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Game 30 | March 7 | Marquette (18-11, 8-9 BIG EAST) at St. John’s (15-15, 4-13 BIG EAST) TIP‐OFF: 11 a.m. CT LOCATION: Madison Square Garden - New York, NY MU SCOREBOARD TV: FS Wisconsin features the broadcast, with Brian Custer (play-by-play) DATE OPPONENT RESULT/TIME and Len Elmore (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 (18-11, 8-9 BIG EAST) Nov. 29 vs. USC ^ W, 101-79 T concludes the regular season on Saturday, March 7 when the squad Dec. 1 5/8 vs. Maryland ^ L, 84-63 travels to St. John’s (15-15, 4-13 BIG EAST) for an 11 a.m. CT matchup at Dec. 4 Jacksonville W, 75-56 Madison Square Garden. FS Wisconsin features the broadcast, with Brian Dec. 7 at Kansas St. W, 73-65 Custer (play-by-play) and Len Elmore (analyst) calling the action. Marquette Dec. 17 Grambling St. W, 93-72 will return to Milwaukee after the game before returning to New York City Dec. 20 North Dakota St. W, 82-68 for the BIG EAST Tournament next week. Dec. 28 Central Arkansas W, 106-54 Jan. 1 at Creighton * L, 92-75 Al McGuire Ties Marquette And St. John’s Jan. 4 10/9 Villanova * W, 71-60 The all-time series (Marquette Series Snapshot Jan. 7 Providence * L, 81-80 (OT) leads 22-14) began in 1959-60 and Jan. 11 at Seton Hall * L, 69-55 prior to the clinching of the BIG Overall MU leads 22-14 @ Marquette MU leads 10-6 Jan. 15 Xavier * W, 85-65 EAST title on the last day of the reg- @ St. John’s Tied 8-8 Jan. 18 at Georgetown * W, 84-80 ular season in 2012-13, the series’ Neutral MU leads 4-0 Jan. 21 St. John’s * W, 82-68 top highlight was a 65-53 RECENT RESULTS Jan. 24 13/12 at Butler * L, 89-85 (OT) Marquette victory in the champi- J 24, 2016 A Marquette 78, St. John’s 73 M 9, 2016 A Marquette 101, St. John’s 93 Jan. 29 at Xavier * W, 84-82 (2OT) onship game of the 1970 National F 1, 2017 A St. John’s 86, Marquette 72 F 21, 2017 H Marquette 93, St. John’s 71 Feb. 1 DePaul * W, 76-72 Invitation Tournament. F 10, 2018 A St. John’s 86, Marquette 78 MU claimed the title under the F 21, 2018 H Marquette 85, St. John’s 73 Feb. 9 19/19 Butler * W, 76-57 J 1, 2019 A St. John’s 89, Marquette 69 Feb. 12 15/16 at Villanova * L, 72-71 direction of legendary head coach F5, 2019 H St. John’s 70, #10 Marquette 69 Al McGuire, who played for three M 14, 2019 N #23 Marquette 86, St. John’s 54 Feb. 18 15/15 Creighton * L, 73-65 J 21, 2020 H Marquette 82, St. John’s 68 seasons at St. John’s (1948-51). In Feb. 22 at Providence * L, 84-72 his first season with the Redmen, he finished third in scoring with an 8.1 Feb. 26 Georgetown * W, 93-72 points per game average. Feb. 29 13/13 Seton Hall * L, 88-79 The next season, St. John’s finished with a 24-5 record as McGuire aver- Mar. 3 at DePaul * L, 69-68 aged 7.7 points a game. He finished his collegiate career in 1951, averaging Mar. 7 at St. John’s * 11 a.m. 8.5 points per game and helping lead his team to third-place finishes in both BIG EAST Tournament the NIT and NCAA. The team concluded the 1951 season with a 26-5 record. Mar. 11 First Round TBA McGuire’s coaching career at Marquette included the 1977 national title, Mar. 12 Quarterfinals TBA nine NCAA tournament appearances and a 295-80 overall record. Mar. 13 Semifinals TBA Tourney Seeding On The Line Saturday Mar. 14 Championship TBA Entering the final day of play in the BIG EAST regular season, only three of the 10 seeds in the upcoming tourney have been decided. MU could finish fifth, sixth or seventh, depending on not only the team’s result at St. John’s, but also on the winner of the Butler/Xavier matchup. ^ - indicates Orlando Invitational * - indicates BIG EAST Conference game Wins by both MU and Xavier would give the Golden Eagles the No. 5 seed, AP/ESPN Top-25 rankings as of time game was played provided Creighton finishes ahead of Villanova. MU could also earn the No. All times are Central 6 seed in a loss and avoid the opening round, as long as Butler defeats Xavier. Marquette Game Notes Page 2 INJURY REPORT LAST GAME STARTERS Player (Injury) Status NAME POS. PPG. RPG. APG. FG% FT% None Markus Howard G 27.7 3.5 3.3 .420 .846 Koby McEwen G 9.7 5.1 3.3 .327 .851 Brendan Bailey F 7.4 5.4 1.2 .408 .600 1,000-Point Scorers Sacar Anim F 12.7 3.9 1.5 .424 .651 1. 