#11 Marcus Zegarowski #11 • Marcus Zegarowski COLLEGE Creighton University POSITION Guard HEIGHT 6-2 WEIGHT 180 HOMETOWN Hamilton, Mass. HIGH SCHOOL Tilton School MAJOR Journalism TWITTER: @MZegarowski1 INSTAGRAM: @MarcusZeg_ 2020-21: Junior at Creighton and three steals vs. Butler in the BIG EAST Tournament. Awards & Honors • Made 7-of-8 shots and scored team-high 17 points in 2018-19 BIG EAST Freshman of the Week, 12/17 • Started all 29 appearances, leading CU with 15.8 2018-19 BIG EAST All-Freshman Team points per game and 4.2 assists per contest. BIG EAST Tournament final vs. Georgetown (March 13) 2019-20 19th Annual Las Vegas Classic All-Tournament Team • Led the BIG EAST with 80 three-pointers and 2.76 an named to All-Tournament Team. 2019-20 Associated Press Honorable Mention All-American three-pointers per game. • Led all players with 17 points and eight assists in 2019-20 BIG EAST Player of the Week, 2/24 • First Team All-BIG EAST in 2020-21, in addition to NCAA Tournament win vs. UC Santa Barbara (March 2019-20 NABC All-District 5 Second Team being USBWA All-District VI and NABC All-District 5. 20). 2019-20 NBC Sports Second Team All-American • Also named to BIG EAST All-Tournament Team. • Scored game-high 20 points as Creighton clinched 2019-20 Second Team All-BIG EAST • Surpassed 1,000 career points in his 75th career Sweet 16 bid in win vs. Ohio (March 22). 2019-20 Stadium Third Team All-American • In Creighton’s career record book, ranks sixth in 2020-21 All-BIG EAST Tournament Team game vs. Providence (Jan. 20). 2020-21 Associated Press Honorable Mention Preseason All-American • Named BIG EAST Player of the Week on Feb. 1 and three-pointers (215), ninth in three-point percent- 2020-21 Associated Press Honorable Mention All-American Andy Katz’s NCAA.com National Player of the Week age (.423), 10th in assists (.389) and 22nd in scoring 2020-21 Basketball Times Preseason First Team All-American on Feb. 15. (1,293). 2020-21 BIG EAST All-Academic Team • Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year who was • In Creighton’s NCAA record book for one Tournament, 2020-21 BIG EAST Player of the Week, 2/1 also named a Preseason First Team All-American by is tied for first with 10 three-pointers, second with 56 2020-21 Blue Ribbon CBB Yearbook Preseason First Team All-American Basketball Times and Blue Ribbon College Basketball points and fourth with 12 assists. 2020-21 Blue Ribbon CBB Yearbook Preseason First Team All-BIG EAST • Only CU player in history to score 17 points or more 2020-21 Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award Watch List (20) Yearbook and 1 of 50 preseason candidates for the Naismith Trophy and the Wooden Award. in each of his first three NCAA Tournament games. 2020-21 Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award Watch List (10) • CU’s all-time leader in three-point percentage at the 2020-21 CBS Sports Preseason Second Team All-American • Was 1 of 10 candidates for Bob Cousy Point Guard of 2020-21 First Team All-BIG EAST the Year Award and 1 of 30 candidates for Naismith BIG EAST Tournament (.556) is also third in assists (15) 2020-21 Jersey Mike’s Naismith Trophy Preseason Watch List (50) Trophy Midseason Team for Men’s Player of the Year. and steals (5) as well as fifth in points (56). 2020-21 Jersey Mike’s Naismith Trophy Midseason Team (30) • First in the BIG EAST in three-pointers per game, 2020-21 John R. Wooden Award Preseason Watch List (50) fourth in assists per game, fourth in assist/turnover 2020-21 John R. Wooden Award Midseason Watch List (25) 2019-20: Sophomore at Creighton ratio, fifth in three-point percentage, sixth in points • Named a Second Team All-American by NBC 2020-21 Lute Olson Player of the Year Midseason Watch List (35) per game, seventh in minutes per game, ninth in 2020-21 NABC District 5 First Team Sports, Third Team All-American by Stadium 2020-21 NABC Preseason Player of the Year Watch List (20) steals per game and 14th in field goal percentage. and an Honorable Mention All-American by the 2020-21 NCAA.com National Player of the Week, 2/15 • Ranked 19th among active players in three-point Associated Press. 2020-21 Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year percentage (.423) and 68th with 215 career trifectas. 