Marquette University Athletics
Golden Eagles to Visit Arizona
12/11/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
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QUICK NOTES
? The Golden Eagles enter Saturday?s game ranked 21st in the ESPN/USA Today poll and 22nd in the Associated Press poll.
? Saturday?s meeting is just the third between the two schools, with the series tied at one. Marquette won the first meeting, 76-62, on December 28, 1973, in the opening round of the Milwaukee Classic. Arizona got its revenge 20 years later with a 94-80 victory on January 8, 1994 in Tucson.
? Marquette is 4-6 all-time against Pac-10 opponents (Arizona, 1-1; Oregon, 1-0; Oregon State, 0-2; UCLA, 0-2; Washington, 2-0; Washington State, 0-1).
? The Golden Eagles are 3-7 against the Top 10, and 10-9 overall against ranked opponents, under Tom Crean.
? Marquette?s 6-0 start is the 11th in program history and second under Tom Crean. In 2001-02, Crean led the team to 10-straight wins to start the season. The program record for most consecutive wins to start a season is 27, set during the 1970-71 season.
? Marquette is 18-11 in the month of December during Tom Crean?s tenure.
? Marquette has won 1296 games in its 87-year history. The program?s winning percentage of .613 entering the season was 32nd overall among Division I schools.
? Tom Crean needs 11 more victories to become the fifth coach in school history to win 100 career games.
? Defense and rebounding have been the keys to success for Marquette early-on. Through six games, MU?s opponents are shooting 35.5 percent the field, including 31.2 percent from three, and the Golden Eagles hold a +8.7 rebounding margin (39.8 to 31.2).
? Marquette currently ranks ninth, out of 326 Division I programs, in scoring defense (54.5) and field-goal percentage defense (35.5 percent).
? Among Division I individual statistical leaders, Travis Diener currently ranks 13th in three-point field-goal percentage (53.3 percent) and 32nd in assists per game (5.8)
? Marquette has won 13-consecutive games when holding its opponent to 60 points or less.
? The Golden Eagles have converted at least one three-point field goal in 92 straight games. Under Tom Crean, MU has made at least one three-point field goal in 129 of 130 games. MU?s only ?0-fer? from three came against Wisconsin on December 23, 2000, when it went 0-for-9.
