2017-18 Men's Basketball Roster
Markus Howard
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 175
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Chandler, Ariz.
- High School:
- Findlay Prep
Honors and Awards:
2019-20
Consensus First Team All-American (AP, Sporting News, NABC, USBWA) - fourth in program history
Associated Press First Team All-American
Sporting News First Team All-American
USA Today First Team All-American
John R. Wooden Award All-American
USBWA First Team All-American
NABC First Team All-American
All-BIG EAST First Team (unanimous)
USBWA All-District V Team
NABC All-District 3 Team
Senior CLASS Award for Men's Basketball winner
Watch Lists: Bob Cousy Award (finalist), Lute Olson Award (midseason), Citizen Naismith Award (midseason), Oscar Robertson Award (midseason) and Wooden Award (finalist), AAU James E. Sullivan Award (finalist)
Five-time BIG EAST Player of the Week (BIG EAST record 13 career honors)
Dwyane Wade Legacy of Leadership Award
Marquette Most Valuable Player Award
BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2018-19
Consensus Second Team All-America selection
BIG EAST Player of the Year (unanimous)
All-BIG EAST First Team selection (unanimous)
Bob Cousy Award Finalist
Sporting News All-America Second Team
USA Today Sports First Team All-American
USBWA Second Team All-American
NABC Coaches Division I All-America Second Team
USBWA All-District V Team
NABC All-District 5 Team
BIG EAST All-Tournament Team
Marquette's Most Valuable Player Award
Marquette's Iron Eagle Award
Preseason All-BIG EAST First Team
Six-time BIG EAST Player of the Week
2017-18
All-BIG EAST Second Team
BIG EAST Honor Roll (Dec. 4)
BIG EAST Player of the Week (Dec. 11, Jan. 8)
Preseason All-BIG EAST Second Team
Marquette's Dwayne Wade Legacy of Leadership Award
Marquette's True Blue Award
Marquette's Co-Most Valuable Player Award
NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Oversight Committee member
2016-17
BIG EAST All-Academic
BIG EAST All-Freshman Team Selection
Three-time BIG EAST Freshman of the Week (Jan. 16, Feb. 20, March 5)
2019-20 Season Notes (Sr.):
- Led the nation in scoring with 27.8 points per game
- Became the program's all-time leading scorer by surpassing Jerel McNeal's 1,985 points in the season opener against Loyola Maryland (Nov. 5) with 38 points
- 72nd player in NCAA history with at least 2,500 points and finished 21st all-time with 2,761 points
- Finished tied for seventh in NCAA history with 434 career 3-pointers
- BIG EAST’s career scoring leader in league games (1,587) and 1-of-5 players to reach 1,000 pts. in three years
- Averaged BIG EAST record 28.7 points per game in league play. BIG EAST season-long record was 27.8 ppg. by Troy Bell (Boston College, 2002-03)
- All-time leader in league history with 13 career weekly honors
- Ranked in top-five in 10 Marquette career categories including first in free throws made (599) and treys (434)
- Owns 68 career games of 20-or-more points, 33 of 30-or-more, seven of 40-plus and three 50-point games
- Posted 51 points, a personal regulation high mark, against USC (Nov. 29) in the Orlando Invitational
- Also added 40 points in the opening game of the Orlando Invitational against Davidson (Nov. 28)
- Broke the Orlando Invitational three-game scoring record after just two games with 91 points against Davidson and USC
- Only player in last 20 years with multiple 50-point games and owns 3-of-4 in BIG EAST history (Marshon Brooks, Providence vs Notre Dame Feb. 23, 2011).
- Owns three of the five 50-point games by active NCAA players
- Fourth player in major conference history with 40 points on consecutive days, joining Johnny Neumann (Ole Miss), Pete Maravich (LSU) and Bob Pettit (LSU)
- Third major conference player to record a 50-point game in three consecutive seasons. The other two: Wayman Tisdale (Oklahoma, 1982-85) and Pete Maravich (LSU, 1967-70)
2018-19 Season Notes (Jr.):
- Unanimous BIG EAST Player of the Year and All-BIG EAST First Team selection, Sporting News All-America Second Team, USA Today Sports First Team All-American, USBWA Second Team All-American, NABC Coaches Division I All-America Second Team, USBWA All-District V Team, NABC All-District 5 Team, BIG EAST All-Tournament Team
- Finished first in the BIG EAST and fifth in the nation in scoring (25.0 ppg.) and second in the BIG EAST and 10th in the country in FT percentage (.890)
- Set Marquette’s single-season scoring mark in 2018-19 (851 points)
- Fifth player in BIG EAST history with 1,000 point in league games in just three years of play (1,070), 28th-most ever
- Scored a BIG EAST and MU record 53 points in road victory at Creighton. Only player in NCAA in the last 20 years with two career 50-point games.
- Owned a pair of 45-point efforts against Kansas State and Buffalo, the third-best single-game total (most at home) in Marquette history
- Scored 20-or-more points on 24 occasions in 2018-19
- Finished the season with 17 career 30-point games.
