#MUBB Travels to No. 17/17 Providence Sunday

The 22nd-ranked Marquette University men's basketball team (15-6, 7-3 BIG EAST) continues its two-game road swing on Sunday, Jan. 30 when the team travels to No. 17/17 Providence (17-2, 7-1 BIG EAST) at 11:30 a.m. CT in the Dunkin' Donuts Center. FS1 will feature the national television broadcasts, with John Fanta (play-by-play) and Vin Parise (analyst) calling the action. Following Sunday's outing, the Golden Eagles will return home to host No. 14/12 Villanova on Wednesday, Feb. 2 at 9 p.m. CT.

All-Time Series Provides Plenty Of Highlights

The all-time series between Marquette and Providence consists of 33 games (Marquette leads 21-12) and includes a number of memorable contests for MU fans.

The two programs first met in the 1963 National Invitation Tournament and the result was a 70-64 victory by PC. The teams would cross paths four years later in the same event and a slim 81-80 Marquette overtime win helped the squad to a runner-up finish under head coach Al McGuire.

Since the teams began meeting in BIG EAST action, series highlights include a game delayed at the Bradley Center when a bat continued to interrupt play on the court, a wet court at PC in 2016-17 that caused numerous stoppages in play, a league record-tying 52-point performance by Markus Howard in 2017-18 at Providence and multiple overtime results.

Lewis Named BIG EAST Player of the Week

Fresh off his first-career BIG EAST Player of the Week accolade (Jan. 23), forward Justin Lewis continued to elevate his play with a career-best performance in the win at Seton Hall.
   Lewis finished with a personal-high 33 points on 11-of-19 shooting from the floor, including a 4-of-7 effort from behind the 3-point line. He also dished out a career-best six assists and was responsible for three steals, a new personal single-game high.

Lewis is the first Marquette player to reach 30 points since former guard Markus Howard did it in the 2019-20 regular-season finale at St. John's. Lewis is the 36th player since 1963-64 to reach the mark. Howard netted 30-or-more points 29 times during his career.

In the last three outings, he averaged 24.7 points and 9.7 rebounds per game while shooting 53.1 percent (26-of-49) from the field overall and 59.1 percent (13-of-22) from behind the 3-point line.

Lewis led the Golden Eagles to a 57-54 victory at Villanova and a 75-64 win against Xavier en route to player of the week honors. At Villanova, Lewis' 3-pointer with 11.9 seconds left was the game-winning basket (team-high 21 points). In the triumph over XU, Lewis posted game highs of 20 points and 13 rebounds (fifth double-double of 2021-22).

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Justin Lewis