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Game 26 | March 6 | Marquette (12-13, 7-11 BIG EAST) vs. Xavier (13-6, 6-6 BIG EAST) TIP‐OFF: 8 p.m. CT LOCATION: Fiserv Forum - Milwaukee, Wis. MU SCOREBOARD TV: FS1 features the broadcast, with Bob Brainerd (play-by-play) and Jess DATE OPPONENT RESULT/TIME Settles (analyst) calling the action. Nov. 25 UAPB W, 99-57 RADIO: 94.5 ESPN FM is the flagship of the MU Radio Network, with Steve Nov. 27 Eastern Illinois W, 75-50 “The Homer” True (play-by-play) and Tony Smith (analyst). Big 12-BIG EAST Battle MU CONTACT INFO: Scott Kuykendall handles the communications duties Dec. 1 Oklahoma State L, 70-62 for MU and can be reached at 414.807.3490 or [email protected]. Dec. 4 4/7 Wisconsin W, 67-65 he Marquette University men’s basketball team (12-13, 7-11 BIG EAST) Dec. 8 Green Bay W, 82-68 T wraps up its regular season on Saturday, March 6 when the team hosts Dec. 11 at UCLA L, 69-60 Xavier (13-6, 6-6 BIG EAST) at 8 p.m. CT for Senior Day and National Dec. 14 9/9 at Creighton * W, 89-84 Marquette Day @ Home. FS1 will feature the television broadcast, with Bob Dec. 17 Seton Hall * L, 70-63 Brainerd (play-by-play) and Jess Settles (analyst) calling the action. Dec. 20 at Xavier * L, 91-88 Dec. 23 5/3 Villanova * L, 85-68 Series With Musketeers Spans 60 Years Jan. 2 at Georgetown * W, 64-60 Marquette and Xavier will meet Series Snapshot Jan. 5 UConn * L, 65-54 for the 79th time on Saturday Jan. 8 at Villanova * PPD night, continuing a series that Overall MU leads 53-25 Jan. 12 Providence * W, 79-69 @ Marquette MU leads 29-8 spans nearly half of the program’s Jan. 16 at St. John’s * W, 73-71 103-year history. @ Xavier MU leads 22-15 Neutral Tied 2-2 Jan. 20 Georgetown * PPD The Golden Eagles own a 53-25 RECENT RESULTS Jan. 23 DePaul * L, 68-61 overall lead in matchups that date M 10, 2016 N #5 Xavier 90, Marquette 72 Jan. 27 at Providence * L, 72-63 OT back to the 1958-59 campaign and F 18, 2017 H Marquette 83, Xavier 61 M 1, 2017 A Marquette 95, Xavier 84 Jan. 31 St. John’s * L, 75-73 had claimed four-straight wins until D 27, 2017 H #5 Xavier 91, Marquette 87 J 24, 2018 A #8 Xavier 89, Marquette 70 Feb. 2 Butler * W, 70-67 the 91-88 win by Xavier on Dec. 20. J 6, 2019 H #16 Marquette 70, Xavier 52 J 26, 2019 A #10 Marquette 87, Xavier 82 Feb. 6 15/12 Creighton * L, 71-68 MU dominated the pairings during J 15, 2019 H Marquette 85, Xavier 65 the Al McGuire and Hank J 29, 2020 A Marquette 84, Xavier 82 Feb. 10 5/4 at Villanova * L, 96-64 Raymonds era, at one point claim- D 20, 2020 A Xavier 91, Marquette 88 Feb. 14 at Seton Hall * L, 57-51 ing 26-straight victories between 1969 and 1983. Feb. 17 at Butler * W, 73-57 Feb. 24 at North Carolina W, 83-70 Seniors Honored On National Marquette Day Feb. 27 at UConn * L, 80-62 Saturday will mark not only the team’s first game at Fiserv Forum in a Mar. 2 at DePaul * W, 77-71 month, but will also be the program’s Senior Night, as well as the annual Mar. 6 Xavier * 8 p.m. National Marquette Day celebration. BIG EAST Tournament Prior to the game, the team will recognize seniors Jamal Cain, Ike Eke, Mar. 10 First Round TBA Theo John and Koby McEwen for their contributions. Cain, John and Eke are Mar. 11 Quarterfinals TBA the longest tenured players and McEwen is in his second season on the Mar. 12 Semifinals TBA court after redshirting following his transfer from Utah State. Eke joined the Mar. 13 Championship TBA program in 2017, but due to back injuries and was never able to suit up for the Golden Eagles. * - indicates BIG EAST Conference game National Marquette Day is a tradition dating back to the 1960s that AP/ESPN Top-25 rankings as of time game was played brings the Marquette nation united together in pride and spirit to honor the All times are Central values of the University. This year’s “@ Home” version features a virtual sellout of Fiserv Forum and is focusing on University-wide philanthropy. In its present form, National Marquette Day has been around since 1992. The celebration was preceded by Spirit Day, which dates back to the 1960s. Marquette Game Notes Page 2 INJURY REPORT LAST GAME STARTERS Player (Injury) Status NAME POS. PPG. RPG. APG. FG% FT% Gardiner (knee) Out D.J. Carton G 12.7 3.9 3.5 .440 .720 Ighodaro (foot) Out Greg Elliott G 6.0 1.7 0.8 .485 .833 Jamal Cain F 9.6 6.2 