Game 3 | Dec. 1 | Marquette (2-0, 0-0 BIG EAST) vs. Oklahoma State (2-0, 0-0 Big 12) TIP‐OFF: 6 p.m. CT LOCATION: Fiserv Forum (17,500) - Milwaukee, Wis. MU SCOREBOARD TV: FS1 features the broadcast, with Eric Collins (play-by-play) and Steve DATE OPPONENT RESULT/TIME Lavin (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 6 p.m. CT for MU and can be reached at 414.807.3490 or [email protected]. Dec. 4 4 Wisconsin 6 p.m. CT he Marquette University men’s basket- Dec. 8 Green Bay 8 p.m. CT T ball team (2-0, 0-0 BIG EAST) continues Dec. 11 at UCLA 8:30 p.m. CT its five-game homestand on Tuesday, Dec. 1 Dec. 14 at Creighton * 8 p.m. CT when the program hosts Oklahoma State (2- Dec. 17 Seton Hall * 8 p.m. CT 0, 0-0 Big 12) at 6 p.m. CT in Fiserv Forum as Dec. 20 at Xavier * 1 p.m. CT part of the Big 12-BIG EAST Battle. FS1 will Dec. 23 Villanova * 6 p.m. CT feature the national television broadcast, with Eric Collins (play-by-play) and Steve BIG EAST Tournament Lavin (analyst) calling the action. The four- Mar. 10 First Round TBA year series between the two leagues continues through the 2022-23 cam- Mar. 11 Quarterfinals TBA paign and will feature an equal number of games in each conference’s home Mar. 12 Semifinals TBA market each year. Mar. 13 Championship TBA Marquette-Ok. State Series Dates To 1990 * - indicates BIG EAST Conference game The Golden Eagles and Cowboys Series Snapshot AP/ESPN Top-25 rankings as of time game was played have met on five occasions in the All times are Central all-time series, with Oklahoma Overall Ok. State leads 4-1 State claiming four of the @ Marquette Ok. State leads 1-0 matchups. @ Ok. State Ok. State leads 1-0 Neutral Ok. State leads 2-1 Marquette was victorious in the most recent outing, however, RECENT RESULTS claiming a 91-61 victory in the D 30, 1990 H Ok. State 70, Marquette 43 J 14, 1992 A #3 Ok. State 64, Marquette 52 semifinals of the 2007 Maui M 19, 1993 N #23 Ok. State 74, Marquette 62 N 19, 1998 N #13 Ok. State 57, Marquette 54 Invitational. MU advanced to the N 20, 2007 N Marquette 91, Ok. State 61 championship game with the win and fell to Duke, which featured Steve Wojciechowski on the staff, 77-73, in the title game. The programs have also met in postseason action, with the Cowboys claiming a 74-62 win in the opening round of the 1993 NCAA tournament in Indianapolis, Ind. Garcia Claims BIG EAST Weekly Honor Forward Dawson Garcia, the BIG EAST Preseason Freshman of the Year, is living up to the hype early in 2020-21 and as a result claimed the league’s first weekly newcomer accolade of the season on Monday. Through two outings, he leads the team in scoring with 17.5 points per game and is also contributing 6.0 rebounds per game while shooting 55.6 percent from the field (10-of-18) and 66.7 percent (4-of-6) from deep. Marquette Game Notes Page 2 INJURY REPORT LAST GAME STARTERS Player (Injury) Status NAME POS. PPG. RPG. APG. FG% FT% Dexter Akanno (illness) Questionable Koby McEwen G 13.0 4.0 1.0 .438 .800 Luke Fizulich (ankle) Out Symir Torrence G 6.0 5.0 4.5 .333 .500 Jamal Cain F 11.0 6.5 0.5 .368 .750 MARQUETTE IN THE Dawson Garcia F 17.5 6.0 2.0 .556 .846 BIG EAST STATS Theo John F 11.0 10.5 1.0 .714 .846 final 2019-20 statistics John Collects Strong Performance In Opener Team For the second time in three seasons, forward Theo John opened the season with a SCORING OFFENSE: . .2nd (77.8) double-double and now owns six for his career. SCORING DEFENSE: . .8th (71.6) In 23 minutes against UAPB, John collected 13 points, 12 rebounds (career high) and FT PERCENTAGE: . .3rd (74.3) five blocked shots. He also knocked down 9-of-10 free throws, making a single-game FG PERCENTAGE: . .8th (43.0) personal best in charity tosses made and attempted. He followed that up with nine ASSISTS: . .9th (13.5) points and nine rebounds in 29 minutes against Eastern Illinois, including his first career STEALS: . .10th (5.1) 3-pointer both made and attempted in 99 games (over 300 total shots). BLOCKED SHOTS: . .3rd (4.2) The Minneapolis, Minn., native has also chipped in seven blocked shots in two games FG PCT. DEFENSE: . .4th (41.2) and is now fourth