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Marquette ends three game slide (AUDIO)

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D.J. Carton – File Photo Courtesy of Michael Wittliff (Marquette Athletics)

The Marquette Golden Eagles led by as many as 18 points but had to hang on for a 70-67 win over the Butler Bulldogs 70-67 on Tuesday afternoon at Fiserv Forum.

The Golden Eagles (9-9, 5-7 Big East) shot 61.5% from the field (24-39) and were led in scoring by D.J. Carton and Koby McEwen with 18 points each.  Freshman forward Dawson Garcia added 14 points before fouling out late.

The Bulldogs (5-10, 4-8 Big East) gut the Marquette lead to two points at 69-67 on a Jair Bolden 3-pointer with 18 seconds remaining.  After a McEwen free throw, Bolden’s tying triple from the wing came up empty and the Golden Eagles escaped with the win.

Marquette resumes Big East Conference action on Saturday at 4 p.m. against No. 15 Creighton at Fiserv Forum.

AUDIO: Coach Steve Wojciechowski on ending the 3-game losing streak :15

AUDIO: Coach Wojciechowski on having to sweat out the final minutes :11

AUDIO: Coach Wojciechowski said they played well in the paint offensively :14

Marquette drops Big East road game at Providence

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This was supposed to be a stretch of games on Marquette’s games where they had a chance to pad their record, but the Golden Eagles have dropped a pair of winnable games to drop back to .500.

After a home loss to DePaul (68-61) on Saturday, the Golden Eagles started slow Wednesday night and fell to Providence 72-63 in overtime in Providence, Rhode Island.

The Friars (9-7, 5-5 Big East) avenged a 79-69 loss to the Golden Eagles on Jan. 12 at Fiserv Forum.

Marquette (8-8, 4-6 Big East) struggled out of the gates and scored just 18 points in the first half, trailing 25-18 at the break.  Marquette had more turnovers (nine) in the first half than they did field goals (eight).  The Golden Eagles shot just 34.8% (8 of 23) from the field in the first half.

The second half was better for the Golden Eagles, who hit their first four shots from the field and took a 36-35 lead with just over 12-minutes left in regulation.

Koby McEwen had 13 points to lead Marquette, but he spent most of the second half in foul trouble.  D.J. Carton and Justin Lewis added 12 points each.

Marquette returns home to host St. John’s in Big East action on Sunday afternoon.

Golden Eagles hold off Red Storm

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Koby McEwen – Photo courtesy of Marquette Athletics

Koby McEwen made a layup with 27 seconds left and Theo John had a big block in the closing seconds to league the Marquette Golden Eagles to a 73-71 win over St. John’s in Big East action on Saturday.

After McEwen’s drive down the left side of the lane, John swatted Vince Cole’s drive.  The Red Storm got the ball back but a desperation 3 at the buzzer was off the mark.

D.J. Carton had 14 points to lead the Golden Eagles (8-6, 4-4 Big East Conference).  Greg Elliott and Justin Lewis added 13 points and freshman Dawson Garcia added 11 points.

Julian Champagnie had 20 points for the Red Storm (7-7, 2-6).

The Golden Eagles held off the Red Storm for their first win at Carnesecca since 2015-16.

 

Garcia leads Marquette past Providence

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Dawson Garcia – File Photo Courtesy of Marquette Athletics

Freshman Dawson Garcia scored a career high 20 points to lead the Marquette Golden Eagles to a 79-69 win over the Providence Friars in Big East action Tuesday night at Fiserv Forum.

Senior guard Koby McEwen added 17 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists.  Jamal Cain had 12 points, Justin Lewis scored 11 and D.J. Carton had 10 to finish in double figures as well.

The Golden Eagles jumped out to a 34-18 lead in the first half and held the Friars to 33% first half shooting to lead by nine at the break.

Providence closed the gap in the second half but Marquette led wire-to-wire for the win.

Nate Watson led Providence (7-6, 3-4 Big East) with 18 points, but the Friars lost their third straight.

The Golden Eagles (7-6, 3-4 Big East) will hit the road, at St. John’s on Saturday.  Providence returns home to host Georgetown.

Marquette Falls To Xavier At The Buzzer

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Dawson Garcia

The Marquette Golden Eagles continue to point to defense, or the lack there of it, for their latest setback.

Xavier hit 18 of 26 (69.2%) in the second half, including 7 of 10 from three point range to pull out a 91-88 buzzer beating win over the Golden Eagles on Sunday.  The Xavier improved to 8-0 overall, 1-0 in the Big East with the win.

Marquette (5-4, 1-2 Big East) got a four-point play with 25 seconds left and it looked like the game was headed for overtime, but the Golden Eagles couldn’t get a rebound and the Musketeers Adam Kunkel drilled a three-pointer at the buzzer to win it.

The Golden Eagles have now lost back-to-back Big East games after opening league play with a win at then, No. 9 Creighton on Monday.

Marquette didn’t have an answer for Xavier guard Paul Scruggs, who scored 29 points on 11 of 19 shooting.  He hit 5 of 8 three-pointers.

