NEW YORK -- Kam Jones scored 18 points, David Joplin provided six of his 14 points in overtime and No. 10 Marquette survived a challenge from Villanova to prevail 71-65 in the Big East tournament quarterfinals on Thursday.
David Joplin bundled his season-high 20 points with nine rebounds as No. 6 Marquette throttled Georgetown 81-51 on Friday in Milwaukee for its 18th straight home win.
Let’s dig in to what happened to earn the sophomore the Sixth Man Of The Year award in the Big East. With the 2022-23 season long since in the books, let’s take a few moments to look back at the performance of each member of YOUR Marquette Golden Eagles this year.
Big honors for Marquette’s biggest offensive threat off the bench. Like we said on Sunday when the Big East office announced the all-conference teams, they certainly do enjoy making many press releases when one would do.
David Joplin had a career-high 28 points off the bench, while Tyler Kolek added 24 in nearly missing a triple-double, and the two combined to make 12 of No.
With both teams coming off tight in-conference losses, two Big East foes will battle Tuesday when Seton Hall visits Marquette in Milwaukee.
A hot start and a second half David Joplin Show put the Golden Eagles in position to win, but the home team took the day. If you were making a list of things that you liked about Marquette men’s basketball’s visit to Purdue on Tuesday night, you’d need a pretty big piece of paper to write it all down.
Marquette will look to open the season with three consecutive wins for the second straight year when it takes on Purdue in West Lafayette, Ind., on Tuesday as part of the Gavitt Tipoff Games.
David Joplin exploded for a game high 23 points as the Golden Eagles ran away with this one in the first half. We had a perfectly normal basketball game for about seven minutes.
David Joplin scored a career-high 23 points and four other players scored in double figures as Marquette took control early and rolled to a 97-73 nonconference victory over Central Michigan on Thursday night in Milwaukee.
How did freshman year go for the Milwaukee area native? With the 2020-21 season long since in the books, let’s take a few moments to look back at the performance of each member of YOUR Marquette Golden Eagles this year.
We turn our attention to the freshman from the Milwaukee area who is at MU because of Shaka Smart. The 2021-22 college basketball season is right around the corner, so let’s get into the Marquette Golden Eagles basketball roster and take a look at what to expect from each player this season.
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