all-time at Marquette with 158 swats, passing Luke Fischer (153, 2014- OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS: . .6th (10.6) 17). DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS: . .1st (29.2) John finished with 11 points and 10 rebounds in the 2018-19 season-opening victory 3-PT FG’S MADE: . .1st (301) over UMBC as a sophomore. A career 54.5 percent free throw shooter, John is 11-of-13 (84.6 percent) from the charity stripe through the first two outings in 2020-21. Individual SCORING Committee Effort Will Replace Last Season’s Scoring Markus Howard . .1st (27.8 ppg.) For the first time in four seasons, Marquette is without the services of the most pro- Sacar Anim . .15th (13.1 ppg.) lific scorer in program history, Markus Howard (2,761 points). Howard led the nation in scoring with 27.8 points per game in 2019-20 and with the FREE THROW PERCENTAGE graduation of fellow senior Sacar Anim (13.1 ppg.), the team’s leading returning scorer is Koby McEwen . .3rd (.851) senior Koby McEwen (9.5 ppg.). Markus Howard . .6th (.847) Head coach Steve Wojciechowski’s roster has multiple scoring options in 2020-21 and through the first two games the team’s balance has been on display. Five players are BLOCKED SHOTS averaging double figures, led by Dawson Garcia’s 17.5 points per game, and seven differ- Theo John . .3rd (1.8 bpg.) ent guys have scored 10-or-more points in at least one outing. 3-PT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE Garcia Highlights Golden Eagle Debuts Markus Howard . .5th (.412) A total of 10 players found their names in the box score in the season opener, with Sacar Anim . .9th (.392) five of those individuals seeing action in the Blue & Gold for the first time. Brendan Bailey . .10th (.383) Preseason BIG EAST Freshman of the Year Dawson Garcia highlighted the group of newcomers with a 19-point, four-rebound effort in 29 minutes in the starting lineup. He ASSISTS finished 5-of-8 from the floor, 8-of-10 from the free thow line and also dished out four Markus Howard . .10th (3.3 apg.) assists. Koby McEwen . .12th (3.2 apg.) Each of the other first-year players found the scoring column, with freshman Justin Lewis leading the bench corps with 10 points, a total he has contributed in both games. MARQUETTE IN THE Freshman Oso Ighodaro and transfers D.J. Carton and Jose Perez also made their way to NCAA STATS Al McGuire Court for the first time on Wednesday night. final 2019-20 statistics Schedule Provides Challenges Early & Often 3-POINT FG PERCENTAGE Marquette has confirmed its opening 10 games of the 2020-21 campaign and three Team . .12th (.382) will come against programs ranked in the top-25 polls. The Golden Eagles open the season with a five-game homestand, highlighted by a DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS PER GAME visit from rival No. 4 Wisconsin on Dec. 4. MU’s lone road game of the non-league sched- Team . .7th (29.2 drpg.) ule is at No. 22/21 UCLA on Dec. 11 and the team will conclude a tough two-game road swing at No. 11/11 Creighton on Dec. 14 in the BIG EAST Conference opener. POINTS PER GAME After hosting Seton Hall and traveling to Xavier, the squad returns home to host No. Markus Howard . .1st (27.8 ppg.) 12 Villanova on Dec. 23, all before Christmas. 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. Baltimore, Md./Baltimore Polytechnic HS Luke Fizulich FIZZ-uh-litch Consensus nationally ranked prep prospect ... member of three state title-winning teams Oso Ighodaro ig-uh-DAR-oh 4 Theo John F 6-9 245 Sr. Minneapolis, Minn./Champlin Park HS Koby McEwen Mc-YOU-en Finished third in the BIG EAST in blocked shots (1.8 bpg.) ... fourth all-time at MU in blocks (158) Symir Torrence SIGH-meer 5 Greg Elliott G 6-3 180 RJr. Detroit, Mich./East English Village HS Appeared in 24 games, earning one start in 2019-20 ... reached double figures on three occasions COMMUNICATIONS 10 Symir Torrence G 6-3 205 So. Syracuse, N.Y./Vermont Academy MBB SID: . Scott Kuykendall Appeared in 28 games off the bench as a freshman ... 45 assists are second-most among returnees Email: . [email protected] 12 Dexter Akanno G 6-4 205 RFr.