Game 30 | March 6 | No. 16/15 Marquette (23-6, 12-4) at Seton Hall (16-12, 7-9) TIP‐OFF: 5:30 p.m. CT LOCATION: Prudential Center - Newark, NJ MU SCOREBOARD TV: FS1 features the broadcast, with Brian Custer (play-by-play) and Bill DATE OPPONENT RESULT/TIME Raftery (analyst) 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 No. 16/15 Marquette University men’s basketball team (23-6, 12-4 Nov. 21 2/2 vs. Kansas ^ L, 77-68 T BIG EAST) wrap up the road portion of its regular-season schedule Nov. 23 vs. Louisville ^ W, 77-74 (ot) Wednesday night when the squad travels to Seton Hall (16-12, 7-9 BIG EAST) Nov. 27 Charleston So. W, 76-55 for a 5:30 p.m. CT opening tip at the Prudential Center. FS1 will feature the Dec. 1 12/10 Kansas State W, 83-71 television broadcast, with Brian Custer (play-by-play) and Bill Raftery (ana- Dec. 4 UTEP W, 76-69 lyst) calling the action. Following Wednesday’s outing, the Golden Eagles Dec. 8 12/16 Wisconsin W, 74-69 (ot) will celebrate Senior Day on March 9 against Georgetown. Dec. 18 North Dakota W, 92-66 Dec. 21 14/15 Buffalo W, 103-85 Series With Pirates Dates Back To 1956 Dec. 28 Southern W, 84-41 The Golden Eagles lead the all- Jan. 1 at St. John’s * L, 89-69 time series with Seton Hall, 19-7, Series Snapshot Jan. 6 Xavier * W, 70-52 Overall MU leads 19-7 with all but one of the matchups Jan. 9 at Creighton * W, 106-104 (ot) @ Marquette MU leads 10-2 coming after MU joined the BIG Jan. 12 Seton Hall * W, 70-66 EAST Conference in 2005-06. @ Seton Hall MU leads 7-3 Neutral Tied 2-2 Jan. 15 at Georgetown * W, 74-71 SHU opened the series with a RECENT RESULTS Jan. 20 Providence * W, 79-68 96-78 victory over Marquette on F 7, 2015 A Marquette 57, Seton Hall 54 Jan. 23 DePaul * W, 79-69 March 17, 1956 in MU's first-ever M 11, 2015 N Marquette 78, Seton Hall 56 D 30, 2015 H Seton Hall 83, Marquette 63 Jan. 26 at Xavier * W, 87-82 appearance in the National F 3, 2016 A Seton Hall 79, Marquette 62 J 1, 2017 A Seton Hall 69, Marquette 66 Jan. 30 at Butler * W, 76-58 Invitation Tournament in New J 11, 2017 H Marquette 89, Seton Hall 86 (OT) York. The next meeting wouldn't M 9, 2017 N Seton Hall 82, Marquette 76 Feb. 5 St. John’s * L, 70-69 J 9, 2018 H Marquette 84, #13 Seton Hall 64 come until 50 years later when F 7, 2018 A Marquette 88, Seton Hall 85 Feb. 9 14/13 Villanova * W, 66-65 Marquette moved to the BIG EAST. J 12, 2019 H #21 Marquette 70, Seton Hall 66 Feb. 12 at DePaul * W, 92-73 The Golden Eagles held off the Pirates 70-66 in the first meeting this sea- Feb. 20 Butler * W, 79-69 son on Jan. 12 at Fiserv Forum. Guard Markus Howard led all players with Feb. 23 at Providence * W, 76-58 26 points and center Theo John chipped in 10 points and 11 rebounds. Feb. 27 at Villanova * L, 67-61 Mar. 3 Creighton * L, 66-60 MU Looks For At Least Share Of League Title Mar. 6 at Seton Hall * 5:30 p.m. As the final week of the regular season begins, Marquette has already Mar. 9 Georgetown * 1:30 p.m. clinched a top-two finish in the league and now has its sights set on the pro- BIG EAST Tournament gram’s first-ever outright BIG EAST title. Mar. 14 Quarterfinals TBA Wins in each of the last two outings would assure Marquette (12-4) at Mar. 15 Semifinals TBA least a share of the championship with Villanova, who concludes the regular Mar. 16 Final TBA season at Seton Hall on March 9. Two MU victories and a loss by the Wildcats would give the Golden Eagles the outright championship. The Golden Eagles earned a three-way share of first place with ^ - indicates NIT Season Tip-Off game Georgetown and Louisville in 2012-13, but tiebreakers gave MU the No. 3 * - indicates BIG EAST Conference game seed in the tourney. MU has never been higher than the No. 2 seed, which AP/ESPN Top-25 rankings as of time game was played All times are Central came in 2011-12. 