No. 15 Marquette Travels To Georgetown Tuesday Night

The No. 15 Marquette University men's basketball team (14-3, 3-1 BIG EAST) returns to BIG EAST action on Tuesday, Jan. 15 when the squad travels to Georgetown (12-5, 2-2 BIG EAST) for a 7:30 p.m. CT opening tip at the Capital One Arena. FS1 will feature the television broadcast, with Jeff Levering (play-by-play) and Stephen Bardo (analyst) calling the action. Following Tuesday's outing, the Golden Eagles will host Providence on D Wade Day on Sunday, Jan. 20 and will have Dwyane Wade in attendance as the program and University honor his hall of fame career.

Narrow Margin Separates All-Time Series

Marquette has claimed four of the last five outings with the Hoyas and now owns a slim 13-12 advantage in the all-time series.

All but two of the matchups have come since Marquette joined the BIG EAST in 2005-06.

The programs first met during the 1941-42 campaign and the Hoyas were able to claim a 35-34 victory. The next meeting didn't come until the 1971-72 season and Marquette posted a winning 88-44 decision. The series resumed in 2005-06 and the squads have met on 22 occasions since that year.

The Golden Eagles swept the home-and-home series in 2017-18, claiming a 74-65 win on Dec. 30, 2017 in the Bradley Center before rallying for a 90-86 overtime win at Capiltal One Arena on Feb. 26, 2018.

In the most recent matchup, both forward Sam Hauser and former guard Andrew Rowsey led the way with 28 points. The Golden Eagles led by as many as 10 points in the first half, before watching the Hoyas take a 12-point lead prior to halftime.

Anim Picking Up Production In League Play

Redshirt junior forward Sacar Anim has picked up his production at the offensive end with the start of BIG EAST play and is contributing 11.8 points per game in the team's last four outings.

In the league lidlifter at St. John's, Anim is shooting 55.9 percent (19-of-34) from the field overall and also chipping in 3.8 rebounds per contest in 31 minutes of action per night. He scored a season-high 20 points in the win over Xavier and netted 13 points in the victory against Seton Hall.

For the season, Anim is contributing 7.6 points and 3.3 rebounds per outing and shooting 43.6 percent from the floor.

Howard Earns Weekly Accolades After Record Game

Thanks to his record-setting 53-point effort at Creighton on Jan. 9, junior guard Markus Howard was named the BIG EAST Player of the Week for the fourth time this season and sixth time in his career.

Howard averaged 39.5 points, 6.0 assists and 4.0 rebounds per game while shooting 47.8 percent (22-of-46) from the field overall and 56.5 percent (13-of-23) from behind the 3-point line. He also knocked down 22-of-24 free throws (91.7 percent).

In 43 minutes of action at Creighton, he finished 15-of-26 from the field overall, 10-of-14 from deep and 13-of-15 from the free throw line. He also found time to chip in six assists, two rebounds and a blocked shot.