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FINAL
Mar 22, 2024

Box Score

12T
WKU432669
MARQ365187

Game Recap

March Madness: Jones, Kolek lead No. 2 seed Marquette past No. 15 seed Western Kentucky 87-69. Kam Jones and Marquette kept pushing the ball up the floor, and eventually the shots started to fall.

Player Stats

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logoWESTERN KENTUCKYMINFG3PTFTREBASTSTLBLKTOPFPTS
24Tyrone Marshall Jr.308-134-61-265021021
5Babacar Faye183-30-00-05110216
2Don McHenry305-151-60-082005111
4Khristian Lander213-101-50-03200227
10Brandon Newman120-80-20-03200120
13BJ Marable10-00-00-00000000
0Rodney Howard213-60-00-07010216
22Jaylen Dorsey10-00-00-00100000
30Teagan Moore140-30-02-23001122
23Enoch Kalambay202-40-02-24010226
15Jack Edelen122-20-00-02300134
31Tyler Olden10-10-10-00000000
11Dontaie Allen192-42-40-01121116
TOTAL-28-6940.6%8-2433.3%5-683.3%421754181569
Marquette Golden Eagles logoMARQUETTEMINFG3PTFTREBASTSTLBLKTOPFPTS
23David Joplin285-123-90-0113120113
13Oso Ighodaro332-70-00-08305214
1Kam Jones3410-165-103-522103128
4Stevie Mitchell326-91-33-443331216
11Tyler Kolek387-132-52-4611203218
42Jack Riley10-00-00-01000000
12Ben Gold133-82-70-02101018
21Al Amadou10-00-00-00000000
41Jonah Lucas10-00-00-00000000
2Chase Ross140-20-10-01020100
55Cameron Brown10-10-00-00000000
10Zaide Lowery20-00-00-00000010
5Tre Norman20-10-10-20000000
TOTAL-33-6947.8%13-3636.1%8-1553.3%352391110987

