by Bill Scott | Oct 28, 2020
With four starters returning from a team that compiled a 24-7 overall record and a 13-5 conference mark, Villanova has been chosen to win the 2020-21 regular-season crown in the BIG EAST Preseason Coaches’ Poll. The Wildcats, who tied Creighton and Seton Hall...
by Bill Scott | May 13, 2020
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh’s Adam Fravert has been selected the NCAA Division III Public School Men’s Player of the Year, while UW-Platteville head coach Jeff Gard was tabbed the NCAA Division II-III Men’s Coach of the Year by the Wisconsin...
by Bill Scott | Apr 16, 2020
Former Ohio State guard D.J. Carton says he has decided to transfer to Marquette to play for the Golden Eagles. Carton entered the NCAA transfer portal back in March after leaving the Buckeyes in January because of mental health issues and will now play three hours...
by Bill Scott | Apr 8, 2020
Marquette Golden Eagles guard Markus Howard came up short in his bid for this year’s Wooden Award. Howard was one of five finalists as the top player in college basketball, but the honor went to Dayton forward Obi Toppin. Howard led the nation in scoring...
by Bill Scott | Mar 25, 2020
Marquette’s Markus Howard is now a consensus first-team All-American. Howard was named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches’ All-American first team on Tuesday. Howard was previously honored by the Sporting News, Associated Press and...
by Bill Scott | Mar 17, 2020
Marquette’s standout guard Markus Howard was named to the USA Today’s first team All-American squad on Monday. Howard averaged 27.8 points a game and shot 41% from three-point range this season. Forward Obi Toppin of Dayton was named the Player of...
by Bill Scott | Mar 9, 2020
Marquette senior guard Markus Howard was named to the All-Big East first team for the second straight season on Sunday. The 5’11 guard finished the regular season as the nation’s leading scorer at 27.8 points a game. He averaged a Big East-record 28.7...
by Bill Scott | Mar 4, 2020
Things are going from bad to worse for the Marquette Golden Eagles. They entered the week with a pair of Big East road games to close out the regular season, trying to find their way with the postseason fast approaching. A matchup against the Big East’s last...
by Bill Scott | Feb 23, 2020
As the regular season winds down, the Marquette Golden Eagles dropped their third straight, falling to Providence 84-72 on Saturday in Providence, Rhode Island. The 19th ranked Golden Eagles (17-9, 7-7 Big East) will most likely drop out of the top 25 polls when they...
by Bill Scott | Feb 19, 2020
Creighton junior Ty-Shon Alexander held Markus Howard scoreless in the first half, leading the 15th ranked Blue Jays to a 73-65 win over the Marquette Golden Eagles on Tuesday night at Fiserv Forum. The 19th ranked Golden Eagles (17-8, 7-6 Big East) have now dropped...
by Bill Scott | Feb 13, 2020
A slow start offensively, forced #18 Marquette to play catch-up all night before falling to #15 Villanova 72-71 in Philadelphia on Wednesday night. Jeremiah Robinson-Earl had 17 points and 11 rebounds for the Wildcats (18-6, 8-4 Big East), who snapped a three-game...
by Bill Scott | Jan 2, 2020
The Marquette Golden Eagles dropped its Big East Conference opener, 92-75 at Chi Health Center Omaha on New Years Day. Markus Howard, Sacar Anim and Brendan Bailey led the Golden Eagles (10-3, 0-1 Big East) with 18 points apiece in the loss. Bailey posted the first...
by Bill Scott | Dec 2, 2019
After scoring 91 points in the first two games of the Orlando Invitational, Marquette’s Markus Howard scored just six points on 1 of 12 shooting as the Golden Eagles fell to the Maryland Terrapins 84-63 in the tournament’s championship game on Sunday....
by Bill Scott | Nov 29, 2019
Markus Howard poured in 40 points to lead the Marquette Golden Eagles to a 73-63 win over Davidson in the opening round of the Orlando Invitational on Thursday night. It was Howard’s fifth career game of 40 or more points. The Golden Eagles (4-1) were clinging...
by Bill Scott | Nov 18, 2019
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...
by Bill Scott | Nov 14, 2019
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...
by Bill Scott | Nov 6, 2019
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)...
by Bill Scott | Oct 23, 2019
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...
by Bill Scott | Oct 11, 2019
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...
by Bill Scott | Jul 25, 2019
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...
