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Marquette to open NCAA Tournament against South Carolina (AUDIO)

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Marquette Men’s Basketball 2017 NCAA Selection Show at the Annex – Photo Courtesy of Marquette Athletics.

The Marquette Golden Eagles (19-12) earned a number-10 seed in the NCAA Tournament’s East Region and will face number-7 South Carolina (22-10) on Friday in Greenville, South Carolina.

It’s the first trip to the NCAA Tournament for Marquette since 2013 and the first since Steve Wojciechowski took over the program.

Besides guard Katin Reinhardt, who made the NCAA Tournament while playing with UNLV and USC, this is the first trip for any other players on the Golden Eagles roster. [Read more…]

Marquette wraps up regular season with big home win

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Senior Jajuan Johnson – Photo Courtesy of Marquette Athletics

The Marquette Golden Eagles closed out the regular season on Saturday with a 81-83 win over Creighton in Big East action at the Bradley Center.

Senior Jajuan Johnson had 20 points, 18 coming in the first half, to lead Marquette (19-11, 10-8 Big East).  Johnson hit a career high four three-pointers as the Golden Eagles built a 10-point lead (52-42) at halftime.

Marquette as a team hit 14 of 28 three-point attempts and led by as many as 18 points in the second half.

Freshman Markus Howard finished with 18 points, nine assists and seven rebounds.  Fellow freshman Sam Hauser added 11 points and seven rebounds. [Read more…]

Marquette inching closer towards NCAA post season bid

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Andrew Rowsey – File Photo Courtesy of Marquette Athletics.

The Marquette Golden Eagles took another step towards their first NCAA Tournament berth since 2013 when they knocked off the Xavier Musketeers 95-84 in Cincinnati on Wednesday night.

The win lifts the Golden Eagles (18-11, 9-8 Big East) into a three-way tie for fourth place in the Big East Conference.  It gives Marquette a first round bye in the upcoming Big East Tournament.

Xavier (18-12, 8-9) lost its sixth straight game, their longest slide since 1982.

Redshirt junior Andrew Rowsey led Marquette with 20 points.  Senior Jajuan Johnson added 19 points and Katin Reinhardt added 17 points as the Golden Eagles shot 61.1% from the field for the game.

Marquette closes out the regular season on Saturday at home against Creighton.

Heldt & Hauser lead Marquette past St. John’s (AUDIO)

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Matt Heldt – Photo Courtesy of Marquette University Athletics

Freshman Sam Hauser hit five three pointers and finished with a team high 19 points and little used sophomore Matt Heldt had career highs in points (15), rebounds (10) and minutes (29) to help the Marquette Golden Eagles knock off St. John’s 93-71 at the BMO Harris Bradley Center on Tuesday night.

Heldt entered Tuesday’s game with the fewest minutes logged among the teams nine scholarship players.  But he had six points and nine rebounds in Saturday’s win over Xavier and earned more minutes last night.

Marquette (17-10, 8-7 Big East) also got 18 points from redshirt junior Andrew Rowsey and 16 from Katin Reinhardt as the Golden Eagles took another step towards earning a spot in the NCAA Tournament field.

The Golden Eagles have three games left in the Big East regular season, two of the three coming on the road.  It starts on Saturday with a trip to Providence.

Marquette made 12 three-pointers on the night, giving them a program record of 275 in a season.

AUDIO: Matt Heldt on his first career double-double :16

AUDIO: Steve Wojciechowski on Matt Heldt :19

AUDIO: Steve Wojciechowski says Helt deserved the opportunity :15

Marquette stuns top ranked Villanova (AUDIO)

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Marquette fans storm the court to celebrate 74-72 win over top-ranked Villanova

The Marquette Golden Eagles came from 17 points down in the second half to upset the number-one team in the AP Top 25 Poll, Villanova 74-72 in men’s college basketball action at the BMO Harris Bradley Center on Tuesday night.

The Golden Eagles closed the game with a 19-4 run to pull out the win.  Katin Reinhardt scored 18 of his 19 points in the second half, including a pair of game winning free throws with 11.2 seconds left.

Villanova’s Jalen Brunson drove to the basket for a final chance but his layup was off the mark and the Marquette fans stormed the court to celebrate the upset victory. [Read more…]

Marquette rolls past IUPUI

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Steve Wojciechowski

Steve Wojciechowski

Steve Wojciechowski benched  his seniors to start the game and the Marquette Golden Eagles responded with a 104-79 win over IUPUI on Tuesday night at the BMO Harris Bradley Center.

Luke Fischer, Katin Reinhardt and Jajuan Johnson started last night’s game on the bench and responded with good minutes off of the bench.

Reinhardt entered the game shooting just 27.5% from the field.  While he hit just 3 of 10 from the field last night, Reinhardt made 2 of 5 three-point shots and was a perfect 8-for-8 at the free throw line.

Johnson finished 5-of-8 from the field, scoring 11-points.  Fischer went 6-for-6 from the field and despite foul trouble, finished with 14-points.

As a team, the Golden Eagles shot 57% from the field and hit 23-of-26 from the free throw line.

Sophomore Haanif Cheatham led all scorers with 22 points for Marquette.

Marquette adds two on signing day

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MarquetteGoldenEagles2Marquette officially announced the additions of 5’11 point guard Markus Howard from Findlay Prep in Henderson, Nevada, and graduate transfer Katin Reinhardt from USC.

Howard is a consensus top 50 recruit and will arrive on campus this summer after averaging 18.6 points and 3.4 assists a game in one season at Findlay Prep.  Originally a class of 2017 recruit, the honors student will graduate high school early and join the program’s 2016 recruiting class.

Reinhardt committed to transfer to Marquette last Saturday and will have one year of eligibility left.  He is due to arrive on campus during the summer and will be able to play right away.  He helped the Trojans reach the NCAA Tournament this past season.