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POSTGAME NOTES – Dec. 4, 2019 Marquette 75, Jacksonville 56 (FINAL) POSTGAME NOTES – Dec. 4, 2019 Marquette 75, Jacksonville 56 (FINAL) ● Wednesday’s meeting was the third between the two ● Marquette’s 13 assists in the first half is the most schools and the first since an 88-56 MU win on Nov. 28, recorded in the opening frame this season (previous 2011. MU leads the series 3-0. high was eight against USC on Nov. 29). ● Greg Elliott made his first start of the 2019-20 season ● MU’s 17 assists is its second-highest mark this and fifth of his career. He posted seven points, five season (18 against Loyola Maryland). rebounds and three assists in 31 minutes. ● MU had five first half turnovers, its second-lowest total of ● Sacar Anim scored MU’s first seven points of the night the season (four vs. Purdue on Nov. 13). and finished with 19. He had 21 points in Marquette’s ● MU improves to 5-0 this season when holding its last game against then-No. 5 Maryland on Dec. 1. opponents to 65 points-or-less and when recording a ● Due to concussion protocol, Markus Howard sat out of higher field goal percentage. Wednesday’s meeting against Jacksonville. It is the first ● After posting a season-high 11 rebounds in Sunday’s time since his sophomore season of 2017-18 that he loss to Maryland, graduate student Jayce Johnson had a wasn’t in the starting lineup. season-best eight points. ● Jamal Cain recorded a career-high of 12 rebounds and tied a season-best with eight points. ● Theo John scored 11 points, his highest mark since scoring 15 against Butler on February 20, 2019. 1st 2nd Final Records ● Freshman guard Symir Torrence played 15 minutes off Marquette 46 29 75 6-2 the bench, his second-highest total of the season (high is 17 in the season opener against Loyola Maryland). Jacksonville 23 33 56 4-6 ● Marquette welcomed back former All-American and current Los Angeles Clippers head coach Doc Rivers Next Game: at Kansas State during the final media timeout of the first half. Rivers led Saturday, Dec. 7 at 8 p.m. CT Marquette to two NCAA tournament appearances and a trip to the NIT in his three years at Marquette and Manhattan, Kansas (Bramlage Coliseum) ranks among the school leaders in steals and assists. ESPN2 He was a first team Converse All-American in 1982 and was an honorable mention AP and UPI All-American in 1983. Drafted in the second round of the 1983 NBA Draft by the Atlanta Hawks, Rivers played 13 years in the NBA and is in his 21st season as head coach this year. He earned NBA Coach of the Year honors in 2000 and won an NBA Championship in 2008. www.GoMarquee.com .
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