2020-21 Preseason First Team All-BIG EAST • Made a three-pointer in each of the final 23 games 2020-21 Sporting News Preseason Second Team All-American of the season, tied for CU’s sixth-longest streak ever. 2020-21 Stadium Preseason First Team All-American • Had first career double-double (11 points, 11 assists) 2020-21 USBWA All-District VI vs. Omaha (Dec. 1). • Had 22 points, 5 assists and 4 steals in win vs. Personal Nebraska (Dec. 11). • Son of Zack and Amanda Zegarowski. • Scored 20 points in win at St. John’s, making 6-of-7 • Has a twin brother Max, a brother Michael Car- trifectas (Dec. 17). ter-Williams and a sister Masey Zegarowski. • Made six three-pointers and scored 20 points while • Michael Carter-Williams competed for two dishing an assist on Christian Bishop’s game-winning seasons in the BIG EAST at Syracuse (2011-13) dunk with 0.8 left at Providence (Jan. 2). and finished his eighth year in the NBA in 2020- • Scored 25 points in win vs. No. 5 Villanova (Feb. 13). 21as a member of the Orlando Magic, Max plays • Recorded second double-double this year at Xavier, at Franklin Pierce College and Masey graduated when he registered 15 points and 10 assists (Feb. 27). after playing basketball at Bryant. • Tied his career-high with 32 points on 10-of-12 • Is a journalism major. shooting vs. Butler (March 6), then followed it up five • Favorite current athlete is Conor McGregor. days later with 18 points, five assists, four rebounds Marcus Zegarowski’s Career Statistics Year GP-GS Min.-Avg. FGM-A Pct. 3FGM-A Pct. FTM-A Pct. Off-Def Total Avg. PF-D Ast. TO Blk. Stl. Pts. Avg. 2018-19 32-16 914-28.6 112-247 .453 60-141 .426 50-65 .769 16-85 101 3.2 61-0 108 58 1 30 334 10.4 2019-20 31-30 1073-34.6 182-373 .488 75-177 .424 61-80 .763 5-112 117 3.8 61-0 156 80 3 34 500 16.1 2020-21 29-29 975-33.6 162-349 .464 80-190 .421 55-70 .786 9-96 105 3.6 55-1 125 62 2 37 459 15.8 Totals 92-75 2962-32.2 456-969 .471 215-508 .423 166-215 .772 30-293 323 3.5 177-1 389 200 6 101 1293 14.1 #11 Marcus Zegarowski 2018-19: Freshman at Creighton • Started 16-of-32 appearances, averaging 10.4 points, 3.4 assists and 3.2 rebounds per game. • One of two unanimous selections to the BIG EAST’s All-Freshman Team. • Missed three games (Feb. 6-13) due to a broken bone in his hand, but started every game after returning on Feb. 17th. • Team was 20-12 when he played, but 0-3 when he didn’t. • Ranked first in the BIG EAST among all players in three-point percentage, and was third among BIG EAST freshmen in points per game. • His 28.6 minutes per game were the most by a Creighton freshman since Doug McDermott’s 29.1 minutes per game in 2010-11, and most by a Bluejay freshman guard since Josh Dotzler’s 32.7 minutes per game in 2005-06. • Tied Ryan Sears’ (1997-98) freshman school-record by making a three-pointer in each of his first eight games as a Bluejay, and had a trey in all but three games he played in. • His 60 three-pointers ranked fourth-most in program history for a freshman. • Had eight points, four rebounds and two assists in 18 minutes of his college debut vs. Western Illinois (Nov. 6). • Contributed 13 points and six rebounds in win vs. Green Bay (Dec. 14) to earn BIG EAST Freshman of the Week honors three days later. • Scored a season-high 20 points while making 6-of-8 three-point shots and added five rebounds in 22 minutes of win vs. Coe (Dec. 20). • Finished with 10 points, seven rebounds and seven assists in first career start on Jan. 13 vs. Villanova. • Had 13 points in 29 minutes in win vs. Xavier (Feb. 3) despite breaking fifth metacarpal in right hand in the opening minutes. • Had season-high 10 assists vs. DePaul (March 9), the most by a Bluejay fresh- man since Josh Dotzler’s 10 at Drake on Feb. 4, 2006. Tilton School • NEPSAC Class AA Player of the Year as a senior after averaging 23 points, six • Led Creighton with 156 assists (5.0 apg.) and second with 500 points (16.1 rebounds and five assists for a team that finished 28-4 and won the NEPSAC ppg.) and 42.4 percent shooting from three-point range. Class AA Championship. • Second Team All-BIG EAST guard owned Creighton’s top three single-game • As a senior, scored a career-high 57 points in a 118-116 double-overtime win scoring efforts in 2019-20. over South Kent. In that same game, his twin brother Max surpassed 1,000 • In eight games vs.