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Marquette adds another Hauser on signing day

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Steve Wojciechowski and the Marquette men’s basketball program landed the state’s top 2018 recruit in Stevens Point’s 6’8 forward Joey Hauser.  It means Joey will join his older brother Sam on the Marquette roster starting next season.

Joey Hauser officially signed his National Letter of Intent on Wednesday.  He’s joined by Brendan Bailey from American Fork (Utah) High School.  Bailey officially signed in 2016 but is on a two-year Mormon mission in Washington D.C.

Joey Hauser led Stevens Point to three straight WIAA Division 1 championships.  He averaged 23.6 points, 11.5 rebounds and 5.1 assists a game last season as a junior.

Joey’s brother Sam averaged 8.8 points a game as a freshman with the Golden Eagles last season.

Marquette adds Judson to coaching staff

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The Marquette men’s basketball team has hired veteran coach Rob Judson as special assistant to head coach Steve Wojciechowski on Tuesday.

Judson has more than 30 years of coaching experience, including the last four at Indiana under former Marquette coach Tom Crean.  Judson was the Hoosiers’ director of basketball operations for two seasons before moving into an assistant coaching position prior to the 2015-16 season in Bloomington.

Judson was also an assistant for Illinois from 1996-2001, where he served as a top recruiter for Lon Kruger and Bill Self and watched the Fighting Illini make four NCAA tournament appearances in five years and win Big Ten crowns in 1998 and 2001.

Marquette adds transfer forward Ed Morrow

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Ed Morrow, who spent the last two seasons at the University of Nebraska, is joining the Marquette men’s basketball program.  Golden Eagles head coach Steve Wojciechowski made the announcement Tuesday morning.

The 6’7 Morrow will arrive on campus this summer and have two years of eligibility with the Golden Eagles after redshirting in 2017-18.

The Lincoln, Nebraska, native appeared in 54 career games, earning 19 starts with the Cornhuskers.  As a sophomore last season, Morrow posted game averages of 9.4 points and 7.5 rebounds, starting 18 games.

Heldt & Hauser lead Marquette past St. John’s (AUDIO)

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Matt Heldt – Photo Courtesy of Marquette University Athletics

Freshman Sam Hauser hit five three pointers and finished with a team high 19 points and little used sophomore Matt Heldt had career highs in points (15), rebounds (10) and minutes (29) to help the Marquette Golden Eagles knock off St. John’s 93-71 at the BMO Harris Bradley Center on Tuesday night.

Heldt entered Tuesday’s game with the fewest minutes logged among the teams nine scholarship players.  But he had six points and nine rebounds in Saturday’s win over Xavier and earned more minutes last night.

Marquette (17-10, 8-7 Big East) also got 18 points from redshirt junior Andrew Rowsey and 16 from Katin Reinhardt as the Golden Eagles took another step towards earning a spot in the NCAA Tournament field.

The Golden Eagles have three games left in the Big East regular season, two of the three coming on the road.  It starts on Saturday with a trip to Providence.

Marquette made 12 three-pointers on the night, giving them a program record of 275 in a season.

AUDIO: Matt Heldt on his first career double-double :16

AUDIO: Steve Wojciechowski on Matt Heldt :19

AUDIO: Steve Wojciechowski says Helt deserved the opportunity :15

Marquette’s offense falters in loss to Butler (AUDIO)

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For most of the season, the Marquette Golden Eagles defense has been an issue.  Last night, the offense took its turn in the Golden Eagles 68-65 loss to Butler in Big East play at the BMO Harris Bradley Center.

Marquette (15-9, 6-6 Big East) trailed by seven at halftime.  But the Golden Eagles battled back with some solid defense and took the lead midway through the second half.

But Butler (19-5, 8-4) regained the lead just a couple of minutes later and never trailed again.

Marquette’s defense held the Bulldogs to just 28 points in the second half but couldn’t come up with enough offense to pull out the win. [Read more…]

Marquette stuns top ranked Villanova (AUDIO)

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Marquette fans storm the court to celebrate 74-72 win over top-ranked Villanova

The Marquette Golden Eagles came from 17 points down in the second half to upset the number-one team in the AP Top 25 Poll, Villanova 74-72 in men’s college basketball action at the BMO Harris Bradley Center on Tuesday night.

