No. 15/14 #MUBB Faces Georgia In Bahamas on Saturday

The No. 15/14 Marquette University men’s basketball team (5-0, 0-0 BIG EAST) returns to the road on Saturday, Nov. 23 when the squad travels to the Atlantis, Paradise Island Bahamas to face Georgia (5-0, 0-0 SEC) at 10 a.m. CT.  FloHoops features the broadcast, with Evan Stockton (play-by-play) and Lexi Ayala (analyst) calling the action.  Following Saturday’s outing, the Golden Eagles return home to host Stonehill (Nov. 27) and Western Carolina (Nov. 30). 

MU’s Series With Georgia Dates Back To 1974

         

Saturday’s meeting will be the fourth all-time against the Bulldogs in a series that dates back to the 1974-75 campaign.

    

The programs first met on Dec. 27, 1974 in the opening game of the Milwaukee Classic and MU pulled away for a 100-70 victory prior to defeating Virginia the next night to claim the title in the two-game event.

    

Marquette and Georgia didn’t meet again until the 2016-17 season to open a home-and-home series, which would see each team claim a road victory.

Jones Collects Program’s Third Triple-Double

    

National Player of the Year candidate Kam Jones added another accomplishment to his standout career on Tuesday night against No. 6 Purdue, collecting the program’s third triple-double in over 100 seasons of competition.

    

The Memphis native finished the night with 17 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists in 36 minutes of action and his rebound and assist totals both marked personal bests.  He had just three points at the intermission, but had already contributed seven boards and six assists in 16 minutes.

    

Prior to Tuesday, Marquette’s most recent triple-double came in the 2003 Elite Eight against Kentucky when Dwyane Wade finished with 29 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists in the MU victory.

    

The only other player to collect a triple-double was Tony Miller (1991-95), who finished with 18 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in an 80-65 win over Wisconsin on New Year’s Eve in 1994.    

Mitchell More Than Defensive Stopper

    

Senior guard Stevie Mitchell has earned a reputation as one of the nation’s top defenders during his career at Marquette, but early in 2024-25 his offensive ability is deserving of recognition as well.

    

The Reading, Pennsylvania native scored a career-high 21 points in the win over Purdue and his corner 3-pointer in the final minute allowed Kam Jones to collect a triple-double.  He finished 6-of-11 from the floor and knocked down all eight of his free throw opportunities.  He also chipped in four steals, two rebounds and a blocked shot in 30 minutes of action.

    

Mitchell has reached double figures in points in each of the last three outings and is averaging 18.7 points per contest while shooting 58.6 percent (17-of-29) from the floor and 19-of-21 (90.5 percent) from the charity stripe.  

#MUBB Continues Success vs. Ranked Teams

    

Marquette picked up its 18th victory against a ranked team under head coach Shaka Smart on Tuesday against No. 6 Purdue and improved to 11-2 at Fiserv Forum during his tenure vs. top-25 opponents.

    

The Golden Eagles snapped Purdue’s 39-game non-conference winning streak, which was the fourth-longest mark in NCAA Division I history.

    

Marquette is 5-0 to start the year for the second-straight season, but hasn’t opened a campaign 6-0 since 2011-12 when MU claimed its first 10 outings.