Dawson Garcia and Koby McEwen had 20 points each to lead the Golden Eagles, who shot 55.2% (32-58) from the field for the game.  Marquette made 8 of 18 (44.4%) from three point range and 16-17 (94.1%) from the free throw line.

The Golden Eagles return home to host Villanova on Wednesday at Fiserv Forum.

Marquette Opens Big East With Win At Creighton

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Steve Wojciechowski

D.J. Carton scored a career-high 20 points, and Greg Elliott and Dawson Garcia combined for 23 of their 28 in the second half to lead the Marquette Golden Eagles to a 89-84 road upset over No. 9 Creighton to open Big East Conference play on Monday night.

The Golden Eagles (5-2, 1-0 Big East) came from 12-points down to beat the Blue Jays (4-2, 0-1).

Mitch Ballock hit 8 of his 13 three-pointers and scored a season-high 26 points to lead Creighton.  Denzel Mahoney added 21 points.

The Golden Eagles beat the 2019-20 Big East regular-season co-champions for the first time in four meetings.

The Blue Jays ran off nine straight points to get to 76-75 but Carton hit a three and Dawson Garcia added a jumper and a put back basket to make it 83-75.

Creighton would again cut the Marquette lead to three and Carton missed a free throw but the Golden Eagles kept possession on a tie-up under the basket.  Koby McEwen then made a pair of free throws for an 85-80 lead with 30 seconds left.

Creighton didn’t do themselves any favors at the free throw line, hitting just 11 of 22 in the second half and finished 14 of 25 (56%) for the game.  Marquette held Creighton to 44% shooting from the field in the second half and outscored the Blue Jays 54-40 in the second half.

The Golden Eagles return home to host Seton Hall in their Big East home opener on Thursday night at Fiserv Forum.

 

Marquette Improves To 4-1 With Win Over Green Bay

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Koby McEwen poured in a game-high 28 points Tuesday night, leading the Marquette Golden Eagles to a 82-68 win over the Green Bay Phoenix at Fiserv Forum.

Freshman Dawson Garcia tallied 18 points and seven rebounds for the Golden Eagles.  Teammate D.J. Carton added nine points while Jamal Cain and Theo John had eight each.

For Green Bay, P.J. Pipes had 22 points, Josh Jefferson 17 and Japannah Kellogg III had 11.

Marquette held Green Bay to 29.6% from beyond the arc and 39.7% from the field.

The Golden Eagles lead the all-time series, 10-3, over Green Bay with all but one of those games coming in Milwaukee.

Next up for Marquette is a trip to Los Angeles to face UCLA at Pauley Pavilion on Friday.  The game is set to tip at 8:30 p.m..

Marquette’s first test results in defeat

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The Marquette Golden Eagles faced their first real test of the season and the result was their first loss of the season, 70-62 to Oklahoma State at Fiserv Forum.

The Golden Eagles (2-1) hit just 8 of 31 from the field in the second half and finished with 24 turnovers, struggling against the Cowboys zone defense.  Oklahoma State turned those 24 turnovers into 34 points.

Marquette finished 33.9% for the game from the field (20-59).  They shot 27% from three-point distance and only 66.7% from the free throw line (14-21).

Koby McEwen had 21 points to lead all scorers for Marquette.  Forward Jamal Cain was the only other Marquette player in double figures with 13.

Marquette remains home this Friday, facing the rival Wisconsin Badgers (3-0) at Fiserv Forum.

AUDIO: Coach Steve Wojciechowski on his teams loss :10

AUDIO: Steve Wojciechowski on his teams 24 turnovers :05

Badgers lock up Howard and pull away to beat rival Marquette

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Kohl Center – Courtesy of University of Wisconsin

Marquette’s All-American senior guard Markus Howard poured in 16 points on 6 of 12 shooting in the first half, but the Wisconsin Badgers made life much tougher on Howard in the second half and pulled out a 77-61 win over the Golden Eagles at the Kohl Center.

Howard missed all nine of his shots in the second half, making only a pair of free throws.

“Honestly, it was a team effort,” Badger guard D’Mitrik Trice said.  “We know he’s a great, great scorer.  He’s one of the best in college basketball, so we knew it was going to take all of us to lock him up on defense.  We knew it would lead to offense.”

Trice finished with 10 points, one of six Badgers scoring in double figures.  Brevin Pritzl led the way with 15 points and 13 rebounds.  Brad Davison also had 15 points in the win.  Aleem Ford added 12 points. [Read more…]

Strong second half lifts Marquette past Purdue

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The Marquette Golden Eagles trailed by as many as 18 points in the first half and looked like they were headed towards their first loss of the season.  But the Golden Eagles started to hit some shots and played some lock-down defense to come from behind to beat the Purdue Boilermakers 65-55 in a Gavitt Tipoff game Wednesday night at Fiserv Forum.

The Golden Eagles improved to 1-3 in the annual competition between the Big East and Big Ten Conferences.

Junior guard Koby McEwen, who transferred from Utah State, led the second half charge, scoring 18 of his game-high 23 points after halftime.

Marquette hit just 2 of its 12 three-pointers in the first half and went down by 18 with 1:59 left in the first half.  But McEwen’s three-pointer with 30 seconds left in the first half to send the Golden Eagles into the break trailing 38-25. [Read more…]