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Game 21 | Jan. 29 | Marquette (14-6, 4-4 BIG EAST) at Xavier (13-7, 2-5 BIG EAST) TIP‐OFF: 7:30 p.m. CT LOCATION: Cintas Center - Cincinnati, Ohio MU SCOREBOARD TV: FS1 features the broadcast, with Thom Brennaman (play-by-play) and DATE OPPONENT RESULT/TIME Nick Bahe (analyst) calling the action. Nov. 5 Loyola Maryland W, 88-53 RADIO: 94.5 ESPN FM is the flagship of the MU Radio Network, with Steve Nov. 13 Purdue W, 65-55 “The Homer” True (play-by-play) and Tony Smith (analyst). Nov. 17 at Wisconsin L, 77-61 MU CONTACT INFO: Scott Kuykendall handles the communications duties Nov. 23 Robert Morris W, 66-62 for MU and can be reached at 414.807.3490 or [email protected]. Nov. 28 vs. Davidson ^ W, 73-63 he Marquette University men’s basketball team (14-6, 4-4 BIG EAST) Nov. 29 vs. USC ^ W, 101-79 T wraps up a two-game road swing at Xavier (13-7, 2-5 BIG EAST) Dec. 1 5/8 vs. Maryland ^ L, 84-63 Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m. CT in the Cintas Center. FS1 features the Dec. 4 Jacksonville W, 75-56 national television broadcast, with Thom Brennaman (play-by-play) and Dec. 7 at Kansas St. W, 73-65 Nick Bahe (analyst) calling the action. Following Wednesday’s game, the Dec. 17 Grambling St. W, 93-72 Golden Eagles begin a stretch that sees the team play three of its next four Dec. 20 North Dakota St. W, 82-68 at home, beginning Feb. 1 vs. DePaul. Dec. 28 Central Arkansas W, 106-54 Jan. 1 at Creighton * L, 92-75 Series With Musketeers Spans 50 Years Jan. 4 10/9 Villanova * W, 71-60 Marquette and Xavier will meet Jan. 7 Providence * L, 81-80 (OT) for the 77th time on Wednesday Series Snapshot Jan. 11 at Seton Hall * L, 69-55 Overall night, continuing a series that MU leads 52-24 Jan. 15 Xavier * W, 85-65 @ Marquette MU leads 29-8 spans nearly half of the program’s Jan. 18 at Georgetown * W, 84-80 102-year history. @ Xavier MU leads 21-14 Neutral Jan. 21 St. John’s * W, 82-68 The Golden Eagles own a 52-24 Tied 2-2 RECENT RESULTS Jan. 24 13/12 at Butler * L, 89-85 (OT) overall lead in matchups that date J 16, 2016 H #7 Xavier 74, Marquette 66 Jan. 29 at Xavier * 7:30 p.m. back to the 1958-59 campaign and F 6, 2016 A #6 Xavier 90, Marquette 82 M 10, 2016 N #5 Xavier 90, Marquette 72 Feb. 1 DePaul * 1 p.m. have claimed each of the last three F 18, 2017 H Marquette 83, Xavier 61 M 1, 2017 A Marquette 95, Xavier 84 Feb. 9 Butler * 11 a.m. meetings and 5-of-7 overall. MU D 27, 2017 H #5 Xavier 91, Marquette 87 dominated the pairings during the J 24, 2018 A #8 Xavier 89, Marquette 70 Feb. 12 at Villanova * 7:30 p.m. J 6, 2019 H #16 Marquette 70, Xavier 52 Al McGuire and Hank Raymonds J 26, 2019 A #10 Marquette 87, Xavier 82 Feb. 18 Creighton * 7:30 p.m. era, at one point claiming 26- J 15, 2019 H Marquette 85, Xavier 65 Feb. 22 at Providence * 11 a.m. straight victories between 1969 and 1983. Feb. 26 Georgetown * 7:30 p.m. The lone NCAA tournament meeting came in 2010-11 and resulted in a Feb. 29 Seton Hall * 1:30 p.m. 66-55 Marquette win in the opening round and started the team’s run to a Mar. 3 at DePaul * 7 p.m. Sweet 16 appearance. XU posted a 67-63 win over MU at home in the 2000 Mar. 7 at St. John’s * 11 a.m. National Invitation Tournament. BIG EAST Tournament Marquette claimed the first meeting this season, earning an 85-65 deci- Mar. 11 First Round TBA sion on Jan. 15. Markus Howard led four scorers in double figures with 35 Mar. 12 Quarterfinals TBA points and MU’s defense held Xavier to 35.9 percent shooting from the field. Mar. 13 Semifinals TBA Howard Poised To Reach Another Milestone Mar. 14 Championship TBA Senior guard Markus Howard already has a myriad of accomplishments to this point in his career and he is poised to reach yet another milestone Wednesday night. Howard is currently in possession of 2,492 career points and will become ^ - indicates Orlando Invitational * - indicates BIG EAST Conference game the 72nd player in NCAA history to score at least 2,500 points, more than AP/ESPN Top-25 rankings as of time game was played likely at Xavier. He is also rapidly approaching his brother Jordan, who All times are Central played at Central Arkansas (2015-18), and owns 2,524 points to tie for 59th. Marquette Game Notes Page 2 INJURY REPORT LAST GAME STARTERS Player (Injury) Status NAME POS. PPG. RPG. APG. FG% FT% Elliott (ankle) Doubtful Markus Howard G 28.3 3.4 3.1 .415 .406 Koby McEwen G 9.8 5.2 3.2 .338 .842 1,000-Point Scorers Brendan Bailey F 8.1 5.5 1.4 .437 .563 Sacar Anim F 13.0 4.1 1.4 .447 .648 1. 