Game 34 | March 21 | Marquette (24-9, 12-6 BIG EAST) vs. Murray State (27-4, 16-2 OVC) TIP‐OFF: 3:30 p.m. CT (estimated) LOCATION: XL Center - Hartford, Conn. MU SCOREBOARD TV: TBS features the broadcast, with Carter Blackburn (play-by-play), Debbie DATE OPPONENT RESULT/TIME Antonelli (analyst) and John Schriffen (reporter) calling the action. Nov. 6 UMBC W, 67-42 RADIO: 94.5 ESPN FM/540 ESPN is the flagship of the MU Radio Network, Nov. 10 Bethune Cookman ^ W, 92-59 with Steve “The Homer” True (play-by-play) and Tony Smith (analyst). Nov. 14 at Indiana L, 96-73 MU CONTACT INFO: Scott Kuykendall handles the communications duties Nov. 17 Presbyterian W, 74-55 for MU and can be reached at 414.807.3490 or [email protected]. NIT Season Tip-Off he Marquette University men’s bas- Nov. 21 2/2 vs. Kansas ^ L, 77-68 T ketball team (24-9, 12-6 BIG EAST) Nov. 23 vs. Louisville ^ W, 77-74 (ot) opens play in the 2019 NCAA Division I Nov. 27 Charleston So. W, 76-55 Men’s Basketball Championship on Dec. 1 12/10 Kansas State W, 83-71 Thursday, March 21 when the program Dec. 4 UTEP W, 76-69 faces Murray State (27-4, 16-2 OVC) in Dec. 8 12/16 Wisconsin W, 74-69 (ot) the first round from the XL Center in Dec. 18 North Dakota W, 92-66 Hartford, Conn. TBS will feature the tele- Dec. 21 14/15 Buffalo W, 103-85 vision broadcast, with Carter Blackburn Dec. 28 Southern W, 84-41 (play-by-play), Debbie Antonelli (analyst) Jan. 1 at St. John’s * L, 89-69 and John Schriffen (reporter) calling the Jan. 6 Xavier * W, 70-52 action. The matchup will follow Florida State/Vermont, which begins at 1 p.m. Jan. 9 at Creighton * W, 106-104 (ot) CT. Jan. 12 Seton Hall * W, 70-66 Jan. 15 at Georgetown * W, 74-71 Marquette Making 33rd NCAA Appearance Jan. 20 Providence * W, 79-68 Jan. 23 DePaul * W, 79-69 Marquette has earned a spot in the NCAA tournament field for the sec- ond time in three years, marking the program’s 33rd appearance all-time. Jan. 26 at Xavier * W, 87-82 The Golden Eagles are playing in the NCAA tournament for the first time Jan. 30 at Butler * W, 76-58 since the 2016-17 campaign, when they earned the No. 10 seed in the East Feb. 5 St. John’s * L, 70-69 Region and were defeated in the first round by eventual Final Four partici- Feb. 9 14/13 Villanova * W, 66-65 pant South Carolina, 93-73, in Greenville, S.C. Feb. 12 at DePaul * W, 92-73 Marquette owns an overall record of 41-33 in the event, highlighted by Feb. 20 Butler * W, 79-69 16 trips to the Sweet 16 and a trio of Final Four appearances (1974, 1977 Feb. 23 at Providence * W, 76-58 and 2003), including the 1977 National Championship under legendary head Feb. 27 at Villanova * L, 67-61 coach Al McGuire. Mar. 3 Creighton * L, 66-60 Mar. 6 at Seton Hall * L, 73-64 MU Familiar With Murray State, XL Center Mar. 9 Georgetown * L, 86-84 Marquette has faced Murray State on two occasions in program history, BIG EAST Tournament with both matchups coming in the NCAA tournament. Mar. 14 at St. John’s (Q) W, 86-54 Most recently, MU downed the Racers 62-53 in the second round of the Mar. 15 vs. Seton Hall (S) L, 81-79 2012 tourney in Louisville, Kentucky, en route to a Sweet 16 appearance NCAA Tournament under head coach Buzz Williams. Marquette also posted an 82-62 win in the Mar. 21 Murray State 3:30 p.m. opening game of the 1969 tournament in Carbondale, Illinois. Marquette, which is 0-1 all-time as the No. 5 seed (L, 71-59 vs. Tulsa, ^ - indicates NIT Season Tip-Off game 2002), made several trips to UConn when both teams were members of the * - indicates BIG EAST Conference game BIG EAST Conference (2006-13) and has made multiple appearances in the AP/ESPN Top-25 rankings as of time game was played All times are Central Huskies’ downtown area. Marquette Game Notes Page 2 INJURY REPORT LAST GAME STARTERS Player (Injury) Status NAME POS. PPG. RPG. APG. FG% FT% Greg Elliott (thumb) Out for Season Markus Howard G 25.0 4.0 4.0 .424 .892 Ike Eke (back) Out Sam Hauser F 14.9 7.1 2.5 .464 .923 Joey Hauser F 9.7 5.3 2.5 .450 .805 1,000-Point Scorers Sacar Anim F 8.6 3.1 1.2 .443 .585 1. 1985 Jerel McNeal 2005-09 Theo John C 5.7 4.8 0.5 .612 .506 2. 1929 MARKUS HOWARD 2016-19 3. 1859 Lazar Hayward 2006-10 4. 