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Back injury ends Eke’s basketball career at Marquette

August 3, 2019 By Bill Scott

Redshirt sophomore Ike Eke’s basketball career at Marquette has come to an end.

The redshirt sophomore has been dealing with a back injury, causing him pain for most of the last two years. Eke has had a pair of surgeries and an extensive evaluation process has determined that he is medically incapacitated to participate in basketball at the collegiate level. He missed each of t he 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons with back injuries and underwent surgeries in January of 2018 and 2019.

The Lagos, Nigeria, native will remain enrolled at Marquette as he continues to pursue his bachelor’s degree.

Eke was a four-year letterwinner at University of Detroit Jesuit High School and a member of five-consecutive league championships and helped the team to the state title in 2015-16.

Marquette lands power forward for 2020 recruiting class

July 25, 2019 By Bill Scott

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.

Wisconsin to host Marquette in early season match

June 12, 2019 By Bill Scott

Kohl Center

The Wisconsin Badgers and Marquette Golden Eagles play every year. They’ve hooked up 124 times in a series that started back in 1917. The two teams have played every year since the 1958-59 season, withe the exception of the 1984-85 season.

What’s different about this upcoming seasons game is the date. The two teams will square off at the Kohl Center on Nov. 17. it’s the earliest scheduled meeting since the two teams played Nov. 14, 1997.

Wisconsin leads the all-time series with Marquette, 67-58, but the two teams have split the last 10 meetings.

Wisconsin’s non-conference schedule also includes road games at North Carolina State on Dec. 4 and at Tennessee on Dec. 28 as well as an appearance in the Legends Classic in Brooklyn on Nov. 25-26 along with Auburn, New Mexico and Richmond.

Three Wisconsin players selected in WNBA Draft

April 11, 2019 By Bill Scott

Natisha Hiedeman – File Photo Courtesy of Marquette Athletics

Milwaukee native Arike Ogunbowale was selected fifth overall by the Dallas Wings in Wednesday nights WNBA Draft.

Ogunbowale played collegiately at Notre Dame where she averaged 27.9 points a game, shot 69.7% from the field and was named the Associated Press player of the year. Ogunbowale finished with 2,626 career points for the Fighting Irish, the most in program history.

Ogunbowale is also one of three Notre Dame players to go in the first round, including Jackie Young who went number-one overall.

Port Wing, Wisconsin native Megan Gustafson was taken by the Wings in the second round, with the 17th overall pick. Gustafson wrapped up an outstanding career at Iowa. [Read more…]

Marquette women remain unbeaten in Big East

February 4, 2019 By Bill Scott

The Marquette women’s basketball team held off a late rally to knock off the DePaul Blue Demons 93-87. Allazia Blockton scored 25 points to lead the Golden Eagles (19-3, 10-0 Big East) to their 10th straight Big East win.

The 9th ranked Golden Eagles led by 13 in the third quarter, but DePaul chipped away at the deficit and tied the game with 3:42 left in the fourth on a layup by Kelly Campbell. Blockton gave Marquette a three-point lead with her basket and the foul with 2:01 left.

Marquette overcame foul trouble in the fourth quarter and Erika Davenport knocked down two free throws with 1:14 left to give the Golden Eagles an 88-83 advantage. Danielle King had 18 points for Marquette and Amani Wilborn added 17.

Badger women fall at home

Senior Marsha Howard scored 30 points, but Wisconsin still lost to Michigan 76-70 on Sunday at the Kohl Center.

The Badgers (11-12, 2-9 Big Ten) scored just eight points in the second quarter and trailed 32-22 at halftime.

Freshman Imani Lewis also added 15 for the Badgers.

Marquette adds Kansas State to its home schedule this season

May 3, 2018 By Bill Scott

Marquette is adding Kansas State to its hoops schedule this coming season. The Golden Eagles will host the Wildcats on December 1st at the Wisconsin Sports and Entertainment Center.

