#MUBB Travels To Rocket Mortgage Fort Myers Tip-Off

The Marquette University men's basketball team (3-1, 0-0 BIG EAST) opens play at the Rocket Mortgage Fort Myers Tip-Off on Monday, Nov. 21 at 7:30 p.m. CT when the team faces Mississippi State (4-0, 0-0 SEC) at the Suncoast Credit Union Arena. FS1 features the television broadcast, with Brandon Gaudin (play-by-play) and Bill Raftery (analyst) calling the action. Based on Monday's result, Marquette will face either Georgia Tech or Utah on Wednesday night to conclude tournament action.

MU Owns Limited Action vs. Tourney Field

Marquette has faced the trio of Mississippi State, Georgia Tech and Utah on limited occasions in the program's history.

MU defeated the Bulldogs 89-62 in the only previous meeting on Nov. 20, 2012 in the Maui Invitational. The Golden Eagles are 4-3 all-time versus Georgia Tech, most recently earning a 72-70 win on Nov. 27, 2014 in the opening round of the Orlando Invitational. Marquette has also only met Utah once, but it came during the program's run to the 1970 National Invitation Tournament title. MU claimed an 83-63 win over the Utes in the second round on March 17, 1970 and eventually defeated St. John's for the title.

Prosper Joins Marquette's 30-Point List

Sophomore forward Olivier-Maxence Prosper netted a career-high 31 points in Thursday night's win over LIU, becoming the 36th player since 1963-64 to collect at least one 30-point effort for Marquette.

Prosper finished 11-of-12 from the floor overall and 3-of-3 from distance in just 20 minutes of action, surpassing his previous personal-best total of 22 points against Georgetown (1/7/22) last season.

The Montreal, Quebec, native is the first MU player to reach the mark since Justin Lewis' 33 points at Seton Hall on Jan. 26, 2022. All-time leading scorer Markus Howard netted 30-or-more points 29 times during his standout career, with Tony Smith and Travis Diener next on the last with seven times each.

Prosper's 31 points are the most by a BIG EAST player through games of Nov. 17.

Ighodaro Embracing Starting Assignment

After appearing in just five games in an injury-shortened 2020-21 campaign, junior forward Oso Ighodaro appeared in all 32 outings as a reserve behind Kur Kuath last season.

With Kuath's graduation, Ighodaro has moved into the starting lineup in 2022-23 and continues to impress with his consistent development. His 11-point, six-rebound, six-assist (career high) effort in the win over LIU on Thursday night illustrates his well-rounded contributions and all of his per-game averages have significantly increased from 2021-22.

For the season, Ighodaro is contributing 12.5 points, 5.8 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game while shooting 63.9 percent from the floor.