1773 George Thompson 1966-69 2018-19 Schedule Preps Marquette For Postseason 5. 1749 Dominic James 2005-09 Marquette is prepped for the postseason and received a No. 5 seed in the NCAA tour- 6. 1735 Butch Lee 1974-78 nament courtesy of its season-long body of work, both in non-conference and league 7. 1691 Travis Diener 2001-05 8. 1690 Brian Wardle 1997-01 play. 9. 1688 Tony Smith 1986-90 The Golden Eagles played a total of 12 games against seven programs (five single-digit 10. 1673 Wesley Matthews 2005-09 seeds) selected to the NCAA field, including a trio of BIG EAST opponents (Villanova, St. 11. 1663 Bo Ellis 1973-77 John’s and Seton Hall). Four of those games came in non-conference play, resulting in 12. 1649 Darius Johnson-Odom 2009-12 wins over Louisville, Buffalo, Wisconsin and Kansas State. MU collected 10 “quad 1” wins 13. 1647 Damon Key 1990-94 14. 1637 Dean Meminger 1968-71 and posted an 8-6 road/neutral record. 15. 1571 Trevor Powell 1987-91 Nine of the 10 teams in the BIG EAST Conference have been selected for postseason 16. 1567 Steve Novak 2002-06 play in the NCAA tournament or National Invitation Tournament. 17. 1504 Don Kojis 1958-61 18. 1479 Bob Wolf 1964-67 19. 1471 Roney Eford 1992-96 Trio Earns All-League, Howard POY 20. 1439 Aaron Hutchins 1994-98 Markus Howard, Sam Hauser and Joey Hauser were each named to All-BIG EAST 21. 1355 Mike Moran 1956-59 Conference teams, highlighted by Howard’s unanimous selection by the league’s head 22. 1353 Russ Wittberger 1951-55 23. 1347 Cordell Henry 1998-02 coaches as BIG EAST Player of the Year. 24. 1330 Ron Glaser 1960-63 Howard was also a unanimous All-BIG EAST First Team honoree and Sam Hauser 25. 1309 Terry Rand 1953-56 earned a spot on the All-BIG EAST Second Team roster. Joey Hauser distinguished him- 26. 1299 Michael Wilson 1978-82 self as one of the league’s top newcomers (conference-best five-time freshman of the 27. 1287 Davante Gardner 2010-14 28. 1282 Tom Flynn 1963-66 week honoree), earning BIG EAST All-Freshman Team accolades. 29. 1281 Dwyane Wade 2001-03 Howard was tabbed Second Team All-BIG EAST in 2017-18 as a sophomore and was 30. 1278 Jim McIlvaine 1990-94 named to the all-freshman team in 2016-17. The Chandler, Arizona, native is the first 31. 1277 Jimmy Butler 2008-11 Marquette player to earn the BIG EAST’s top individual award since Jae Crowder in 2011- 32. 1266 SAM HAUSER 2016-19 33. 1234 Anthony Pieper 1993-97 12. This year’s postseason honors were the first for both Sam and Joey Hauser. 1234 Glenn “Doc” Rivers 1980-83 The Golden Eagles have had at least one player honored each year since the program 1234 Earl Tatum 1972-76 began league affiliation with the Midwestern Collegiate Conference in 1989-90. 36. 1227 Oliver Lee 1977-81 37. 1221 Kerry Trotter 1982-86 38. 1201 Robb Logterman 1990-94 Howard Moves Up BIG EAST, MU Scoring Lists 39. 1103 Bernard Toone 1975-79 Junior guard Markus Howard is currently in possession of 1,929 points, the second- 40. 1087 Andrew Rowsey 2016-18 best mark in Marquette’s storied history. 41. 1049 Scott Merritt 2000-04 1049 Jae Crowder 2010-12 Howard now trails just all-time leading scorer Jerel McNeal (1,985 - 2005-09). 43. 1048 Chris Crawford 1993-97 Howard became just the fifth player in BIG EAST history to collect 1,000 career points 44. 1042 Rube Schulz 1951-55 in league play in three seasons with his 25-point effort at Villanova. He joined Pat Garrity 45. 1040 Ron Curry 1990-93 (Notre Dame), Dominique Jones (USF), Richard Hamilton (UConn) and Ray Allen (UConn) 46. 1027 Dwayne Johnson 1981-84 in the exclusive group and is now 28th all-time (1,070 points). 1027 Tony Miller 1991-95 48. 1014 Luke Fischer 2014-17 Howard set a new Marquette single-season scoring mark on March 3 against 49. 1013 Jajuan Johnson 2013-17 Creighton, passing former teammate Andrew Rowsey’s total of 716 points set in 2017- 50. 1006 Lloyd Walton 1973-76 18. He is already in possession of 825 points with at least one more game on the sched- ule. Pronunciations Howard and his brother, Jordan (Central Arkansas, 2015-18), are now the third-high- Sacar Anim suh-CAR ANN-um est scoring sibling duo (4,456 points-and-counting) in collegiate history.