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 25.5 4.0 4.0 .442 .907 Ike Eke (back) Out Sam Hauser F 14.7 7.0 2.2 .471 .914 Joey Hauser F 9.8 5.3 2.5 .462 .827 1,000-Point Scorers Sacar Anim F 8.3 3.2 1.2 .451 .529 1. 1985 Jerel McNeal 2005-09 Theo John C 5.7 4.9 0.5 .610 .500 2. 1859 Lazar Hayward 2006-10 3. 1844 MARKUS HOWARD 2016-19 4. 1773 George Thompson 1966-69 John Puts Name In Mix For Top Defensive Player 5. 1749 Dominic James 2005-09 Sophomore center Theo John has emerged as one of the top shot-blocking threats in 6. 1735 Butch Lee 1974-78 the country and as a result has put his name in the mix for not only the league’s top 7. 1691 Travis Diener 2001-05 8. 1690 Brian Wardle 1997-01 defensive player accolade, but also the BIG EAST’s most improved player honor. 9. 1688 Tony Smith 1986-90 The Minneapolis, Minnesota native is currently first in the league in blocks per game 10. 1673 Wesley Matthews 2005-09 (2.2), good enough for 21st in the nation. That mark jumps to 2.4 swats per contest in 11. 1663 Bo Ellis 1973-77 BIG EAST play, where he is in possession of the single-game high (6, twice against DePaul) 12. 1649 Darius Johnson-Odom 2009-12 in conference action. 13. 1647 Damon Key 1990-94 14. 1637 Dean Meminger 1968-71 For the season, John is contributing 5.7 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per game 15. 1571 Trevor Powell 1987-91 in 19.9 minutes per outing while shooting 61.0 percent from the floor and has started 28- 16. 1567 Steve Novak 2002-06 of-29 games. He recorded his fourth double-double (vs. UMBC, vs. Seton Hall, vs. 17. 1504 Don Kojis 1958-61 DePaul) of the campaign in the win over Butler, finishing with 15 points, 11 rebounds and 18. 1479 Bob Wolf 1964-67 19. 1471 Roney Eford 1992-96 three blocked shots in 32 minutes of action. 20. 1439 Aaron Hutchins 1994-98 As a freshman in 2017-18, he appeared off the bench in 33 contests and chipped in 21. 1355 Mike Moran 1956-59 just 3.9 points and 2.3 boards in 11.8 minutes per night. 22. 1353 Russ Wittberger 1951-55 23. 1347 Cordell Henry 1998-02 24. 1330 Ron Glaser 1960-63 Joey Hauser One Of BIG EAST’s Top Freshmen 25. 1309 Terry Rand 1953-56 Sophomore Joey Hauser has been named the BIG EAST Freshman of the Week a 26. 1299 Michael Wilson 1978-82 league-high five times (including four during league play) and as a result has positioned 27. 1287 Davante Gardner 2010-14 28. 1282 Tom Flynn 1963-66 himself for consideration as the league’s top newcomer. 29. 1281 Dwyane Wade 2001-03 He is ranked among the league leaders in rebounding (16th, 5.3 rpg.), free throw per- 30. 1278 Jim McIlvaine 1990-94 centage (7th, .827), 3-point field goal percentage (2nd, .455) and defensive rebounds per 31. 1277 Jimmy Butler 2008-11 contest (13th, 4.5 drpg.). 32. 1234 Anthony Pieper 1993-97 1234 Glenn “Doc” Rivers 1980-83 For the season, Hauser is contributing 9.8 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists per 1234 Earl Tatum 1972-76 game while shooting 45.5 percent from behind the 3-point line and 82.7 percent from 35. 1227 Oliver Lee 1977-81 the charity stripe. 36. 1221 Kerry Trotter 1982-86 37. 1202 SAM HAUSER 2016-19 38. 1201 Robb Logterman 1990-94 Howard Moves Up BIG EAST, MU Scoring Lists 39. 1103 Bernard Toone 1975-79 40. 1087 Andrew Rowsey 2016-18 Junior guard Markus Howard scored 14 points in the win over Providence, in the 41. 1049 Scott Merritt 2000-04 process jumping to third on the school’s all-time scoring list. After his 33-point effort ver- 1049 Jae Crowder 2010-12 sus Creighton, he is in possession of 1,844 points. 43. 1048 Chris Crawford 1993-97 Howard now trails just Lazar Hayward (2006-10, 1,859) and Jerel McNeal (2005-09). 44. 1042 Rube Schulz 1951-55 McNeal is the all-time leading scorer at 1,985 points.