#MUBB Travels To Georgetown Tuesday Night

Tuesday, February 24

Washington, DC

6 P.M. CT

Marquette University

Georgetown

2/23/2026 10:17:00 AM | Men's Basketball

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The Marquette University men's basketball team (9-18, 4-12 BIG EAST) travels to Georgetown (13-14, 5-11 BIG EAST) on Tuesday, Feb. 24 at 6 p.m. CT to continue BIG EAST Conference play in Capital One Arena. Peacock/NBCSN features the broadcast, with Justin Kutcher (play-by-play) and Brendan Haywood (analyst) on the call. Following Tuesday's outing, the Golden Eagles will return to Fiserv Forum on Sunday, March 1 to face DePaul and all-time leading scorer Markus Howard will have his jersey retired during a halftime ceremony.

Series With Hoyas Dates Back To 1941-42

Marquette owns a 25-15 advantage in the all-time series, with the Golden Eagles claiming wins in 15 of the last 19 outings, including eight of the last nine games.

All but two of the series 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 an 88-44 winning decision.

The Hoyas claimed a 78-69 win over the Golden Eagles at Fiserv Forum on Dec. 17, 2025 in the BIG EAST opener for both teams. The Georgetown victory snapped an eight-game winning streak in the series for Marquette.

MU Enters Home Stretch Of Regular Season

Fresh off the team's second bye during the BIG EAST campaign, the Golden Eagles enter the final stretch of the regular season on Tuesday night at Georgetown.

Marquette has four games remaining on the calendar, two on the road and two at home, before traveling to Madison Square Garden for the BIG EAST tourney March 11-14.

After playing 6-of-9 on the road between Jan. 13 and Feb. 18, Marquette will alternate home-and-away outings the rest of the way. The team will have at least three chances (at Georgetown, at Providence, at BIG EAST tourney) to pick up its first road/neutral win of the season and the squad will honor seniors Chase Ross and Ben Gold in the regular-season finale on March 7 against nationally ranked UConn at Fiserv Forum.

James Jr. One Of BIG EAST's Top Performers

A three-time BIG EAST Freshman of the Week and BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll selection (including Feb. 22), guard Nigel James Jr. is proving to be one of the league's top players, regardless of class.

The BIG EAST Freshman of the Year candidate has reached double figures in scoring in 15-of-16 league outings and ranks among the conference's top-10 in five-different categories (season long and BIG EAST only).

James Jr. is also one of just two freshmen (Keaton Wagler - Illinois) in the nation to contribute at least 19.0 points, 5.0 assists and 3.0 rebounds per outing in conference matchups through games of Feb. 22.

JAMES JR.'S SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

First MU true freshman to have three games of 30-or-more points in a season.
Only BIG EAST player with three-games of 30-or-more points in 2025-26.
Fourth among BIG EAST players with eight 20-point games (six in league play).
First BIG EAST freshman since Troy Murphy of Notre Dame in 1998-99 to have at least three 30+ point games in league regular season play.
First 30-point, 12-assist BIG EAST game since Chris Thomas of Notre Dame against Miami on Feb. 23, 2002 (only two occurrences since 1996).
In a regulation game, James Jr. is the fourth freshman with 30 points and 12 assists since 2001-02 (twice by Trae Young, Corey Sanders and Chris Thomas).
Scored 38 points vs. Providence on Jan. 19, the most by a MU true freshman.
On pace to finish in top-10 of nine different freshman season categories at MU.

Parham Continues BIG EAST Surge

Inserted into the starting lineup for the first time in his career in the league opener, sophomore Royce Parham has made the most of his increased role and developed into one of the BIG EAST's most consistent performers.

PARHAM'S BIG EAST HIGHLIGHTS

Double figures in scoring in 13-of-16 outings, including each of the last nine contests.
Recorded double-doubles in back-to-back games against Villanova and Xavier, the first MU player to do so since Tyler Kolek in 2023-24 (three-straight games in NCAA tourney).
Scored career-high 26 points and 11 rebounds against the Wildcats (Feb. 10).
Ranked 10th in the BIG EAST in scoring (14.7 ppg.) and second in field goal percentage (56.4 percent) in league outings through Feb. 22.
In the last nine outings, Parham has contributed 17.4 points per game while shooting 63.3 percent (62-of-98) from the floor overall.
Parham is converting on 70-of-106 (66.0 percent) of his shots from inside the 3-point line since league play began on Dec. 17 against Georgetown.
In the last four games, Parham is 16-of-18 (88.9 percent) from the charity stripe. Prior to that, he had converted on just 41-of-68 (60.3 percent) of his opportunities for the season.