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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…]

Howard sets career scoring mark in Marquette victory

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Markus Howard – file photo / Courtesy of Marquette Athletics

The Marquette Golden Eagles cruised to an 88-53 win over Loyola Maryland to open up the 2019-20 season on Tuesday night at Fiserv Forum.

Preseason First Team All-American Markus howered poured in 38 points, 30 of them in the first half to pass Jerel McNeal (2005-09) as the program’s all-time leading scorer.  Howard hit 11 of 20 from the field, including 7 of his 10 three point attempts.

The Golden Eagles shot 51.7 percent from the field and an even better 60.9 percent from 3-point range (14 of 23), helping them move to 87-16 in all-time season opening games.

Redshirt senior Sacar Anim and Utah State transfer Koby McEwen joined Howard in double figures with 11 points each.  Junior forward Theo John also blocked a career high eight shots and pulled down a team-high eight rebounds.

The Golden Eagles return to action a week from tonight against Purdue as part of the Gavitt Tipoff Games between the Big Ten and Big East Conferences.

 

Marquette’s Howard named AP All-American

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Markus Howard – file photo / Courtesy of Marquette Athletics

Marquette Golden Eagles guard Markus Howard has been named to the Associated Press’ preseason All-American Team on Tuesday,

Howard joins Michigan State’s Cassius Winston, Seton Hall’s Myles Powell, Louisville’s Jordan Nwora and Memphis’ James Wiseman.  Winston was the only consensus selection.

Howard was a second-team AP All-American last season, finishing 5th in the country in scoring at 25 points a game.

The Golden Eagles open their season with a exhibition game against St. Norbert College on Oct. 29th.  They play their regular season opener against Loyola-Maryland on Tuesday, November 5.

Then they’ll have back-to-back games against Big Ten opponents.  They’ll host Purdue on November 13 and travel to Madison for their in-state battle with Wisconsin on November 17.

Howard falls short in preseason Big East honor

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Markus Howard – file photo / Courtesy of Marquette Athletics

Marquette Golden Eagles guard Markus Howard is the reigning Big East Conference Player of the Year.  But Howard fell short in the voting by Big East Coaches as the preseason conference Player of the Year.

Big East Conference coaches picked Seton Hall senior Myles Powell as the preseason Player of the Year instead.  Seton Hall was also picked by the coaches to win the league this season.

Howard averaged 25 points a game last season and was still a unanimous pick for the preseason All-Big East first team.  Joining Howard on the first team are Xavier forward Naji Marshall, Butler guard Kamar Baldwin, Providence guard Alpha Diallo and Creighton guard Ty-Shon Alexander.

Villanova was picked to finish second, Xavier third and Marquette fourth.

DePaul was the unanimous choice to win the Women’s Big East regular season title.  Marquette was picked to finish ninth.

 

Marquette lands power forward for 2020 recruiting class

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The Marquette men’s basketball team has landed their first player for their 2020 recruiting class.

Power forward Justin Lewis of Baltimore Polytechnic High School committed to the Golden Eagles on Wednesday.  The 6’8, 225-pound Lewis ranks 74th in the 247 Sports composite rankings.

Lewis has helped guide Polytechnic to three straight Maryland state championships.

Marquette will have to replace Markus Howard, Ed Morrow Jr., Sacar Anim and grad transfer Jayce Johnson after next season.

 

Wojciechowski gets extension at Marquette

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Steve Wojciechowski

Marquette is locking up men’s basketball coach Steve Wojciechowski long-term.  His new deal now runs through the 2023-’24 season.

Marquette won 23 games during the regular season and finished second in the Big East, but the Golden Eagles lost six of their last seven.

After guard Markus Howard announced in early April that he was returning for his senior season, brothers Sam and Joey Hauser announced that they were leaving the program.

Despite the fact that Wojciechowski has led the Golden Eagles to three straight postseason tournaments, they’re 0-2 in NCAA Tournament games.  Marquette did win a pair of games in the 2018 National Invitation Tournament.

Marquette was in line to claim the Big East championship but dropped its final four regular-season [Read more…]

Happ, Howard named All-American

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Ethan Happ

The state of Wisconsin has two All-American college basketball players in the same season for the first time ever.

Wisconsin senior Ethan Happ and Marquette junior Markus Howard were both named to the All-American second team by the Associated Press on Tuesday.

Happ, who was also a AP third-team All-American in 2017, is the first two-time AP All-American in Wisconsin.

Averaging 17.3 points, 10.1 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game, Happ was the nation’s only player to average at least 16.0 ppg, 10.0 rpg and 4.0 apg.  In fact, in the last 20 years, the NCAA’s only other player [Read more…]

Golden Eagles are one and done in NCAA’s

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After struggling down the stretch during the regular season, it was no surprise to see the Marquette Golden Eagles suffer a 83-64 loss to 12th-seeded Murray State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday in Hartford, Conn.

Marquette (24-10) dropped six of its last seven games after being ranked as high as 10th in the Top 25 polls back in February.

The Racers (28-4) got 17 points, 16 assists and 11 rebounds from star guard Ja Morant to win their 12th straight win.  He’s the first player to record a triple-double in the NCAA Tournament game since Draymond Green with Michigan State in 2012.  Morant is just the 8th player to achieve the honor.

Markus Howard had 16 points in the first half and 26 for the game.  Sam Hauser added 16 points for the Golden Eagles, who managed to shoot just over 32% as a team for the game.

Marquette hasn’t won a game in the NCAA Tournament since 2013.

Racers coach Matt McMahon said they wanted to make the Golden Eagles a one-on-one team.  Their game plan worked.

Murray State will move on to the second round and face Florida State on Saturday for the right to move on to the Sweet 16.

 

Howard powers Marquette into Big East semifinals

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Big East Conference Player of the Year Markus Howard poured in 30 points to lead the Marquette Golden Eagles to a 86-54 win over St. John’s in the Conference Tournament quarterfinals on Thursday night at Madison Square Garden.

Marquette used a 16-0 second half run to pull away, ending a four game losing streak and beating the Red Storm for the first time in three meetings this season.

The Golden Eagles (24-8) had blown leads in the second half of each of their last four games to close out the regular season.

Shamorie Ponds combined to score 54 points in the two earlier wins against Marquette, but he was held to 13 points on Thursday night.

The Red Storm managed to shoot just 30 percent from the field and 15 percent from three-point distance.

Marquette advances to the Big East semifinals on Friday night against Seton Hall at 8 p.m.