Rosemont, IL – The 20-ranked Northwestern Wildcats were knocked off by the Creighton Bluejays of the Big East Conference 92-88 in a high-spirited contest on Wednesday night in a Gavitt Tipoff Games game. Allstate Arena hosted a very competitive game, which included runs and lead changes throughout. Creighton opened up a 15-point lead late in […]
Cowan Leads Maryland Past Butler
College Park, MD – Anthony Cowan made sure everyone realizes this is now his team with Melo Trimble gone. Cowan led Maryland (3-0) to a 79-65 win over a scrappy Butler (2-1) team. This game was part of the Gavitt Tipoff Games, which is a series of games between the Big Ten and Big East […]
Haas Leads Purdue to Road Win at Marquette
Milwaukee, WI – One of the many reasons Purdue Coach Matt Painter has enjoyed the high level of success he has since taking over for legendary Coach Gene Keady 13 years ago is his ability to recruit highly skilled bigs. In recent years, former Purdue centers A.J. Hammons and Caleb Swanigan both heard their names […]
St. John’s Remains Undefeated in Rout of CCSU
Queens, NY – The St. John’s Red Storm took the court Tuesday night against the Central Connecticut Blue Devils at Carnesseca Arena, coming off an impressive victory to open the season against New Orleans. CCSU meanwhile, had dropped their first two contests and is still without head coach Donyell Marshall, who has been on leave […]
St. John’s Tops New Orleans in Home Opener
Queens, NY – St. John’s and New Orleans met for the first time in history on Friday night to kick off the 2017 season. The New Orleans Privateers entered Carnesecca Arena looking to build on the momentum of last year’s NCAA Tournament berth, despite the departure of Southland Player of the Year, Erik Thomas. St. […]
Marquette Tops Creighton On Senior Day
Milwaukee, WI – Playing for the last time on their home court at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Marquette seniors Jujuan Johnson, Luke Fischer and Katin Reinhardt sent a near capacity crowd of 17,630 home happy by combining to score 45 points to lead Marquette to a 91-83 victory over Creighton on Saturday afternoon. Each […]
Howard’s 34 Leads Marquette Past Xavier
Milwaukee, Wl – Neither of the two Big East freshmen nominated for the Wayman Tisdale Award as the National Freshman Player of the Year is named Markus Howard of Marquette. But after dropping 34 points on Xavier on Saturday night to lead Marquette to an 83-61 victory, Howard stated his case that perhaps his name […]
Carrington Leads Seton Hall to Upset of Creighton
Newark, NJ – The Seton Hall – Creighton contest was a tough battle between two rivals in the Big East. Creighton got off to a hot start shooting from the three point line and running the transition game. Blue Jays star Justin Patton, guard Marcus Foster and sharp shooter Cole Huff led the way for […]
Marquette Wins At DePaul
Chicago, IL – Carrying a two-game losing streak into its Saturday afternoon game at DePaul, Marquette hoped to get back to its sweet-shooting ways that saw the Golden Eagles enter the game leading the Big East in three-point shooting percentage (.417) and three-point shots made per game (10.2). Shaking off a slow start that saw them […]