2731 MARKUS HOWARD 2016-20 Theo John F 5.3 5.3 0.8 .549 .575 2. 1985 Jerel McNeal 2005-09 3. 1859 Lazar Hayward 2006-10 4. 1773 George Thompson 1966-69 John Picking Up Production 5. 1749 Dominic James 2005-09 Junior forward Theo John has picked up his production at both ends of the court in 6. 1735 Butch Lee 1974-78 recent outings, contributing 7.2 points and 6.7 rebounds per game in the last six con- 7. 1691 Travis Diener 2001-05 tests. 8. 1690 Brian Wardle 1997-01 The Minneapolis, Minnesota native is 19-of-25 (75.0 percent) from the floor in those 9. 1688 Tony Smith 1986-90 outings and over a third of his total rebounds have come at the offensive end. He fin- 10. 1673 Wesley Matthews 2005-09 ished with 10 rebounds against Seton Hall, reaching double figures in that category for 11. 1663 Bo Ellis 1973-77 12. 1649 Darius Johnson-Odom 2009-12 the third time this season and seventh in his career. 13. 1647 Damon Key 1990-94 John is also third in the BIG EAST in blocked shots (1.9 bpg.). 14. 1637 Dean Meminger 1968-71 15. 1571 Trevor Powell 1987-91 Johnson Attacking Boards Like Its His Job 16. 1567 Steve Novak 2002-06 After finishing without a rebound for the first time all season in 12 minutes of action 17. 1504 Don Kojis 1958-61 18. 1479 Bob Wolf 1964-67 at Providence on Feb. 20, senior center Jayce Johnson has been on a mission on the 19. 1471 Roney Eford 1992-96 boards in the team’s last three outings. 20. 1439 Aaron Hutchins 1994-98 He finished with 11 caroms in just 21 minutes in the Feb. 26 victory over Georgetown 21. 1355 Mike Moran 1956-59 and followed that up with a season-high 12 boards against Seton Hall on Saturday after- 22. 1353 Russ Wittberger 1951-55 noon. In 21 minutes at DePaul, the Mission Viejo, California native finished with 10 23. 1347 Cordell Henry 1998-02 boards and is averaging 11.0 rebounds per game in the last three contests. 24. 1330 Ron Glaser 1960-63 Johnson’s career-best single-game rebound total came while at Utah against 25. 1309 Terry Rand 1953-56 Northwestern State on Dec. 20, 2017 when he finished with 15 rebounds. 26. 1299 Michael Wilson 1978-82 27. 1287 Davante Gardner 2010-14 28. 1282 Sam Hauser 2016-19 Howard Sets New BIG EAST Scoring Standard 1282 Tom Flynn 1963-66 Senior Markus Howard put his name at the top of another career category on Feb. 12 30. 1281 Dwyane Wade 2001-03 at Villanova, becoming the all-time leading scorer in league games (1,557 points and 31. 1278 Jim McIlvaine 1990-94 counting) in the 40-year history of the BIG EAST Conference. 32. 1277 Jimmy Butler 2008-11 Howard’s 3-pointer as time expired allowed him to pass Lawrence Moten (Syracuse, 33. 1234 Anthony Pieper 1993-97 1234 Glenn “Doc” Rivers 1980-83 1991-95), who finished his standout career with 1,405 points. 1234 Earl Tatum 1972-76 One of just five players in BIG EAST history to score over 1,000 league points in less 36. 1227 Oliver Lee 1977-81 than three seasons, Howard is also in possession of 239 career 3-pointers in BIG EAST 37. 1221 Kerry Trotter 1982-86 play, breaking the previous mark of 201 set by Seton Hall’s Jeremy Hazell. 38. 1201 Robb Logterman 1990-94 Howard was named BIG EAST Player of the Week for the 13th time in his career on 39. 1103 Bernard Toone 1975-79 March 2, extending his league record for weekly career recognitions. 40. 1087 Andrew Rowsey 2016-18 His 13th accolade, surpasses the previous record of 11 career honors by both Troy 41.