Phill McGowan

Marquette is 1-0. 80-53 win over Albany.

Chase Ross scores 15 points, Zaide Lowery scores 13 and Damarius Owens finishes with 11 points.

11 Marquette scorers overall

I can confirm: The defense appears to be *for real.* 18 steals. 16 points scored off 23 Albany turnovers.

#mubb

Damarius Owens for three. 80-51 #mubb

Royce Parham. And-one. #mubb

ESPN: 18 Marquette steals is a Fiserv record #mubb

Look at Josh Clark coming off the curl and drawing a foul. He’s got a little burst of speed. He’s not a slow and gangly big man. #mubb

Sean Jones. Nice fake and drive for the bucket. 74-44 #mubb

Chase: 2 FTs. 70-42 #mubb

32 points in the paint
18 fast-break points
19 made free throws

#mubb

The athleticism of this team. You can see it all over the floor, from Josh’s rim defense to Sean’s spin move in traffic and, moments earlier, Damarius’s dunk. Lots of promising flashes #mubb

Marquette is off to the races again.

Damarius draws a foul.

2 FTs. 61-37 #mubb

Sean: 2 FTs. 59-37 #mubb

Nigel. Bucket. 57-37 #mubb

Mr. Owens, how do you do? Big-time dunk. 55-37 #mubb

Chase to Damarius. Dunk. Ross with 5 assists. #mubb

Nigel James Jr. checks back in. #mubb

Breathing a sigh of relief. Nigel looks OK on the sideline. #mubb

22 bench points for Marquette #mubb

Tre Norman has come to play. 7 points, 3 rebounds, 2 steals. Solid defense. #mubb

Tre, from Chase. 51-26 #mubb

Tre Norman. Drive, score, and-one. #mubb

Oh, I am hoping Nigel is OK. #mubb

Royce. 46-26 #mubb

Zaide: 2 FTs. 44-24 #mubb

Tre. Nice take. 42-24 #mubb

Chase: 11 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 steals #mubb

10-3 run out of the gate. Zaide, Benny, Chase account for all of the 2nd-half scoring #mubb

Benny back at the line. Make 2 FTs, Benny. #mubb

Benny: 1-2 FTs. #mubb

Benny put-back. He misses at the tin but draws the foul. #mubb

Caedin to Ben. Foul drawn. 37-24 #mubb