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Marquette Soars Over UMES 86-60

The Marquette Golden Eagles flew higher than the UMES Hawks in a 86-60 victory Tuesday night at the Bradley Center.

Marquette was led by Lazar Hayward and his career-high 28 points.  18 of those points came in the second half, as the Golden Eagles pulled away. Read the rest of this entry »

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Monty’s Marquette Hoops Thoughts

MU's Jimmy Butler fighting for a loose ball.

MU's Jimmy Butler fighting for a loose ball.

The Marquette Golden Eagles are entering the 2009-2010 basketball campaign projected to finish 12th in the Big East and are going to have to replace one of their best classes in school history of Jerel McNeal, Dominic James and Wesley Matthews. While critics seem to be sour on Marquette, those surrounding the program think they can do better than 12th, based on a strong freshman class, among other things.

That said, I saw the team play for the first time last night and here’s what I took away from the MU-Centenary game.

What I liked:

-Jimmy Butler- played a great all-around game scoring a career-high 27 points and 13 boards. He created his own shot and hustled all-around. He was MU’s best player by far in this game and has matured a ton since his first game last year. He went from a 8th man last year to the #2 guy this year based on situation and his development.

-Jeronne Maymon’s aggressiveness- He got the ball in the post a decent amount of times, and drove a couple other times drawing some fouls. He didn’t finish at the basket the way I would have liked, but he’s a freshman, with time to grow and develop. He played against a much smaller team, but he reminded me of Lazar when he played his rookie season at MU.

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Marquette’s Broadway Joe

Joe Fulce looks to bring energy to the 2009/2010 Golden Eagles

Joe Fulce looks to bring energy to the 2009/2010 Golden Eagles

In the weeks leading up to the first game of the season, most college basketball players and coaches shy away from making predictions or guarantees.

But then there’s Joe Fulce.

Two days before Marquette Madness, Fulce has guaranteed a title: The 2009 Dunk Contest championship.

“The dunk contest will be fun this year because I’m going to win it!” Fulce laughed.  “I’m representing for the lean, long, dunk machines.” Read the rest of this entry »

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