#MUBB Wraps Up Homestand Tuesday Against Green Bay

The Marquette University men's basketball team (3-1, 0-0 BIG EAST) wraps up its season-long five-game homestand on Tuesday, Dec. 8 when the squad welcomes Green Bay (0-3, 0-0 Horizon) to Fiserv Forum for an 8 p.m. CT tip. FS1 will feature the television broadcast, with Kevin Fitzgerald (play-by-play) and Steve Lavin (analyst) calling the action. Following Tuesday's outing, the Golden Eagles will hit the road for the first time in 2020-21, traveling to UCLA on Dec. 11 for the first matchup in a home-and-home series the next two seasons.

Golden Eagles Lead All-Times Series With GB

Marquette and Green Bay have met on 12 occasions in the all-time series, which dates back to the 1982-83 campaign.

All but one of the matchups have come in Milwaukee, but the most recent outing occurred in Green Bay on Dec. 19, 2012 and resulted in a 49-47 victory for the Phoenix.

Marquette opened the series with five-straight wins in 1982-86 and the programs have faced each other just three times since 1996.

Defensive Focus Shows Early Dividends

The Marquette coaching staff focused on the defensive end of the court in the shortened preseason and early in 2020-201 those efforts are paying dividends for the Golden Eagles.

Through games of Dec. 6, Marquette ranks among the BIG EAST leaders in several defensive categories in including scoring defense (1st, 60.5 ppg.), field goal percentage defense (1st, .329 -11th in nation), 3-point field goal percentage defense (1st, .256) and defensive rebounds (3rd, 31.3 drpg.).

Marquette is also third in the conference in both blocks (5.0) and steals (7.3) per game.

Lewis' Tip Helps Seal BIG EAST Weekly Honor

Freshman forward Justin Lewis has received well-deserved attention for his game-winning basket at the buzzer against Wisconsin, but his efforts all season long are worth noting as well.

The Baltimore, Maryland, native was named the BIG EAST Freshman of the Week on Dec. 7, joining fellow honoree Dawson Garcia, who earned the first accolade of the season on Nov. 30.

Lewis averaged 12.0 points and 10.5 rebounds per game while shooting 57.1 percent from the floor in a pair of games against UW and Oklahoma State. He finished with a team-best 18 points in the win over No. 4 Wisconsin and had a personal-high 13 rebounds against Oklahoma State.

Through games of Dec. 6, Lewis is ranked among the league leaders in rebounding (6th, 8.3 rpg.), field goal percentage (7th, .560) and scoring (27th, 11.0 ppg.)

Lewis was also named the nation's top freshman for the week by Andy Katz of NCAA March Madness.

Carton Has Impact In First Start For MU

Sophomore guard D.J. Carton made his first start for the Golden Eagles in the win over Wisconsin on Dec. 1 and collected his best overall performance in a Marquette uniform.

In a team-best 32 minutes of action, he chipped in 12 points, four rebounds, four assists and three steals. He now leads the team in both assists and steals and his free throw tied the game at 65-65 in the final second of regulation.

As a freshman at Ohio State in 2019-20, Carton did make three starts in 20 overall appearances. He is currently ranked among the league leaders in assists (11th, 3.5 apg.) and steals (4th, 2.3 spg.).