by Bill Scott | Jul 8, 2021
Dawson Garcia pulled his name from consideration for the NBA Draft this week. Today, the 6’11 forward announced he would be transferring to North Carolina where he’ll be able to play for the Tar Heels immediately. Garcia averaged 13 points and 6.6...
by Bill Scott | Jul 7, 2021
Dawson Garcia has decided to pull his name from consideration for the NBA Draft and will return to college basketball. But just where he ends up, remains to be seen. The 6’11 Garcia entered the NCAA transfer portal on June 25 and will be eligible to play at a...
by Bill Scott | Apr 14, 2021
Brookfield Central’s 6’7 forward David Joplin will play college basketball for Shaka Smart at Marquette next season. Joplin signed to play for Smart at Texas but was granted his release from his national letter of intent after Smart was hired by...
by Bill Scott | Mar 26, 2021
Wisconsin native Shaka Smart has been named the 18th head coach of the Marquette University men’s basketball program on Friday. The university will officially Smart during a news conference on Monday. In 12 seasons as a head coach at Virginia Commonwealth...
by Bill Scott | Mar 3, 2021
Sophomore guard D.J. Carton scored 17 of his 20 points in the second half and added seven rebounds to lead the Marquette Golden Eagles (12-13, 7-11 Big East) to a 77-71 win over the DePaul Blue Demons (4-13, 2-13 Big East) on Tuesday night at Wintrust Arena. Dawson...
by Bill Scott | Feb 25, 2021
Marquette didn’t even have last nights game at North Carolina scheduled until last Saturday. They’re glad they went through with it, knocking off the Tarheels 83-70 in Chapel Hill. Marquette (11-12) freshman Dawson Garcia led all scorers with 24...
by Bill Scott | Feb 18, 2021
The Marquette Golden Eagles ended a 3-game losing streak with their most complete victory of the season, a 73-57 win over Butler in Big East Conference action on Wednesday night in Indianapolis. Having dropped six of their last seven games, Marquette coach Steve...
by Bill Scott | Feb 15, 2021
The Marquette Golden Eagles shot just 30% from the field and 12% from 3-point range and fell to the Seton Hall Pirates 57-51 in Big East road action on Sunday. D.J. Carton had 16 points and Theo John added 14 points and seven rebounds for the Golden Eagles (9-12, 5-10...
by Bill Scott | Feb 10, 2021
The Marquette Golden Eagles fell further behind in the Big East Conference, dropping a 96-64 decision at 4th ranked Villanova on Wednesday night. Freshman forward Dawson Garcia scored 14 of his career-high 28 points in the first half and guard D.J. Carton added 13...
by Bill Scott | Feb 7, 2021
The Marquette Golden Eagles late rally fell short on Saturday, falling to the Creighton Blue Jays 71-68 at Fiserv Forum. The 12th ranked Blue Jays (14-5, 10-4 Big East) had 19 second-chance points on 11 offensive rebounds in the win The Golden Eagles (9-10, 5-8 Big...
by Bill Scott | Feb 1, 2021
Marquette’s Big East losing streak reached three games on Sunday, falling at home to St. John’s 75-73 on Sunday. Theo John tied his career-high with 16 points and all five of Marquette’s starters reached double figures in scoring. Freshman...
by Bill Scott | Jan 28, 2021
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...
by Bill Scott | Jan 13, 2021
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...
by Bill Scott | Jan 6, 2021
Marquette came from behind to beat Georgetown over the weekend. Tuesday night, the Golden Eagles coughed up an 18-point second half lead and fell to Connecticut 65-54 at Fiserv Forum. Marquette opened the second half on a 12-2 run for its largest lead of the game,...
by Bill Scott | Jan 3, 2021
Jamal Cain poured in a career-high 25 points to lead the Marquette Golden Eagles to a 64-60 come-from-behind win over the Georgetown Hoyas in Big East Conference action on Saturday in Washington, D.C. The Golden Eagles (6-5, 2-3 Big East) ended the game on a 22-6 run...
by Bill Scott | Dec 23, 2020
Collin Gillespie scored 22 points and sank six 3-pointers to lead No. 5 Villanova (8-1, 3-0 Big East) to a 85-68 win over the Marquette Golden Eagles on Wednesday night at Fiserv Forum. Jeremiah Robinson-Earl and Justin Moore added 13 points each and Caleb Daniels...
by Bill Scott | Dec 21, 2020
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...
by Bill Scott | Dec 18, 2020
A late-game rally from Marquette fell short on Thursday night as the Golden Eagles dropped their Big East Conference home opener 70-63 at Fiserv Forum. Seton Hall’s Sandro Mamukelashvili led all scorers with 17 points and Jared Rhoden added 16 points and a...
by Bill Scott | Dec 15, 2020
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...
by Bill Scott | Dec 9, 2020
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...