The Golden Eagles closed the game with a 19-4 run to pull out the win.  Katin Reinhardt scored 18 of his 19 points in the second half, including a pair of game winning free throws with 11.2 seconds left.

Villanova’s Jalen Brunson drove to the basket for a final chance but his layup was off the mark and the Marquette fans stormed the court to celebrate the upset victory. [Read more…]

Marquette notches victory in Big East opener

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Markus Howard – Photo: Courtesy of Marquette Athletics.

The Marquette Golden Eagles got 23 points from 17-year-old freshman Markus Howard and 20 points from senior guard JaJuan Johnson in Wednesday night’s 76-66 Big East opener at the BMO Harris Bradley Center.

Howard was playing in his very first Big East game but showed no signs of nervousness.  He hit seven of ten from the field and five of six from three-point range.

Markus Howard’s 23 points are the most for a Marquette player in their Big East debut since Jae Crowder’s 29 points in 2011. [Read more…]

Marquette rolls past IUPUI

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Steve Wojciechowski benched  his seniors to start the game and the Marquette Golden Eagles responded with a 104-79 win over IUPUI on Tuesday night at the BMO Harris Bradley Center.

Luke Fischer, Katin Reinhardt and Jajuan Johnson started last night’s game on the bench and responded with good minutes off of the bench.

Reinhardt entered the game shooting just 27.5% from the field.  While he hit just 3 of 10 from the field last night, Reinhardt made 2 of 5 three-point shots and was a perfect 8-for-8 at the free throw line.

Johnson finished 5-of-8 from the field, scoring 11-points.  Fischer went 6-for-6 from the field and despite foul trouble, finished with 14-points.

As a team, the Golden Eagles shot 57% from the field and hit 23-of-26 from the free throw line.

Sophomore Haanif Cheatham led all scorers with 22 points for Marquette.

Wally Ellenson walks away from Marquette basketball

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MarquetteGoldenEagles2Wally Ellenson will not return to the Marquette men’s basketball team next season.  Coach Steve Wojciechowski confirmed Thursday that Ellenson has quit the program, soon after his brother and teammate Henry Ellenson decided to turn pro.

Wally Ellenson will continue with the Marquette men’s outdoor track team this spring, as a four-time All-American in the high jump.  He has one year of eligibility left in both basketball and indoor track, and his future plans are not known.

Ellenson transferred to Marquette after two years with Minnesota, and he averaged tow points and two rebounds in eight minutes per game this season.

Marquette’s NCAA post season changes take a big hit

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MarquetteGoldenEagles2The Marquette Golden Eagles had the ball with a two-point lead with 1:42 left to play on Saturday.  That’s when Creighton took over and pulled out a 65-62 win over the Golden Eagles at the BMO Harris Bradley Center.

Marquette coach Steve Wojciechowski called a timeout to set up a play for the Golden Eagles (16-10, 5-8 Big East).  He said his team didn’t run the play and Henry Ellenson missed an off-balance three as the coach questioned his players for not running the play.

“I know we have three freshmen and a sophomore whatever on the court at the end of the game, but 25 games in out of a timeout you have to try to do what we want to do and if it doesn’t work then that’s on me,” Wojciechowski said. “But, you’ve got to try to do it.  Not doing it is not acceptable.”

James Milliken hit a three-pointer for Creighton to put the Blue Jays up one.  Marquette’s Traci Carter missed a jumper that would have given the Golden Eagles the lead back again.

Marquette elected not to foul and forced Creighton into a miss, but the Golden Eagles couldn’t get the rebound.  The ball was tipped out to Isaiah Zierden who was fouled and made a pair of free throws to give Creighton the three-point win.

The loss crushed any chances that Marquette has at receiving an at-large NCAA Tournament bid.

Ellenson finished with 16 points to lead Marquette in defeat.