1.1 .440 .706 MARQUETTE IN THE Dawson Garcia F 13.2 6.6 0.8 .487 .794 Justin Lewis F 8.2 5.5 0.8 .435 .600 BIG EAST STATS statistics through 3/3/21 Carton Carries Second-Half Surge At DePaul Team Sophomore guard D.J. Carton has a number of impressive second-half performances SCORING OFFENSE: . .9th (70.7) this season, and Tuesday night at DePaul was another example. SCORING DEFENSE: . .6th (70.3) The Bettendorf, Iowa, native scored 17 of his team-high 20 points following intermis- FT PERCENTAGE: . .5th (73.5) sion and accounted for over 40 percent (17-of-41) of the squad’s total over the course of FG PERCENTAGE: . .5th (44.7) the final 20 minutes. ASSISTS: . .9th (12.5) In 2020-21, Carton is contributing 4.8 points per game in the first half and that aver- STEALS: . .11th (5.1) age jumps to 7.8 points per outing in the second stanza. He has collected 10-or-more BLOCKED SHOTS: . .7th (3.8) points following halftime on nine occasions, including Tuesday’s season-high total of 17. FG PCT. DEFENSE: . .4th (41.5) OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS: . .6th (9.9) Elliott Makes Most Of Starting Nods DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS: . .4th (26.7) Guard Greg Elliott has started each of the team’s last four outings, making the most 3-PT FG’S MADE: . .7th (170) of his increased role on the floor. In the last four games, in which Marquette is 3-1, Elliott has averaged 12.3 points and Individual 3.3 boards per contest while shooting 50.0 percent (15-of-30) from the floor overall and SCORING 10-of-19 (52.6 percent) from behind the 3-point line. He also knocked down 9-of-11 free Dawson Garcia . .15th (13.2 ppg.) throw attempts. D.J. Carton . .18th (12.7 ppg.) The Detroit native netted a personal-best 17 points on 5-of-9 shooting from the floor Koby McEwen . .29th (10.8 ppg.) against Butler, including a 3-of-6 effort from behind the 3-point line. He also chipped in six rebounds and a steal in 28 minutes. REBOUNDING Dawson Garcia . .10th (6.6 rpg.) Jamal Cain . .14th (6.2 rpg.) Justin Lewis . .20th (5.5 rpg.) Garcia Making Name For Himself In BIG EAST Dawson Garcia, the Preseason BIG EAST Freshman of the Year, has already claimed BLOCKED SHOTS the league’s weekly top newcomer accolade on three occasions and is proving himself to Theo John . .5th (1.5 bpg.) be one of the conference’s top players (ranked in six categories), regardless of class. Through games of March 3, the Prior Like, Minnesota, native is ranked among the ASSISTS league leaders in scoring (15th, 13.2 ppg.), rebounding (10th, 6.6 rpg.), field goal percent- D.J. Carton . .11th (3.5 apg.) age (11th, .487), free throw percentage (9th, .794), defensive rebounds (13th, 4.4 drpg.) and offensive rebounds (8th, 2.2 orpg.). He was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE Roll on March 1 after averaging 21.0 points and 9.5 rebounds per game last week. Dawson Garcia . .11th (.487) Garcia finished 9-of-13 from the floor at North Carolina, finishing with 24 points and 11 rebounds for his third double-double this season. He is the top-ranked freshman in both scoring and rebounding and has scored double Record By Starting Lineup figures in 12 league outings, including 20-or-more points six times. Torrence, McEwen......................2-1 John, Cain, Garcia Carton, McEwen ......................7-11 Team Effort Leads To Win At UNC John, Cain, Garcia Freshman forward Dawson Garcia’s third double-double (24 points, 11 rebounds) of Carton, McEwen ........................1-0 the season led the way, but Marquette received numerous contributions in the win at John, Elliot, Garcia North Carolina. Carton, Cain................................1-1 All eight players to see action scored for Marquette, with four finishing in double fig- John, Elliot, Garcia ures. The Golden Eagles finished 51.8 percent from the floor and featured a first-time Carton, Cain................................1-0 starting lineup combination of D.J. Carton, Greg Elliott, Jamal Cain, Theo John and Garcia. Lewis, Elliot, Garcia Guard Koby McEwen came off the bench for the first time at MU after starting his first 51 appearances. Marquette Game Notes Page 3 Pronunciations 2020‐21 MARQUETTE ROSTER Dexter Akanno uh-CAN-oh NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. CL. HOMETOWN Ike Eke Eh-kay 2 Justin Lewis F 6-7 245 Fr.