Play-by-Play

1st halfWKUMARQ
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (20:00) Jump Ball won by Western Kentucky
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (19:56) Brandon Newman missed Layup.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (19:56) Stevie Mitchell Block.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (19:56) Brandon Newman Offensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (19:52) Brandon Newman missed Layup.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (19:51) Oso Ighodaro Block.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (19:50) Brandon Newman Offensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (19:49) Brandon Newman missed Layup.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (19:48) David Joplin Block.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (19:43) Tyler Kolek Defensive Rebound.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (19:25) Stevie Mitchell missed Layup.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (19:25) Stevie Mitchell Offensive Rebound.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    +2 (19:20) Stevie Mitchell made Layup.
    02
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +2 (19:09) Babacar Faye made Layup. Assisted by Tyrone Marshall Jr..
    22
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (19:05) Kam Jones missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (19:05) Tyrone Marshall Jr. Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +3 (18:56) Tyrone Marshall Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Brandon Newman.
    52
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (18:42) Kam Jones missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (18:42) Babacar Faye Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (18:21) Khristian Lander missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (18:21) Oso Ighodaro Defensive Rebound.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (18:10) Stevie Mitchell missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (18:10) Oso Ighodaro Offensive Rebound.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    +3 (18:02) Tyler Kolek made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Oso Ighodaro.
    55
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (17:46) Brandon Newman missed Jumper.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (17:46) Tyler Kolek Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (17:40) Foul on Khristian Lander.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (17:29) Oso Ighodaro Turnover.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (17:15) Teagan Moore missed Jumper.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (17:15) Kam Jones Defensive Rebound.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    +3 (17:08) Tyler Kolek made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Oso Ighodaro.
    58
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (16:54) Foul on Babacar Faye.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (16:54) Babacar Faye Turnover.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (16:39) Tyler Kolek Turnover.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (16:39) Rodney Howard Steal.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +2 (16:33) Rodney Howard made Layup. Assisted by Tyrone Marshall Jr..
    78
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (16:14) David Joplin missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (16:14) David Joplin Offensive Rebound.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (16:09) Tyler Kolek missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (16:09) Rodney Howard Defensive Rebound.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (15:56) Foul on David Joplin.
  • (15:56) Official TV Timeout
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (15:56) Tyrone Marshall Jr. missed Free Throw.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (15:56) Western Kentucky Deadball Team Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +1 (15:56) Tyrone Marshall Jr. made Free Throw.
    88
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    +2 (15:39) Tyler Kolek made Jumper. Assisted by Stevie Mitchell.
    810
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (15:21) Rodney Howard missed Layup.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (15:21) Oso Ighodaro Block.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (15:21) Western Kentucky Offensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (15:16) Khristian Lander missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (15:16) Tyler Kolek Defensive Rebound.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (15:04) Kam Jones missed Layup.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (15:04) Tyrone Marshall Jr. Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (15:00) Rodney Howard Turnover.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (14:42) Foul on Teagan Moore.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (14:42) Stevie Mitchell missed Free Throw.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (14:42) Marquette Deadball Team Rebound.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    +1 (14:42) Stevie Mitchell made Free Throw.
    811
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +2 (14:30) Khristian Lander made Layup.
    1011
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (14:08) Chase Ross missed Jumper.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (14:08) Dontaie Allen Block.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (14:08) Marquette Offensive Rebound.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (14:04) Foul on Oso Ighodaro.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (14:04) Oso Ighodaro Turnover.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (13:48) Enoch Kalambay Turnover.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (13:35) Tre Norman missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (13:35) Rodney Howard Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (13:23) Khristian Lander Turnover.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (13:23) Chase Ross Steal.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (13:18) Foul on Teagan Moore.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (13:18) Tre Norman missed Free Throw.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (13:18) Marquette Deadball Team Rebound.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (13:18) Tre Norman missed Free Throw.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (13:18) Rodney Howard Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (13:06) Foul on Dontaie Allen.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (13:06) Dontaie Allen Turnover.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    +2 (12:44) Kam Jones made Layup.
    1013
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (12:44) Foul on Brandon Newman.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (12:44) Kam Jones missed Free Throw.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (12:44) Enoch Kalambay Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +2 (12:15) Enoch Kalambay made Layup.
    1213
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (12:15) Rodney Howard missed Jumper.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (12:14) Ben Gold Block.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (12:11) Enoch Kalambay Offensive Rebound.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (12:00) Kam Jones Turnover.
  • (12:00) Official TV Timeout
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (12:00) Enoch Kalambay Turnover.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    +3 (11:45) David Joplin made Three Point Jumper.
    1216
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (11:26) Babacar Faye Turnover.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (11:26) Tyler Kolek Steal.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    +2 (11:21) Tyler Kolek made Layup.
    1218
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (11:12) Don McHenry missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (11:12) Oso Ighodaro Defensive Rebound.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (11:04) David Joplin missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (11:04) Brandon Newman Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (10:55) Don McHenry Turnover.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    +2 (10:40) Kam Jones made Layup. Assisted by David Joplin.
    1220
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +3 (10:20) Tyrone Marshall Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Khristian Lander.
    1520
