Game 20 | Feb. 10 | Marquette (9-10, 5-8 BIG EAST) at Villanova (12-2, 7-1 BIG EAST) TIP‐OFF: 8 p.m. CT LOCATION: The Pavilion - Villanova, PA MU SCOREBOARD TV: FS1 features the broadcast, with Alex Faust (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 Dan Fitzgerald (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 (9-10, 5-8 BIG EAST) Dec. 8 Green Bay W, 82-68 T travels to No.5 Villanova (12-2, 7-1 BIG EAST) on Wednesday, Feb. 10 Dec. 11 at UCLA L, 69-60 for an 8 p.m. CT BIG EAST Conference matchup. FS1 will feature the broad- Dec. 14 9/9 at Creighton * W, 89-84 cast, with Alex Faust (play-by-play) and Steve Lavin (analyst) calling the Dec. 17 Seton Hall * L, 70-63 action. Following Wednesday’s action, the Golden Eagles will continue their Dec. 20 at Xavier * L, 91-88 road swing at Seton Hall on Feb. 14. Dec. 23 5/3 Villanova * L, 85-68 Jan. 2 at Georgetown * W, 64-60 Marquette Looks To Turn Series Trend Jan. 5 UConn * L, 65-54 Villanova holds a 26-12 advan- Series Snapshot Jan. 8 at Villanova * PPD tage over Marquette in an all-time Jan. 12 Providence * W, 79-69 series that dates back to 1960. Overall VU leads 26-12 Jan. 16 at St. John’s * W, 73-71 @ Marquette VU leads 8-7 Along with regular season and Jan. 20 Georgetown * PPD tournament matchups in league @ Villanova VU leads 13-2 Neutral VU leads 5-3 Jan. 23 DePaul * L, 68-61 play, the two teams also squared RECENT RESULTS Jan. 27 at Providence * L, 72-63 OT off in the 1963 National Invitation J 7, 2017 A #1 Villanova 93, Marquette 81 Jan. 31 St. John’s * L, 75-73 Tournament and the 1980 NCAA J 24, 2017 H Marquette 74, #1 Villanova 72 J 6, 2018 A #3 Villanova 100, Marquette 90 Feb. 2 Butler * W, 70-67 Championship. Marquette downed J 28, 2018 H #1 Villanova 85, Marquette 82 M 8, 2018 N #2 Villanova 94, Marquette 70 Feb. 6 15/12 Creighton * L, 71-68 the Wildcats 66-58 in the NIT, but F 9, 2019 H #10 Marquette 66, #14 Villanova 65 F 27, 2019 A Villanova 67, #10 Marquette 61 Feb. 10 5/ at Villanova * 8 p.m. fell 77-59 in the opening round of J 4, 2020 H Marquette 71, #10 Villanova 60 the NCAA’s in Providence, R.I. F 12, 2020 A #15 Villanova 72, #18 Marquette 71 Feb. 14 at Seton Hall * 2 p.m. The Wildcats have been ranked J 8, 2021 H #5 Villanova 85, Marquette 68 Feb. 17 at Butler * 5:30 p.m. in the top-15 in 16 of the last 17 meetings against Marquette, including four Feb. 27 at UConn * TBA matchups as the top-ranked team in the land. Mar. 2 at DePaul * TBA Mar. 6 Xavier * TBA Upcoming Schedule Provides Rare Challenge BIG EAST Tournament When the BIG EAST schedule was originally announced, Marquette knew Mar. 10 First Round TBA it would have a challenging conclusion to the league schedule, with four of Mar. 11 Quarterfinals TBA six outing scheduled on the road. Mar. 12 Semifinals TBA With the move of the Feb. 20 home contest against St. John’s to Jan. 31, Mar. 13 Championship TBA Marquette will now open a five-game road trip at Villanova on Feb. 10. The Golden Eagles will go an entire month between home games, not returning * - indicates BIG EAST Conference game to Fiserv Forum until March 6 against Xavier on Senior Day/National Marquette Day. Marquette hasn’t played five straight on the road since the 1980-81 cam- paign and the team went 3-2 in those outings. Since the program began league affiliation in 1989-90, the team has never played five-consecutive games outside of Milwaukee in conference action. Marquette Game Notes Page 2 INJURY REPORT LAST GAME STARTERS Player (Injury) Status NAME POS. PPG. RPG. APG. FG% FT% Gardiner (knee) Out Koby McEwen G 12.3 3.7 2.8 .409 .764 Ighodaro (leg) Out D.J. Carton G 12.7 3.5 3.6 .446 .738 Lewis (ankle) Questionable Jamal Cain F 10.3 5.8 1.3 .466 .708 Dawson Garcia F 12.5 6.7 0.8 .477 .750 MARQUETTE IN THE Theo John F 8.1 5.8 3.1 .576 .692 BIG EAST STATS Marquette Looking For Second-Half Carton statistics through 2/7/21 Marquette guard D.J. Carton scored 14 of his team-high 16 points against