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Marquette drops third straight in Big East

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Dawson Garcia

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 Dawson Garcia had a team-high 20 points and nine rebounds while Jamal Cain had 14 points and seven rebounds.

Marquette (8-9, 4-7 Big East) trailed 46-31 at halftime after St. John’s (11-7, 5-6 Big East) hit 52.9% from the field, including 7-of-15 from three-point range.

The Golden Eagles started the second half on a 20-5 run to tie the game at 51 with 5:39 left to play.

The Red Storm responded with a 12-3 run of their own to re-claim the lead and never trailed again.

Julian Champagnie led St. John’s with 22 points and seven rebounds.

The Golden Eagles head into the back half of their Big East schedule by playing host to the Butler Bulldogs on Tuesday night at Fiserv Forum.

 

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.

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 blows 18-point second half lead, falls to UConn

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Dawson Garcia – Photo Courtesy of Marquette Athletics

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, 43-25.  That’s when the Huskies Tyler Polley took over, scoring all 23 of his points in the second half to lead the comeback.  Polley hit five 3-pointers in the comeback after going 0 for 3 from the field in the first half.  UConn outscored Marquette 40-11 in the final 15 minutes.

Dawson Garcia had 20 points and 11 rebounds to lead Marquette (6-6, 2-4 Big East), which dropped back to .500 overall.

Isaiah Whaley added 15 points and 13 rebounds for UConn (5-1, 2-1), which has won five of their last six games.  This is the [Read more…]

Marquette Rebounds From 16 Point Deficit At Halftime To Win

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Jamal Cain – Photo Courtesy of Marquette Athletics

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 to beat the Hoyas (3-6, 1-4).  Marquette trailed by 16 points at halftime.

Dawson Garcia had nine points and 13 rebounds and Justin Lewis added 10 points.

Jahvon Blair had 20 points to lead the Hoyas who dropped their third straight game.

Marquette ended a three game losing streak and will host UConn on  Tuesday.

 

Marquette’s Big East Losing Streak Reaches Three

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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 added 10 to help the Wildcats win their sixth straight and send the Golden Eagles to their third straight loss.

Villanova led 36-30 at halftime, but Marquette’s (5-5, 1-3 Big East) Jamal Cain opened the second half with a 3-pointer that cut the Wildcats lead to 36-33.  But Villanova went on a 10-1 run and was never threatened from there.  The Wildcats led by as much as 23 points.

Cain scored 15 points and D.J. Carton and Theo John added 10 points each in the loss.

Marquette hit 26-51 (51%) from the field and 9-18 (50%) from three point range, but they made just 7 of 16 (43.8%) from the free throw line and committed 17 turnovers for the game.

The Golden Eagles get a week off and return to action January 2 at 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 Drops Big East Home Opener

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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 team-high eight rebounds for the Pirates.

D.J. Carton led Marquette (5-3, 1-1) with 16 points.  Theo John added 13 points and four blocked shots, while Jamal Cain had 12 points and eight rebounds.  Freshman Dawson Garcia pulled down a career-high 12 rebounds in the loss.

Marquette got just seven points from their bench, all coming from freshman Justin Lewis.  The Pirates held Marquette’s leading scorer, Koby McEwen, to seven points.

The Golden Eagles have lost the last five games in the series with Seton Hall.

The Golden Eagles return to action Sunday at Xavier.

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..