MU To Face Tennessee Tuesday Night In SEC/BIG EAST Invitational
The Marquette University men’s basketball team makes its first appearance in the SEC/BIG EAST Invitational Tuesday night when the team travels to Nashville, Tenn., to face nationally ranked Tennessee at the Sommet Center. ESPN will feature MU’s second national television broadcast of the 2008-09 campaign, with Brad Nessler (play-by-play), Jimmy Dykes (analyst) and Jeannine Edwards (reporter) calling the action. The matchup is scheduled to begin at 8:30 p.m. CT as the second game of a doubleheader. Fellow league member USF takes on Vanderbilt of the SEC at 6 p.m. CT.
Rebounding Effort Reaches Season High Vs. IPFW
Sparked by Lazar Hayward’s 18-rebound effort against IPFW, the Golden Eagles recorded a season-high 48 boards.
Marquette concluded action against the Mastodons with a 48-29 advantage, marking the eighth time in nine outings MU has outrebounded its opponent. The lone exception came in the squad’s loss to Dayton.
With just one significant contributor above 6’7” (Dwight Burke), it’s been a committee effort on the boards. Six players are grabbing at least 3.0 caroms per game, led by Hayward’s 10.6 rebounds per contest. MU’s starting trio of guards (James, Matthews, McNeal) is combining to collect 14.8 boards per outing.
Hayward Takes Rebounding Effort To Another Level
Entering Saturday afternoon’s matchup with IPFW, junior Lazar Hayward had led the team in rebounding in each of the squad’s first eight games in 2008-09.
He wasn’t about to let that streak end against the Mastodons, finishing with a career-best 18 rebounds in just 30 minutes of action. The Buffalo, N.Y., native had collected a double-double by halftime and seven of his boards came at the offensive end.
Hayward finished one board short of the Bradley Center record of 19, most recently posted by Amal McCaskill against UW-Milwaukee in 1995-96. Hayward’s total also marked the most by a MU player since McCaskill’s effort versus the Panthers. The starting forward also found time to chip in a game-high 19 points on 9-of-17 shooting from the field and had one assist and a block. He now owns three double-doubles on the year and eight for his career.
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