Game 17 | Jan. 15 | Marquette (11-5, 1-3 BIG EAST) vs. Xavier (12-5, 1-3 BIG EAST) TIP‐OFF: 7 p.m. CT LOCATION: Fiserv Forum (17,500) - Milwaukee, Wis. MU SCOREBOARD TV: FS Wisconsin features the broadcast, with Brandon Gaudin (play-by-play) DATE OPPONENT RESULT/TIME Stephen Bardo (analyst) calling the action. Nov. 5 Loyola Maryland W, 88-53 RADIO: 94.5 ESPN FM is the flagship of the MU Radio Network, with Steve Nov. 13 Purdue W, 65-55 “The Homer” True (play-by-play) and Tony Smith (analyst). Nov. 17 at Wisconsin L, 77-61 MU CONTACT INFO: Scott Kuykendall handles the communications duties Nov. 23 Robert Morris W, 66-62 for MU and can be reached at 414.807.3490 or [email protected]. Nov. 28 vs. Davidson ^ W, 73-63 he Marquette University men’s basketball team (11-5, 1-3 BIG EAST) Nov. 29 vs. USC ^ W, 101-79 T returns to Fiserv Forum Wednesday night to host Xavier (12-5, 1-3 BIG Dec. 1 5/8 vs. Maryland ^ L, 84-63 EAST) in BIG EAST Conference action at 7 p.m. CT. FS Wisconsin will feature Dec. 4 Jacksonville W, 75-56 the broadcast, with Brandon Gaudin (play-by-play) and Stephen Bardo (ana- Dec. 7 at Kansas St. W, 73-65 lyst) calling the action. Following Wednesday’s outing, the Golden Eagles hit Dec. 17 Grambling St. W, 93-72 the road to face Georgetown on Saturday, Jan. 18 at 1 p.m. CT. Dec. 20 North Dakota St. W, 82-68 Dec. 28 Central Arkansas W, 106-54 Series With Musketeers Spans 50 Years Jan. 1 at Creighton * L, 92-75 Marquette and Xavier will meet Jan. 4 10/9 Villanova * W, 71-60 for the 76th time on Wednesday Series Snapshot Jan. 7 Providence * L, 81-80 (OT) Overall night, continuing a series that MU leads 51-24 Jan. 11 at Seton Hall * L, 69-55 @ Marquette spans nearly half of the program’s MU leads 28-8 @ Xavier MU leads 21-14 Jan. 15 Xavier * 7 p.m. 102-year history. Neutral Tied 2-2 Jan. 18 at Georgetown * 1 p.m. The Golden Eagles own a 51-24 RECENT RESULTS Jan. 21 St. John’s * 8 p.m. overall lead in matchups that date F 10, 2015 H Xavier 64, Marquette 44 Jan. 24 at Butler * 8 p.m. back to the 1958-59 campaign, but J 16, 2016 H #7 Xavier 74, Marquette 66 F 6, 2016 A #6 Xavier 90, Marquette 82 Jan. 29 at Xavier * 7:30 p.m. XU has claimed 9-of-14 since the M 10, 2016 N #5 Xavier 90, Marquette 72 F 18, 2017 H Marquette 83, Xavier 61 Feb. 1 DePaul * 1 p.m. Musketeers joined the BIG EAST M 1, 2017 A Marquette 95, Xavier 84 D 27, 2017 H #5 Xavier 91, Marquette 87 Feb. 9 Butler * 11 a.m. Conference in 2013-14. MU domi- J 24, 2018 A #8 Xavier 89, Marquette 70 nated the pairings during the Al J 6, 2019 H #16 Marquette 70, Xavier 52 Feb. 12 at Villanova * 7:30 p.m. J 26, 2019 A #10 Marquette 87, Xavier 82 McGuire and Hank Raymonds era, Feb. 18 Creighton * 7:30 p.m. at one point claiming 26-straight victories between 1969 and 1983. Feb. 22 at Providence * 11 a.m. The lone NCAA tournament meeting came in 2010-11 and resulted in a Feb. 26 Georgetown * 7:30 p.m. 66-55 Marquette win in the opening round and started the team’s run to a Feb. 29 Seton Hall * 1:30 p.m. Sweet 16 appearance. XU posted a 67-63 win over MU at home in the 2000 Mar. 3 at DePaul * 7 p.m. National Invitation Tournament. Mar. 7 at St. John’s * 11 a.m. BIG EAST Tournament Howard Moving Up BIG EAST List Mar. 11 First Round TBA Keeping track of Markus Howard’s assault on the record books is a full- Mar. 12 Quarterfinals TBA time job and with the start of league play, his move up the leaderboard now Mar. 13 Semifinals TBA includes the BIG EAST’s all-time lists. Mar. 14 Championship TBA Following his 27 points in the loss to Seton Hall, Howard is now in pos- session of 1,183 points in league matchups, good enough for 11th on the all- time list. He recently passed Kelan Martin (Butler - 1,101 - 2014-18) and D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera (Georgetown - 1,113 - 2012-16), giving Howard the highest total of any player from a current member of the BIG EAST. ^ - indicates Orlando Invitational * - indicates BIG EAST Conference game Laurence Moten (Syracuse, 1991-95) is the BIG EAST’s all-time leading AP/ESPN Top-25 rankings as of time game was played scorer with 1,405 points. All times are Central Marquette Game Notes Page 2 INJURY REPORT LAST GAME STARTERS Player (Injury) Status NAME POS. PPG. RPG. APG. FG% FT% Elliott (ankle) Doubtful Markus Howard G 26.8 3.3 2.9 .421 .439 Koby McEwen G 9.8 4.7 3.0 .322 .857 1,000-Point Scorers Brendan Bailey F 7.9 5.4 1.6 .417 .600 Sacar Anim F 12.0 3.9 1.3 .453 .610 1. 