- Six-time BIG EAST Player of the Week
2017-18 Season Notes (So.): All-BIG EAST Second Team ... Preseason All-BIG EAST Second Team ... Started 32 of 35 games and averaged 20.4 points and 3.2 rebounds per gam while ranking third on the squad with 94 assists ... In 31.5 minutes per night, shot .464 (239-515) from the floor, .404 (111-of-275) from the 3-point line and .938 (105-of-112) from the charity stripe ... Played 33 minutes against No. 19 Purdue and posted 24 points, shooting 4-of-8 from behind the arc (Nov. 14) ... Collected 22 points, seven assists and six rebounds in 34 minutes in the win over VCU (Nov. 20) ... Posted 25 points in a loss against No. 6 Wichita State at the Maui Jim Maui Invitational (Nov. 21) ... Went 11-of-15 from the three-point line and set a new school record for the most three-pointers in a single game with 11 treys, for 33 points against Chicago State (Nov. 29) ... Dropped 29 points against Georgia (Dec. 2) ... Tied a career-high point total in the win over Vermont with 34 points, shooting 11-of-20 from the floor, 6-of-11 beyond the arc and 6-of-6 from the charity stripe (Dec. 5) ... His combined 96 points against Chicago State (33), Georgia (29) and Vermont (34) is the highest total in three consecutive games since Tony Smith scored 97 from Feb. 26-March 3, 1990 ... Became first MU player since Travis Diener in 2004-05 to record multiple 30-point games in a single season (Andrew Rowsey and Sam Hauser also did so during the 2017-18 campaign) ... Scored 23 points and grabbed seven rebounds at Wisconsin (Dec. 9) ... Poured in 26 points to go with three rebounds and four assists versus Northern Illinois (Dec. 18) ... Broke the Marquette all-time record with 52 points against Providence, shooting 17-29 from the field, 11-19 from three and 7-7 from the line in an overtime win (Jan. 3) ... Dropped in 37 points at Villanova and dished eight assists (Jan. 6) ... Added 14 points at Butler (Jan. 12) ... Dropped 33 points on No. 8 Xavier (Jan 24) ... Notched 13 points and three assists versus No. 1 Villanova (Jan. 28) ... Was good for 18 points and six rebounds during the game against St. John's (Feb. 10) ... Went for 25 points in the win against Creighton on Senior Day (March 3) ... Point-leader for MU in the second round of the BIG EAST Tournament against Villanova with 23 points (March 8) ... Went 9-of-9 from the charity stripe, totaling 22 points, in the first round of the NIT over Harvard (March 14) ... Good for 18 points before fouling out of the second round of the NIT versus Oregon (March 18) ... Finished the third round game of the NIT against Penn State with 21 points (March 20).
2016-17 Season Notes (Fr.): BIG EAST All-Freshman Team ... Led the nation in 3-point field goal percentage (.547) and set a new Marquette single-season mark ... Started first career game in the season opener against Vanderbilt (Nov. 11) at the Veteran's Classic ... Scored 12 points in second career game, and regular season home debut, against Howard (Nov. 14), making 4-of-5 field goals (3-of-4 from deep) and adding four rebounds ... Poured in 13 points and added two rebounds and three assists in 19 minutes against Houston Baptist (Nov. 26) ... Scored a then-season high 22 points in 34 minutes against No. 17 Wisconsin (Dec. 10) ... Poured in 23 points on 5-of-6 shooting from 3-point range in his first-ever BIG EAST Conference game against Georgetown (Dec. 28) ... Scored a team-high 21 points at No. 1 Villanova (Jan. 7) ... Played 42 minutes in an 89-86 overtime triumph against Seton Hall (Jan. 11), scoring 22 points with six assists and zero turnovers ... Scored 26 points at No. 13 Butler (Jan. 16) ... Netted a career-best 34 points and tied a program record with nine made threes to lead MU past Xavier (Feb. 18) on National Marquette Day ... Ended the regular season with 24 points at Providence (Feb. 25), 15 points at Xavier (March 1) and 18 points against Creighton (March 4) on Senior Day to keep MU in the NCAA tournament mix ... Scored 13 points in 26 minutes during MU's NCAA First Round game against South Carolina (March 17).
USA Basketball: Owns a pair of Gold medals playing for USA Basketball … Member of title squad at 2016 FIBA U17 World Championship … Finished third on the team in scoring with 11.9 points per game and shot 48.6 percent from behind the 3-point line … Team USA finished a perfect 7-0 in the tournament … Also collected Gold as a member of the USA Basketball Men’s U16 National Team at the FIBA Americas Championship in 2015.
High School: Consensus top-100 nationally ranked prospect, ranked as high as 39th by 247Sports.com … Also rated 40th by Rivals.com, 78th by Scout.com and 84th by ESPN.com … Spent the 2015-16 campaign at Findlay Prep in Henderson, Nevada under head coach Andy Johnson … Pilots concluded the year 28-2 overall and were ranked among the nation’s top-25 programs en route to an appearance in the national tournament … Led the team in scoring with 18.6 points per outing and also chipped in 3.4 assists and 2.7 rebounds per game … Played at Perry High School in Gilbert, Arizona as a freshman and sophomore and was an all-state honoree both seasons … Led the state in scoring in 2014-15 with 32.4 points per game and helped the program to the second round of the state tournament … As a freshman, he netted 23.0 points per contest and guided the squad to the state semifinals … Competed on the AAU circuit for the Las Vegas Prospects and Arizona Power.
Personal: Born March 3, 1999 in Morristown, New Jersey … Son of Chuck and Noemi Howard … has two brothers, Desmond and Jordan … Jordan plays basketball at Central Arkansas and Desmond at Phoenix College … Majoring in digital media.
