Marquette University Athletics
Men's Basketball Gets Set for Tulane
2/20/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Marquette Golden Eagles (13-9, 4-7 C-USA)
vs.
Tulane Green Wave (10-12, 3-8 C-USA)
Saturday, February 21, 2004 - Noon CST
Al McGuire Court at the Bradley Center - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Television: ESPN Regional; John Rooney and Stephen Bardo
Radio: WISN 1130 AM; Steve ?Homer? True and George Thompson
Marquette Records:
??????????? Overall: 13-9, 4-7 C-USA
??????????? Home: 10-3 /Away: 2-6 /Neutral: 1-0
Tom Crean By The Numbers:
??????????? 96-50 (.658), 5th season overall
??????????? 48-27 (.640) in C-USA
??????????? 61-12 (.836) at the Bradley Center
??????????? 2-2 (.500) at US Cellular Arena
??????????? 21-30 (.412) on the road
??????????? 12-6 (.667) on neutral courts??
???? ??????????? 4-1 (.800) vs. Tulane
??????????? 19-14 (.576) in February?
Series vs. Tulane:
??????????? Marquette leads 14-3
Previous Meeting:
??????????? January 14, 2003 - New Orleans
??????????? Marquette 85, Tulane 73
Series vs. Tulane
Marquette has won four straight, and six of the last seven, against Tulane.? The Golden Eagles hold a commanding 14-3 advantage ovearll in the series, including a 7-1 mark in Milwaukee.
Under Tom Crean, the Golden Eagles are 4-1 against the Green Wave.
Crean Game-by-Game vs. Tulane
1999-2000 ??????? A????????? L, 68-73???
???????? 2000-01 ?????????? H????????? W, 82-57??
???????? 2000-01 ?????????? N????????? W, 72-67
2001-02 ?????????? H????????? W, 68-66
2002-03 ?????????? A????????? W, 85-73
Passing Up The Charts
Travis Diener continues to establish himself as one of the best floor generals to play at Marquette.? Diener, who currently has 402 career assists, needs seven more to pass Michael Sims and tie Glenn ?Doc? Rivers for seventh all-time at Marquette in career assists.?
1,000 Points and 400 Assists
With his three assists on Wednesday against Saint Louis, Travis Diener joined Tony Miller (1,027 pts/956 assts.), Aaron Hutchins (1,439 pts./550 assts.), Lloyd Walton (1,006 pts/480 assts.), Tony Smith (1,688 pts./469 assts.), Cordell Henry (1,347 pts./430 assts.) and Glenn ?Doc? Rivers (1,234 pts./409 assts.) as the only players in Marquette history to record 1,000 career-points and 400 career-assists.
Diener C-USA?s Top Scorer and Distributor
Travis Diener leads Conference USA in scoring average (17.8) and assists per game (6.0) for all games played.
Diener and Novak Among Nation?s Leaders
Travis Diener ranks eighth in three-point field-goal percentage, 15th in assists and 32nd in free-throw percentage.
Steve Novak ranks 18th in three-point field-goal percentage and 30th in three-point field goals per game.
Marquette Among Nation?s Leaders
As a team, Marquette ranks 11th in the nation in free-throw percentage and 12th in three-point field-goal percentage.
Marquette Leads C-USA In Three-Point Field-Goal and Free-Throw Percentage
Marquette is the leading three-point and free-throw shooting team, overall, in Conference USA.? Travis Diener ranks third in both free-throw and three-point field goal percentage, while Steven Novak ranks ninth in three-point field goal percentage.
