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Marquette falls in Big East opener

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Sacar Anim – Photo Courtesy of Marquette Athletics

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 double-double of his career and the first by any Marquette player this season with 11 rebounds.

The Blue Jays (12-2, 1-0 Big East) took a 48-38 lead into the intermission and extended their lead in the second half.

Junior guards Mitchell Ballock and Ty-Shon Alexander scored 24 and 21 points, respectively to lead Creighton, which shot 50% (33-of-66) from the field and 17 of 22 from the free throw line.

The Golden Eagles are now 6-9 in Big East openers.  They return to action on Saturday against No. 10 Villanova at 1 p.m. at Fiserv Forum.

Marquette’s grip on Big East is slipping

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The Marquette Golden Eagles had 22 turnovers and fell to the Creighton Blue Jays 66-60 on Sunday at Fiserv Forum.

The Golden Eagles (23-6, 12-4 Big East) trail Villanova (22-8, 13-4) by a half game in the Big East standings.  The Wildcats have one game left, while Marquette has two games left.

Marquette turned it over 18 times in a loss at Villanova on Wednesday, then added to that total on Sunday.

After falling behind 19-11, junior guard Markus Howard scored 21 straight points for the Golden Eagles to put them ahead late in the first half.  Marquette went into the locker room at halftime leading 33-29.

In the second half, Marquette led 54-50 with under seven minutes to play, but Creighton went on a 10-0 run to go up 60-54 with 2:16 left.  The Golden Eagles wouldn’t get any closer than four the rest of the way.

Howard finished with 33 points, giving him 740 for the season.  he broke Andrew Roswey’s single-season scoring record of 716 points, set last season.

A week ago, it looked as if Marquette was in the driver’s seat for the Big East title and top seed in the upcoming  tournament.  Now that race will go down to the wire.  Marquette returns to action on Wednesday night at Seton Hall.  They’ll close the regular season at home on Saturday against Georgetown.

Marquette misses chance to lock up share of Big East title

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A victory on Wednesday night at Villanova would have given the Marquette Golden Eagles at least a share of the Big East regular season title and the number one seed in the upcoming Big East Conference tournament.

Instead, the Golden Eagles turned in a sloppy, 18 turnover performance and fell to the Wildcats 67-61 at Villanova.

Jermaine Samuels scored a career-high 29 points for the defending national champions.  He entered the game averaging just 4.1 points a game on the season.

Villanova (21-8, 12-4 Big East) moved back to within a half game of Marquette (23-5, 12-3) in the Big East standings.  The Wildcats have two games left in the regular season, while Marquette has three left.  Villanova needs Marquette to drop one of its final games to have a s hot at the Big East title.

Markus Howard led the Golden Eagles with 25 points and reached 1,000 points in his career.

The Golden Eagles return home to host Creighton on Sunday at Fiserv Forum.  Villanova hosts Butler on Saturday in Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center.

Bucks Select DiVincenzo in NBA Draft

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The Milwaukee Bucks selected Villanova sharpshooter Donte DiVincenzo with the 17th overall pick in the NBA Draft.

DiVincenzo was the star of the NCAA National Championship Game when he had 31 points and five 3-pointers.  He shot 40 percent from three-point range last season.  DiVincenzo was named the top sixth man in the Big East after averaging 13.4 points, 4.8 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game.
The Bucks shot 35.5 percent from 3-point range last season, tied for 21st in the NBA. They averaged just 8.8 3s a game, 27th in the league.

DiVincenzo is very athletic, with a combine best 42-inch vertical leap.

Late rally pushes Badgers into “Sweet 16” (AUDIO)

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Greg Gard

The 8th-seeded Wisconsin Badgers are headed back to the “Sweet 16”, coming from behind to knock off Villanova 65-62 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament in Buffalo.

The Badgers trailed 57-50 with just over five minutes left.  Villanova would score just one field goal and five total points the rest of the way as the Badgers tightened up their defense down the stretch.

AUDIO: Greg Gard on his team’s defense down the stretch :13

AUDIO: Villanova’s Jay Wright on scoring just five points in final 5+ minutes :19

The Badgers pulled out the win despite guard Bronson Koenig’s second half foul trouble.  He returned with more than five minutes left and helped lead the comeback.  Koenig finished hitting 3 of 6 three-pointers and scored 17 points.  Two of his three-pointers tied the game at 57-all and gave the Badgers a 62-59 lead with 1:58 to play.

Nigel Hayes hit the game winner on a baseline drive and left-handed reverse layup.  He led the Badgers in scoring with 19 points and pulled down eight rebounds. [Read more…]