Creighton Team in the second half, continuing a season-long trend of strong performances following SCORING OFFENSE: . .8th (71.5) intermission. SCORING DEFENSE: . .5th (69.8) For the year, Carton is contributing 4.7 points per game in the first half, attempting FT PERCENTAGE: . .6th (71.9) an average of just 4.0 shots per contest prior to intermission. Over the course of the final FG PERCENTAGE: . .6th (45.2) 20 minutes, however, he leads the roster with an average of 7.7 points per outing on an ASSISTS: . .7th (13.5) average of 5.6 shots per contest. STEALS: . .8th (5.4) The Bettendorf, Iowa, native currently leads the team in scoring at 12.7 points per BLOCKED SHOTS: . .5th (4.1) game. FG PCT. DEFENSE: . .2nd (40.5) OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS: . .6th (9.9) Marquette Holds Of Butler In Win DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS: . .4th (27.1) Marquette led by as many as 18 points in the second half on Feb. 2 against Butler 3-PT FG’S MADE: . .7th (137) before hanging on for a 70-67 victory at Fiserv Forum. Individual Guards D.J. Carton and Koby McEwen each scored 18 points to lead four players in double figures and Marquette finished 61.5 percent (24-of-39) from the floor. The SCORING team’s shooting effort marked its first above 60.0 percent in just over four years. MU D.J. Carton . .17th (12.7 ppg.) knocked down 60.0 percent of its field goals against Creighton on Jan. 21, 2017. Dawson Garcia . .18th (12.5 ppg.) Koby McEwen . .19th (12.3 ppg.) Garcia Making Name For Himself In BIG EAST REBOUNDING The Preseason BIG EAST Freshman of the Year has already claimed the league’s week- Dawson Garcia . .11th (6.7 rpg.) ly top newcomer accolade on three occasions and is proving himself to be one of the con- Justin Lewis . .15th (6.0 rpg.) ference’s top players (ranked in five categories), regardless of class. Theo John . .t18th (5.8 rpg.) Through games of Feb. 7, the Prior Like, Minnesota, native is ranked among the Jamal Cain . .t18th (5.8 rpg.) league leaders in scoring (18th, 12.5 ppg.), rebounding (11th, 6.7 rpg.), 3-point field goal percentage (14th, .392), offensive rebounds (8th, 2.2 orpg.) and defensive rebounds BLOCKED SHOTS (13th, 4.5 drpg.). Theo John . .4th (1.8 bpg.) He is the top-ranked freshman in both scoring and rebounding. ASSISTS John Makes Final Move Up Career Blocks List D.J. Carton . .12th (3.6 apg.) Senior forward Theo John is ranked among the league leaders (4th, 1.8 bpg.) in blocked shots this season and with Career Blocks STEALS every swatted attempt he had moved up Marquette’s all- Name Total D.J. Carton . .15th (1.2 spg.) time list. Jim McIlvaine 399 Theo John 185 The Minneapolis, Minnesota, native is currently second in Amal McCaskill 175 Record By Starting Lineup program history with 185 blocks, recently passing Amal Faisal Abraham 172 Torrence, McEwen......................2-1 McCaskill (2nd, 175, 1991-92, 1993-96). Luke Fisher 153 John, Cain, Garcia Unfortunately for John, second is as high as he will be able Carton, McEwen ........................7-9 to climb in the record book, courtesy of Jim McIlvaine’s four-year effort (1990-94) of 399, John, Cain, Carcia which still ranks the 22nd-best total in NCAA history. McIlvaine’s blocked shots record and Tony Miller’s assist total (956) are likely to never even be threatened at Marquette. Dominic James is second all-time (636) in the Blue & Gold in assists, more than 300 assists less than Miller. 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 Tip-in at buzzer beat No. 4 Wisconsin (Dec. 4) ... BIG EAST Freshman of the Week (Dec. 7) Oso Ighodaro ig-uh-DAR-oh 4 Theo John F 6-9 245 Sr. Minneapolis, Minn./Champlin Park HS Koby McEwen Mc-YOU-en Double-double (13 pts., 12 reb.) vs. UAPB (6th of career) ... team leader in games (116) and starts (80) Symir Torrence SIGH-meer 5 Greg Elliott G 6-3 180 RJr. Detroit, Mich./East English Village HS Has appeared in all 19 games off bench ..