The teams will meet in Manhattan during the 2019-20 season.

The Wildcats reached the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament this past season and will return a majority of its roster. Most early top 25 lists include the Wildcats. The teams haven’t played since 1988.

Marquette is 3-7 all time against Kansas State, with the last matchup coming in 1988.

Marquette, Green Bay advancing to title games tonight

March 6, 2018 By Bill Scott

Both Marquette and Green Bay are headed back to their respective conference title games today.

Allazia Blockton poured in a career-high 32 points to lead Marquette to a 76-70 win over Creighton in the semifinals of the Big East Tournament on Monday.

The Golden Eagles (23-8) will take on DePaul (25-7) in the Big East championship game at 6 p.m. tonight.

Amani Wilborn added 16 and Danielle King 12 for the Golden Eagles.

Green Bay advances

The Green Bay Phoenix (28-3) advanced to today’s Horizon League championship game against Wright State. The Phoenix knocked off Youngstown State 66-45 in Monday’s semifinals, reaching the HL championship game for the eighth straight season.

Senior Jessica Lindstrom scored 17 points and grabbed nine rebounds to set a program Division 1 record with 1,000 career rebounds.

Today’s title game tips off at 11am from Detroit.

Howard is doubtful for Wednesday against St. John’s

February 20, 2018 By Bill Scott

Markus Howard – File Photo Courtesy of Marquette Athletics

Marquette’s top scorer Markus Howard is doubtful for Wednesday’s rematch against St. John’s at the Bradley Center. Howard suffered a right hip contusion on the Golden Eagles 90-86 win over Creighton on Saturday night in Omaha, Nebraska.

Howard is averaging 21.3 points a game, which ranks second in the Big East behind St. John’s guard Samorie Ponds (21.6 ppg).

Howard was hurt when he was fouled by Creighton’s Toby Hegner on a drive to the basket late in the first half. He landed hard on his right side and stayed on the floor for several minutes. Howard was helped off the court and taken to a local hospital for evaluation.

If Howard can’t play on Wednesday, it’ll be the first time he will have missed a game this season.

Marquette (15-11, 6-8 Big East) kept its NCAA Tournament hopes alive with their win at Creighton. Now they have to keep it going against St. John’s (14-11, 3-11) when the two teams hook up for the second time this season.

St. John’s won the first meeting 86-78 on February 10. Andrew Rowsey led the Golden Eagles with 34 points in the loss.

Trevor Anderson – Photo courtesy of Green Bay Phoenix Athletics

Three of the state’s NCAA Division I men’s basketball programs were impacted Wednesday by news of players transferring. UW-Green Bay freshman Trevor Anderson announced he’ll be leaving the Phoenix, and his scholarship, to walk on with the Wisconsin Badgers.

Anderson averaged 9.8 nearly ten points, 2.9 rebounds, and 2.7 assists while shooting nearly 38% from three-point range as the starting point guard at UWGB before a back injury ended his first season. The 6’2″ Anderson was the state’s Mr. Basketball leading Stevens Point Area Senior High to back-to-back state titles. He scored 2,360 points in his high school career. Per NCAA transfer rules, Anderson will sit out the 2017-18 season and have three years of eligibility remaining.

Wisconsin added another 2,000-point prep scorer Wednesday with 6’3″ walk-on guard Walt McGrory from Edina, Minnesota. McGrory turned down scholarship offers from Drake and South Dakota State, among others, to join the Badgers.

As first reported by ESPN, the Marquette Golden Eagles will add Nebraska transfer Ed Morrow to their 2018-19 roster. The 6’7″ power forward averaged 9.4 points and 7.5 rebounds last year for the Cornhuskers. The Chicago, Illinois, native will have two year of eligibility remaining after sitting out the upcoming season per NCAA transfer rules.

Wisconsin and Marquette each have one scholarship left to use for 2017-18.