Juan Anderson added 16 points, seven rebounds and four steals, and Marquette (1-0) immediately showed some tendencies its new coach displayed when he was a tenacious guard at Duke in the 1990s. The Golden Eagles, previously coached by Buzz Williams from 2008-14, posted 19 assists and 12 steals while forcing a pesky UT Martin team into 19 turnovers.
Deville Smith had 12 points and three rebounds, and Twymond Howard added 11 and four for the Skyhawks, who trailed 38-30 at the half. UT Martin (0-1) outrebounded Marquette 34-25, but shot just 57.7 percent from the free-throw line in dropping the debut of its new coach, Heath Schroyer.
Point guard Matt Carlino, a transfer from BYU who has drawn comparisons to Wojciechowski, was sharp in his Marquette debut. He finished with 11 points, seven assists and a steal.
Sandy Cohen, a freshman forward and ballyhooed recruit who gets to play in his home state of Wisconsin, also got off to a decent start for Marquette. He went 3-of-5 from the field, drained two 3-pointers and finished with eight points, three rebounds and a steal.
GAME NOTEBOOK: This was the first of eight road contests in the Skyhawks’ first nine games. … Marquette snapped a four-game losing streak dating back to last season, when the Golden Eagles fell to Villanova, Providence, St. John's, and Xavier to end the year. … Carlino averaged 13.7 points, 4.3 assists and 3.4 rebounds in his final season at BYU.
Tenn-Martin | Marquette | |
Deville Smith 12 | Scoring | JaJuan Johnson 20 |
Marshun Newell 3 | Assists | Matt Carlino 7 |
Myles Taylor 11 | Rebounds | Juan Anderson 7 |
Deville Smith 4 | Free Throws Made | JaJuan Johnson 6 |
Marshun Newell 1 | Steals | Juan Anderson 4 |
Marshun Newell 1 | Blocks | JaJuan Johnson 2 |
Team | Points | FG% | 3PM-3PA | FTM-FTA | Assists | Rebounds | Blocks | Steals | Turnovers |
Tenn-Martin | 63 | 45.8 | 4-13 | 15-26 | 8 | 33 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
Marquette | 79 | 48.2 | 10-23 | 15-23 | 19 | 22 | 4 | 12 | 7 |