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (10:03) David Joplin missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (10:03) Oso Ighodaro Offensive Rebound.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (9:54) Kam Jones Turnover.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +2 (9:45) Babacar Faye made Layup. Assisted by Tyrone Marshall Jr..
    1720
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    +2 (9:30) Oso Ighodaro made Jumper.
    1722
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (9:14) Brandon Newman Turnover.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (9:14) Stevie Mitchell Steal.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    +3 (9:09) Kam Jones made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Stevie Mitchell.
    1725
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (9:04) Western Kentucky Timeout
  • (9:04) Official TV Timeout
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (8:57) Khristian Lander missed Layup.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (8:57) Stevie Mitchell Block.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (8:57) Khristian Lander Offensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (8:48) Brandon Newman missed Jumper.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (8:48) Oso Ighodaro Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (8:34) Foul on Khristian Lander.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    +1 (8:33) Kam Jones made Free Throw.
    1726
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (8:33) Kam Jones missed Free Throw.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (8:33) Jack Edelen Defensive Rebound.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (8:24) Foul on Zaide Lowery.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +2 (8:03) Jack Edelen made Jumper. Assisted by Don McHenry.
    1926
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (7:52) Foul on Jack Edelen.
  • (7:52) Official TV Timeout
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    +1 (7:52) Kam Jones made Free Throw.
    1927
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    +1 (7:52) Kam Jones made Free Throw.
    1928
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +3 (7:45) Dontaie Allen made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tyrone Marshall Jr..
    2228
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (7:32) Jump Ball won by Marquette
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (7:18) Oso Ighodaro missed Jumper.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (7:18) Tyrone Marshall Jr. Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +3 (7:07) Dontaie Allen made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Don McHenry.
    2528
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    +3 (6:54) Ben Gold made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tyler Kolek.
    2531
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +3 (6:36) Tyrone Marshall Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jack Edelen.
    2831
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (6:24) Foul on Jack Edelen.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (6:24) Tyler Kolek missed Free Throw.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (6:24) David Joplin Offensive Rebound.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (6:24) David Joplin missed Layup.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (6:24) Tyrone Marshall Jr. Block.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (6:24) Don McHenry Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (6:24) Don McHenry missed Jumper.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (6:24) Oso Ighodaro Defensive Rebound.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (6:11) David Joplin missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (6:11) Rodney Howard Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (6:02) Tyrone Marshall Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (6:02) Ben Gold Defensive Rebound.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (5:20) Oso Ighodaro missed Layup.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (5:20) Tyrone Marshall Jr. Block.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (5:20) Don McHenry Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (5:00) Tyrone Marshall Jr. missed Jumper.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (5:00) Tyrone Marshall Jr. Offensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +2 (5:00) Tyrone Marshall Jr. made Two Point Tip Shot.
    3031
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (4:44) Ben Gold missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (4:44) Don McHenry Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +2 (4:29) Don McHenry made Jumper.
    3231
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (4:27) Marquette Timeout
  • (4:27) Official TV Timeout
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (4:04) Chase Ross missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (4:04) Don McHenry Defensive Rebound.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (4:02) Foul on Stevie Mitchell.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +2 (3:47) Tyrone Marshall Jr. made Jumper. Assisted by Babacar Faye.
    3431
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    +2 (3:30) Tyler Kolek made Layup. Assisted by Stevie Mitchell.
    3433
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (3:10) Don McHenry missed Layup.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (3:10) Don McHenry Offensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +2 (3:05) Don McHenry made Layup.
    3633
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (2:49) Chase Ross Turnover.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (2:49) Babacar Faye Steal.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (2:40) Don McHenry missed Jumper.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (2:40) Babacar Faye Offensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (2:33) Tyrone Marshall Jr. Turnover.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (2:33) Chase Ross Steal.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (2:22) Stevie Mitchell Turnover.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (2:22) Dontaie Allen Steal.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +3 (2:18) Tyrone Marshall Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jack Edelen.
    3933
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (2:12) Tyler Kolek Turnover.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (2:12) Enoch Kalambay Steal.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (2:10) Foul on Ben Gold.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +1 (2:10) Enoch Kalambay made Free Throw.
    4033
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +1 (2:10) Enoch Kalambay made Free Throw.
    4133
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (2:03) Ben Gold missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (2:03) Rodney Howard Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +2 (1:41) Rodney Howard made Jumper. Assisted by Tyrone Marshall Jr..
    4333
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (1:30) Stevie Mitchell missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (1:30) Tyler Kolek Offensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (1:25) Foul on Enoch Kalambay.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    +1 (1:25) Tyler Kolek made Free Throw.
    4334
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (1:25) Tyler Kolek missed Free Throw.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (1:25) Enoch Kalambay Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (1:00) Don McHenry Turnover.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (0:44) Ben Gold missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (0:44) Tyrone Marshall Jr. Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (0:14) Don McHenry missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (0:14) Oso Ighodaro Block.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    (0:14) Kam Jones Defensive Rebound.
  • Marquette Golden Eagles logo
    +2 (0:03) Ben Gold made Layup. Assisted by Kam Jones.
    4336
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (0:01) Tyrone Marshall Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (0:01) Western Kentucky Deadball Team Rebound.
  • (0:00) End of 1st half
2nd half

Team Stats

69Points87
28-69(40.6%)Field Goal(%)33-69(47.8%)
8-24(33.3%)3-Point(%)13-36(36.1%)
5-6(83.3%)Free Throw(%)8-15(53.3%)
44(14)Rebounds(Offensive)37(11)
17Assists23
5Steals9
4Blocks11
18Turnovers10
15(0)Fouls(Technical)9(0)
10Largest Lead20

Game Details

Friday, March 22, 2024 · 2:00 PM
Fiserv Forum · Milwaukee, WI
capacity: 17,341
tv: TBS
spread: MARQ -14.5
over/under: 157.5