2492 MARKUS HOWARD 2016-19 2. 1985 Jerel McNeal 2005-09 Theo John F 5.0 5.0 0.8 .478 .589 3. 1859 Lazar Hayward 2006-10 4. 1773 George Thompson 1966-69 Anim Picks Up Scoring Contribution 5. 1749 Dominic James 2005-09 Senior forward Sacar Anim has scored double figures in points in 14-of-20 outings this 6. 1735 Butch Lee 1974-78 season, but has netted 20-or-more points on just three occasions, with two of those per- 7. 1691 Travis Diener 2001-05 formances coming in the squad’s last two games. 8. 1690 Brian Wardle 1997-01 9. 1688 Tony Smith 1986-90 The Minneapolis, Minnesota, native netted a season-best 22 points at Butler, includ- 10. 1673 Wesley Matthews 2005-09 ing a 4-of-7 effort from behind the 3-point line. He was 8-of-17 from the floor overall and 11. 1663 Bo Ellis 1973-77 also chipped in three rebounds and a trio of assists. 12. 1649 Darius Johnson-Odom 2009-12 In the last two games, he contributed 21.5 points per contest and shot 44.4 percent 13. 1647 Damon Key 1990-94 (8-of-18) from deep. In his 106-game career at Marquette, Anim has contributed 20-or- 14. 1637 Dean Meminger 1968-71 more points a total of just five times. 15. 1571 Trevor Powell 1987-91 Anim is currently ranked 18th in the BIG EAST in scoring at 13.0 points per game. 16. 1567 Steve Novak 2002-06 17. 1504 Don Kojis 1958-61 18. 1479 Bob Wolf 1964-67 John Hosts Week-Long Block Party 19. 1471 Roney Eford 1992-96 Prior the Jan. 21 outing against St. John’s, junior forward Theo John had swatted a 20. 1439 Aaron Hutchins 1994-98 total of just 13 shots in the team’s previous 10 games. Despite his lack of recent produc- 21. 1355 Mike Moran 1956-59 tion in that category, however, he still remained among one of the league’s leaders. 22. 1353 Russ Wittberger 1951-55 The Minneapolis, Minnesota, native has provided a great reminder of his ability to 23. 1347 Cordell Henry 1998-02 impact the game at the defensive end in the squad’s last two outings, combining to deny 24. 1330 Ron Glaser 1960-63 25. 1309 Terry Rand 1953-56 a total of 13 opponent attempts against the Red Storm and Butler. 26. 1299 Michael Wilson 1978-82 John followed up a six-block effort against St. John’s with seven in 38 minutes of 27. 1287 Davante Gardner 2010-14 action at Hinkle Fieldhouse. He was responsible for a season-high eight misses in the 28. 1282 Sam Hauser 2016-19 season opener against Loyola Maryland, which also marked a career-best total. 1282 Tom Flynn 1963-66 In 87 career games, he has now blocked five-or-more shots in a game on nine occa- 30. 1281 Dwyane Wade 2001-03 sions. His season average of 2.2 bpg. ranks third in the BIG EAST and 39th in the nation. 31. 1278 Jim McIlvaine 1990-94 32. 1277 Jimmy Butler 2008-11 33. 1234 Anthony Pieper 1993-97 McEwen Collects First Career Double-Double 1234 Glenn “Doc” Rivers 1980-83 One game after narrowly missing his first career double-double at Marquette with a 1234 Earl Tatum 1972-76 10-point, nine-rebound effort in the win over St. John’s, junior guard Koby McEwen made 36. 1227 Oliver Lee 1977-81 sure it didn’t happen in consecutive games. 37. 1221 Kerry Trotter 1982-86 The Toronto, Ontario, native finished with 13 points and 11 rebounds on Friday night 38. 1201 Robb Logterman 1990-94 at Butler in just 30 minutes of action. He finished 5-of-11 from the floor, including 3-of- 39. 1103 Bernard Toone 1975-79 5 from long distance, and also found time to dish out four assists and block a shot. 40. 1087 Andrew Rowsey 2016-18 41. 1049 Scott Merritt 2000-04 In McEwen’s last two outings, he is averaging 11.5 points and 10.0 rebounds per 1049 Jae Crowder 2010-12 game while shooting 5-of-9 (55.6 percent ) from behind the 3-point line.