-8 Big East) let a lead slip away against Creighton less than two weeks ago in Milwaukee and fell to the Blue Jays.  This time they held on for the win.

Marquette forced 14 turnovers, including seven by Blue Jays guard Maurice Watson Jr.

Creighton missed all nine of its first-half three-point attempts before finishing 3 for 21 beyond the arc.

Marquette won despite a short bench.  Freshman center Matt Heldt was out with a left knee sprain and sophomore guard Sandy Kohen III was benched for disciplinary reasons.

Marquette returns home to face top-ranked Villanova on Saturday.  The Wildcats lost to Xavier on Wednesday night.