2357 MARKUS HOWARD 2016-19 2. 1985 Jerel McNeal 2005-09 Theo John F 4.8 4.8 0.8 .455 .563 3. 1859 Lazar Hayward 2006-10 4. 1773 George Thompson 1966-69 Marquette Searching For 40-Minute League Game 5. 1749 Dominic James 2005-09 With the exception of the victory over Villanova on Jan. 4, the Golden Eagles have 6. 1735 Butch Lee 1974-78 struggled early in league play to put together a complete 40 minutes at both ends of the 7. 1691 Travis Diener 2001-05 court. 8. 1690 Brian Wardle 1997-01 9. 1688 Tony Smith 1986-90 In Saturday’s loss at Seton Hall, the Golden Eagles jumped out to an early 26-15 10. 1673 Wesley Matthews 2005-09 advantage midway through the first half and completed the opening stanza at 46.2 per- 11. 1663 Bo Ellis 1973-77 cent from the floor overall and 52.8 percent from behind the 3-point line. Defensively, 12. 1649 Darius Johnson-Odom 2009-12 however, MU allowed the Pirates to shoot 53.6 percent from the field. 13. 1647 Damon Key 1990-94 In the second half, the defense did its job to give Marquette a chance to claim the vic- 14. 1637 Dean Meminger 1968-71 tory. SHU shot just 35.7 percent from the field following the intermission, but MU’s 15. 1571 Trevor Powell 1987-91 offense couldn’t find a rhythm and knocked down just 5-of-26 shots (19.2 percent) after 16. 1567 Steve Novak 2002-06 the break and after tying the game at 45-45, Seton Hall pulled away for the 69-55 win. 17. 1504 Don Kojis 1958-61 In the overtime loss to Providence on Jan. 7, the Golden Eagles dug themselves out of 18. 1479 Bob Wolf 1964-67 19. 1471 Roney Eford 1992-96 an 11-point first-half deficit and led by as many as eight points in the second half, but 20. 1439 Aaron Hutchins 1994-98 were unable to earn defensive stops down the stretch. 21. 1355 Mike Moran 1956-59 22. 1353 Russ Wittberger 1951-55 Overtime For Marquette Finally Not Approved 23. 1347 Cordell Henry 1998-02 Marquette’s 81-80 overtime loss to Providence on Jan. 7 snapped a run of 10-straight 24. 1330 Ron Glaser 1960-63 25. 1309 Terry Rand 1953-56 extra-session victories dating back to 2015-16. 26. 1299 Michael Wilson 1978-82 The Golden Eagles were 3-0 in Steve Wojciechowski’s second season, 1-0 in 2016-17, 27. 1287 Davante Gardner 2010-14 3-0 in 2017-18 and 3-0 last year. 28. 1282 Sam Hauser 2016-19 Five of the overtime outings came during league play and including the most recent 1282 Tom Flynn 1963-66 matchup, three of the last 11 games have come against Providence. 30. 1281 Dwyane Wade 2001-03 31. 1278 Jim McIlvaine 1990-94 32. 1277 Jimmy Butler 2008-11 Marquette Looking For Scoring Options 33. 1234 Anthony Pieper 1993-97 While Marquette features the nation’s top scorer, identifying a consistent second and 1234 Glenn “Doc” Rivers 1980-83 third option has been a challenge to this point in 2019-20. 1234 Earl Tatum 1972-76 Senior forward Sacar Anim, who had scored double figures in a career-best seven- 36. 1227 Oliver Lee 1977-81 37. 1221 Kerry Trotter 1982-86 straight games, hasn’t netted more than nine points in each of the last three outings. 38. 1201 Robb Logterman 1990-94 Anim is the squad’s second leading scorer at 12.0 points per game, the only player other 39. 1103 Bernard Toone 1975-79 than Howard in double figures. 40. 1087 Andrew Rowsey 2016-18 In the loss to Providence, Howard led the way with 27 points, but only Anim (9) had 41. 1049 Scott Merritt 2000-04 more than eight points. Howard accounted for eight of the team’s 17 made field goals. 1049 Jae Crowder 2010-12 Marquette’s bench has been outscored 67-15 in the last two outings against 43. 1048 Chris Crawford 1993-97 Providence and Seton Hall. 44. 1042 Rube Schulz 1951-55 45.